Significantly reducing the CPU's boost settings can greatly improve frame rates.
Significantly reducing the CPU's boost settings can greatly improve frame rates.
Yeah, man, as far as I am concerned, I am HAPPY to discover 10FPS from nothing! But now I just have to question myself why I upgraded from 2600X if I can't even use the full potential of 5600X. I mean, I am "stuck" at 2.8GHz instead of 4.8GHz that is max OC for it. Literally "wasted" money for 2GHz that I can't use? I am playing UWQHD (3440x1440) and the higher the resolution is, the less important CPU is, meaning I would maybe see big difference at 1080p but at almost 4K basically nope. I have Arctic Freezer 34 Esports Duo, 0% until 40°C, 45% at 55°C and 70% at 70°C, but I never even reach 70°C so I just keep it quiet that way. Case is MS Industrial Black Widow with 2 fans at front and 1 at back. Clean straight line with intake and exhaust through the CPU fan. I 100% agree with your idea of what is hot and when the throttle should begin, hence why this thing bugs me out since my temp is 51°C in the video. About V-Sync, I keep it disabled because of G-Sync being active. Also my monitor has refresh of 144Hz, so I don't know if it would have effect since I can shoot for much higher than 60. Do you recommend to disable G-Sync and play with V-Sync instead?
Quiet is fine, understand, but I'll accept a bit of background noise when it's cooler and performance improves. It doesn't affect me either since I need air conditioning even in winter, making the A/C louder than anything else. You could try adjusting the fan curve to see if you notice any gains in performance or FPS. I'm skeptical about much better cooling unless the fans are very small and you can increase their speed, which doesn't seem likely—those look like 120s at the front. My setup rarely exceeds 63 with three of the six 120s that have been shut down. Regarding V-sync, leave it off; it actually forces more load on your CPU but boosts FPS. I'd suggest tweaking your fan control settings to be a bit more aggressive for testing. You might just unlock the extra performance you were paying for...
Main focus is keeping the temperature down first, even though my readings are already decent. I’ll test all fans at full speed—two at the front, one at the back, and two from the CPU cooler—and see if it makes a difference or affects things in any way. It won’t be until I get back home in about six hours that I’ll share an update.
I didn’t anticipate it performing that well, since I was aware of the 90°C upper limit and assumed a safer range of 60–65°C.
This claim is incorrect. The CPU isn't fast enough for graphical tasks, so offloading work makes sense. In reality, the CPU struggles to keep up with the GPU's demands, causing a bottleneck. A slow CPU can't transmit data quickly enough to match the GPU's speed.