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[Bill Lumbar]

I have had a little bit of time today to play with the bios and OC a little bit more. I am sitting at 4.8 Ghz at 1.349 volts and she is looking to be stable. I have ran the Intel tweak software, stressed tested it, and ran benchmarks with it at 4.8. I couldn't get it to run stable at anything lower then the 1.349 volts, temps floated from 41C-81C while stressing it and benchmarking with Intel's software.

From what I understand, my chip is in the top 10-20% for OC ability, given the volts I have had to give it to hit 4.8Ghz. I haven't tried higher yet, I wanted to get 4.9 with this chip, I still have a lot of learning to do when it comes to the bios, and I thinks that gigabyte mother boards have some specific issues that require you to dial back some things because the boards ramp up certain settings and volts when under load from applications running. Time to jump into some MWO, and see what this puppy can do!

Edited by Bill Lumbar, 06 March 2015 - 05:32 PM.

[Bill Lumbar]

Here are the settings for the New I74790K build with the new BenQ 1440P 32"





First game with all the same settings, however... with the 4.8ghz O.C things look promising.

2015-03-06 21:06:25 - MWOClient
Frames: 14530 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 80.722 - Min: 56 - Max: 102 Caustic Valley


I have to say the first set are the best benchmarks scores I have had since playing MWO over a year ago.


2015-03-06 21:39:25 - MWOClient
Frames: 10493 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 58.294 - Min: 47 - Max: 72 The Bog

2015-03-06 21:54:28 - MWOClient
Frames: 13442 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 74.678 - Min: 54 - Max: 99 Caustic Valley

First CW game in a month...

2015-03-06 22:52:34 - MWOClient
Frames: 13455 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 74.750 - Min: 63 - Max: 82 CW drops slufer

2015-03-06 22:59:14 - MWOClient
Frames: 11696 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 64.978 - Min: 39 - Max: 106 CW drops slufer

2015-03-06 23:02:32 - MWOClient
Frames: 11108 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 61.711 - Min: 37 - Max: 78 CW drops slufer

2015-03-06 23:08:50 - MWOClient
Frames: 12241 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 68.006 - Min: 49 - Max: 78 CW drops slufer

Edited by Bill Lumbar, 06 March 2015 - 10:04 PM.

[Bill Lumbar]

Ok... so in conclusion the New Intel rig seems to be running a bit smoother then the FX-8350 at 1440P. How much so its to soon to really tell but here are the specs of my old FX-8350 system and the in game settings.


System specs: FX-8350 @ 4.8 ghz

ATI XFX DD 7970 3gb O.C @ 1075 gpu, 1475 Memory

Gigabyte 990fxa-UD3 rev. 2

Samsung 500 gb SSD

Kingston Hyper 8 gb @ 1600hz

New BenQ BL3200PT @1440P

Running Windows 7 64 bit, 64 bit client in MWO

No changes or mods to my Config files in this game





In game settings are now the same with I74790K build with the new BenQ 1440P 32" (just noticed that they are just a bit different from the FX-8350 in game settings.) Gonna change them to the same and run some more fraps benches.



Here are some runs done with my FX-8350 build with the new BenQ 1440P 32" for comparison.

2015-01-14 22:15:41 - MWOClient
Frames: 5148 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 28.600 - Min: 17 - Max: 54 River city with Windows movie encoding and compressing 51gb fraps Video in back ground

2014-12-23 01:27:11 - MWOClient
Frames: 10505 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 58.361 - Min: 34 - Max: 87

2014-12-23 19:44:14 - MWOClient
Frames: 9641 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 53.561 - Min: 35 - Max: 88 Caustic Valley

2014-12-23 20:13:56 - MWOClient
Frames: 11033 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 61.294 - Min: 32 - Max: 98 Viridian Bog

2014-12-23 23:31:16 - MWOClient
Frames: 10735 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 59.639 - Min: 35 - Max: 115 Viridian Bog

2014-12-24 15:07:42 - MWOClient
Frames: 9198 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 51.100 - Min: 30 - Max: 80 Snow map

2014-12-24 15:43:31 - MWOClient
Frames: 10703 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 59.461 - Min: 33 - Max: 91 Viridian Bog

