|
On October 06 2014 13:41 Cyro wrote:
There are a few IMC related voltages like system agent that sometimes need to be adjusted
Well, I updated my bios and tried loading the ram with the "RAMOK" button on the motherboard that figures out a working config but I still have the same problem as last time.
So i tried looking into the bios for settings that I could change, but I dont know what most of them mean. I'm not THAT PC-literate. =/.
This is a screenshot of some of the options it let me configure:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zn027fzmi2jldp6/snap.PNG?dl=0
There were other ones, too. i just don't know which to tamper with, sorry.
|
United Kingdom20326 Posts
Additional Swizzle LOL
that doesn't mean anything to me either, but if the RAM works when it's in there alone, it's not faulty and the issue probably wouldn't be fixed by getting new RAM. The problem would be with the CPU IMC (so a few issues like default settings/voltages such as SA, system agent that are adjustable and someone can maybe help you with) or with the motherboard having certain slots broken etc
|
On October 08 2014 07:10 Cyro wrote:
Additional Swizzle LOL
that doesn't mean anything to me either, but if the RAM works when it's in there alone, it's not faulty and the issue probably wouldn't be fixed by getting new RAM. The problem would be with the CPU IMC (so a few issues like default settings/voltages such as SA, system agent that are adjustable and someone can maybe help you with) or with the motherboard having certain slots broken etc
Fo swizzle
|
Would graphics card GeForce GTX 970 be bottlenecked by my CPU i7 860 2,8 Ghz?
|
United Kingdom20326 Posts
On October 08 2014 21:00 Nort wrote:
Would graphics card GeForce GTX 970 be bottlenecked by my CPU i7 860 2,8 Ghz?
Depends on the program/game you were trying to run, what was happening in it and what your target FPS was.
CPU mostly decides performance, while GPU decides graphical settings, resolution etc that you can run while maintaining that performance (generally)
|
On October 08 2014 21:31 Cyro wrote:Show nested quote +On October 08 2014 21:00 Nort wrote:
Would graphics card GeForce GTX 970 be bottlenecked by my CPU i7 860 2,8 Ghz? Depends on the program/game you were trying to run, what was happening in it and what your target FPS was. CPU mostly decides performance, while GPU decides graphical settings, resolution etc that you can run while maintaining that performance (generally)
I mostly play Blizzard Games like Sc2 and Diablo3, also Dota2 and the occational AAA Title like Mass Effect or Batman game. At the moment i have a Radeon HD 6950, 4Gb RAM + SSD in my system and i can play most games on medium settings on 1080p. I would however like to get a new monitor which supports 144hz in the near future and im wondering if i could still use my current setup if i'd only exchange the grafic card.
|
United Kingdom20326 Posts
|
I'm actually not sure which would be better to upgrade. So I'm not going to say anything. I think that I would probably do the processor though and get a new Haswell i5 with an overclock on it. The 6950 isn't the strongest card around anymore but I'm going to guess it has the performance of something like an R7 260X.
By the way, if I run a game at lowest possible resolution and lowest possible settings, I would be right to say that I'll be CPU limited and not GPU limited, so the FPS I would get would be directly proportional to the strength of my processor?
|
United Kingdom20326 Posts
If you use graphical settings that your GPU can handle without it nuking your FPS, your FPS will pretty much always be proportional to CPU strength
|
Hi all. I need a software that shows me the bandwidth other computers are consuming from my internet, so I know when someone is downloading something. my router don't have this option...
thanks in advance.
|
Question: Would my PSU be sufficient for a GTX 970 and which 970 is good in regards of noise/temps?
PSU: beQuiet Straight Power E7 480W (BeQuiet Homepage)
System:
i5 3570k @4,0
AMD 6870
2xHDD, 1xSSD, 1xDVD
4x Case Fans
|
United Kingdom20326 Posts
|
I used "standby" very often before I bought SSD (I heard SSD is not good with standby), so I turned off "standby" . My pc has a lot downtime recently, sometimes >2h no pc use (because I watch football/movie or whatever).
Can I adjust somewhere that everything except SSD goes standby-mode during downtime?
|
If you make sure that a feature called "hybrid sleep" is disabled, standby will do what you want and will not write anything to the drive. In the Windows Control Panel, somewhere in the details window of the power profile you are using, there's a section to configure sleep. Make sure "allow hybrid sleep" is set to "off" over there.
+ Show Spoiler +There's two methods to suspend the machine. The normal standby method keeps supplying power to the RAM and is fast to resume. The other method is "hibernate" where the RAM will be copied to the drive and is slow, but upside is that you can pull the power cable without Windows crashing.
"Hybrid sleep" is doing both at the same time. The machine is in normal standby so that it can resume fast, but it additionally writes a copy of the RAM contents to the drive for insurance.
|
On October 08 2014 21:49 Nort wrote:Show nested quote +On October 08 2014 21:31 Cyro wrote:On October 08 2014 21:00 Nort wrote:
Would graphics card GeForce GTX 970 be bottlenecked by my CPU i7 860 2,8 Ghz? Depends on the program/game you were trying to run, what was happening in it and what your target FPS was. CPU mostly decides performance, while GPU decides graphical settings, resolution etc that you can run while maintaining that performance (generally) I mostly play Blizzard Games like Sc2 and Diablo3, also Dota2 and the occational AAA Title like Mass Effect or Batman game. At the moment i have a Radeon HD 6950, 4Gb RAM + SSD in my system and i can play most games on medium settings on 1080p. I would however like to get a new monitor which supports 144hz in the near future and im wondering if i could still use my current setup if i'd only exchange the grafic card.
I just switched from an HD 6950 and added a 144hz monitor, it's awesome. The FPS in SC2 won't change much but the majority of games do benefit greatly.
|
what did you do with your old 6950 ?
|
Is there a particular reason why Macbook Airs would force users who want a wired connection to use a thunderbolt to ethernet adapter? Because the way I see it if this is occupied you can't use the Macbook with a wired connection while displaying the Macbook Air's screen to another display unless I use wireless (since you have to use a thunderbolt to VGA or w/e if you want to do so but there's only one thunderbolt port). It seems like a bad design in my opinion if the slim aspect hinders basic capabilities like this.
|
There's not enough space for an Ethernet jack. Similar thin laptops from other manufacturers run into the same issue and often ship with USB -> Ethernet adapters. The MacBook Air should also support USB -> Ethernet adapters; they'd just rather push Thunderbolt in general, and recall that Thunderbolt can be daisy chained to multiple devices.
|
The bigger Thunderbolt devices like a box that does RAID were supposed to allow daisy chaining the Thunderbolt connection. I guess for those things that are tiny and only work like an adapter and can't do daisy chain, they want you to buy a neat $200 dock or hub like thingy. 
|
On October 10 2014 21:59 Ropid wrote:If you make sure that a feature called "hybrid sleep" is disabled, standby will do what you want and will not write anything to the drive. In the Windows Control Panel, somewhere in the details window of the power profile you are using, there's a section to configure sleep. Make sure "allow hybrid sleep" is set to "off" over there. + Show Spoiler +There's two methods to suspend the machine. The normal standby method keeps supplying power to the RAM and is fast to resume. The other method is "hibernate" where the RAM will be copied to the drive and is slow, but upside is that you can pull the power cable without Windows crashing.
"Hybrid sleep" is doing both at the same time. The machine is in normal standby so that it can resume fast, but it additionally writes a copy of the RAM contents to the drive for insurance.
I dont have "sleep"
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPT
