RX 480 Vs. 380X?

Zeebedy · 1 Jul 2016 at 23:15

Orcvader said:
Run something like Prime95 and open up CPU-Z, and see what speed it reports while Prime95 is running. 37c sounds too low, unless you have an amazing CPU cooler.

Overclocking will do the opposite, it will demand more power from the board. To get around the throttling issue you either underclock/undervolt the CPU to lower its power demands, or provide proper cooling to the VRMs (which is located at the headsinks next to the CPU socket). Hence me suggesting you pointing a fan to them.

cheers mate. well its at stock 4.0ghz with turbo 4.2ghz - what would you consider a decent underclock? and the best software for this?

also if i bought a higher end mobo this would help too???

RTJ

Orcvader · 1 Jul 2016 at 23:22

Run Prime95 for about 15 minutes first so it can reach the higher temps. A short run won't be very realistic

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Tropicocity · 1 Jul 2016 at 23:26

Have you checked GPU usage on afterburner, and/or CPU usage with something like Coretemp? CS:GO is a really easy game to run, unless you've accidently got 8x supersampling AA and other stuff turned on, you should have no issues at 1080p!

Zeebedy · 1 Jul 2016 at 23:29

hmm....so far on Prime95 the max temp is 43c ?? WTF?? according to MSI AB

RTJ

Orcvader · 1 Jul 2016 at 23:33

And what speed is CPU-Z reporting?

Zeebedy · 1 Jul 2016 at 23:34

4ghz, no boost on though?

RTJ

TheRealDeal · 1 Jul 2016 at 23:35

rip-the-jacker said:
hmm....so far on Prime95 the max temp is 43c ?? WTF?? according to MSI AB

RTJ

Have you checked to see what your clocks are at while running prime. Cpu-z should show you this in real time while the program is running. If it's showing you at 4.2ghz maybe you just have a great cpu. A good test for this would be to run 3dmark firestrike and check out your physics score. There is a free version so will not cost you a thing.

Edit i see i was beaten to the core speed. Still run the firestrike test and report back with your Physics score which is the cpu part. Your Graphics score should also tell us if all is good there as well.

Gregster · 1 Jul 2016 at 23:41

A dumb question but you do have the monitor cable plugged into the GPU and not the onboard graphics?

TheRealDeal · 1 Jul 2016 at 23:43

Gregster said:
A dumb question but you do have the monitor cable plugged into the GPU and not the onboard graphics?

While not dumb his cpu does not have on board according to a quick google.

Gregster · 1 Jul 2016 at 23:44

TheRealDeal said:
While not dumb his cpu does not have on board according to a quick google.

Ahhh ok ta and I thought it did

Aretak · 1 Jul 2016 at 23:45

rip-the-jacker said:
hmm....so far on Prime95 the max temp is 43c ?? WTF?? according to MSI AB

Most programs don't report AMD CPU temperatures correctly due to the unusual way that their sensors are set up. Try CoreTemp and see what that says.

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

Zeebedy · 1 Jul 2016 at 23:46

just downloading it now, and with my **** internet will take around 50 minutes.

i stopped the prime btw, and checked, all 8core running at 100% and the temp was a constant 42c peeking at 43c.

RTJ

Zeebedy · 1 Jul 2016 at 23:50

Aretak said:
Most programs don't report AMD CPU temperatures correctly due to the unusual way that their sensors are set up. Try CoreTemp and see what that says.

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

hey @Aretak

same readings exactly on cope temp as MSI AB???

RTJ

Aretak · 1 Jul 2016 at 23:53

rip-the-jacker said:
hey @Aretak

same readings exactly on cope temp as MSI AB???

Guess AB is one that reads them properly these days then. Good to know.

Zeebedy · 1 Jul 2016 at 23:54

could it be a faulty mobo? these GPU and CPU temps seem a bit lowish..

RTJ

TheRealDeal · 1 Jul 2016 at 23:56

rip-the-jacker said:
could it be a faulty mobo? these GPU and CPU temps seem a bit lowish..

RTJ

Firestrike should give you more info. There will be plenty of scores around to see if all is running good.

AlamoX · 2 Jul 2016 at 00:03

you can always try this, who knows, it might work for you too

Zeebedy · 2 Jul 2016 at 00:54

TheRealDeal said:
Firestrike should give you more info. There will be plenty of scores around to see if all is running good.

hey,

just done firestrike :

Graphics Score : 9893
Physics Score : 7374
Combined Score : 2917

how does that seem? also - my GPU max temp went to 65c.

RTJ

Orcvader · 2 Jul 2016 at 01:17

That actually seems about right. If that's the case then it's something about Counter Strike that's for some reason holding it back.

TheRealDeal · 2 Jul 2016 at 01:19

Yep to me that looks pretty good. As above I think the problem is with CS.