The PC Thread - Tips, Benchmarks, Specs, Laptops, Custom Desktops, Pre-Builds and more.

[TRFG]

CiggaWire

 

[duckbutta]

hold up on the monitor

I'm getting this instead (32" )

Acer Predator XB321HK bmiphz 32-inch IPS UHD (3840 x 2160) NVIDIA G-Sync Widescreen Displa

Same monitor I bought

shyt is

Got it from amazon two weeks ago...

shyt had me like :dahellwhat:for a minute after I plugged it up cause the power button is actually on the back

 

[duckbutta]

High gpu power consumption came back again

So if I reboot my machine the idle power consumption is around 5 %...but then as soon as I open steam or chrome it jumps to 25 - 35 % for BOTH cards and won't go back down unless I kill the steam and/or chrome processes...

I got some overclocked 980's in a windows 8.1 rig and they don't do this

Anybody in this thread have a reference 1080 ti with Windows 10 Pro and have this issue

I highly doubt it is really a chrome and/or steam issue and really a Windows 10 issue

 

[The War Report]

All the colors align

Oculus RIft, 5K Dell monitor, razor mechanical keyboard, razer mouse, Bose Companion 5 speakers, Astro A50s on the side, Xbox 1 Elite Controller

I was expecting your shyt to be clean. Watching setup wars on Techsource has me spoiled.

 

[The War Report]

Completely forgot how nvidia shadowplay is turned on by default...i turned mine off years ago when i first installed some 780's and every time geforce experience updates the option has always just been turned off...

Finished my new build today and the power consumption on both the 1080 ti's was 36.7 % even when both cards were idle :dahellwhat:



Turned off shadow play and it fixed the problem and dropped the cards temps by about 10 degrees each

Reference cards to so I thought I was about to have to @Ciggavelli both of them and be stuck in RMA hell

You have two cards that need a lot of power.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Let me preface by saying I'm not a PC gamer.
I'm looking at getting another iMac for my recording studio (because the majority of the software I use specifically for recording, production, and video editing is for Mac only).

These are the specs:

• 4.2GHz quad-core 7th-generation Intel Core i7 processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.5GHz
• 16GB 2400MHz DDR4
• 1TB SSD
• Radeon Pro 580 with 8GB video memory
• 27" 5K display

For the audio work I do this set up will be a monster. (I know I could get much more bang for my buck on a windows platform but again, I'm already heavily invested in mac software financially and skill set wise).

My question is, just out of curiosity, what games would I be able to play on this thing and what kind of performance could I expect.
Again, I'm not heavy into PC games and don't plan on getting into them either. If anything I could see myself playing Diablo3, Hearthstone, Half Life, and couple PS1 era and older roms from time to time. 9 times out of 10 I don't touch my computer unless I'm doing something for the studio business.
*Side note: I saw that via thunderbolt 3 this setup has the capability to use external GPU.

Don't kill me for this, ya'll know my thing is console gaming.

 

[StatUS]

Let me preface by saying I'm not a PC gamer.
I'm looking at getting another iMac for my recording studio (because the majority of the software I use specifically for recording, production, and video editing is for Mac only).

These are the specs:

• 4.2GHz quad-core 7th-generation Intel Core i7 processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.5GHz
• 16GB 2400MHz DDR4
• 1TB SSD
• Radeon Pro 580 with 8GB video memory
• 27" 5K display

For the audio work I do this set up will be a monster. (I know I could get much more bang for my buck on a windows platform but again, I'm already heavily invested in mac software financially and skill set wise).

My question is, just out of curiosity, what games would I be able to play on this thing and what kind of performance could I expect.
Again, I'm not heavy into PC games and don't plan on getting into them either. If anything I could see myself playing Diablo3, Hearthstone, Half Life, and couple PS1 era and older roms from time to time. 9 times out of 10 I don't touch my computer unless I'm doing something for the studio business.
*Side note: I saw that via thunderbolt 3 this setup has the capability to use external GPU.

Don't kill me for this, ya'll know my thing is console gaming.

I would just browse through the Mac OS Steam store. You'll see shyt like Rocket League, Civ, Divinity, ARK, etc. If you're mostly gonna be on console I would just fukk around with that and look at the specs on each page (you should be good with your setup anyway). The Mac App Store will also have some games like Deus Ex and Hitman. And I guess you could fukk around with external GPUs but that would be more for video work imo.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

I would just browse through the Mac OS Steam store. You'll see shyt like Rocket League, Civ, Divinity, ARK, etc. If you're mostly gonna be on console I would just fukk around with that and look at the specs on each page (you should be good with your setup anyway). And I guess you could fukk around with external GPUs but that would be more for video work imo.

Yeah I started getting into video work this year. My previous mac is a much "weaker" set up compared to this one and I was able to fun my video programs and edit 1080P video with all kinds off effects and what not at a time with no problem. I suppose in the future if the video aspect of the business gets more lucrative I can look into external GPUs but for now, I have no doubt this will work for the projects I have on my plate. Before looking at GPUs I have to get a 4K camera anyway.
Thanks for the feedback.

