I’d like to organise my set up a bit better would anyone be able to share their set ups? I have 2 monitors Vr and a steering wheel. I’d like to have the steering wheel permanently set up instead of putting it away every time I’m finished up with it. Would appreciate some ideas thanks in advance

I'm not really someone that knows much about computers let alone my internet, but I typically got anywhere from 9-20 ping. With several ping tests as well as whenever I'm playing games, my connection lately has been pretty unstable and I have no clue why. I checked my steam as well as all my other launchers and nothing is downloading but I still have unstable ping. Could it be a hardware problem or is it something to do with my downloads etc.

Shelf is a work in progress

I built a PC with a i9-9900X, and a 2080 super, is my CPU bottlenecking my GPU? I ask this as I'm getting about 190 frames on 1080p Ultra in Rainbow, and about 210 frames on Fortnite on Performance Mode with Ultra settings on whatever was possible.

I installed some TeamGroup T-Force Vulcan Z 32GB 3200MHZ RAM in my system, and it keeps giving me a QCODE 53, but when I put in some crucial ballistix 4x4 2400mhz ram, it works just fine without hiccups and can be put on the XMP profile, but that T-Force RAM won't work for anything, all though it worked on my old system before I built this one. My old one had a Ryzen 7 1700X, and my new one has a 10980XE (Reason for choosing this and not a new Ryzen or Intel CPU is because I got it at an auction for $25 which is insane value), and it won't work for anything on this new system no matter what I try, using only 1 stick at a time (tried both sticks), resetting CMOS, updating BIOS, nothing works. And all though I can just use the 16GB RAM, I do video editing and after effects which eats up memory like crazy, so I can't really go by with only 16GB RAM.

Hello!

I'm working on a new build with a 4090 GPU and before buying I'm trying to determine what would be the correct size case to go with.

I've heard Mid-Towers may be a bit too small for the 4090 considering it's supposed to be a MONSTER, and I'm not quite sure what would be the best for the build I'm going with.

For my GPU I'm using a 4090 and my cooler is a 3 fan AIO cooler that I had planned to mount on the top, but the case I wanted to use is out of stock.

I'm not too worried about aethestics of how it looks and I'm focusing more on airflow/function. Any suggestions?

This is only my second build ever and my last one was 7 years ago so it's been quite awhile, not really aware of the best cases right now for a large GPU.

Any suggestions/tips are welcome.

Tldr: I updated my drivers and it got rid of artifacting.

I had the old v556 drivers installed and somehow went through 10 versions (v566) without a notification on my toolbar. The discussion I want to have though is why did my gpu start to artifact yesterday? Why not 2 days ago? Why not 5? And what exactly causes an old driver to result in artifacting?

Unfortunately updating the drivers did not fix the issue with netflix. I had to turn off hardware acceleration to fix that but now the resolution sucks.

Original title: GPU artifacting after 8 months?

Original post: "Hi all. I purchased my first high end gaming rig in March of this year. I got a prebuilt corsair i7500 with an i7-14700kf and a 4080 super (gigabyte). This was an impressive upgrade from my asus vivobook with a i7-7700hq and 1050m.

About 3 days ago when I was watching netflix the screen would go black for a second then come back (I think the gpu was crashing). But I assumed this was a Netflix error because everything was running fine on HBO max. 2 days ago I tried watching a movie on Netflix again and this black bar would appear randomly about 1/3 of the way down the screen. Once again I just thought some sort of error with Netflix. Then yesterday I was loading a cutscene in the primary game I play (gw2) and saw artifacts for a second. This was surprising because I've loaded this cutscene plenty of times without seeing it (in gw2 you basically run the same events over and over everyday.) Then today I decided to boot up Hogwarts Legacy and the split second artifacting was happening roughly every 5 minutes. To add context I did game pretty hard for the past 8 months. I'm on disability so I can afford (if that's the right word) to spend 8-12 hrs a day gaming. Just wondering what everyone's opinion is on this. Should I RMA the gpu? Or is there some way to fix this?"

I have a laptop that I am wanting to add 3 external monitors to. I see things on Amazon that work as “hdmi splitter” but it seems like you add several hdmi inputs for one out-put. I want to use same laptop and have 3 different monitors along with laptop. I am confused, or are these the same thing?

