Just wondering on reference cards does anyone get temperature drops in some games? I've noticed it occasionally in Crysis3, I'll be playing a level (usually root of all evil if I'm temp testing) using the amd fan curve it'll get to 93c, sit there for a while then suddenly drop to 89c, doesn't go down gradually just a sudden jump down several degrees according to afterburner. Usually after that it'll only get to around 92c or thereabouts. That's at stock clock as well.
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Nope that's what I found strange, clocks are all full pelt just seeing that happen occasionally with a multi degree temp drop all of a sudden.
Soldato
Yeah that's pretty normal. It will get pretty high then the fan will ramp up and keep it a bit cooler than before.
Associate
Can safely say I am impressed with my sapphires so far, they are blowing my mind a little - coming from a 5870 
Caporegime
Can safely say I am impressed with my sapphires so far, they are blowing my mind a little - coming from a 5870
Associate
Started doing the benchmarks and worked on some crysis 3 on very high and that put my top card over 90 degrees so I'll leave that out for now till I sort out the airflow.
Associate
So doing the 2600k benchmarks now and It seems my overclock on my graphics card isnt stable with this cpu. Just getting loads of crashes and red lines on my screen during firestrike. I'm going to try bumping the voltage a little but is this normal? the test runs fine with the cards at stock.
Associate
EDIT: Think the links are fixed now.
ok so here are my findings after running multiple benchmarks with my 3570k and now my 2600k. Both were clocked at 4.6 ghz and I cant get the 2600k stable beyond at that at 1.385v and im not sure its safe to push it much further.
first the gpu-z shots of my cards
nothing in the shots changed when switching processors
Now onto Sky Diver
i5 results and usage
i7 results and usage
I apologise for the stupid cutting of some of the i5 usage and also that i updated my drivers when I installed my new CPU. I had to reinstall them and just grabbed the new
ones without thinking about this.
So an almost 2800pt boost in my score
Firestrike
i5 results and usage
i7 results and usage
1200 point jump this time
Firestrike Extreme
i5 results and usage
i7 results and usage
a much smaller almost 500pt jump this time
Now onto actual games now ive only done two titles and thats Tomb Raider and Sleeping Dogs. I also forgot to get usage charts for these games but ya know I aint perfect
Tomb Raider
i5 1080p
i7 1080p
so an improvement in minimum frames but overallnot really improvement in average frames at all
i5 1440p
i7 1440p
again its the same with an improvement in minimum frames and a very slight increase in average frames
Sleeping Dogs
i5 1080p
i7 1080p
strange one here as the minimums actually dropped with the i7 but a big boost in average fps
i5 1440p
i7 1440p
again a slight drop in minimums but a boost to average
so conclusions? Well overall I think its better certainly felt smoother. During the physics tests in 3dmark for example I didnt seem to be getting a huge amount more frames but it all felt smoother but thats possibly just in my imagination. I have also realised its time to get rid of my PSU and get a superflower 1000. I had a feeling I would need to do that when I did this upgrade but I will hopefully get a decent price for my 3570k which should go a decent way towards it.
ok so here are my findings after running multiple benchmarks with my 3570k and now my 2600k. Both were clocked at 4.6 ghz and I cant get the 2600k stable beyond at that at 1.385v and im not sure its safe to push it much further.
first the gpu-z shots of my cards
nothing in the shots changed when switching processors
Now onto Sky Diver
i5 results and usage
i7 results and usage
I apologise for the stupid cutting of some of the i5 usage and also that i updated my drivers when I installed my new CPU. I had to reinstall them and just grabbed the new
ones without thinking about this.
So an almost 2800pt boost in my score
Firestrike
i5 results and usage
i7 results and usage
1200 point jump this time
Firestrike Extreme
i5 results and usage
i7 results and usage
a much smaller almost 500pt jump this time
Now onto actual games now ive only done two titles and thats Tomb Raider and Sleeping Dogs. I also forgot to get usage charts for these games but ya know I aint perfect
Tomb Raider
i5 1080p
i7 1080p
so an improvement in minimum frames but overallnot really improvement in average frames at all
i5 1440p
i7 1440p
again its the same with an improvement in minimum frames and a very slight increase in average frames
Sleeping Dogs
i5 1080p
i7 1080p
strange one here as the minimums actually dropped with the i7 but a big boost in average fps
i5 1440p
i7 1440p
again a slight drop in minimums but a boost to average
so conclusions? Well overall I think its better certainly felt smoother. During the physics tests in 3dmark for example I didnt seem to be getting a huge amount more frames but it all felt smoother but thats possibly just in my imagination. I have also realised its time to get rid of my PSU and get a superflower 1000. I had a feeling I would need to do that when I did this upgrade but I will hopefully get a decent price for my 3570k which should go a decent way towards it.
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Associate
The i5 only had better mins in sleeping dogs. In Tomb Raider the i7 had better mins but not a huge difference in average
Soldato
I've managed to get a new base for my Parvum S2 which allows the use of 2x120mm fans. I've used Corsair AF120 Performance Edition to try and draw in cooler air and reduce the temps & noise of my reference 290.
Well, I can tell you it worked.
Idle temps are down by 10c and while load temps are still around the 80c mark, the fan speed is 10-12% less which is a superb result.
Well, I can tell you it worked.
Idle temps are down by 10c and while load temps are still around the 80c mark, the fan speed is 10-12% less which is a superb result.
Caporegime
I've managed to get a new base for my Parvum S2 which allows the use of 2x120mm fans. I've used Corsair AF120 Performance Edition to try and draw in cooler air and reduce the temps & noise of my reference 290.
Well, I can tell you it worked.
Idle temps are down by 10c and while load temps are still around the 80c mark, the fan speed is 10-12% less which is a superb result.
Nice one. Every little helps with the reference cards.
Soldato
Caporegime
Indeed - this mod could also be used for WC'ing if I had the ££.
I can definitely see how that would lower temps.
Soldato
I can definitely see how that would lower temps.
Its working better than expected. My only change to this would be to swap for some PWM fans and add them to the motherboard.