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When the Gpu's prices will go down ?

MyBrainz said:
I have 4x 144Hz monitors (one of them is actually a 165Hz) running off a 3060ti and the GPU downclocks to 210/101 MHz when idle as long as they are all set to the same refresh rate.

I used to get high idle clocks and after i did a clean install of the driver it was still the same so i reinstalled over the top again and after the third time it fixed itself.

Key thing is to have all monitors running at the same refresh rate to keep the clocks down on idle. I have to set all of mine to 120Hz as streaming with OBS Studio @60Hz the monitors need to be at a multiple of 60 to keep the stuttering down, some users get away with it but its definitly an issues for many.

Edit.. 3 displays use DP cables and the other uses an HDMI cable.
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Idle clock seems fine, its downclocking normally but for some reason it sits around 100w instead of what it should be on a single monitor (cant remember off top of my head). I have all mine set to 144hz, the only one i can't set is the stats panel which is a basic LCD screen through HDMI. All ports on the back of the gpu are populated. I've done a clean windows install and it still was the same, updated the bios on the gpu, still the same and reinstalled drivers. In the end i just left it as it is.

Same, 3 of mine are on DP's and the stats panel is on hdmi.
 
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Jay85 said:
Idle clock seems fine, its downclocking normally but for some reason it sits around 100w instead of what it should be on a single monitor (cant remember off top of my head). I have all mine set to 144hz, the only one i can't set is the stats panel which is a basic LCD screen through HDMI. All ports on the back of the gpu are populated. I've done a clean windows install and it still was the same, updated the bios on the gpu, still the same and reinstalled drivers. In the end i just left it as it is.

Same, 3 of mine are on DP's and the stats panel is on hdmi.
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Thats a strange one and would bug the crap out of me, hope it fixes itself at some point, 100w idle is nuts.
 
MyBrainz said:
Thats a strange one and would bug the crap out of me, hope it fixes itself at some point, 100w idle is nuts.
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Probably adds up in electric over time lol but i don't usually leave it on so not too much of a biggie, it has been bugging me though.

Edit: Wonder if mine could also be a problem with the refresh rates. I'll try running 2 of the monitors at 60hz instead of 144hz and see if that helps.
 
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Jay85 said:
Probably adds up in electric over time lol but i don't usually leave it on so not too much of a biggie, it has been bugging me though.

Edit: Wonder if mine could also be a problem with the refresh rates. I'll try running 2 of the monitors at 60hz instead of 144hz and see if that helps.
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I was going to suggest this but thought you have probably tried these things already.
 
gpuerrilla said:
Speaking of the multi-display on AMD - a mate asked me what gpu to get for his 3x monitor setup, anyway I found this interesting from HU, tallies up with my 290x and vega experience so wonder why the negative vibes? If anything it looks like nvidia need to put some effort into this:

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I was referring to the bad implementation in Far Cry series, since they were partners with UBI for a while now. FC2 ran fine by default, from that point onwards, didn't matter if it was AMD or nVIDIA sponsoring a certain installment, the default unchangeable FoV was 60 for multidisplay, meaning you were playing with something like a 2x zoom in equivalent. Vomiting inducing, not playable basically. IMHO, you can't just do that all the way to FC6 without someone properly testing that (beyond it works) and leaving it like that. I don't care about RT dumb down crap, specific performance optimization for water or whatever AMD did. I want proper functionality first in all its forms, then add whatever you want...

Other than that yeah, I ran a 27" 1080p 16:9 display alongside 2x22" 16:10 and scaled well on AMD. What i didn't like was the need for active adaptors for a while (weren't that cheap and that easy to come by) and the inability of the driver/system to have a quick combo to switch between Eyefinity and Single/Multiple Displays mode, to remember how everything was set up, without the need to go through the set up process every time.

