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Honestly, the easiest way to check is to run a program that'll give you readouts of your utilization like CAM, and look at which is being maxed out.
Like so.
EDIT: You may also want to look at your settings, the first screenshot was with everything maxed, this is an example of more sensible settings for 24/7 use. (Disregard the "remove other's effects" except in large scale PvP/boss fights) It's also worth noting that my monitor has a 75Hz refresh rate, so that's max FPS.
EDIT 2: If I were to warrant a guess on your bottleneck, it would probably be your GPU, in terms of day to day play. Though CPU will be a bottleneck in crowded areas regardless.
YET ANOTHER EDIT: If you're dropping to 0 FPS, it's probably an indicator of something red-lining your CPU, or pushing past your VRAM limit. In terms of rectifying the CPU problem, check for open processes with high utilization other than "BlackDesert64.exe" if it's not the CPU, try lowering your texture setting, as they're some of the larger assets that need to be held in VRAM.
You have to turn on XMP mode in the BIOS/UEFI for increased RAM speeds. As for monitoring your hardware try NZXT CAM software, Hardware Monitor, & CPU-Z.
EDIT: The newest Intel/Ryzen cpu motherboards are rated for a default RAM speed of 2133MHz. To change this and apply the standard RAM speeds, you need to turn on XMP mode
It's probably either a case of your CPU or GPU maxing out. What I'd do is download CAM and use its in-game overlay with the GPU and CPU monitoring enabled. It'll basically show a little bit at the top left of the screen that shows your CPU and GPU usage percentages.
That'll help determine if it's either of them.
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To be honest it just sounds like hardware limitation tbh. How much FPS do you get in-game?
That device is connected to one of the USB 2.0 headers on your motherboard and controlled by the NZXT CAM application. It's pretty cool when it works, but CAM is currently pretty buggy.
I have the same thing in my H500i. It can control multiple NZXT RGB LED strips/devices as well as fan speeds for pretty much any fans. If I remember correctly, the RGB control only works with NZXT RGB hardware.
Are you sure that this is the actual card temperature and not a bad thermometer or bad reading by Overwatch? I recommend checking a second source before looking into the problem, like NZXT's CAM software.
I'll try myself and see what happens.
Edit: Dono yo, PUBG launcher blocks the RTSS hook. But it doesn't crash my game
ReShade can show your FPS + Time. But as for the other stats, i just leave my CAM (NZXT's software thing) running on my second screen, and I get all the usage stats I want
The X53 has two fan headers attached to it, plug the fans on the radiator into that and you'll be set. It will have also come with a USB cable that plugs into the pump on one end and your motherboard on the other.
Once you've done that you'll want to grab NZXT CAM if you don't have it already. It'll allow you to adjust your pump and fan speeds in Windows.
Everything looks normal there. My GPU will get up fairly toasty but that's because it's over clocked and over volted. But 80C for a GPU is fine. Especially for mine which is end of life and will be replaced as soon as I can get a 3070.
I really like how NZXT CAM 3.3.5 looks and works. It's not everyone's favorite but for casually checking temps and utilization in game on my second monitor that's what I use.
The new versions don't look or work as good in my opinion. They might have fixed some of the problems they introduced in 3.3.9 they're on 4.15.0 now I think. But I just don't update because 3.3.5 does everything I need.
You can download and install NZXT Cam (its a free app) and run it in the background.
Run your game and press crtl-o, it will summon a stat overlay on the top left corner of your screen which shows the FPS, CPU and GPU temps and usage in real-time.
Play the game for a while and watch the CPU and GPU % usage. If either of them are hitting 100%, then thats where your bottleneck is.
Sometimes they demand a valid account and remote server approval to change keyboard lights or adjust CPU cooler speed, and people are fine with that for reasons I can't comprehend.
I believe that setting a thermal limit is more effective than purposly undervolting.
Graphics cards support this but setting this value can be difficult for some reason.
I found that NZXT Cam works well, under the overloacking tab just set the temprature slider to whatever you will like, and your card will automatically downclock when it starts to reach that temprature, and then adjust itself as you game.
This means that you can get the most out of your card without it sounding like a turbine.
