The results from GPU benchmarks decreased following the CPU overclocking.
The results from GPU benchmarks decreased following the CPU overclocking.
That was my first idea, but I'm still curious about the reason. It seems like things aren't quite fitting together. Plus, with my tendency to get hooked, I've got a challenge that requires me to figure it out—I really want to solve it before I'm fully content. Ha ha.
The GPU you receive: You've increased the power limits, yes, but you've also raised its operating temperatures and voltage consumption. If the card is frequently reaching voltage thresholds—or any other limit—it will have to reduce performance more often, which could bring it back to standard settings or even worse.
The CPU might be behaving similarly, though I'm not entirely confident.
Fascinating, but the significant rise in CPU temperatures and power consumption following a relatively simple overclock seems counterintuitive. This raises some questions about the situation.
This would be beyond my understanding. What I can share is that the voltage/frequency curve isn't straightforward, and pushing things overclocked completely wastes power efficiency. To maintain control over power, it's best to keep the voltage as low as possible while still being practical.
Sorry for the delayed response, I've been working hard to get ready for the weekend. Ha ha.
I changed the EVGA 850 GQ (850W) to a Corsair VS550 (550W) and ran the same bench test again. The results are still similar to before, so it seems the problem isn’t with the power supply quality or capacity.
I keep asking why the scores change so much when I breathe on the CPU clocks. I increased the memory clock speeds up to 2800mhz but didn’t notice any effect on the scores—expected. However, when I adjusted the CPU multiplier and reached around 3.7GHz, both power consumption and temperatures jumped significantly.
To be honest, I spent many years optimizing my system, stopped modifying PCs around 2016, and now things have changed a lot in just four years. Am I making a mistake here?