Now with nvidia in Surround, same as AMD, can't have an easy way to switch between Surround and Single/Multi Display setup that was made before enabling Surround, at times one monitor goes black like it goes into idle, but it comes back quickly, can't run downscaling from higher resolution if I want to do it on a single monitor while Surround is enable - so i have to disable surround; some games start on the display that they chose instead of the middle one (if they can't support ultra wide resolutions and I have to play them as 16:9 or similar); connected displays, but not assigned (meaning not assigned as duplicate/extended desktop), if they're in stand by and not shut off from the button will give a constant stutter every now and then in games and probably some others bugs...
 
random_matt said:
Next gen will go up in price, PC gaming is for the select few.
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I doubt it. Feel free to quote me. Only card I can see going higher is a 5090 or something as people buying that could probably be squeezed a bit more. But other cards will either be the same or cheaper.

Prices can't keep going up unless Nvidia are happy to sell A LOT less volume.
 
TNA said:
I doubt it. Feel free to quote me. Only card I can see going higher is a 5090 or something as people buying that could probably be squeezed a bit more. But other cards will either be the same or cheaper.

Prices can't keep going up unless Nvidia are happy to sell A LOT less volume.
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Exactly, they kinda went all in with this gen. Sale will be, sure, but a lot less and AI stuff you can sell only so much.
 
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NZXT30 said:
32 million online PC gamers on Steam alone last Sunday says otherwise.

That's more than both next gen consoles combined.
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If you think 32 million (99% of **** GPU's) is decent (Dwarfed by PS4/5/X1/XS/XSX), you will need a choice of MRI/FMRI or ct scan. We already know current gen will hit well north of 100 million, so less of the ********.
 
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random_matt said:
If you think 32 million (99% of **** GPU's) is decent (Dwarfed by PS4/5/X1/XS/XSX), you will need a choice of MRI/FMRI or ct scan. We already know current gen will hit well north of 100 million, so less of the ********.
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100m is nothing, it's significantly less than the monthly active user base of league of legends and that's just one PC game.

Far more PC gamers have PS5 and above capable PCs than next gen consoles sold and that can easily be deducted by some quick math from the Steam hardware survey, even using Steam userbase numbers that are years old.

Two things are certain to happen:

1) PC gaming will continue to thrive.
2) No Jensen will not sell you cheap 4090s and 4080s no matter how many tantrums you throw :D
 
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MyBrainz said:
I was going to suggest this but thought you have probably tried these things already.
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Ha you won't believe it, just set my 24" monitor to 60hz and left my main at 144hz and my 27" at 120hz and its dropped down to under 30w idle now! Guess there's something up with the 24" monitor that's making it consume more power.
 
Jay85 said:
Ha you won't believe it, just set my 24" monitor to 60hz and left my main at 144hz and my 27" at 120hz and its dropped down to under 30w idle now! Guess there's something up with the 24" monitor that's making it consume more power.
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Holy crap that sounds all kinds of wonky lol Well i guess you can work from there how to figure out which refresh rates you want to use on each of them now.. are the clocks still clocking down with that config?
 
NZXT30 said:
100m is nothing, it's significantly less than the monthly active user base of league of legends and that's just one PC game.

Far more PC gamers have PS5 and above capable PCs than next gen consoles sold and that can easily be deducted by some quick math from the Steam hardware survey, even using Steam userbase numbers that are years old.

Two things are certain to happen:

1) PC gaming will continue to thrive.
2) No Jensen will not sell you cheap 4090s and 4080s no matter how many tantrums you throw :D
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The majority of PC gamer's do not have a GPU more capable than a PS5/X1X. I just looked at the survey, you made a claim and cannot back it up, what a surprise. :cry:
 
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MyBrainz said:
Holy crap that sounds all kinds of wonky lol Well i guess you can work from there how to figure out which refresh rates you want to use on each of them now.. are the clocks still clocking down with that config?
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Yup! Clocks down to idle basically, core sits around 210mhz and memory at 810mhz. Wouldn't say it was any cooler though, as its on water so its always sat around 25/26c idling but nice to have it consume under 30w now.
 
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