Unfortunatly for me, this app has broken for me today. But id juggest giving it a go.
[Partage d'info PC Gaming]
- Bon soft pour surveiller fps et températures en jeux (plus simple que afterburner) https://www.nzxt.com/camapp
- J'ai un écran GSYNC depuis 3 ans, conclusions ça ne sert à rien (ou presque), j'ai essayé plusieurs jeux avec GSYNC on/off je ne vois presque pas la différence. toute manière si vos fps chutent GSYNC ne fera pas de miracle. Pire certains jeux ont des problèmes avec GSYNC. Au final ça vaut pas le surcoût, cela ne doit pas être un critère d'achat.
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if your pc is for gaming, then I would wait for the 3000 series to come out. it's expensive, but I think you may like that better than 2070 super. I have that but I don't "use" my gpu in that manner. I only really use it for the parallel processing. if you do wait for the 3000 series, then you may want to look into getting a higher quality monitor so you can get the most out of your gpu.
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case fans are almost a tricky subject. I don't know what your inside case temperature would be... I would suggest start with the three that in pre installed on your case. you may want to look into downloading monitoring software after your build is complete. the software will monitor your components as they are being used. I've done some deep diving into negative pressure systems (I have a fluid dynamics background). maybe this is personal preference, but I think they work the "best" (at least for the lengthy computations I run).
Overheating is the most likely cause. Download NZXT CAM (free) and turn on the overlay in settings. This will display CPU and GPU temperatures onscreen while you are using it.
If you have problems restarting, drain the capacitors by turning off the power switch on the PSU and then press and hold the case power button for about 30 seconds. Then turn it on and try again. This will usually restart an apparently unresponsive machine.
It's a well reviewed PSU with plenty of power. Doesn't mean it's not having a problem, but you might look elsewhere first. Is it a burning plastic smell? Could be a cable sitting on something hot.
As far as monitoring temps, I used to have luck with https://www.nzxt.com/camapp. For HDs, the trial version of Hard Disk Sentinel will give you those temps.
NZXT uses an application called CAM to monitor and control various parts of case hardware. I haven't used CAM, but it should be straightforward.
Find your case fan controls in the application, set the sensor to be your GPU, and make the curve.
The NZXT CAM software can monitor GPU temperature - I've not used it, but it might be the case that it can control the RPM of the cooler's fan based on the GPU temp value.
I use NZXT CAM. It is the best overlay I've ever used. With options to be able to move it around your screen while you're in-game to get it in the perfect position, and you can even hide it altogether with hotkeys.
Okay so I would do is a couple things, if tweaking your cooler was working for a little thats good, but i think he may have been going for the wrong component.
First things first i’d open your computer up and carefully clean all that dust and gunk out of there. Specifically your cpu and gpu coolers. You can get like an air can and hold it decently far back if you want. That usually does the trick.
Second, i’d install CAM so you can monitor your temperatures. Anything over 80c is typically bad for a cpu, anything over 85c is bad for a gpu.
Finally I would go onto youtube, and look up how to adjust for fan curve in your BIOS, I think this is the most important part, since you cpu is the only thing not running 100% up to spec I’m taking a bit of a shot in the dark and thinking that might be whats overheating. The BIOS might look pretty intimidating to a new user, it’s nothing crazy, just follow those youtube guys instructions and you’ll be perfectly fine.
So in summary, monitor your temperatures while you game, these crashes could very well be overheating issues, clean all that dust that we all try so hard to ignore, and finally ramp up that cpu fan curve.
If you knock all this out and nothing changes post another comment and we can keep going from there!
I wasn't aware that nzxt made this software CAM until I saw this thread. i'm new to this (my last PC was not tweaked at all) but on this one, I've been using MSI afterburner, Riva Tuner and Dragon Center to see what's going on.
assuming I can get it to work, would CAM be better? I just want to:
- see the temps and fan speeds of CPU and GPU
- maybe adjust how quickly the fans ramp up, since i'm seeing GPU temps a little high
thanks!
My Y740 was also having terrible battery life. I think it was this hardware monitoring software I had installed that was draining the battery NZXT CAM. But I also did a fresh windows install.