2014-12-24 16:37:10 - MWOClient
Frames: 11399 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 63.328 - Min: 40 - Max: 85

2014-12-25 11:27:38 - MWOClient
Frames: 10593 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 58.850 - Min: 32 - Max: 98 Viridian Bog

2014-12-25 11:32:35 - MWOClient
Frames: 13137 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 72.983 - Min: 52 - Max: 110 Viridian Bog (spec)

2014-12-25 12:17:03 - MWOClient
Frames: 8959 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 49.772 - Min: 31 - Max: 108 Viridian Bog

2014-12-25 12:35:17 - MWOClient
Frames: 8697 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 48.317 - Min: 33 - Max: 83 Frozen city (thermal on)

2014-12-25 14:24:05 - MWOClient
Frames: 10949 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 60.828 - Min: 36 - Max: 91

2014-12-26 13:18:53 - MWOClient
Frames: 7976 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 44.311 - Min: 24 - Max: 74 Forsest

2014-12-26 13:38:32 - MWOClient
Frames: 10018 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 55.656 - Min: 25 - Max: 86 Frozen City Conquest

2014-12-26 14:19:04 - MWOClient
Frames: 7877 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 43.761 - Min: 22 - Max: 71 Forest Colony Conquest

2014-12-26 14:42:02 - MWOClient
Frames: 8461 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 47.006 - Min: 33 - Max: 68

2014-12-26 16:22:28 - MWOClient
Frames: 10721 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 59.561 - Min: 33 - Max: 96 Viridian Bog

2014-12-26 16:43:01 - MWOClient
Frames: 10924 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 60.689 - Min: 34 - Max: 101

2014-12-26 20:24:08 - MWOClient
Frames: 10615 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 58.972 - Min: 37 - Max: 107 Mining Assault


2014-12-26 21:20:05 - MWOClient
Frames: 11261 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 62.561 - Min: 36 - Max: 98

2014-12-26 22:20:23 - MWOClient
Frames: 10631 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 59.061 - Min: 31 - Max: 82

2014-12-26 22:40:51 - MWOClient
Frames: 11689 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 64.939 - Min: 34 - Max: 107

2014-12-26 23:48:15 - MWOClient
Frames: 9286 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 51.589 - Min: 14 - Max: 90

2014-12-27 01:08:31 - MWOClient
Frames: 9179 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 50.994 - Min: 30 - Max: 85

2014-12-27 15:07:36 - MWOClient
Frames: 9047 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 50.261 - Min: 31 - Max: 95

2014-12-27 15:25:29 - MWOClient
Frames: 8410 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 46.722 - Min: 22 - Max: 106

2014-12-27 21:23:05 - MWOClient
Frames: 7116 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 39.533 - Min: 27 - Max: 80

2014-12-28 17:35:26 - MWOClient
Frames: 7488 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 41.600 - Min: 23 - Max: 60

2014-12-28 17:42:54 - MWOClient
Frames: 6447 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 35.817 - Min: 26 - Max: 79

2014-12-28 17:46:19 - MWOClient
Frames: 7099 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 39.439 - Min: 25 - Max: 97

2014-12-28 17:49:53 - MWOClient
Frames: 8725 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 48.472 - Min: 26 - Max: 88

2014-12-28 18:30:49 - MWOClient
Frames: 7605 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 42.250 - Min: 24 - Max: 62

2014-12-28 18:40:50 - MWOClient
Frames: 6024 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 33.467 - Min: 19 - Max: 67

2014-12-28 18:44:56 - MWOClient
Frames: 6427 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 35.706 - Min: 26 - Max: 66

2014-12-28 18:49:16 - MWOClient
Frames: 11988 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 66.600 - Min: 14 - Max: 116

2014-12-28 19:26:59 - MWOClient
Frames: 8516 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 47.311 - Min: 33 - Max: 76

2014-12-28 19:50:23 - MWOClient
Frames: 8984 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 49.911 - Min: 37 - Max: 76

2014-12-28 19:57:52 - MWOClient
Frames: 10527 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 58.483 - Min: 37 - Max: 105

2014-12-28 20:06:11 - MWOClient
Frames: 7630 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 42.389 - Min: 27 - Max: 92

