Alkar Cammer

Set the fan profile as a separate profile from the Oc profile?

 
It is always preferable to setup the profile for low speeds below 55c and the ramp to MAX fan at 70c
-->I use 50%fan MIN and ramp to MAX fan at 70c
Since this is exclusive regardless of the overclock , the same fan profile should be used at all times.
*This avoids any confusion and the fan behavior becomes known, so you will "hear" if somethings up 

maniacvvv

willj169

Great, never done any OCing with PC. My PSU should be good enough, its Geforce 650.  It seems like i have upgraded everything past the processor lol.  My problem is not upgrading pc, i just never built a gaming one before. I used to buy a decent pc with good ram and speed(believe me, when i bought this pc is was a speed demon lol)then just upgrade PSU and GPU.  I have gotten more serious about gaming on PC lately tho, any suggestions on economic choices?  I would prefer to be able to just add my GTX 660 to it, never built a whole tower and matched all the right stuff before. Just changed out parts in the past.  Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.

There are great deals to be had with the 1155 socket and CPU's
MB, CPU and RAM for under $500 with like -TRIPLE- the performance of that old AMD cpu you have now....

At this time -Asus- motherboards are really the only ones to consider
The 2500K Sandy can be found for under $200 and the 3770 Ivy for about $275
And DDR3 is dirt cheap.. 16gigs of -very- good ram can be had for about $70

 
Well, today turned out really good, i did some research and then rolled the dice. I went and told my wife that it was time to upgrade the ole pc to a better rig since i game exclusively on it now (I let my son have the XBOX 360). And to my utter astonishment she said "ok", didn't even bat an eye. I only even asked because i thought she would laugh at me and it would be a good joke, that's why it never hurts to ask lol(Although i do have a feeling I may be getting set up).  I found a really good budget gaming rig too- $830 after tax.
 

AMD 8-Core FX-8120 Zambezi

16GB DDR3 SDRAM(expandable to 32)

1TB Serial ATA II hard drive (7200 rpm)

AMD Radeon HD 7850 (probably trade this out for my GTX 660 SC, and put this in the old pc, gonna use it for new business I am starting)

8MB L3 cache memory

 
Windows 8 64 bit 
 
1 question i do have tho, i have an old GeForce 9800GTX+ that I kept when i got the GTX660. Would this be a good SLI combo with the 660 since i have it? Or is it outdated to far to work?  Thanks again.
 
 
 
 
 

maniacvvv

willj169

maniacvvv

willj169

Great, never done any OCing with PC. My PSU should be good enough, its Geforce 650.  It seems like i have upgraded everything past the processor lol.  My problem is not upgrading pc, i just never built a gaming one before. I used to buy a decent pc with good ram and speed(believe me, when i bought this pc is was a speed demon lol)then just upgrade PSU and GPU.  I have gotten more serious about gaming on PC lately tho, any suggestions on economic choices?  I would prefer to be able to just add my GTX 660 to it, never built a whole tower and matched all the right stuff before. Just changed out parts in the past.  Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.

There are great deals to be had with the 1155 socket and CPU's
MB, CPU and RAM for under $500 with like -TRIPLE- the performance of that old AMD cpu you have now....

At this time -Asus- motherboards are really the only ones to consider
The 2500K Sandy can be found for under $200 and the 3770 Ivy for about $275
And DDR3 is dirt cheap.. 16gigs of -very- good ram can be had for about $70

Well, today turned out really good, i did some research and then rolled the dice. I went and told my wife that it was time to upgrade the ole pc to a better rig since i game exclusively on it now (I let my son have the XBOX 360). And to my utter astonishment she said "ok", didn't even bat an eye. I only even asked because i thought she would laugh at me and it would be a good joke, that's why it never hurts to ask lol(Although i do have a feeling I may be getting set up).  I found a really good budget gaming rig too- $830 after tax.

AMD 8-Core FX-8120 Zambezi

16GB DDR3 SDRAM(expandable to 32)

1TB Serial ATA II hard drive (7200 rpm)

AMD Radeon HD 7850 (probably trade this out for my GTX 660 SC, and put this in the old pc, gonna use it for new business I am starting)

8MB L3 cache memory

 
Windows 8 64 bit 

1 question i do have tho, i have an old GeForce 9800GTX+ that I kept when i got the GTX660. Would this be a good SLI combo with the 660 since i have it? Or is it outdated to far to work?  Thanks again.

Dont do it bro...  you will regret it. Its performance is sub standard...
Dont get something thats outdated and a poor performer to START with!!  
The AMD 8-Core FX-8120 Zambezi is a $140 CPU 

That is NOT a good deal... thats a $400 something build

 
Wow, ok, almost everything else i read about it said it was a decent deal. I looked at a lot more than just the seller too. I read the chipset was not a huge performer but was a good CPU at the price. Have to look some more i guess.  Just goes to show how many reviews can go different ways.
 
