Off Topic Thread V2.0

BelovedAunt

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

haha yup its sad but true :D:D played some games tonight and my room is so bloody warm, its just the cost really another xfx 390x will probably cost 300-400euro ahhh yer right, il just keep the one and put my money into something more worthwhile, for instance not a 4k monitor (<bold>bought one at xmas, what a waste should have gone 144hz</bold>)

Have you not found 4k a big jump?

BelovedAunt

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

haha yup its sad but true :D:D played some games tonight and my room is so bloody warm, its just the cost really another xfx 390x will probably cost 300-400euro ahhh yer right, il just keep the one and put my money into something more worthwhile, for instance not a 4k monitor ([BOLD]bought one at xmas, what a waste should have gone 144hz[/BOLD])

Have you not found 4k a big jump?

MarkAnthony

BelovedAunt wrote: »

Have you not found 4k a big jump?

I went 4K too, really 34" curved 3440x1440 high refresh is the ideal for gaming IMHO. You may even want to go smaller for First Person Shooters.

I see absolutely no increase in image quality over 1440p.

Icyseanfitz

I can see the difference at 4k vs 1440 and it does look downright amazing but unless your willing to buy 2 gtx 1080's right now there's no real solution to pushing that resolution, also most 4k monitors are 60hz compared to 144hz on 1440/1080p

MarkAnthony

I've actually not had an issue pushing 60FPS on a single 1080 which I was quite surprised about. The good thing about 4K is AA is pretty much not needed.

Revoker88

EoinHef wrote: »

Quick question,290X and a 8350 both @ stock on a corsair CX500,safe?

Im thinkin might be ok at stock but a little close for comfort

Ok so after trying this the card keeps black screening,have it stable with an underclock. 100Mhz down on the core and 200Mhz down on the memory. I reckon the PSU is not cutting it. No spare psu so anyone think of anything else i can try now?

The card is not crashing right away,only when it gets up to temp(circa 70C) and under load.

Icyseanfitz

MarkAnthony wrote: »

I've actually not had an issue pushing 60FPS on a single 1080 which I was quite surprised about. The good thing about 4K is AA is pretty much not needed.

Really? As in ultra settings no aa? If so my interest is back, although I'll probably run the industrial heater390x until the 1180 or 1080ti

kevovek

EoinHef wrote: »

Ok so after trying this the card keeps black screening,have it stable with an underclock. 100Mhz down on the core and 200Mhz down on the memory. I reckon the PSU is not cutting it. No spare psu so anyone think of anything else i can try now?

The card is not crashing right away,only when it gets up to temp(circa 70C) and under load.

There was black screen problems with a few of the 290s I think. When I got mine it was black screening too. Cant for the life of me remember how I fixed it though there are a few fixes out there. So it might not be the PSU at all hopefully.

Edit: I think this is the one that helped me sort it

TerrorFirmer

EoinHef wrote: »

Ok so after trying this the card keeps black screening,have it stable with an underclock. 100Mhz down on the core and 200Mhz down on the memory. I reckon the PSU is not cutting it. No spare psu so anyone think of anything else i can try now?

The card is not crashing right away,only when it gets up to temp(circa 70C) and under load.

Very easily could be the PSU. The FX8350 is a 125w CPU, the 290X can hit peaks of almost 300w depending on the model. Add in the board, whatever drives and other stuff you have connected, and you're left with almost no change on a 500w unit and any sudden spikes could cause this.

The fact that it's stable underclocked would support this, though not impossible that it's bad memory on the card either.

I would personally go with 600w minimum with such a setup. It's not good to be running your PSU so close to its limit. I'd never put more than 300w on a 400W PSU, 350w on a 500w, etc.

Revoker88

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Very easily could be the PSU. The FX8350 is a 125w CPU, the 290X can hit peaks of almost 300w depending on the model. Add in the board, whatever drives and other stuff you have connected, and you're left with almost no change on a 500w unit and any sudden spikes could cause this.

The fact that it's stable underclocked would support this, though not impossible that it's bad memory on the card either.

I would personally go with 600w minimum with such a setup. It's not good to be running your PSU so close to its limit. I'd never put more than 300w on a 400W PSU, 350w on a 500w, etc.

Cheers. Its a mates PC,told him not to buy a 290X but he didnt listen. He got impatient waiting for the AiB 480's. Second hand off adverts too so of its dodgy memory probably not mich of a chance of refund.

Getting hold of a 750W psu later so he can test with that. Hes not mich of a builder though so hes dreading having to put it in and he is in newry so not really feasible for me to travel up to help.

Anyway hopefully it fixes the issue.

Serephucus

So... This is a thing in Ireland now.

Icyseanfitz

actually finding it addictive :o:o going out on the town tonight and il probably be glued to it even though I'd normally be giving out that people are on their phones too much

papu

Serephucus wrote: »

So... This is a thing in Ireland now.

taken down by poodlecorp . F*ck those guys

Serephucus

Niantic say it's just getting flooded with users (which is exactly the same thing as a DDoS), so it could just be that, given that it launched in the UK and a couple of other EU places this week.