Just installed with x870e asus rog hero. 32gb ddr5 6000 cl30 and a artic freezer 420mm. I know it's huge but it's an aio and I'm sub 40 degrees. This is awesome because with the new curve shaper medium temp starts at 50 degrees I believe. So a) it can run cool, AMD's cache flipping works (my 7800x3d on same cooler was hotter) b) with the curve shaper running cool equals nailing your max boost because you can tune more aggressively at lower temps. You could definitely do it with less but who doesn't like overbuilding?

My windows update got corrupted due to a random power outage and now I’m having issues with my PC and I’m trying to reinstall a fresh copy of windows but it won’t recognize my USB and I even bought a brand new one to make sure it wasn’t the USB. What do I do?

Is this little bit of a gap an issue? Should I fix it? Personal opinions here!

I’ve been thinking of finally upgrading my cpu cos I think it’s the part that’s most out of date in my pc I’ve got a ryzen 5 3600 but my issue is i was going to go for best in slot aka 5800x3d but they don’t exist in the uk for a reasonable price so I was thinking the 5800X instead but I’m not sure if it’s worth it thoughts?

my windows laptop i got will power off everytime i open an app , it usually powers off 10 - 30minutes of using the app and the amount of time it takes before shutting off is getting shorter and shorter

yes, the laptop was used when i got it, its runs an intel i5 8th gen though im not sure of any other specs unless i check

HELP!!!!! PLEASE!!!

Hi everyone, so my PC keeps being slow on start up. I have more than enough disk space and checked for malware. I’ve turned off programs opening up on start up. All i get is a slow start up and games like to crash randomly. I have

Ryzen 9 5900x RTX 3060 64 GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600 ram EVGA 850 psu

Hi, PCMR! 👋 Was doing some GPU shopping (U.S. market) with some current deals going on for holiday pricing, and came across these deals listed at the bottom:

TLDR/ advice for GPU upgrade from A750LE for $500(or less).

Was wondering if anyone had some input for experiences, opinions, and or preferences to go with.

Been catching up for the past few months from Gamers Nexus, Hardware Unboxed, Techspot GPU database, PCMR, etc.

Currently running A750 LE for about 2 years, and looking for an upgrade. Currently playing 1080p, but looking to hook up to TV for 1440, and possibly 4k(most likely 1440 since can force this on the TV).

Mostly play COD, but looking to play more AAA titles, and older classic games--really just want to play any game even if have to optimize a few settings. Arc has really been struggling, lately, and can't play solid for games--kinda started around Helldivers 2 time frame.

I've been researching quite a bit, and have noticed the newer games seem to be including ray tracing built in(UE5 for example), so concerns that moving forward, RT may be moving to embedded in-game, so been leaning towards green team.

Thanks for your input and really appreciate any advice!

Build this PC also about 2 years ago. Current Specs(AP201 and fans recent purchase for a case swap)

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2gq2FZ

Retail pricing(New) deals looking at right now.

Trying to keep budget preferably below ~ 500. So far, been leaning towards 7800XT, but 4070 and Super seem like good deals, also.

The condundrum:

Red Team:

7700 XT - $334

7800 XT - $402

7900 GRE - $452

7900 XT - $547

Green Team:

4070 (non Super) - $427 w/Outlaws game

4070 Super - $502 w/Outlaws game

Current GPU: Blue Team Arc A750 LE

Cpu: amd ryzen 7 7800x3d Gpu: rtx 4070 ti super And i leave the rest for you to decide and tell me whats best

Just finished my latest iteration... Primary system: i9 13900K RTX 4090 64Gigs DDR5 4TB M.2 + 4TB SATA Coolermaster Cosmos C700m

Seconary/ Workstation/recording rig: i7 13700K RTX 3080 Ti 64Gigs DDR4 2TB M.2 + 3x 3Tb HD Cooler Master Cosmos C700P

Plex Server/NAS: i7 12700K GTX 1080Ti 64Gigs DDR4 1TB M.2 + 6X 18TB HD Corsair 750D

Dedicated Media Center: i3 12100 GTX 1080 Ti 32Gigs DDR5 1TB M.2 + 6TB HD Phanteks Evolv Shift