2014-12-28 20:10:02 - MWOClient
Frames: 8390 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 46.611 - Min: 35 - Max: 95

2014-12-28 20:40:37 - MWOClient
Frames: 7023 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 39.017 - Min: 13 - Max: 71

2014-12-28 20:46:39 - MWOClient
Frames: 6130 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 34.056 - Min: 24 - Max: 57

2014-12-28 20:56:09 - MWOClient
Frames: 7553 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 41.961 - Min: 25 - Max: 86

2014-12-28 21:12:12 - MWOClient
Frames: 8588 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 47.711 - Min: 29 - Max: 57

2014-12-28 21:17:44 - MWOClient
Frames: 6604 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 36.689 - Min: 27 - Max: 52

2014-12-28 21:23:12 - MWOClient
Frames: 7947 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 44.150 - Min: 23 - Max: 119

2014-12-28 21:27:17 - MWOClient
Frames: 7444 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 41.356 - Min: 25 - Max: 100

2014-12-28 21:47:09 - MWOClient
Frames: 9543 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 53.017 - Min: 31 - Max: 99

2014-12-28 21:55:15 - MWOClient
Frames: 7430 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 41.278 - Min: 22 - Max: 65

2014-12-28 22:01:39 - MWOClient
Frames: 7105 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 39.472 - Min: 25 - Max: 69

2014-12-28 22:05:45 - MWOClient
Frames: 8013 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 44.517 - Min: 26 - Max: 101

2014-12-29 17:11:58 - MWOClient
Frames: 8014 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 44.522 - Min: 18 - Max: 59

2014-12-29 17:21:21 - MWOClient
Frames: 6609 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 36.717 - Min: 26 - Max: 103

2015-02-08 11:32:46 - MWOClient
Frames: 10283 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 57.128 - Min: 37 - Max: 71 the Bog at 1440P


Here are some CW benches with the FX-8350 @4.8ghz


2015-02-08 19:15:19 - MWOClient
Frames: 11352 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 63.067 - Min: 0 - Max: 78 CW, winter ghost drop 1440P

2015-02-08 19:32:52 - MWOClient
Frames: 9404 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 52.244 - Min: 25 - Max: 86 CW, Winter map 1440P

2015-02-08 19:39:32 - MWOClient
Frames: 9108 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 50.600 - Min: 30 - Max: 107 CW, winter map 1440P

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Intel I74790K @4.8ghz Same in game settings as the FX-8350@4.8ghz


2015-03-06 23:57:13 - MWOClient
Frames: 11112 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 61.733 - Min: 42 - Max: 79 frozen city

2015-03-07 00:25:20 - MWOClient
Frames: 15697 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 87.206 - Min: 71 - Max: 102 Moon

2015-03-07 00:30:17 - MWOClient
Frames: 10603 - Time: 143131ms - Avg: 74.079 - Min: 34 - Max: 92 moon spectating after death

2015-03-07 00:48:27 - MWOClient
Frames: 11779 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 65.439 - Min: 50 - Max: 77 forest

2015-03-08 19:59:07 - MWOClient
Frames: 13891 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 77.172 - Min: 50 - Max: 94

2015-03-10 20:53:43 - MWOClient
Frames: 12741 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 70.783 - Min: 51 - Max: 86 Mining, its about time this one came back! :-)

2015-03-10 21:32:20 - MWOClient
Frames: 14713 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 81.739 - Min: 47 - Max: 94 Hpg

2015-03-10 21:41:20 - MWOClient
Frames: 9622 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 53.456 - Min: 35 - Max: 65 river city

CW drop Boreal Vault

2015-03-08 20:43:10 - MWOClient
Frames: 13155 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 73.083 - Min: 50 - Max: 91

2015-03-08 20:49:36 - MWOClient
Frames: 11997 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 66.650 - Min: 38 - Max: 98

2015-03-08 20:54:05 - MWOClient
Frames: 12486 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 69.367 - Min: 40 - Max: 115

2015-03-08 20:58:44 - MWOClient
Frames: 13207 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 73.372 - Min: 31 - Max: 102 While spectating/dead


2015-03-08 21:31:14 - MWOClient
Frames: 14468 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 80.378 - Min: 49 - Max: 95 the vault

