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  1. On 6/9/2025 at 12:05 AM, BitMaster said:

    Not sure if the CPU/IMC likes 6400MT/s. You could try and find 6000MT/s with maybe lower Latency. That's what I would do.

    The rest looks ok to me

    Running 6000 at 1:1 can be faster, certainly in benchmarks but in games then faster RAM can prove a bit faster. To be honest other than set the correct rations i dont spend to much time optimising my RAM (96GB C32 6600 Corsair). Just put it in the MOBO and set whatever Expo is the most stable.

    On 6/17/2025 at 7:39 PM, LucShep said:


    What motherboard is this?
    I suppose it's an AM5 B850 or X870 model, and on these I believe only two NVMe slots can be used without impacting the GPU (which ones to use depends on motherboard).

    The ideal setup for NVMe drives in your case would be two, to maintain PCIe 5.0 x16 for the GPU.
    As you describe, one main NVMe drive for OS and etc (in M2A), the other one for games and etc (you mention it's in M2D ?).

    As you say, if you use the other two slots it will slow your GPU slot down to PCIe 5.0 x8.
    However, testing with the "almighty" RTX 5090 has shown that it only loses 1%~3% performance by losing half of its bandwidth, basically unnoticeable (see it HERE and HERE).

    That said, even if the difference is insignificant, and since you're building this system from the ground up, for the long term and wanting the large storage, I'd certainly consider going for two good 4TB NVMe Gen4 drives. 🙂 
     

    Not always true, it depends how many NVMe slots the MOBO has and what ones are used.

    The ROG STRIX X870E-E GAMING WIFI has 5 x M2 slots with 3 x being PCIe 5 and the remainder PCIe 4, i use the PCIe 5 slot for my Gen 5 OS drive and the 2 x Gen 4 slots for my DCS drive and Steam drive, in that configuration there is zero impact on performance as the 2 x remaining gen 5 slots are not occupied.

  2. On 6/14/2025 at 2:07 PM, Raven (Elysian Angel) said:

    The only thing I heard about Turbo Mode (from Gigabyte motherboards) is that it's pretty much useless: you'd be better off with PBO. That's from someone on YouTube, I don't remember if it was Hardware Unboxed or Gamers Nexus.

    7800x3d doesnt do PBO, you need a 9*** series for that mate.

  3. 17 hours ago, Dragon1-1 said:

    Google only (or DDG, or whatever strikes you fancy). Never use AI for such specific advice (or for any technical advice at all). It might just be right... or it might tell you to do something that'll fry your mobo. You can never be sure with AI unless you check a reliable source (at which point, why not start there?). While messing around with BIOS is much safer nowadays than it used to be, you can still end up with an unbootable configuration and have to mess around with jumpers/pull the CMOS battery to make it forget your messed up settings.

    Google gets its info from a less limited pool than AI, i mean its silly to not conduct due diligence on any advice whether its from AI, a Search Engine , a forum or direct from a person. 

    Ive read some absurd advice on here over the years, and on all forums, you only need to read what some people are advising about DLSS to know how far of the mark some people are irrespective of how confidant they seem.

    All my RAM settings come via AI and its bang on and getting some great CB24 scores, on a side note i wouldn't use the quick answer setting for an Ai search, for work i use the Research functions and they are bang on for accuracy.

  4. I checked last night and i cant see any difference on my 9950x3d whether using just the cache cores, just the performance cores or all 16 cores, temps are all around what id expect.

    Still hitting around 5.7ghz on the cache cores and 5.9ghz on the performance cores and that was running a huge mission with 120 planes up and around 1000 missiles in the air.

    Also guys, using other peoples quoted CPU temps as a reference to your own doesn't work unless they also quote room/case ambient so you are comparing Delta to Delta.

    Hitting 90c isnt an issue if the ambient is 30c, hitting 90c in an igloo is a big issue.

  5. 9 hours ago, Aapje said:

    @pegasus1

    Nvidia does market frame generation as a DLSS technology, although in my opinion that is a marketing-driven decision, to improve acceptance of frame generation due to how strong the DLSS-branding is.

    But it can make it confusing, and it is better to explicitly specify whether you are talking about upscaling or frame gen, rather than use the word 'DLSS' and assume that people will interpret it as merely referring to upscaling.