Icyseanfitz

Yeah seems to be down again

papu

Serephucus wrote: »

Niantic say it's just getting flooded with users (which is exactly the same thing as a DDoS), so it could just be that, given that it launched in the UK and a couple of other EU places this week.

Well they've claimed responsibility for it, but who knows

Revoker88

EoinHef wrote: »

Cheers. Its a mates PC,told him not to buy a 290X but he didnt listen. He got impatient waiting for the AiB 480's. Second hand off adverts too so of its dodgy memory probably not mich of a chance of refund.

Getting hold of a 750W psu later so he can test with that. Hes not mich of a builder though so hes dreading having to put it in and he is in newry so not really feasible for me to travel up to help.

Anyway hopefully it fixes the issue.

Running away now on Witcher 3 with new PSU,so fingers crossed thats that. Cheers for the help:)

MarkAnthony

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

Really? As in ultra settings no aa? If so my interest is back, although I'll probably run the industrial heater390x until the 1180 or 1080ti

I've only been playing a couple of games recently so I'll need to check again but pretty sure. Doom, ESO definitely. Warhammer:TW nope but thats CPU bound.

Cuddlesworth

Bit scared to get it. Seems like the start of the zombie apocalypse.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/174821377

Pushtrak

http://www.cartelpress.com/isis-taking-responsibility-pokemon-gos-login-problems/



Edit: For anyone who can't click the link...

ISIS leader Ahmad Aklahar HanhJob says “America will feel the pain of not being able to catch them all”

wotzgoingon

Bought 3DMark today for €10 off steam(still on sale if anyone is interested) have to say I done pretty good for a old X58 system. Only thing is my graphics driver is not recognized(I think I'm on a beta)

My score is here: http://www.3dmark.com/fs/9410006

Found this i7 4790K with a GTX 970 which is a good system and my aging x58 beat it.

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/7185705

ShadowHearth

Guys.... Is my gpu fried? I turned on pc today and it was loading up, but screens would not detect pc.
I played around with cables and got it to work, but barely. All images at start up are ****ed up like Nes bugged cartridges.
I managed to get to Windows,but it's low resolution amd colours, but sort of works. Can't do anything.
I uninsulated nvidia drivers and deleted drivers from my devices. Restart amd stoll screens look fuzzy. Ot loaded up, but it's all same.
I'll add some pictures.

Amy ideas guys?
Pics in bios.

K.O.Kiki

Have you tried a different connector/cable?

justsomebloke

have you tried taking out the gpu and testing the onboard graphics?

Redfox25

Or access to another monitor but its unlikely its that.
Alternatively, it could be your PSU is acting the maggot, check all connections internally and if you can unplug any extra HDD's or fans do that to try to leave it giving power only to your cpu/gpu and the hdd your OS is on.

Does you cpu have integrated graphics built in? If it does, pop out the GPU and see if that fixes the issue.

Edit
Its unlikely to be the psu as the gpu should be only drawing a small amount of power in windows but as it starts up the initial power draw might be spooking the psu if its starting to fail.

Is the GPU under warranty by any chance?
Fingers crossed for you

ShadowHearth

So little update:

I took out GPU completely and connected monitor directly to mother board. It all loaded up without artifacts like nothing happened. Installed 2500k integrated display drivers and it is working perfectly on it.

So question is now:

Is it GPU completely blown?
Or do I still check power connectors and see if its psu issue? Or psu is rulled out now?

Cheers for fast response guys.

TerrorFirmer

Most likely the card is screwed, 9 times out of that artifacting like that in bios is the card, usually memory related.

ShadowHearth

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Most likely the card is screwed, 9 times out of that artifacting like that in bios is the card, usually memory related.

So looks like my 680 threw in the towel?

This is the worst time to be looking for new GPU. Prices all over the place and no stock too. Great. Second hand market on adverts is its own story all together...

My gpu had to die when Pre-Legion wow patch landed today...

Redfox25

As terror said its likely the GPU in that case. Hopefully its under warranty and you get sorted out.
Its worth checking the power connections and leads as well. Its unlikely but just double check them for tightness. Do this with the power off in case one of the leads going to the gpu is faulty and or damaged. (probably unlikely but best to be safe)

TerrorFirmer

ShadowHearth wrote: »

So looks like my 680 threw in the towel?

This is the worst time to be looking for new GPU. Prices all over the place and no stock too. Great. Second hand market on adverts is its own story all together...

My gpu had to die when Pre-Legion wow patch landed today...

To be fair the 2nd hand market has levelled off well in the last while for the most part. Another GTX680 or GTX770 to tide you over can be gotten for around €120 now. If you just want to get by, GTX660's are going for around €80. Even R9 290's are going for around €180 and GTX970's for around 200.