2015-03-08 21:35:27 - MWOClient
Frames: 14530 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 80.722 - Min: 33 - Max: 121 the vault

2015-03-08 22:13:51 - MWOClient
Frames: 13569 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 75.383 - Min: 59 - Max: 117 the vault

2015-03-08 22:20:50 - MWOClient
Frames: 13482 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 74.900 - Min: 60 - Max: 118 the vault

2015-03-08 22:29:22 - MWOClient
Frames: 14551 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 80.839 - Min: 68 - Max: 103 the vault

2015-03-09 19:18:02 - MWOClient
Frames: 14313 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 79.517 - Min: 55 - Max: 117 the vault

2015-03-09 19:28:08 - MWOClient
Frames: 13509 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 75.050 - Min: 49 - Max: 94 the vault

2015-03-09 19:36:06 - MWOClient
Frames: 13948 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 77.489 - Min: 51 - Max: 95 the vault

2015-03-09 20:48:05 - MWOClient
Frames: 12641 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 70.228 - Min: 40 - Max: 117

2015-03-09 20:57:26 - MWOClient
Frames: 12503 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 69.461 - Min: 54 - Max: 117

2015-03-09 21:24:15 - MWOClient
Frames: 14187 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 78.817 - Min: 35 - Max: 88

2015-03-09 21:28:39 - MWOClient
Frames: 12844 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 71.356 - Min: 40 - Max: 100

2015-03-09 21:32:57 - MWOClient
Frames: 12580 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 69.889 - Min: 44 - Max: 89

2015-03-10 15:12:01 - MWOClient
Frames: 14531 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 80.728 - Min: 58 - Max: 91 New map CW

2015-03-10 15:21:36 - MWOClient
Frames: 13233 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 73.517 - Min: 50 - Max: 104 New map CW

2015-03-10 15:25:05 - MWOClient
Frames: 13209 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 73.383 - Min: 47 - Max: 84 New map CW

2015-03-10 15:29:08 - MWOClient
Frames: 12655 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 70.306 - Min: 41 - Max: 81 New map CW

2015-03-11 23:25:54 - MWOClient
Frames: 14198 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 78.878 - Min: 63 - Max: 87 sulfur CW

Edited by Bill Lumbar, 11 March 2015 - 08:23 PM.

[Bill Lumbar]

Just got Windows 10 installed and all running smooth and updated. It is stable now, where as before it locked up on me, I think it was the killer NIC drivers that made it unstable. I used the same drivers that I did in Windows 7 to get it up and running turning it into a different ethernet chipset. All is good in Windows 10 and I after doing some tweaking to the OS and the looks of it, I have to say I kinda like Windows 10 ATM.

Just finished up downloading and installing MWO on Windows 10 and getting ready to drop into some games to see if performance is better then Windows 7. I will post some more fraps runs under Windows 7, but as of now looking at the numbers from the Intel rig Vs. the FX rig, obviously the numbers do seem higher for the most part. Mininums are up, Avg. is up, and highs are around the same if not higher. It's looking like for sure the Intel rig is the way to go for playing this game at least, if you don't mind spending the extra cash and are building a new gaming rig. I just also looked on Newegg, and the XFX 290X 4 gb is on sale again and its really hard not to pull the trigger on it. I will have to make a new plexiglass backplate mount for it though, It is around 2" longer and 1" wider than my 7970. Damn you newegg and your sales!!!


Windows 10 normal matches


2015-03-07 21:43:38 - MWOClient
Frames: 12296 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 68.311 - Min: 44 - Max: 87

2015-03-07 23:08:05 - MWOClient
Frames: 12435 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 69.083 - Min: 46 - Max: 79

CW drop

2015-03-07 22:03:31 - MWOClient
Frames: 13121 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 72.894 - Min: 52 - Max: 88 CW drop, snow city counter attack

2015-03-07 22:08:19 - MWOClient
Frames: 13642 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 75.789 - Min: 44 - Max: 97 CW drop, snow city counter attack


2015-03-07 22:17:09 - MWOClient
Frames: 12595 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 69.972 - Min: 48 - Max: 108 CW drop, snow city counter attack


2015-03-07 22:21:13 - MWOClient
Frames: 12614 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 70.078 - Min: 41 - Max: 106 CW drop, snow city counter attack

In matches under Windows 10 I had the 7970 OC to 1075/1500 on the ram, and ended up getting a drop error that took me out of the game with a error message after I died. I bumped down the OC on my 7970 to 1050/1475 on the ram and made it through the entire match, but it hung on the loading screen back into mech lab. I can not access task manager when it does this and had to restart since I couldn't close out of MWO. WTF?