-edit- Same place has an Intel 3rd gen i7 3770k with Turbo Boost, Nvidia GTX 650, 1 TB HDD, 8Gb Ram(up to 32) and liquid cooled - $1032 which would be the max end of my budget.

Hey Maniac
New poster here, I was wondering if you could help me out.
Recently got a new rig: 3570k @ 3.4ghz (for now), 16g mem, 2 670's in SLI.
Bf3 runs butter smooth on ultra with vsync locked to 60, however every time I shoot I get this weird stuttering whilst the gun settles after recoil. I remember reading on here that another guy had the same problem but I never found out if he managed a fix for it. By the way NVCP is set to default and I'm running latest drivers, 314.07 I think.  
Cheers 

Alkar Cammer

I can't seem to get the fan to go over 85% despite what I set in the fan  options. What am I doing wrong?

 
Your not doing anything wrong.
 
GTX 580's come shipped from the factory with Nvidia default fan speed of 85% as the MAX fan setting.
 
I didnt notice you had PNY brand cards... EVGA had updated "fan unlocker" software for its cards to go to 100%
*Do NOT use anything but official PNY BIOS software. If you use anything else you could KILL your card.
 
So 85% is your MAX fan speed.. thats fine, just set it to MAX at 70c
Pay VERY CLOSE attention to your cards temps when overclocking!
 

In that case.....setting the voltage to 1.088 and core clock to 850 is still too much to pass the benchmark test, even at max fan. It may have to do with the cooling in my case, and during the test the temp still rises gradually and eventually goes above 85c.

Turned off motion blur and post AA plus no osd. Didn't seem to make a difference at all :/.
 

Yeah just one monitor and I don't have afterburner or precision installed. 

Native res is 1920 by 1080 which is used in game @ 60hz which is correct for my monitor. I'm using a mouse and according to windows the drivers are up to date. Also, although its hard to see, the problem can be seen sort of in the last few seconds of this video.

maniacvvv

willj169

maniacvvv

willj169

maniacvvv

willj169

Great, never done any OCing with PC. My PSU should be good enough, its Geforce 650.  It seems like i have upgraded everything past the processor lol.  My problem is not upgrading pc, i just never built a gaming one before. I used to buy a decent pc with good ram and speed(believe me, when i bought this pc is was a speed demon lol)then just upgrade PSU and GPU.  I have gotten more serious about gaming on PC lately tho, any suggestions on economic choices?  I would prefer to be able to just add my GTX 660 to it, never built a whole tower and matched all the right stuff before. Just changed out parts in the past.  Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.

There are great deals to be had with the 1155 socket and CPU's
MB, CPU and RAM for under $500 with like -TRIPLE- the performance of that old AMD cpu you have now....

At this time -Asus- motherboards are really the only ones to consider
The 2500K Sandy can be found for under $200 and the 3770 Ivy for about $275
And DDR3 is dirt cheap.. 16gigs of -very- good ram can be had for about $70

Well, today turned out really good, i did some research and then rolled the dice. I went and told my wife that it was time to upgrade the ole pc to a better rig since i game exclusively on it now (I let my son have the XBOX 360). And to my utter astonishment she said "ok", didn't even bat an eye. I only even asked because i thought she would laugh at me and it would be a good joke, that's why it never hurts to ask lol(Although i do have a feeling I may be getting set up).  I found a really good budget gaming rig too- $830 after tax.

AMD 8-Core FX-8120 Zambezi

16GB DDR3 SDRAM(expandable to 32)

1TB Serial ATA II hard drive (7200 rpm)

AMD Radeon HD 7850 (probably trade this out for my GTX 660 SC, and put this in the old pc, gonna use it for new business I am starting)

8MB L3 cache memory

 
Windows 8 64 bit 

1 question i do have tho, i have an old GeForce 9800GTX+ that I kept when i got the GTX660. Would this be a good SLI combo with the 660 since i have it? Or is it outdated to far to work?  Thanks again.

Dont do it bro...  you will regret it. Its performance is sub standard...
Dont get something thats outdated and a poor performer to START with!!  
The AMD 8-Core FX-8120 Zambezi is a $140 CPU 

That is NOT a good deal... thats a $400 something build

Wow, ok, almost everything else i read about it said it was a decent deal. I looked at a lot more than just the seller too. I read the chipset was not a huge performer but was a good CPU at the price. Have to look some more i guess.  Just goes to show how many reviews can go different ways.

-edit- Same place has an Intel 3rd gen i7 3770k with Turbo Boost, Nvidia GTX 650, 1 TB HDD, 8Gb Ram(up to 32) and liquid cooled - $1032 which would be the max end of my budget.

