Search results

Ars: Moores Law dead at 51

Well, that makes two of us. That's exactly my point. It's not like AMD's typical "It will be great in the future when apps need this and that". Most mobile CPUs don't seem to be designed with here and now in mind.
- tolis626
- Post #41
- Feb 27, 2016
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Ars: Moores Law dead at 51

More than anything, the A9 accepts the state of mobile applications and that's why it excels in my opinion. Is it an excellent chip? Yes, yes it is. But in that utopia where all applications were properly threaded and optimized for all the quad- and higher core count CPUs available, the A9 would...
- tolis626
- Post #35
- Feb 24, 2016
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
[Eurogamer] CPU Bottleneck, perhaps its actually RAM?

Since it's a matter that has concerned me in the past few weeks, I thought I might just throw in my experience. I recently decided to take the time to properly redo my overclocks, so among other things (Like achieving lower voltages on the core and getting to 4.8GHz), I managed to get my RAM...
- tolis626
- Post #8
- Dec 7, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
High cpu temp on stock cooling 4790k

That stupid little cooler craps its pants when placed on a 4790k. I ran mine with the stock cooler for like a week until my H110 arrived and was getting the same results. Change the cooler, it's not meant for that kind of load. Or at least undervolt and underclock a bit.
- tolis626
- Post #8
- Nov 7, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
[eteknix] GoodBye Catalyst Control Center Hello Radeon Software Crimson Edition!

Yeah, I never really had any problems with AMD drivers either. The only "problem" was when I tried to install Windows 8.1 to an old laptop with a Mobility Radeon HD4650 and installing drivers would lead to a black screen. But it was old, and it was bad. It works with the generic Windows driver...
- tolis626
- Post #20
- Nov 2, 2015
- Forum: AMD
[eteknix] GoodBye Catalyst Control Center Hello Radeon Software Crimson Edition!

Next one is gonna be called scarlet, I guarantee it. On a more serious note, good to see AMD stepping up their game. Catalyst, as much as it has improved over the years, still reminds people of everything that used to not work with Radeon cards. Getting rid of it, or at least reskinning it...
- tolis626
- Post #17
- Nov 2, 2015
- Forum: AMD
FuryX now = 980ti 1080p/1440p > 4k

Well, to be fair, I haven't seen any reviews using Ryse in their benchmarking suites, so there's that. Battlefront on the other hand... That's another story. The reason I too despise NVidia is because they have quite the history of cheating/crippling the opposition on purpose. I like their...
- tolis626
- Post #20
- Nov 1, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
Core and Uncore ratio doubts

YBS1 is right, but I do wanna add that you shouldn't mess with it. You can probably gain 10-20 points in Cinebench and next to no real world benefits by overclocking your uncore, but you do introduce another point of possible instability and by increasing uncore you usually have to use a higher...
- tolis626
- Post #4
- Oct 11, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Overclocking the r9 390

On average, it's a bit lower than 300 watts. But yeah, it's good. It just stinks when compared to my other profile that's 1050MHz with -75mV. That's the efficient side of things. I'll probably use the 1200MHz one all winter, and switch back to the 1050MHz one when it's hot. again. PS ...
- tolis626
- Post #6
- Sep 22, 2015
- Forum: AMD
Overclocking the r9 390

Well, one good thing about overclocking Hawaii chips (Might as well be the only good thing about overclocking them compared to other cards :P ) is that they can take quite a lot of punishment. I mean, you wanna throw more voltage at them? They can take it. Temperatures are getting higher? They...
- tolis626
- Post #3
- Sep 21, 2015
- Forum: AMD
Skylake OC not going so well.

That 22W figure sounds about right. Maybe a little high, but definitely not off the mark. At 100-150W for the CPU, I'd think there is no way that it's runnig at 1.425V. That would mean 200+W for the CPU alone, if I'm correct. Hell, I get between 200 and 250W total system consumption on my...
- tolis626
- Post #41
- Sep 8, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Powercolor Devil 13 Dual 390 card.

Well, most reviews show the 390 performing about the same as a 290x. Sometimes faster. I think AMD have made some improvements there, so it may not be a complete rebadge. But I digress. What will be interesting is the clocks. They went overboard with the power delivery, so they can suck as...
- tolis626
- Post #11
- Sep 8, 2015
- Forum: AMD
Skylake OC not going so well.

Maybe they've locked vcore and you're playing with vccin. That would mean that your real applied vcore would be in the 1.2-1.3V range. 1.425V would result in some really massive power consumption and, of course, to really high temps. Check it with a kill-a-watt if you are curioous. I'd buy a...
- tolis626
- Post #39
- Sep 7, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Skylake OC not going so well.

