Pc's gone pop!

[liamc111]

Got my new pc built yesterday 3 hours start to finish with my first ever build and it worked first time! Well chuffed lol

Final spec is
I5 3570k
Asus p8z77-v pro
Antec kulher 920
Kingston 1866mhz hyper x predator
Gigabyte hd7950
Samsung 128gb pro ssd
Samsung 360gb hdd
Corsair txm650 psu
Coolermaster haf 912 plus

One problem I am having is with the chill control software for the cpu cooler. When entering the programme it comes up unable to connect to device. Its chill control VI version 1.0


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[Delboy]

Nice one mate

Can't help with the chill software problem I'm afraid though.

Benchmark it on the 3dmark fire strike demo, I'm keen to see how it compares to mine as specs are very similar

[liamc111]

If I get a chance ill give it a go tonight and post the results

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[Delboy]

So what game/s are you going to be putting this through its paces with first?

[liamc111]

Ive chucked in my mates copy of crysis and put everything on max and had 1 or lines appear every now and then so will knock that off a tad.
And for shits and giggles I put company of heroes in on max and got an average of 280 fps on my 30" monitor.
Need to get a copy of bf3 to start playing that.

What are you playing mate? Need some people to have some games with

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[Delboy]

Still playing a bit of DayZ and Arma 2. Just finished Assassins Creed 3 and now playing Colonial Marines (everyone hates that game but I genuinely like it for some reason!).

Once that's done I'm either going to crack on with Max Payne 3 or replay FarCry 3, not sure yet

The trouble I have is that I keep buying bargains in Steam sales so now have too much to choose from!

The lines on Crysis aren't a v-sync issue are they? Could maybe sort that without backing off the settings etc?

[liamc111]

That reminds me, I need to have a go of dayz.

V-sync?
Im currently using my xbox hdmi cable with a screen ratio of 1920x1200 if that makes a difference?

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[Delboy]

It's to do with refresh rates I believe, if the monitor doesn't refresh at a high enough rate for the game it can cause 'tearing'. V-Sync effectively locks the gram rate to try and prevent it. Should have an option in the menu somewhere, try switching it on/off and see if it makes any difference

As an example, Colonial Marines was tearing all over the shop on my TV. Switched on v-sync in the settings and problem solved. Didn't have any issues with AC3 though.

DayZ is worth a play, I love it but my mate finds it boring as there isn't much to 'do' as such, although that's why I like it as you kind of make it your own experience rather than have objectives forced on you.

[Cluck]

Yep, as Delboy says, it's a refresh-rate problem where the monitor is running at a lower rate than the graphics card. Either get a 120Hz monitor or enable VSync for a smooth 60Hz experience .

[liamc111]

how do enable v-sync?

[liamc111]

Score
6340
Graphics Score
7212
Physics Score
7744
Combined Score
2910


Graphics Card

Graphics Card
AMD Radeon HD 7950
Vendor
Unknown
# of cards
1
SLI / CrossFire
Off
Memory
3,072 MB
Core clock
1,000 MHz
Memory clock
1,250 MHz
Driver name
AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
Driver version
9.12.0.0

Processor

Processor
Intel Core i5-3570K Processor
Processor clock
4,223 MHz
Physical / logical processors
1 / 4
# of cores
4
Package
LGA 1155
Manufacturing process
22 nm
TDP
77 W

General

Operating system
64-bit Windows 7 (6.1.7601)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8Z77-V PRO
Memory
8,192 MB
Module 1
4,096 MB Kingston DDR3 @ 667 MHz
Module 2
4,096 MB Kingston DDR3 @ 667 MHz
Hard drive model
128 GB Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series ATA Device

[Delboy]

Nice! Not much in it between us, I got:

VALID RESULT
SCORE
6652
Graphics Score 7700
Physics Score 8052
Combined Score 2917

As for v-sync, normally an option in the video settings of the game. Not sure if there is another way if that option isn't there.

[Delboy]

Just looked through the 3DMark spec report you posted, you may want to check your memory clock speed is set up correctly in your BIOS, looks a bit low at 667Mhz!

[liamc111]

Yeah I noticed that, will have a look tonight when I get in

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[sideways14a]

Get that 7950 overclocked.

[liamc111]

I plan to, just doing a bit if research.
Any useful links?

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[sideways14a]

No need for links or research for a video card overclock (at least a modest one).
AMD provide the facility inside there drivers, just turn on overdrive and wang it right up.

If you want to go further then yeah, you need to look into something like Sapphire's TRIXX which is pretty good and allow you to really stick some MHZ on the GPU (it also has voltage control).

Ohh and the CPU needs clocking as well, every time someone runs a build at stock clocks God kills a kitten.

[Delboy]

Haha

I'm going to be overclocking mine soon as well, seems rude not to really!

[liamc111]

Ahh I think ive seen somthing along those lines in the ati catalyst control center.
When I turnt it on for the first time it automatically oc'd the cpu to 4.2 ghz so should be ok, is theirany good software for monitoring temps and voltages ?

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[sideways14a]

Catalyst control centre overdrive option will have no effect at all on the cpu as they are totally different things.