For about $800
MB $239
CPU $289
CPU cooloer $80
RAM $96
Case $159

Gives you enough left over to add in a sweet 250 SSD for $169

When you build it yourself, you get not only performance but you also get TOP END parts

*you might want to put in a nice PSU (dont know what you currently have)
The system above will power any videocard or SLI setup with the right PSU in the future

 
 
So i found something, not gonna take up anymore of your thread with details and such, just wanted to say thanks for the advice, took yours and went Intel, built around a i7 3820 Quad 3.6. Thanks again.

willj169

maniacvvv

willj169

maniacvvv

willj169

maniacvvv

willj169

Great, never done any OCing with PC. My PSU should be good enough, its Geforce 650.  It seems like i have upgraded everything past the processor lol.  My problem is not upgrading pc, i just never built a gaming one before. I used to buy a decent pc with good ram and speed(believe me, when i bought this pc is was a speed demon lol)then just upgrade PSU and GPU.  I have gotten more serious about gaming on PC lately tho, any suggestions on economic choices?  I would prefer to be able to just add my GTX 660 to it, never built a whole tower and matched all the right stuff before. Just changed out parts in the past.  Thanks again for sharing your knowledge.

There are great deals to be had with the 1155 socket and CPU's
MB, CPU and RAM for under $500 with like -TRIPLE- the performance of that old AMD cpu you have now....

At this time -Asus- motherboards are really the only ones to consider
The 2500K Sandy can be found for under $200 and the 3770 Ivy for about $275
And DDR3 is dirt cheap.. 16gigs of -very- good ram can be had for about $70

Well, today turned out really good, i did some research and then rolled the dice. I went and told my wife that it was time to upgrade the ole pc to a better rig since i game exclusively on it now (I let my son have the XBOX 360). And to my utter astonishment she said "ok", didn't even bat an eye. I only even asked because i thought she would laugh at me and it would be a good joke, that's why it never hurts to ask lol(Although i do have a feeling I may be getting set up).  I found a really good budget gaming rig too- $830 after tax.

AMD 8-Core FX-8120 Zambezi

16GB DDR3 SDRAM(expandable to 32)

1TB Serial ATA II hard drive (7200 rpm)

AMD Radeon HD 7850 (probably trade this out for my GTX 660 SC, and put this in the old pc, gonna use it for new business I am starting)

8MB L3 cache memory

 
Windows 8 64 bit 

1 question i do have tho, i have an old GeForce 9800GTX+ that I kept when i got the GTX660. Would this be a good SLI combo with the 660 since i have it? Or is it outdated to far to work?  Thanks again.

Dont do it bro...  you will regret it. Its performance is sub standard...
Dont get something thats outdated and a poor performer to START with!!  
The AMD 8-Core FX-8120 Zambezi is a $140 CPU 

That is NOT a good deal... thats a $400 something build

Wow, ok, almost everything else i read about it said it was a decent deal. I looked at a lot more than just the seller too. I read the chipset was not a huge performer but was a good CPU at the price. Have to look some more i guess.  Just goes to show how many reviews can go different ways.

-edit- Same place has an Intel 3rd gen i7 3770k with Turbo Boost, Nvidia GTX 650, 1 TB HDD, 8Gb Ram(up to 32) and liquid cooled - $1032 which would be the max end of my budget.

For about $800
MB $239
CPU $289
CPU cooloer $80
RAM $96
Case $159

Gives you enough left over to add in a sweet 250 SSD for $169

When you build it yourself, you get not only performance but you also get TOP END parts

*you might want to put in a nice PSU (dont know what you currently have)
The system above will power any videocard or SLI setup with the right PSU in the future

So i found something, not gonna take up anymore of your thread with details and such, just wanted to say thanks for the advice, took yours and went Intel, built around a i7 3820 Quad 3.6. Thanks again.

 
i7 3820
That was a -much- better choice than the AMD cpu.... you will not regret it bro, great job

Stompton

Its hard to tell, but when the gun settles it goes all choppy. 
@ 3 seconds or so.
youtube.com/watch?v=Ail5N96wFME

 
All I see it the normal change from firing to the reload animation, the video quality is quite bad
 
Hmmmm....
You said your using Vsync
Try turning all Vsync off and see if you still notice it
 
I would never use Vsync with BF3, that takes away my huge framerate advantage, and I never see -any- tearing at all even at the frame cap 

Earlier you said it's ok if the temp in the benchmark eventually exceeds 85c, which means that it may not while playing bf3?

Bf3 seems to do that for me....like i said, the case fan that blows towards the gpus just isn't feeding enough air to them i think, and i believe i did turn the fan to max once. I probably should've mentioned that this is an alienware area 51 alx case, in which i originally had dual gtx 295's, but then upgraded to the 580's. The 580's are crunched together pretty tight to the point where the top card is usually ten degrees hotter than the bottom card. I eventually plan to upgrade everything else, along with getting a new case. I also upgraded the ram a while back, but the motherboard only has three slots instead of four for the ram. I think my only hope is just to upgrade to a new case and get a new motherboard, along with one of the haswell generation cpu's from intel. I'll obviously have to get various other things as well, but I think that i'm just going to keep the 580's, for if i overclock the 580's with good airflow getting to them, then the OC's should be stable.

Hi guys, 
Quick question ? for gaming , using the DVI port or display port on monitor which one is better ??? 
  
Thanks !