1.425V? Well, that can't be good. My 4790k sometimes boosts its voltage to 1.325V under heavy load and I crap my pants. If I ever saw 1.4+... I'd probably use a fire extinguisher or something. :P
- tolis626
- Post #35
- Sep 7, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Powercolor Devil 13 Dual 390 card.

Holy balls, that's one loud cooler. 61db? Yikes. It does look kinda cool though. No matter how old I get, I kinda like some tacky gaming designs like that. :P On the bright side, it performs well enough, so I guess there is some overclocking headroom. For all its good attributes, that's the...
- tolis626
- Post #8
- Sep 7, 2015
- Forum: AMD
Skylake OC not going so well.

First things first. Uninstall Prime95. Completely. Never use it again. I'll elaborate later. The cooler is probably fine for what you're trying to do. I'd try lowering the voltage. 1.34V seems a tad on the high side for just 4.4GHz. If you're crashing then bad luck, but I think you can get...
- tolis626
- Post #27
- Sep 7, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Powercolor Devil 13 Dual 390 card.

That huge cooler looks like a beast and all, but I still doubt it will be able to keep the GPUs cool under load, relatively speaking, unless you have some killer airflow going on in your case. Overclocking is probably out of the question too because of thermals. Which is a shame because the...
- tolis626
- Post #6
- Sep 7, 2015
- Forum: AMD
R9 390 advice

Because reasons. :P Basically because in most places the 390 is sold out and the 390x is more readily available. If I can find a proper deal (like Amazon.de that's supposed to have the 390 for around 365) I'll go 390. But I'd pay like 50-100 for the 390x if it also means waiting less. :)
- tolis626
- Post #20
- Sep 3, 2015
- Forum: AMD
R9 390 advice

I hear the MSI cards for the 3xx series are great. I'm planning to buy a 390x myself.
- tolis626
- Post #6
- Sep 2, 2015
- Forum: AMD
Fury/x Voltage Unlock Incoming

Hoooooly crap are those amazing results. I mean yeah, LN2, but still... Dayum. I forgot how to English there... :P Makes me wonder though... If consumers get software control over HBM clocks (maybe also voltages for the memory? I dunno) and push it to something like 750MHz... What are we...
- tolis626
- Post #106
- Aug 9, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
Overclock HBM on Fury X

Don't most CLCs use ethylene glycol mixtures or something?
- tolis626
- Post #75
- Jul 22, 2015
- Forum: AMD
Overclock HBM on Fury X

Well, with all that, it seems I'm not drawing any conclusions until we can properly overvolt and overclock the cards. If they can take the extra voltage (And I don't see why they couldn't), they may yet overclock somewhat well. A 10-20% increase in performance would put it straight against an...
- tolis626
- Post #49
- Jul 1, 2015
- Forum: AMD
HWZone Forum - Sapphire R9 Fury X pics and benchmarks!

Well, seeing as the underlying architecture is practically the same GCN we know (and love?) I wouldn't expect Fury GPUs to overclock well. Sure, HBM frees up die space etc etc, but I guess the stream processors and the transistor configuration is largely the same as Hawaii and Tonga. I don't...
- tolis626
- Post #26
- Jun 23, 2015
- Forum: AMD
Fury X Runs Under 50c Degrees At 32dB PCB, Liquid Cooling Pump And Block Pictured

Well, people who build custom loops in smaller cases do use the rear exhaust. I've seen builds with a 120mm or 140mm rads in the rear exhaust spot that were sometimes connected with just 90 degree fittings to the top rad. So there's that. But it isn't common at all, so I say your point still...
- tolis626
- Post #23
- Jun 17, 2015
- Forum: AMD
[WCCF] AMD Radeon R9 390X Pictured

Even though I will probably be buying the 4GB version of the 390x (Or even the 390, depending on price), I really want AMD to bring an 8GB version to the market. I think it's not necessary, but I'd love to see what the people bashing them now will have to say. I suppose NVidia guys will start...
- tolis626
- Post #279
- May 10, 2015
- Forum: AMD
better GPU: AMD A8 7600 vs 8800GT

I'd say stay with the IGP. I guess performance is similar, but the IGP is way newer, so no driver issues, no incompatibilities, no nothing. Plus it uses less power and will result in lower noise levels, even slightly so. If you can overclock it a bit, it's even better. But still, Minecraft and...
- tolis626
- Post #2
- Apr 9, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
R9 300 cards listed in new driver - R9 370 is a rebrand

I don't know if it's poor choice of words on my part or if you read what I wrote wrong, but that's not what I meant. 980 and 970, from a performance satndpoint, not perf/W, are nothing special in themselves. Managing a 20% lead over the 980 9 months after its release is underwhelming. And it's...
- tolis626
- Post #251
- Mar 25, 2015
- Forum: AMD
R9 300 cards listed in new driver - R9 370 is a rebrand

As much as I'd like to see AMD do well with something they release, what you said is not true at all. In June it will be what? 9-10 months since the 980 came out. If by that time they only manage a 20% improvement, no matter the price, I call it a failure. No, it should trade blows or even beat...
- tolis626
- Post #191
- Mar 23, 2015
- Forum: AMD
75c gpu temp msi r9 290 bf4 edition?

