Building a Gaming PC

[gourimoko]

I tried dsr at 4x which is royghky 4k I believe? I cranked up msaa with it and it pegged my GPU at 99% and the framerate was at 24 Now, I can run dx dsr just fine if I bring down msaa to 2 with txaa. It produces a good image with good performance. Righ now im rocking 4x msaa plus tsaa, no dsr.

What is your smoothness setting for your dsr? I know default is 33 %.

I use smoothness around 25%..

 

[TyGuy]

I use smoothness around 25%..

That's what I keep it at too. Totally off topic, but am I the only one that is finding tapatalk's removal of the like feature annoying?

 

[Ohdang]

I'm looking for a new gaming monitor, 27" and less than $300. Thoughts, @gourimoko @TyGuy?

 

[TyGuy]

I'm looking for a new gaming monitor, 27" and less than $300. Thoughts, @gourimoko @TyGuy?

If you're getting a gaming monitor I would settle for no less than 144 hz and gsync /freesync depending on what brand of videocsrd you have. A 27 incher will put you in the 1440 p resolution and unfortunately the price will be way out of your range.

I got my Ben q 1080 p 144 hz gsync on eBay for just under 300 after shipping. Granted it was refurbished, but I would look around for 1080 p 144 hz plus gsync if you are using it for gaming primarily.

Edit: this is my monitor. I highly recommend it. It's an outstanding price too. I'd be all over this if I were you.
https://www.amazon.com/BenQ-G-SYNC-24-Inch-Monitor-XL2420G/dp/B00MUT6SLE

 

[gourimoko]

I'm looking for a new gaming monitor, 27" and less than $300. Thoughts, @gourimoko @TyGuy?

What kind of graphics card are you using?

My top priorities were:
1) IPS display (not for gaming)
2) 100hz+ (144hz would be great, but..)
3) Ultrawide (gotta have it)
4) Big as fuck..

But really, all of this depends on your graphics card.

 

[Ohdang]

I've got an XFX Radeon R9 290X with DD

Right now I'm using 2x 21" IPS monitors, made by Dell but I don't remember the model (I'm not at home). I want to switch to a 27" for gaming, I guess I could increase my budget if it was worth spending the extra money.

 

[Ohdang]

https://www.amazon.com/BenQ-XL2720Z...1475710456&sr=1-1&keywords=benq+144hz+27+inch

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@gourimoko @TyGuy

 

[TyGuy]

I've got an XFX Radeon R9 290X with DD

Right now I'm using 2x 21" IPS monitors, made by Dell but I don't remember the model (I'm not at home). I want to switch to a 27" for gaming, I guess I could increase my budget if it was worth spending the extra money.

Since you have an amd card you would need to go the free sync route. The monitor you linked doesn't have free sync.

Take a look at this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-XG270HU-omidpx-FREESYNC-Widescreen/dp/B00VRCLHYS

 

[Ohdang]

Since you have an amd card you would need to go the free sync route. The monitor you linked doesn't have free sync.

Take a look at this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-XG270HU-omidpx-FREESYNC-Widescreen/dp/B00VRCLHYS

Thanks, I think that's what I'm gonna go with.

 

[gourimoko]

Since you have an amd card you would need to go the free sync route. The monitor you linked doesn't have free sync.

Take a look at this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-XG270HU-omidpx-FREESYNC-Widescreen/dp/B00VRCLHYS

That's a great pick...

You're JUST going to be gaming right?

 

[Ohdang]

That's a great pick...

You're JUST going to be gaming right?

No, but I've got the dual IPS monitors for everything else. Think I might just sell one of them and keep the other for my non-gaming use.

 

[TyGuy]

@gourimoko So I've been throwing quite a few games at the 1070 and it is chewing them up. My old i7 doesn't appear to be holding it back at all.

Doom has to be one of the most highly optimized games I've ever seen. I've never had a game use as much processing power as this game. I was having over 80 % usage on all my cores. One of my cores hit 90 degrees Celsius. The tj max on my CPU is 99. Do you know how close the processor has to get to that temp before it throttles?

