I'd check if your BIOS firmware is the latest/supports that CPU first.
Then try turning off Speedstep/EIST in BIOS to see if it starts with the multiplier locked at 9x. Then turn that back on and try disabling anything related to power saving or 'quiet'.
I don't need to be overclocked all the time so I've been using the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility to overclock without restarting. It can automatically overclock when different programs start but I had a little reliability trouble with that (possibly a bug which is now fixed) so I've been using batch ...
https://www.qubes-os.org/ Interesting! For me switching to Qubes is a little too inconvenient but good to know about nonetheless, I may have a use for it in the future. Just now I could create a dedicated VM for sensitive tasks without any inconvenience, I think that would give me a little more sec...
Why compromise integrity for a PR stunt? Oh right, this is Mozilla we're talking about. I use Brave or Vivaldi in a virtual machine for regular browsing, they've made huge progress in the last year, but for banking, emails and purchases I use Edge - I don't fully trust the smaller browsers to handle...
Personal computer market: saturated Mobile computer market: saturated Smartphone market: saturated Smart TV market: oversaturated High tech hardware manufacturers are grasping for growth. Wearables went nowhere and the IOT will probably be the same failure to launch but on a bigger scale. VR may hav...
I've heard the reasoning being that bigger games are harder to pirate. Interesting article, I had no idea prerendered cutscenes were a major factor. AAA developers love using facial capture technology but probably don't want to integrate the advanced facial modeling into the game engine. It can add ...
I looked into buying that one, lots of positive talk about it online but only one seller here in the UK has it and the price was ridiculous. 48Hz seems on the high side but now that AMD has LFC it shouldn't be a problem.
I just had the same dilemma and decided to go with the RX 480 4GB and that exact FreeSync monitor. I would have much preferred to get the more powerful GTX 1060 but the cost difference over the FreeSync route can't be justified. The 4GB RX 480 plus 144Hz FreeSync monitor cost me £360 while a GTX 106...
Finally got Rocket League and have been destroying my life with it over the weekend. Pretty addictive, need to improve my rocketing game though, might have to change the controls.
I had people look at me like I do the impossible after telling them I build my own systems. I know what you mean, but if you haven't got the gumption to simply google "how to build a pc" and follow any of the myriad of walkthroughs then you probably shouldn't be writing an article about h...
Is this native advertising or is there some other reason a website would pay a bozo to whine about being technically illiterate for 1500 words? Or however many words, I didn't even click the link. Vice is self-obsession dressed up as substance. There are literally thousands of step-by-step videos on...
Nvidia have gotten good performance from their new process but it comes at a cost. AMD meanwhile still has to deliver on performance but has much improved cost. I have a feeling that either the RX 470 or the GTX 1060 will be the sweetspot for this generation. Either way I want non-reference.
The PCPer video is a great watch, better than the article IMO. In it they mention that each of the PCI-E socket's connectors are rated for 1.1 Amps, there are five 12 V lines meaning there is a maximum of 5.5 Amps through the 12 V lines. Stock the card is pulling 6.9 Amps, overclocked 8.3 Amps which...
PCPer has a lengthy investigative article up about the issue: http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Power-Consumption-Concerns-Radeon-RX-480 Long story short: it is exceeding spec, according to AMD and motherboard manufacturers and by quite a long way - but nobody is highly concerned about it ...
PCPer just claimed in their podcast (for the second time, they mentioned it in their review video of the RX 480 also) that the 4GB and 8GB are identical save for the VBIOS. They claim even the amount of memory is the same, that the only difference is memory speed and allocation of the additional 4GB...
For what it's worth I recently had slowness and hard drive thrashing during startup/shutdown of Windows 10 and an update of Intel RST fixed it. Good advice Savyg