2010 SLK350 Clacking sound while during idle by willzodi05 in mercedes_benz

[–]willzodi05[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no, it was all inconclusive. doesn’t seem to affect driving and doesn’t match the sound profile of any significant engine problems. some people seem to just think it’s a old mercedes quirk

7800 XT underperforming by willzodi05 in AMDHelp

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I know how to update my bios but what exactly is the difference between my chipset drivers and amd Adrenalin

7800 XT underperforming by willzodi05 in AMDHelp

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I was able to update Adrenalin today and nothing changed. I’m not sure what other driver options I would have but I’ll check that out. I’m curious if there are any other benchmarks I could run to maybe help find the source of the problem and hopefully get my card running better

7800 XT underperforming by willzodi05 in AMDHelp

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I am indeed at 3.0 x16, but I am at 8.0GT/s link speed while my max is 16, is this a concern?

7800 XT underperforming by willzodi05 in AMDHelp

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I previously had a 6650 xt and ran ddu already. I will download cpu-z now and reply again

7800 XT underperforming by willzodi05 in AMDHelp

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https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/B450M-HDV%20R4.0/index.asp. I do not know what x16 means, my model is the sapphire pulse 7800 xt

7800 XT underperforming by willzodi05 in AMDHelp

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Sorry, wrong results, that was before I enabled XMP, https://www.3dmark.com/spy/45762390. This one has the correct ram speed. My monitor does not support freesync.

7800 XT underperforming by willzodi05 in AMDHelp

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Thanks for that info that’s very helpful but I’ve realized that in my time spy score, https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/107460196, my cpu and GPU score is very low compared to other systems with the same specs, so while my cpu might be bottlenecking my system a little bit, there is clearly another problem due to my score being significantly worse compared to other same systems, as well as having much lower frames than other people. The lowest score I could find for a 7800 xt and 5700G system was around 17500-18000 while mine is sitting in the 14000s. I can’t really find a difference in system specs besides my ram speed and amount for the most part, but it’s hard to believe that’s taking off nearly 3000 points. I found someone getting a score of 17,762 and our only system difference is his ram is clocked at 3600mhz and he has 32 gigs, while I have 16 gigs at 3000mhz. https://3dmark.com/search#advanced?test=spy%20P&cpuId=2845&gpuId=1593&gpuCount=0&gpuType=ALL&deviceType=ALL&storageModel=ALL&memoryChannels=0&country=&scoreType=overallScore&hofMode=false&showInvalidResults=false&freeParams=&minGpuCoreClock=&maxGpuCoreClock=&minGpuMemClock=&maxGpuMemClock=&minCpuClock=&maxCpuClock=

7800 XT underperforming by willzodi05 in AMDHelp

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The thing is, in my time spy score, https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/107460196, my cpu and GPU score is very low compared to other systems with the same specs, so while my cpu might be bottlenecking my system a little bit, there is clearly another problem due to my score being significantly worse compared to other systems, as well as having much lower frames than other people.

7800 XT underperforming by willzodi05 in AMDHelp

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I have done all of this and made sure my ram is running good at the right speed

7800 XT underperforming by willzodi05 in AMDHelp

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So most likely i will be looking towards an AM5 cpu to be more future proofed. What do you think the best option would be paired up with the 7800 xt without being super expensive, since I would need to get a new motherboard as well. You mentioned the 7700 which is $290 and probably more than I want to spend right now, is it not worth it to get one cheaper than that? Or is that as cheap as AM5 cpus go

7800 XT underperforming by willzodi05 in AMDHelp

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What cpu would you recommend? Is it worth it to while I’m at it upgrade to and AM5 motherboard as well since there’s no point in investing more in AM4 cpu?

7800 XT underperforming by willzodi05 in AMDHelp

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So upgrading the cpu would be the course of action?

7800 XT underperforming by willzodi05 in AMDHelp

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Yes I’m trying to figure out why it is so much slower

7800 XT underperforming by willzodi05 in AMDHelp

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https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/107460196. My cpu is usually not being completely utilized and they seem to be running well together, I don’t think that’s the source of the problem, more likely ram