Edited by Bill Lumbar, 07 March 2015 - 08:18 PM.

[Bill Lumbar]

Well, I installed Linux Mint 17.1 64 bit...and grub boot loader, and it has killed my Windows 10 boot loader. I have tried many ways to repair, rewrite, fix the boot loader for my Windows 10 install, but everyone has failed to fix it. Just when I got it tweaked the way I wanted it, looks like a clean install of it is needed once again.

Oh well, $hit happens. Good news is that I have the Windows 7 install tweaked the way I want it, and its running great! Temps all look really good and still running stable at 4.8ghz on the I74790K. All in all so far with the fraps bench numbers, I have to say that the Intel rig is throwing out higher numbers for sure over the FX-8350 system. However, this increase in FPS comes at a higher cost over my FX-8350 Amd system, and the real question is, is it worth the added cost to go Intel? Time will tell if it is for me at least, I am still coming to the answer to that question. All I can say is that so far, I am not unhappy with my upgrade choice, however, I wasn't unhappy with my FX-8350 build either. Both systems performed well for me, but the new Intel build does seem to perform just a bit better. I guess the next step is to figure out the graphics card upgrade, and if I am really gonna go full dark side with a Nvidia 980 card.....or just halfarse it with a new AMD card...

Edited by Bill Lumbar, 09 March 2015 - 02:53 PM.

[xWiredx]

If you're gonna upgrade your CPU and your motherboard won't accommodate the new one, it's definitely better to go Intel for this game. There's really no argument there. Also, considering most people playing are clearly not adept at building custom water cooling loops, not many people will be getting the same performance you were getting out of your AMD chip. That makes a faster Intel chip a no-brainer.

Those numbers are looking pretty good, Bill.

[Bill Lumbar]

xWiredx, on 09 March 2015 - 03:45 PM, said:

If you're gonna upgrade your CPU and your motherboard won't accommodate the new one, it's definitely better to go Intel for this game. There's really no argument there. Also, considering most people playing are clearly not adept at building custom water cooling loops, not many people will be getting the same performance you were getting out of your AMD chip. That makes a faster Intel chip a no-brainer.

Those numbers are looking pretty good, Bill.

I agree, if you have the cash, and do not want to support AMD with a purchase then in this game, Intel is the way to go, if you have the extra cash to purchase the parts. As for the cooling, the I74790K did not look to impressive on stock cooling, and even with the Zalman wasn't looking to impressive vs. my FX-8350 on Air cooling, stock or with the Zalman. With my custom water cooling loop, it seems to be acceptable in regards to temps vs. the FX-8350.

Keep in mind, I haven't modded my config files yet, and have not installed or used the core parker. As I have said before, I am a noob with that kinda stuff, and will most likely need some help from you guys on it. I really don't want to jack up my files, or mess anything up. I will need your expert tutelage to really be balling with the highest FPS I can get out of this rig.

The numbers are showing to be better then the FX-8350 for sure, game play seems a bit "smoother" also with the I74790K build vs. the FX-8350. Both however was very playable in this game, even at 1440P, this was kinda a not needed upgrade for sure, but the finished wall case was needed, the other desk case I did was kinda "jerry rigged" and I needed the motivation to get a finished case done, so this Intel upgrade was the final push that got it done for me.

Edited by Bill Lumbar, 09 March 2015 - 04:10 PM.

[Thorqemada]

Nice work!

PS: It would have been great to see some runs with the FX8350 and the FPS optimized MWO for comparation.

Edited by Thorqemada, 09 March 2015 - 04:44 PM.

[Bill Lumbar]

Thorqemada, on 09 March 2015 - 04:44 PM, said:

Nice work!

PS: It would have been great to see some runs with the FX8350 and the FPS optimized MWO for comparation.

