Recent content by Tamlin_WSGF

That is factually wrong. In best case, your CPU did not show you any errors in given tasks that you can suspect is caused by degradation. You did no observation of the degradation itself. Even more, besides being factual wrong, that statement does not contribute anything but muddy the issue. I...

Yes you do if you are to make claim your CPU have no degradation. The others observe a point of failure and it points to a degradation to be the cause of that failure. That is a whole different chapter. Even here, the CPU have been stable for many and only unstable during certain tasks like UE5...

Moving the goalpost much? My claim is that you cannot claim that you have no degradation or no extra degradation due to overclock without any specialized tools to observe that. And I dont claim electron migration can be a problem during the lifespan of a CPU without specialized tools. That is...

A bit simplified, but this we can agree upon. Temps and current needs especially to be in check to avoid problems from electron migration. Outside edge cases, it should not be a problem during the lifetime of the CPU if run within acceptable limits. But my point still stands. You cannot state...

Yes you do. "Observable degradation" without any tools to do the observation of what degrades are words you should not utter. You cannot look at a CPU from the outside and state that you have "observed" there has been no degradation like electron migration or oxide breakdown inside the CPU. You...

I hear that. Not been much of a laptop gamer myself, but was surprised by a work/gaming combo midrange laptop I bought. 16" 240hz IPS gsync screen with 500nits+, I7-13700HX/RTX 4070 gpu (Lenovo Legion Pro 5i). A bit noisy in performance profile, but I could comfortably game 60hz+ on the...

How do you know? CPUs degrade over time regardless of OC or not. You need pretty specialized equipment if to measure additional degradation done by OC. Did you do that? Or are you simply saying you did not have a chip fail due to OC while you might have degraded it more then without OC?

I dont believe this is the issue here. Nothing to suggest there is something wrong with the design of those CPUs that make them fail at shader compilation. People run them without any issues. Those that had issues, had increasing failure rate and some that RMAd their CPU saw those issues go away...

I would follow their advice. Performance degradation on CPU is common due to electron migration (any overclocker site have had those discussions when it comes to OC and how long the CPU can last), which many suspect this is. You have a CPU that has been pushed hard from Intel, then pushed even...

Then perhaps you also use CPL rarely to begin with, yes? I can understand that. I have also resorted to third party tools, because the old CPL is too much of a chore to be useful. The new one seems to give more reason to actually be used, instead of avoided unless you are forced to use it. I for...

This ^ . The old CPL have been shitty for decades when it comes to configure games. The more games you have installed, the more pain it becomes to find the game you want to tweak and use it. Some might disagree, but I think for most people out there, the 3d settings part of CPL is the one people...

I would still consider 4070 super. Your powersupply is only 320W. GPUs in classes over that have spikes that can trigger your PSU. Even though the 7900 XTX actually gives you higher frames per watt, that GPU also have 20ms spikes up to 391W. The 4070 Super have 239W and on this chart the 4070 TI...

I second that. It sips power compared to other CPUs with similar performance. In addition, when you start capping games, reducing settings, using upscalers and also old games where GPU is more then enough, it have given me more boost in smoothness then many GPU upgrades I have had even with the...

I look forward trying it out this weekend! I hate the old Nvidia control panel to the point I avoid using it unless I have to. About time they made it more streamlined and modern. Still Beta, but looks like it already have the most important features that I use.

My two cents about this is from my own experience tuning systems for image consistency and low noise, but steps are same to reduce power consumption (which is not a factor for me other then reducing noise). Take what you want from that and see what you can use for your project. :) I have two...