Monitors: LG 32GS95UE 4K Dual Mode LG 38GN950-B 38 Inch Ultrawide Dell U3223QE 32 Inch 4K ASUS VG247Q1A 24 Inch 1080

I have an amd 3600xt processor right now, I know ill need to upgrade to match the 4070 ti super. Would my (b550m chipset mobo, 16gb ddr4 memory) system be able to keep up if I upgraded to a 5800x3d? Thanks for any advice!

hello! looking to upgrade my monitors for my upcoming 4090 build later this month. i’m currently eyeing the LG 45GS96QB-B.AUS, but i’m not super fond of curved screens. no budget, just recommendations! thanks in advance!

This discussion will never end because both sides have a point. But I don't think the reviewer side understands WHY the viewer wants to see anything higher.

First off is the brainless "1080p is the most used resolution in Steam hardware survey" argument. Which is laughably irrelevant because that's over-representing laptops, gaming cafes, and people with really old hardware. AKA people NOT buying this stuff or watching hardware channels. These are hardware enthusiast channels. If that's your argument then you should test everything with 60 class GPUs since they're the most prevalent as well, right? The argument for 1080p/4090 is for a testing environment only, and even then only shows you how it compares to other CPUs.

It's that last part that the reviewers are so laser focused on that they don't see the problem and WHY anyone still wants to see at least some 1440p slides. A lot of viewers WANT to know where that bottleneck kicks in with higher resolutions so they don't overspend on their CPU, or even worse spend a bunch to replace a CPU that was still completely fine at the resolutions and settings they play at. Knowing a CPU's theoretical max is useful, but in the real world it's just that. Theoretical. It doesn't tell you how it will perform with your GPU and resolution. Reviewers are so focused on that theoretical max because they already have the hardware to know where the bottlenecks occur so they can avoid them. But if you never show where those bottlenecks occur the consumer has no idea until they buy the hardware to find out they made the wrong purchase.

If a car site only tested tires on Ferraris and Lamborghinis that tells me squat on how useful those tires are on my Toyota. Telling me with a voice of superiority "Well, obviously the max is 200mph right there in the test. Stop asking stupid questions." is completely useless information when you don't take into account the speed of a car most people can afford, let alone the real roads they drive on. Car sites don't do this. SxS sites don't do this. Boat sites don't do this. Audiophile sites don't do this. RV sites don't do this. Only PC hardware reviewers do. NO other hobby I'm into does testing with this mentality. Let alone tell your own viewers they're stupid for asking for real world scenarios. Not exactly the brightest strategy to offend your viewers for asking for something so ridiculous as "real world use." Pssh, who actually lives in the real world?

No one's asking for 1080p testing to be thrown away. We aren't fucking stupid. We KNOW it's needed for a baseline to directly compare CPU to CPU with as little GPU bottleneck as possible. All we ask is for a random "don't overspend" 1440p test thrown in with a 6750xt or 4070 to realize the massive waste of money a 9800X3D is if you can't afford a $2000 GPU and realize your 5600x is still more than adequate. Especially when GPUs have gotten so expensive with such insulting uplift that CPUs get more and more irrelevant by the day.

My goal was to upgrade my PC by using a new case and introducing a new CPU and Mobo. I got a Mag B550 Tomahawk and got it to work. The only new parts I got was a Be Quiet! Base 500xd case, Amd Ryzen CPU, and a Mag B550 Tomahawk MoBo.

I got it to boot up again using my Nvme 2.0 SSD & SATA 2.5 SSD. Upon trying to boot new Bios on a potentially corrupted flash drive. I say this because the "CPU" light of the POST test lights up when starting the PC.

I have tried reseating the CPU, flashing BIOS again with a USB and MSI's Bios named "MSI.ROM", resetting CMOS battery.. none of the above worked.

Therfore my TUF GAMING 1440P monitor displays no input detected. Ive tried both HDMI and DisplayPort. Any other suggestions before I give up and bring it into the repair shop?

At this point I'm thinking of bringing it into the repair shop because I dont know what to do anymore in terms of troubleshooting. I'm having thought maybe i short circuited something.