LOL, Anandtech Bench! Quick sanity check on those results, for example. ⋅ 35W i5 7400T @ 2.4GHz = 132.41fps. ⋅ 91W i7 6700K @ 4.0GHz = 119.36fps. The only explanation is that AT Bench is now worthless garbage data to be avoided at all costs. Yikes! I've used them for comparing c...
So I think your i7 4790 is indeed the bottleneck (which might be a little surprising). Have a look at these: https://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU/1827 Notice the following: i7 8700K - 6C/12T - 4.7 GHz: 150 avg fps i7 7740X - 4C/8T - 4.3 GHz: 103 avg fps I can't find a direct comparison between the 4x...
Jira is the WORST project management tool ever created. It is the most confusing, most frustrating experience you will ever have with a software product. It is counter-productive, non-intuitive, inconsistent, and excessively complex. I have over 8 years of experience with Jira, and have worked on 15...
The EVGA card worked flawlessly otherwise under load (Heaven + Prime, BF4 @ 3440x1440 on Ultra) - no crashes, blue screens, etc. I don't believe for a moment you were running Heaven+Prime and only drawing 200w from the wall with a i7-3770 and 970. Sorry. If it were a power problem, it seems to me a...
Perhaps since the PNY 970 has slightly recessed PCI-E power connectors... Checked and double-checked, they were solid & straight. Also no wonder the EVGA card ran noisy your tiny case. It was probably running way too hot and was cranking the RPM's up to 100% or close to it. The little case has ...
Any other parts that are in the system that can be taken out to try an eliminate those as possible conflict/power draw suspects?
Yeah beside the SSD, everything else sits on the motherboard. I have disabled everything I can in the BIOS but I doubt it actually cuts down on power draw.
Like I said, I can see all sides to this. What I want to know is ... why the weird ethernet symptoms?? what chip is it? we have a bunch of Dell 9020s with Intel l217LM NICs in them, and it took dell several tries to get the BIOS sorted out to not kill ports on our switches. The assumption from the ...
You could try booting to safe mode with networking to see if the problem still happens without the video drivers loaded. Other than that, if it isn't drivers or the PSU it must be the CPU or motherboard, right? So try swapping those out. Tried that, same behavior. Removed / clean install of drivers...
In fairness to the OP, where is everyone getting the 28A on a 12V rail statement from? nVidia's GTX 970 spec page indicate that the reference design uses 145W. The PCIe spec also comes into play with a 225W maximum from two 6 pin auxiliary connectors plus power from the PCIe slot. Still, a 145W par...
So here's the thing: 1. The Ethernet was completely dead with the PNY card. There was no load or anything. It wasn't that it was "failing" - it was just dead. (The wireless adapter worked fine) I have seen this kind of behavior when something is incompatible with something else on the bus ...
... your reaction to all the posts are pretty rude. EVERYONE: I'm not being rude. I asked a specific question, gave parameters, and am looking for helpful ideas along those lines. If you can't respect that, you're the ones being rude, not me. I'm certainly not attacking anyone personally, and have ...
Note for the OP: How do you KNOW it's not the power supply? I realize it's not easy to fix and you've already bought the new video card, but don't get all over EVERYONE when they're trying to help you and you don't want to hear the answer. It's a power problem, now you just need to decide how you w...
I read your OP and posted my thoughts, then noted others had said the same. This is TR buddy - lots of the users of this site are very knowledgeable in the PC hardware field and have seen things like this before. Take note on what's being said here rather than being a bit of an ass about it... Than...
Problem is people who aren't reading the original post, polluting the thread with misinformation. Eventually EVERYONE will skip over the OP, and pile on the mob-consensus.
1. It's not a power problem. I measured consumption from the wall using a Kill-a-watt and it's around 200 watts under load. (PSU is 330 watts) Sounds like it is to me. That graphics card uses around 170w average under load all on it's own, not counting anything else in your system and energy wasted...
So: Theories anyone? Some notes and conclusions I've already come to: 1. It's not a power problem. I measured consumption from the wall using a Kill-a-watt and it's around 200 watts under load. (PSU is 330 watts) I wouldn't be so sure of that. It not only sounds like a power problem, but after seei...
You're running a 970 on a 330w PSU? That's a place to start RTFOP. Edit: Sorry, I was a little rude to say that. It does seem like you did not read the original post though. I really want to dig into why ethernet would fail or seem to fail with two different GeForce 970 cards, under the assumption ...
Fellas, been so long since I've had a real stumper of an issue, but I think I've got a good one for you. So I bought an EVGA GeForce 970 card, stuck it in my Alienware X51 (R1) to replace my GeForce 660. Worked out ok, but was a lot louder under load than my old 660. After a few days though, I notic...
The image is from Overclockers.ru The Apple Cinema Display or iMac will be identical to the 27Q-LED (near bottom-right of the image) because that's the ever-so-popular LG.Philips AH-IPS 1440 panel used in the Crossover 27Q-LED, one of the early Korean "miracle" screens using the exact sam...
Glossy every time. Keep that blur filter off my monitor. All I really need to do is show this: http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/13931511/img/Random-Pictures/59-kristaleffect-big.jpg Absolute truth. Where did you get this image? I would have liked to see an Apple iMac and / or Cinema Display in t...
...any 4k panel under 32" I think is a useless ... I think it actually makes sense if you are thinking in terms of "Retina" / high-DPI, as opposed to running at native resolutions. Games look a lot better with high-DPIs, but it will still take some time for GPU's to catch up to 4k / ...
Ohh JDL I am sooooooo jealous... It is indeed the LG model, the flat one tho not curved. I actually think the curved one might be better but can't say without having used it. I game AND work on this monitor, work being the primary need for 21:9 and it's fantastic. Gaming is great too, most games do...
Just got my GeForce 970. Have BF4 maxed out while running at 3440x1440, with V-sync on, and it's averaging 60 fps or better. Every other game I have played I have maxed out and have yet to find one that goes below 60 fps @ 3440x1440. Hooked into an Alienware X51 R1, I measured power from the wall at...
I love the concept, but sadly, Wifi-based video requires fairly high CPU and network bandwidth, and at the end of the day, there is significant lag, latency, display loss, and crashes. I have tried several - including Airplay, and all have to face reality: Wifi is not a suitable means of driving dis...
Thanks for the suggestions everybody! Since the onboard Realtek HD has rather wimpy output (even after adjusting the equalizer a brazillion times), I'm going to save up for a Xonar DX, and look for Edifier, Klipsch Promedia, or AudioEngine A2+ speakers when I can find them on sale. Thanks again! :D...
1. I love the idea of 4K, but I just don't think the hardware is there for it yet. VERY hard to get 60+ fps on decent quality settings for most games, and 60 Hz on 4K is not quite the same as 60 Hz on 1080p. No idea why. 2. If you're even considering 1080p or 1440p now, you MUST get a 120 Hz display...