    Its what happens when people have a little bit of knowledge, im lucky in that ive been a member of GURU 3D for over 15 years and there are some crazy knowledgeable people on there and some very interesting topics, the guy who wrote MSI Afterburner is a staff member and some top end private custom system builder are regular posters.

    For me DLSS 4 using Version K has improved the visuals of many games and obviously there is also a performance boost, other games to me look no different but DCS at 77% DLSS still looks amazing and smooth at Max settings and 4K is always over 100fps on a 9950x3d/4090@3ghz.

    Something like Ready Or Not looks no different, Metro EEE looks better i think. As for FG, maybe it looks better on CP2077 but on other games i have it off.

  6. 15 hours ago, Qcumber said:

    Is it worth upgrading from 64gb to 128gb RAM for VR? If I did it would be 4 sticks. I've read that 4 sticks of DDR5 RAM can be unstable. 

    Well four stick places more strain on the system so you might need to make some adjustments in the BIOS as far as timings and voltages go (a Google/AI Search for your specific RAM and MOBO would help). I don't use VR so cant comment but DCS is becoming more and more complex and finally is able to take advantage of better performing hardware so at some point 64gb will be a limiting factor. 

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  7. On 2/3/2025 at 11:46 AM, Notarobot said:


    You realize that DLSS is filling in frames as well right? 


     

    DLSS doesn't add frames, it renders the image at a lower resolution then uses AI to upscale it, zero frames are added.

    Render the image at 1080p then upscale to 1440p, that how it works, dont confuse it with Frame Generation which add AI generated frames between rendered frames but can introduce latency.

  8. I doubt you would notice a difference between a 7800x3d and a 9800x3d unless you also updated the motherboard as well and even then it would be slight at best.

    On my AM4 5800x3d i ran 64gb and the system would regularly exceed 40gb, i now run a 9950x3d and 96gb of RAM and see over 60gb of total usage, DCS will use just about all the RAM you can throw at it and also loves the fastest CPUs but at that point the game engine becomes the bottleneck.

    The best upgrade is to run DLSS Setting K and if you have the GPU to power it, at Ultra Quality level (70 - 80% resolution).

  9. On AMD CPUs with multiple CCDs then the Bios settings, the OS settings or third party program settings can be used to prioritise whether the CCD with the extra cache is used, or the CCD with the higher core speed is used.  If you run a multi CCD CPU like 9950X3D then its easy to see which CCD the game is using most.

    I have found that DCS much prefers using the CCD with the extra Cache even though it runs at a slightly slower speed, but that's not to say the other cores wont be used.

  10. On 4/21/2025 at 10:58 PM, inZane said:

    Everytime you patch DCS, you need to replace those DLSS files again as they will be overwritten.

    Yeah, same as replacing the Viper 2.0 mod, NV Inspector is set to insert them anyway so no biggie. I dont understand why they are not using Preset K as its far superior to the other Presets and allows very specific (in %) ratios of scaling.

  11. 3 hours ago, Tophatter14 said:

    I received the same advice about using two sticks of the same make and production date vice mixing  up 4 even if they are the same brand bought at different times.

    Its not a hard and fast rule, a PC can work fine using difference RAM stick but with every variation you increase the chances of instability.

    The best scenario for stability is to use RAM that is on the MOBO approved list and then set it to XMP/Expo in the Bios, but thats not to say you cant get 100% stability by using RAM that falls outside of this, it just increases the chances of things going wrong.

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  12. 1 hour ago, Lange_666 said:

    It's NOT normal. If it does there certainly is an issue while booting the first time.

    Depends very much on the hardware and Bios environment. That Mobo did the same with anything from a 1080Ti to a 4090, from a 3700x to a 5800x3d. The most stable rig i think ive ever built.

    1 hour ago, SharpeXB said:

    The PC powers on and off while starting up? That seems strange, I’ve never had one do that. Except when installing updates but not every time I start it. 

    Press the start button, it powers up for a second then resets and boots fine.  I had that rig for maybe 3 years and never a stability issue, all the haerdware ran fine.

    Ive known it to happen when a mobo boots and resets the RAM to a custom Bios setting.

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