If you need to touch your GPU for some reason, you're using it wrong. :P 75C for a 290 is more than fine, especially given MSI's less than stellar cooler.
- tolis626
- Post #7
- Mar 18, 2015
- Forum: AMD
[Videocardz]First GTX Titan X 3DMark benchmarks!

Lemme throw some stuff out there. First off, ok, Hawaii was hot and power hungry. I don't disagree. But it wasn't at the same degree as people make it out to be. You'd be amazed by the difference in power consumption between a reference Hawaii card and a water cooled one (even ghetto cooled...
- tolis626
- Post #102
- Mar 10, 2015
- Forum: Nvidia
Do you own a x86 Linux desktop?

Although I don't have anything running Linus RIGHT NOW, I've dabbled heavily into it, so I'm a yes. My first Linux machine was my old PC from 2004 (or maybe 2003, don't remember exactly) with a single-core 1.8GHz AMD Athlon64 3000+ (I think), 1GB of DDR RAM, a GeForce 6800 Ultra, a combined...
- tolis626
- Post #18
- Mar 7, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Effects of OverClocking Memory on CPU OverClock

^^^^^^^^ That basically. Memory overclocking used to have a pretty big impact on core overclocking, but that has changed quite a lot over the years. One still afffects the other, but not nearly to the same extent. Just don't go too crazy with the RAM clocks because it can cause instabilities...
- tolis626
- Post #3
- Feb 19, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
OCN via Twitter: AMD Mantle First Graphics API To Allow Multi GPU VRAM Combinations

While I don't agree 100%, I can see Shintai's point. It's much harder to market multiple GPUs to someone without the numbers to back it up. You can preach all day about how frametimes and smoothness are at least as important as raw performance, but most won't know what you mean. The general...
- tolis626
- Post #49
- Feb 6, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
Truth about G-Sync ? - its a Adaptive-Sync with an Altera Security FPGAs

I was THIS close to buying NVidia for the first time in a decade. But nope, they won't get my money with all of this crap coming to light, especially since I was considering a 970. And seeing NVidia's history (cheating in benchmarks, anyone?), I'm inclined to believe everything bad about them...
- tolis626
- Post #27
- Feb 2, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
i want to delid my 5960x

Don't let anyone here talk you away from chasing your dream. They all fell victim to those lying and saying you cannot delid a 5960x. You can and by delidding you can drop your temps by up to 50% on the same cooler! 50%! So what if stripping the IHS from the die damages the die? Melt the thing...
- tolis626
- Post #38
- Jan 20, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Nvidia Maxwell GM200 pictured

Well holy crap, I'm in med school too! Coincidence or what? :P Anyway, I think you understand how things go. I try to squeeze everything in my schedule, but with exams it's just not possible. At least I'm a year and a half away from going to 100% clinical training, so I got time at home...
- tolis626
- Post #33
- Jan 16, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
Nvidia Maxwell GM200 pictured

And here I am, trying to make do with an HD4600 until I finish my exams so I can buy a GPU (Because if I had a GPU I could as well not even try to study, I'd spend my time playing BF4 and Inquisition). Bad thing is, if nothing is solid about a new card by the first 10 days of February, I'll...
- tolis626
- Post #20
- Jan 16, 2015
- Forum: Graphics Cards
Are you planning to buy a 4K monitor for gaming soon?

I've went on a spending rampage this year and I HAVE to tone it down a bit. But seeing as I will need a new monitor because I use my TV as a monitor and its response time is like half a second (And I'm getting owned in BF4), I may upgrade sometime between now and the summer. Will I buy a 4K...
- tolis626
- Post #29
- Jan 9, 2015
- Forum: Displays
Linus Torvalds: Too many cores = too much BS

Although we are somewhat derailing here... High-speed DDR3 (>1866MHz) has been marginally more expensive than cheap 1600MHz modules for speeds up to 2400MHz. When I bought my system I could find (The numbers are approximations because I don't remember the exact pricing, but still close to the...
- tolis626
- Post #52
- Jan 3, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
Linus Torvalds: Too many cores = too much BS

Saying something like this without context is stupid. If we're talking about smartphones, then I agree, more cores are stupid. I mean, 8 core CPUs in a phone? Even in big.LITTLE it's just too much. But on the desktop, and as long as we stay within reason, more cores make sense. It's not rare to...
- tolis626
- Post #22
- Jan 2, 2015
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

RESOURCES

Top Bottom