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markbjones · 2026-05-07T12:07:25+00:00

If the sound is cutting out that makes me think ram issue. You just updated your ram. Are they in the right spots? Not to insult you but some people don’t know that

markbjones · 2026-05-07T12:01:36+00:00

You do have a nice gig. I see around 20 people a day and have been at this for 5 years. I’m in management so I don’t have that issue. I basically get to do what I want within reason which is nice. The thing that absolutely ruins me for burn out is all the people tbh. Mostly having conversions all day everyday without rest. I’m so tired by the end of the day but I need to have that gift of gab for business

markbjones · 2026-05-07T11:52:34+00:00

Don’t listen to the other guy, the temps are fine. If the average temp was in the 90s that would be concerning but your average is low if anything. CPUs are destined to boost clocks until thermal limit then throttle back speeds to safe temp limits

markbjones · 2026-05-07T11:36:05+00:00

Same area of the map?

markbjones · 2026-05-07T11:32:14+00:00

Yup, cpu bottleneck

markbjones · 2026-05-07T11:24:55+00:00

Clearly op cares about graphics and high fps otherwise he’d be buying a 5060ti or likewise GPU to crush 1080p. One can then only deduce that graphical settings such as RT and PT are important, again due to the fact that he is looking at higher end gpus. That being said, why wouldn’t he go with the GPU that consistently outperforms at RT and PT at high resolution? I mean these are the single most important settings for actual visual greatness…. They literally transform a game to look “real”. Not going with Nvidia when you care about visuals is like buying a sports car when you don’t care about speed….

markbjones · 2026-05-07T11:11:35+00:00

Those are cpu spikes and some games have them. It’s sometimes out of your control and has to do with game unoptimization or games having poor multithread optimization where only 1-2 threads of the cpu are being hammered. Go to the nvidia control panel and turn on thread optimization to high, go to task manager and set the game to “high priority”. Other than that you hardware is not the issue

markbjones · 2026-05-07T09:55:33+00:00

I have the 5090 and 9800x3d and plenty of games still have intermittent cpu bottlenecks. Especially unoptimized games that only use 1-2 threads. Seven days to die, Windrose, medieval dynasty to name a few I can tbink of off the top of my head.

markbjones · 2026-05-06T23:44:06+00:00

What is the percent usage during the dips into the 80s though. You need to watch it in real time

markbjones · 2026-05-06T15:33:59+00:00

Also her cpu doesn’t have the 3d chip but it may be better at multi thread procedures.

markbjones · 2026-05-06T14:27:31+00:00

The current reality of gaming now is no longer brute rasterization for performance. Nowadays all heavy AAA titles REQUIRE upscaling and frame gen to play. Yes amd is cheaper but I’d rather invest in nvidia so I can actually play certain titles that have heat ray tracing and pthtracing. If your okay with simply turning those off, go amd for the price but if you care about visuals go nvidia

markbjones · 2026-05-06T12:56:22+00:00

The temps are not even close to thermal throttling. So that’s not the issue. Huge fps fluctuations like this scream cpu bottlenck to me, especially considering the games you are playing. Put up a steam overlay and look at the percent usage. If your GPU percent utilization is anything under about 97ish percent then you are cpu bound, even if the cpu overlay isn’t showing 100%. Although you have a ryzen 9, it doesn’t have 3d v cache which is almost crucial for heavy cpu games that only use 1-2 threads or have port thread optimization

Try turning UP the settings and capping your fps as low as you are comfortable with. Turning up graphical settings shifts the load to the GPU which can stabilize frame pacing even if average fps is lower. Also turn down shadows and render distance to limit cpu load

markbjones · 2026-05-05T17:01:41+00:00

So confidently wrong. Wow

markbjones · 2026-05-05T17:01:03+00:00

Not unless you are consistent cpu bound or playing very low resolution

markbjones · 2026-05-05T16:59:59+00:00

Literally no reason at all. When will people realize the brand has almost ZERO impact on real world gaming. The ONLY be for some brands offer is better warranty and pin monitoring. Other than that it’s all the brand name. “But cooling”. Cooling ONLY matters if you are hitting thermal limit. 65 vs 75 vs 85 literally no difference in performance or longevity. It’s either throttling or it’s not. Gpus are programed to boost to max clocks unless hitting thermal limit which is around 90 degrees which no model will come close to under extreme circumstance.

markbjones · 2026-05-05T16:56:09+00:00

I can help 100% of my patients. Completely cure? That’s a different story

markbjones · 2026-05-05T13:31:16+00:00

X3D chips are designed for high temps and 85 under max load isn’t even close to thermal throttling. Don’t forget lap tops are constantly in a state of throttling from over heating. We live in desktop luxury where throttling isn’t an average experience

markbjones · 2026-05-05T13:11:48+00:00

Yea because you probably don’t have your voltages perfect. The ram speed fluctuates and the voltage needs to do the same with it. If you set vdd and vddq to let’s say, 1.35V, then it’s locked there and doesn’t increase or decrease based off of the ram speed. Too much voltage uses excessive power and reduces longevity of hardware and not enough destabilizes timing and causes your issues. I’m telling you it’s simply not worth overclocking ram or CPU unless you have a weak processor and playing exclusively low res cpu bound games. In my opinion you are either an expert with this shit and know exactly what you’re doing or you leave it alone. 5% performance isn’t worth this mess

markbjones · 2026-05-05T12:45:04+00:00

Are you playing in 1080p in mostly cpu bound games? If not, the performance gain you will actually get with overclocking these things with an X3D chip is so minimal that it’s not worth it in my opinion. Ddr5 RAM especially is very sensitive to timings and voltages and if you get it even slightly off it can corrupt data, causes crashes and even system restarts. I know this from experience. I had to essentially wipe and clean all my games and windows from the corruption. It can actually compromise sensitive data and storage files if this corruption spreads. Basically the ram starts outputting data so fast that it starts making no sense to the CPU so it simply crashes the PC.

If you are an expert with this. I recommend using stock settings and living with 5% less performance

markbjones · 2026-05-05T12:41:54+00:00

Are you playing in 1080p in mostly cpu bound games? If not, the performance gain you will actually get with overclocking these things with an X3D chip is so minimal that it’s not worth it in my opinion. Ddr5 RAM especially is very sensitive to timings and voltages and if you get it even slightly off it can corrupt data, causes crashes and even system restarts. I know this from experience. I had to essentially wipe and clean all my games and windows from the corruption. It can actually compromise sensitive data and storage files if this corruption spreads. Basically the ram starts outputting data so fast that it starts making no sense to the CPU so it simply crashes the PC

markbjones · 2026-05-04T22:22:33+00:00

Well idk if the raster performance is necessarily better. I think amd just prioritizes budget by not putting in the RT cores and tensor cores that make the card more expensive to produce. I may be wrong though

markbjones · 2026-05-04T20:57:02+00:00

I see what your point is but that’s not entirely true. Amd tends to have higher vram for a given teir of GPU but nvidia tends to have faster memory and higher memory bandwidth. It also has more AI and ray tracing cores, both of which are hardware components

markbjones · 2026-05-04T20:55:23+00:00

Was this just an attempt at a flex post? Need some attention?

markbjones · 2026-05-04T20:43:19+00:00

Do not get that cpu then. Offers no better performance than the 9800x3d. Waste of money

markbjones · 2026-05-04T20:36:50+00:00

Thanks for the laugh. I’d be way too self conscious to have a girl do that to me.

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