Under vulkan the lowest framerate I saw was 80. When I played it back in open gl with my 970 I was averaging 70-90. Framerates are now hitting 150. In fact I need to find a way to cap it at roughly 140 to keep in my gsync range.

There were spots I would hit around 50 fps. Those scenes I now hit 80 with everything maxed at 1080 p.

With dx 12 and vulkan around I think my CPU lives on. Even the ass kicker gta v is perfectly playable and my CPU usage typically stays over 90.

It's amazing how well a 6 year old CPU is keeping pace with this behemoth of a card.

 

[gourimoko]

@gourimoko So I've been throwing quite a few games at the 1070 and it is chewing them up. My old i7 doesn't appear to be holding it back at all.

Doom has to be one of the most highly optimized games I've ever seen. I've never had a game use as much processing power as this game. I was having over 80 % usage on all my cores. One of my cores hit 90 degrees Celsius. The tj max on my CPU is 99. Do you know how close the processor has to get to that temp before it throttles?

Under vulkan the lowest framerate I saw was 80. When I played it back in open gl with my 970 I was averaging 70-90. Framerates are now hitting 150. In fact I need to find a way to cap it at roughly 140 to keep in my gsync range.

There were spots I would hit around 50 fps. Those scenes I now hit 80 with everything maxed at 1080 p.

With dx 12 and vulkan around I think my CPU lives on. Even the ass kicker gta v is perfectly playable and my CPU usage typically stays over 90.

It's amazing how well a 6 year old CPU is keeping pace with this behemoth of a card.

Every CPU family has a different throttling point defined in two different places; (1) in the CPU microcode, and (2) via the BIOS/EFI. You should install two programs to track throttling: 1) ThrottleStop, and 2) Intel XTU (best).

And yeah, the 10-series cards are absolutely filthy.

Just FYI, I've got both EVGA XOC and MSI Afterburner installed.. I strongly recommend using MSI Afterburner with the CURVE GPU BOOST 3.0.... Do NOT use the old school method of overclock because it will conflict with the GTX firmware that controls the clocks based on load.

I've got my GTX 1080 overclocked on boot to 2050 Mhz (roughly +500Mhz over Founders Edition, or around 30% more performance). This is a clean overclock with GPU Boost 3.0 and once I setup the curve, I'm good to go. My memory overclock is +500Mhz over the GTX SC 3.0 base clock (can't remember what it is at the moment).

This is STABLE, and I'm maxing out at about 72c. It was a bitch getting to 2.05Ghz, but getting to 2.01 Ghz was a fucking breeze.

I'm considering getting the Hybrid when it arrives at Newegg or Fry's (not the kit, don't buy the kit, it's not the same as the 9xx-series). My only reason is because I think I could get to 2.25 Ghz (another 200Mhz); however, from what I've heard, the Hybrid is MUCH louder than the SC ACX 3.0.. so... there's that... :/ It might be worth it just to buy the FTW and put a custom cooler block on it.

Looking into it this weekend.

Still fucking waiting on the Samsung 960 PRO so I can take back this 950 Pro!! Hurry the fuck up Samsung!

 

[Coyote850]

@gourimoko When your CPU is hitting 90%, whats your fan speed? Is your heatsink fan reving up? Make sure your GPU fans are at 90% + when at max load, that's will help with the heat.

 

[gourimoko]

@gourimoko When your CPU is hitting 90%, whats your fan speed?

My CPU or GPU? If you're referring to my CPU, nothing is pushing it to 90% load outside of gcc; and I'm using a liquid cooler (H110i).

As far as my GPU, I don't think my fans ever go above 60%; AFAIK.. But I will look into it.

Is your heatsink fan reving up?

The GTX SC ACX 3.0 doesn't use the blower fan style; it's just got the several fans built into the shroud. They do increase RPM with load, but never get above 60% AFAIK.. Anything above that is noticeably audible, and I'll run at full load and won't hear a peep.

Make sure your GPU fans are at 90% + when at max load, that's will help with the heat.

Indeed.

I've tried running at 100% RPM but the damn thing still crashes above 2.15Ghz.. I think it might be a voltage issue; I'm pretty sure at that load and clock I'm maxing out the VRM.

Will report back though after more testing.