 

[The War Report]

Let me preface by saying I'm not a PC gamer.
I'm looking at getting another iMac for my recording studio (because the majority of the software I use specifically for recording, production, and video editing is for Mac only).

These are the specs:

• 4.2GHz quad-core 7th-generation Intel Core i7 processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.5GHz
• 16GB 2400MHz DDR4
• 1TB SSD
• Radeon Pro 580 with 8GB video memory
• 27" 5K display

For the audio work I do this set up will be a monster. (I know I could get much more bang for my buck on a windows platform but again, I'm already heavily invested in mac software financially and skill set wise).

My question is, just out of curiosity, what games would I be able to play on this thing and what kind of performance could I expect.
Again, I'm not heavy into PC games and don't plan on getting into them either. If anything I could see myself playing Diablo3, Hearthstone, Half Life, and couple PS1 era and older roms from time to time. 9 times out of 10 I don't touch my computer unless I'm doing something for the studio business.
*Side note: I saw that via thunderbolt 3 this setup has the capability to use external GPU.

Don't kill me for this, ya'll know my thing is console gaming.

Rig is more than enough to play those games that you listed. Is this the 2015 iMac Pro?

 

[The War Report]

I just checked how much that 2017 iMac configuration is and it came out to 3,299,00.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Rig is more than enough to play those games that you listed. Is this the 2015 iMac Pro? You won't have an issue running games at 1440p.

I just checked how much that 2017 iMac configuration is and it came out to 3,299,00.

It's the latest model currently available. My job is paying 100% of my college tuition. I'm getting this computer for free essentially.
Apple products are hella overpriced. Imagine the monster I could get on a windows machine with that kind of budget. Like I said though, I'm heavily invested in mac software due to my recording studio. I'd like to get a windows machine in the future, but for now, the priority is to improve on what I'm already very comfortable with.
My old imac that has a quad core i7 from 2009 and 32 GB of ram could run star craft 2 at max, or near max settings with no problem. I also ran doom 3, half life, counter strike, rust, and a few other games with very good performance. I was just wondering with this new set up, would I be able to potentially play some of the newer games like Overwatch, PUBG, Destiny 2, even if the settings were turned down. (Which again, wouldn't bother me because I game solely on console. My experience with PC gaming has been more interest based than an actual hobby. I enjoyed Star Craft 2 and Half Life like crazy though)

 

[The War Report]

It's the latest model currently available. My job is paying 100% of my college tuition. I'm getting this computer for free essentially.
Apple products are hella overpriced. Imagine the monster I could get on a windows machine with that kind of budget. Like I said though, I'm heavily invested in mac software due to my recording studio. I'd like to get a windows machine in the future, but for now, the priority is to improve on what I'm already very comfortable with.
My old imac that has a quad core i7 from 2009 and 32 GB of ram could run star craft 2 at max, or near max settings with no problem. I also ran doom 3, half life, counter strike, rust, and a few other games with very good performance. I was just wondering with this new set up, would I be able to potentially play some of the newer games like Overwatch, PUBG, Destiny 2, even if the settings were turned down. (Which again, wouldn't bother me because I game solely on console. My experience with PC gaming has been more interest based than an actual hobby. I enjoyed Star Craft 2 and Half Life like crazy though)

Why not spend that money on the new iMac Pro? It's coming out on December. Now that I've looked into that GPU that comes with it. You won't be playing games at a high setting or high res. Overwatch isn't GPU intensive but Destiny and PUBG, you're gonna have to play at lower settings.

PassMark - Radeon Pro 560 - Price performance comparison

 

[duckbutta]

Finally figured out the high gpu power consumption

Its damn windows 10 keeping the card from idling with stuff like pictures and photos running in the background...

Along with hardware acceleration so it can show animations for the notifications you get, and disabling the notifications doesn't seem to do anything to the animations...

I ended up just installing nvidia inspector and setting the multi display power options to something manual, even though I only have the one display

Fixed it and now my card power consumption at idle is between 4 - 6 % and the cards are running at 25 and 20 degrees at idle

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Why not spend that money on the new iMac Pro? It's coming out on December. Now that I've looked into that GPU that comes with it. You won't be playing games at a high setting or high res. Overwatch isn't GPU intensive but Destiny and PUBG, you're gonna have to play at lower settings.

PassMark - Radeon Pro 560 - Price performance comparison

Because due to the way the tuition reimbursement and financial aid is set up I had to make a decision now. Trust me, I was looking at the iMac Pro but I have to request the funds up front with an exact amount now. I was half tempted to submit the price for a maxed out mac pro for over $5,000 but didn't want to try my luck. The funds wont be released to me anyway until early 2018 so who knows, I might be able to swing an imac pro anyway and pay the difference out of pocket. We'll see. For now, I'm setting my expectations on that build that I mentioned.

 

[The War Report]

If I were you, I'd wait for that iMac Pro.