As far as I know, the patches for FPS optimization was in place in better then 70% of the numbers that I posted for the FX-8350 rig. You can check the dates of the patch that they addressed the FPS issues, and I think this will confirm that. I am really liking the new build.... but I think some of that has to do with the new wall mount case. I am in love, it still has some work to be done to it, but its very nice.....should of built one a couple of years ago.

Btw... I still have a Amd 3+ board, a Asrock, so if I get froggy I can always pick up another FX-8350 CPU and its all good.

Edited by Bill Lumbar, 09 March 2015 - 05:20 PM.

[Hardin4188]

Wow that case, I love it! Such a unique design.

[Thorqemada]

I have no mood to play MWO but was curious enough to make some matches and while the minFPS and avgFPS are pretty smooth and a tad better (but the maxFPS Spikes be not as high as in the past) i could set anything to Very High and still have a pretty smooth gameplay.
I went for everything Very High and Effects, Particles, Shadows at High in a 1920x1200 Resolution.
A typical Benchmark now is around 65-35-80 (avg-min-max) compared to an old Benchmark around 60-35-105 with Effects and Shadows at Medium and Particles at Low.
Settings and old Benchmarks of my FX8350: http://mwomercs.com/...ost__p__4044931
PGI did a pretty good work.

PS: Aside of that i can honestly say i hate the direction the game takes now with Quirks putting even more Firepower on the already very much Firepower saturated battlefield - i dont feel i will do many more matches...

Edited by Thorqemada, 11 March 2015 - 05:14 PM.

[Bill Lumbar]

Hey Thorqemada....sorry to hear you have lost the desire...I know I am getting to that point some times also with this game. I do love the new map so far, only played it once though.

Here is a bench from my first game tonight, and this is looking really good :-)


2015-03-18 21:30:29 - MWOClient
Frames: 15540 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 86.333 - Min: 71 - Max: 101 Alpine

[Thorqemada]

I played a tad after the latest patch and my High-FPS went back above >100 FPS.

But yeah...i dabbled around while watching TV, cooking a meal and doing other stuff...sorry to the PUGs i was in...evened the streak of losses somewhat out this morning with some more serious gaming bcs if i play is still have my Goals to end up at least at a 1.0 W/L per Mech and no overall worse W/L Balance than b4.

Need 5 more Wins now...though after 17.000 matches the excitement has really worn off and CW does not play out fun for me...still the little personal "Goals" be left to be desired.

I am not a Mech-Junkie (though i can sit hours in the Mechlab wasting money toying around with the 13 Mechs i own) - new Mechs offer way less motivation to me than good + fun gameplay challenge.


Attractive hgh performance PC you now have Bill congrats!


PS: AMD will release Catalyst 15.3 soon - i will leave a notice if the MWO performance is affected.

Edited by Thorqemada, 19 March 2015 - 11:36 AM.

[Thorqemada]

Catalyst 15.3 Beta is life and the few matches i did ran smooth and well and i had performance beyond >120 FPS at highest.

http://support.amd.c...ndows-beta.aspx

[GetinmyBellah]

Just a thought for future boards. ASUS ROG boards have allowed me to build some of the best quality gaming rigs for myself and friend's since making the switch. Nice rig man, and best of luck with that beast! Hope you get the heat issue under wraps :x

[Bill Lumbar]

Vegentius, on 21 March 2015 - 05:46 PM, said:

Just a thought for future boards. ASUS ROG boards have allowed me to build some of the best quality gaming rigs for myself and friend's since making the switch. Nice rig man, and best of luck with that beast! Hope you get the heat issue under wraps :x

Heat issues are no longer a problem since I finished the new wall case and have my custom loop running. And thanks... I am loving it so far.

[GetinmyBellah]

Bill Lumbar, on 21 March 2015 - 06:28 PM, said:

Heat issues are no longer a problem since I finished the new wall case and have my custom loop running. And thanks... I am loving it so far.

Hey, thanks a lot for the prompt and very nice reply. Common courtesy and respect have become rare around here. I quickly realized after I posted you had the heat issue in the bag. I didn't realize there were 6 more pages of replies, doh! I built my current rig in early '12 and am going to be building my next game rig within a year, Intel and nVid-gfx based surrounding that beast of Intel's Haswell architecture. Regardless -- thank you again and happy hunting!