You can use this tool next time you notice hiccups to make sure it's the CPU. In any case it sounds like the i5-9400F will be a good upgrade in your case (just make sure to update your BIOS).
Make sure the USB connector for the pump is connected to the header on the motherboard. Then, you can use NZXT's CAM software to control it: https://www.nzxt.com/camapp
It’s directly on the CAM homepage available to everyone. Not only is the UI completely different but it fixed my fan RPM reading issue, temp reading issues that users other than myself were experiencing, launches faster, and has a handful of new features. They even made this version 64-bit. Definitely give it a shot. It’s just awesome.
It would be nice if you could also check your temps whilst in game to get results from when your PC's under load.
Something like NZXT's Cam or MSI afterburner would display an overlay whilst in game so you can actively monitor how hot things get.
https://www.nzxt.com/camapp
Sure thing, good luck!
Also, NZXT's CAM software (https://www.nzxt.com/camapp) is an accurate, simple, and good looking way to monitor the performance of your components. While it's intended to work with NZXT hardware, it works well with all modern hardware.
I would trust more on AfterBurner or even CAM(NZXT CAM great program btw! Monitors every-f*cking-thing, not more need for task manager for sure!)
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CAM link: https://www.nzxt.com/camapp
If it is preforming normally in games then it shouldn't be an issue. I would recommend installing nzxt's cam software, it's just a monitoring tool that I personally really like.
With this you can monitor the clock speeds and load of your CPU and gpu.
The reason I suggest using cam is because in the settings you can enable an 'in-game' fps overlay that includes a display for cpu and gpu load/clock speed.
Cam fps overlay https://imgur.com/a/nRoQeaE
If the clock is reaching up to the advertised clock speed of your card and it isn't under excessive load for no reason then there shouldn't be anything to worry about.
I use NZXT CAM monitoring for my CPU and GPU. (https://www.nzxt.com/camapp) It has always given me accurate readings for my sensors, plus it has a nice interface.
However, how different are the readings you are seeing? I would imagine HWInfo and AIDA64 should be on the same page since they poll the same sensor. Do you have them running simultaneously?
Using the CAM software from NZXT website is awesome: https://www.nzxt.com/camapp
It works with the 500i controller and has incredible animations and control over the colors. I already got rid of the RGB and just using blue/red and have it much dimmer looks much nicer at night.
Its CAM: https://www.nzxt.com/camapp
A very effective and useful tool. I used to use CPUZ and similar programs but CAM is just too easy to manage. If you use their Grid V3+ fan controller then it can also control up to 6 case fans, which is handy for my own uses.
I have a hard time believing Your CPU is bottlenecking Your GPU.
You should probably use a program like CAM to view it instead (You can enable an overlay showing CPU/MEM/GPU stats, but only on "normal"/pancake games):
While in VR You can just have the CAM app open to watch utilization.
Also, try to run some benchmarking software like the Unigine Heaven benchmark or 3DMark (on Steam).
If Your GPU is close to 100% utilized (95%+) Your CPU isn't bottlenecking Your GPU.
there's a variety of free programs you can use to keep an eye on both CPU and GPU temps. I'm a fan of this one myself and you can use it without making an account:
with the build you're making, i'd be very surprised if you're hitting any critical temperature levels.
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It's called CAM and I think it's either developed or supported by NZXT. It's free and seems really well designed, but I'm probably not the best judge of that. I think I found it from someone else linking it another thread. Here you go:
And no problems really, but my system is getting on in years and I was just wondering if this was a good tool to see if anything may be under performing or something of that sort.
And I'll give that a shot. Googling each one individually will probably be better for my understanding in the long run anyway. Thanks for the reply.
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> ZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler You have to use CAM - https://www.nzxt.com/camapp
I check how to set up the Kraken via the manual it will tell you how and where to connect. For example, you may need to use that Hub.
I found running CAM on my system cost 20 - 40 FPS in Hitman depending on my CPU overclock.
your specs are needed though an any overclocking?
On the lowest settings you say? Do the benchmark under settings with vsync off and report back.
Edit: if you can play witcher 3 on ultra then you can easily play this on ultra, you trying to run this in 4k or something?