Addendum: Here's what I went with back then.. Cheers!
http://valid.canardpc.com/92ktv8

Edited by Vegentius, 21 March 2015 - 10:57 PM.

[xWiredx]

Vegentius, on 21 March 2015 - 10:48 PM, said:

Hey, thanks a lot for the prompt and very nice reply. Common courtesy and respect have become rare around here. I quickly realized after I posted you had the heat issue in the bag. I didn't realize there were 6 more pages of replies, doh! I built my current rig in early '12 and am going to be building my next game rig within a year, Intel and nVid-gfx based surrounding that beast of Intel's Haswell architecture. Regardless -- thank you again and happy hunting!

Addendum: Here's what I went with back then.. Cheers!
http://valid.canardpc.com/92ktv8

Broadwell will be out within the year, and Haswell would be a minor upgrade from that machine. Might want to wait.

[Bill Lumbar]

Here some updated bench marks with fraps.....

Normal matches

2015-03-14 00:29:58 - MWOClient
Frames: 3619 - Time: 63992ms - Avg: 56.554 - Min: 42 - Max: 67 River city

2015-03-14 00:37:10 - MWOClient
Frames: 10464 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 58.133 - Min: 46 - Max: 71 The Bog

2015-03-14 00:46:54 - MWOClient
Frames: 12443 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 69.128 - Min: 48 - Max: 81 Forest snow

2015-03-15 00:32:02 - MWOClient
Frames: 12748 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 70.822 - Min: 48 - Max: 89 Crimson

2015-03-15 21:53:32 - MWOClient
Frames: 10450 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 58.056 - Min: 44 - Max: 75

2015-03-15 22:03:06 - MWOClient
Frames: 13043 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 72.461 - Min: 46 - Max: 91

2015-03-16 21:03:34 - MWOClient
Frames: 11797 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 65.539 - Min: 47 - Max: 84

2015-03-17 12:28:22 - MWOClient
Frames: 12524 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 69.578 - Min: 51 - Max: 84

2015-03-17 20:40:11 - MWOClient
Frames: 12233 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 67.961 - Min: 51 - Max: 78 valley

2015-03-17 20:57:09 - MWOClient
Frames: 12769 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 70.939 - Min: 44 - Max: 85 Mining

2015-03-17 21:40:35 - MWOClient
Frames: 13799 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 76.661 - Min: 54 - Max: 93

2015-03-17 22:10:47 - MWOClient
Frames: 10447 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 58.039 - Min: 36 - Max: 75

2015-03-17 23:32:07 - MWOClient
Frames: 11074 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 61.522 - Min: 43 - Max: 73

2015-03-17 23:45:44 - MWOClient
Frames: 11755 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 65.306 - Min: 42 - Max: 77 crimson assault

2015-03-18 00:16:37 - MWOClient
Frames: 11260 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 62.556 - Min: 42 - Max: 78

2015-03-18 00:46:14 - MWOClient
Frames: 12328 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 68.489 - Min: 52 - Max: 76

2015-03-18 21:19:53 - MWOClient
Frames: 12397 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 68.872 - Min: 47 - Max: 82

2015-03-18 21:30:29 - MWOClient
Frames: 15540 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 86.333 - Min: 71 - Max: 101 Alpine

2015-03-18 22:04:18 - MWOClient
Frames: 12878 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 71.544 - Min: 52 - Max: 87

2015-03-18 22:17:23 - MWOClient
Frames: 13889 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 77.161 - Min: 62 - Max: 89

2015-03-18 22:32:24 - MWOClient
Frames: 14338 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 79.656 - Min: 60 - Max: 96

2015-03-18 23:24:09 - MWOClient
Frames: 13006 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 72.256 - Min: 56 - Max: 86

2015-03-19 16:32:25 - MWOClient
Frames: 11973 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 66.517 - Min: 43 - Max: 82

2015-03-19 16:38:20 - MWOClient
Frames: 12913 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 71.739 - Min: 45 - Max: 89 terra

2015-03-19 16:47:18 - MWOClient
Frames: 13228 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 73.489 - Min: 47 - Max: 85 forest

2015-03-19 17:20:43 - MWOClient
Frames: 14423 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 80.128 - Min: 62 - Max: 95 HGP

2015-03-19 19:31:16 - MWOClient
Frames: 11488 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 63.822 - Min: 49 - Max: 76 bog

2015-03-19 20:03:31 - MWOClient
Frames: 15450 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 85.833 - Min: 71 - Max: 96 HGP

2015-03-19 20:43:50 - MWOClient
Frames: 13465 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 74.806 - Min: 56 - Max: 94 termline

2015-03-19 20:49:59 - MWOClient
Frames: 13135 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 72.972 - Min: 53 - Max: 89

2015-03-19 21:07:55 - MWOClient
Frames: 11297 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 62.761 - Min: 49 - Max: 85 The bog

2015-03-19 21:51:46 - MWOClient
Frames: 15124 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 84.022 - Min: 59 - Max: 95

2015-03-19 22:56:14 - MWOClient
Frames: 10769 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 59.828 - Min: 44 - Max: 72

2015-03-19 23:18:06 - MWOClient
Frames: 13666 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 75.922 - Min: 49 - Max: 87

2015-03-19 23:26:39 - MWOClient
Frames: 11668 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 64.822 - Min: 42 - Max: 79

2015-03-20 21:34:13 - MWOClient
Frames: 11759 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 65.328 - Min: 33 - Max: 86

2015-03-20 21:44:36 - MWOClient
Frames: 14392 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 79.956 - Min: 58 - Max: 96

2015-03-20 22:00:02 - MWOClient
Frames: 13916 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 77.311 - Min: 53 - Max: 92

2015-03-20 22:52:27 - MWOClient
Frames: 14789 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 82.161 - Min: 61 - Max: 92

2015-03-20 23:28:52 - MWOClient
Frames: 11294 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 62.744 - Min: 49 - Max: 79

2015-03-21 21:46:22 - MWOClient
Frames: 12855 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 71.417 - Min: 43 - Max: 86

2015-03-21 21:55:43 - MWOClient
Frames: 14176 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 78.756 - Min: 62 - Max: 92

2015-03-22 12:54:10 - MWOClient
Frames: 13367 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 74.261 - Min: 49 - Max: 92 HGP (new bios settings, Intel power saver enabled, down clocking/volt step down/ Balanced power plan in Windows) undervolts down to .80-1.347 Volts, downclocks to 799ghz-4.8ghz on I74790K

2015-03-22 12:57:51 - MWOClient
Frames: 8505 - Time: 114458ms - Avg: 74.307 - Min: 50 - Max: 92 HGP (new bios settings, Intel power saver enabled, down clocking/volt step down/ Balanced power plan in Windows viewing after death) undervolts down to .80-1.347 Volts, downclocks to 799ghz-4.8ghz on I74790K


CW drops

2015-03-11 23:25:54 - MWOClient
Frames: 14198 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 78.878 - Min: 63 - Max: 87 sulfur CW

2015-03-17 19:01:22 - MWOClient
Frames: 12094 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 67.189 - Min: 49 - Max: 87 New CW map

2015-03-17 19:06:19 - MWOClient
Frames: 11739 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 65.217 - Min: 49 - Max: 93 New CW map

2015-03-17 19:10:26 - MWOClient
Frames: 11696 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 64.978 - Min: 22 - Max: 87 New CW map

2015-03-17 19:14:31 - MWOClient
Frames: 11373 - Time: 180000ms - Avg: 63.183 - Min: 46 - Max: 87 New CW map

Just this morning I decided to change the bios settings so I could take advantage of the speed stepping and energy saver options of the I74790K. So far doesn't seem like I am seeing any real performance hits. I will keep testing while playing in games, bench mark it and keep records of any FPS drops with the new settings.

I still haven't tried to hit 4.9ghz-5ghz yet.... I really want to get that, but I am concerned with bumping the Volts past 1.35 on this chip.

Edited by Bill Lumbar, 22 March 2015 - 09:45 AM.

[xWiredx]

Yeah, I hear that. I draw the line at 1.28v myself (I believe it was mentioned that 1.27v was the recommended high by some mobo manufacturer somewhere, but I can't find it now).