15 minutes ago, SunDevil56 said:

Here.. http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=idealflightpro4

$70? I'll pass but thanks for the link.

6 hours ago, GSalden said:

With HT on the processor will get hotter so you have to set the OC less...

Not more ..

Hi Gerard,

You are, of course, correct and much will depend on the effectiveness of the cooling solution/s employed.

My overclocking journey started a couple of years ago when I configured DIP5 to overclock my i7-5960X on a per core basis. This resulted in an apparently stable overclock of Cores 0-3 at 4.7Ghz. Cores 4-7, I discovered, were clocked at 4.6Ghz. However, there were a few occasions at cold System Boot when the overclock failed to be applied, a message displayed advising that this had occurred and I should enter the UEFI BIOS to remedy matters. I complied, simply saved and exited without making any changes, and the subsequent Boot would be successful. At that stage temperatures were not a factor and thereafter the system would remain stable throughout a session no matter the loads presented to the CPU.

Now, I have decided to settle for an all core overclock at 4.6Ghz and over the past couple of months there have been no more failures at System Boot. As expected, core temperatures, with HT=ON, continue to be held well below the thermal limit of the CPU.

For example, following a run of RealBench (Win 10):

Regards,

Mike

Mike, my 7940X : 8 cores @ 4.8 GHz ( P3Dv4 ) and the other 6 cores @ 4.0 GHz ( Fs addons )

You might try using 6 cores for P3Dv4 ( AM ) and the other 2 for Fs addons. The addons do not need that much raw power so they might run at a lower speed. And it will help with lowering the heat. Perhaps you will have the change to run the P3Dv4 cores @ 4.7 GHz...    

 

1 hour ago, Cruachan said:

 

Now, I have decided to settle for an all core overclock at 4.6Ghz and over the past couple of months there have been no more failures at System Boot. As expected, core temperatures, with HT=ON, continue to be held well below the thermal limit of the CPU.

For example, following a run of RealBench (Win 10):

Regards,

Mike

Considering that you are running HT "on" with a healthy OC, those temps look pretty good to me.

1 hour ago, GSalden said:

You might try using 6 cores for P3Dv4 ( AM ) and the other 2 for Fs addons. The addons do not need that much raw power so they might run at a lower speed. And it will help with lowering the heat. Perhaps you will have the change to run the P3Dv4 cores @ 4.7 GHz...    

Hi Gerard,

Way ahead of you on that one 🙂

Check out my Affinity Mask from my signature: 4085

4085 = 00,00,11,11,11,11,01,01

Regards,

Mike

36 minutes ago, Cruachan said:

Hi Gerard,

Way ahead of you on that one 🙂

Check out my Affinity Mask from my signature: 4085

4085 = 00,00,11,11,11,11,01,01

Regards,

Mike

If that works for you  😉

 

 

Edited January 13, 20197 yr by GSalden

1 hour ago, GSalden said:

If that works for you  😉

 

Hi Gerard,

Sure does...but why the wink since I believe my setup is as you have described?

Just completed an hour long session in the sim:

Example of an unstressed CPU.

Regards,

Mike

 

4 minutes ago, Cruachan said:

Example of an unstressed CPU.

With respect Mike that view is not stressing the system. No panel visible for starters. Interesting you lock P3D to 30fps. The general consensus is unlimited is best especially with a monster 1080Ti. It could easily achieve double that fps.

2 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

With respect Mike that view is not stressing the system. No panel visible for starters. Interesting you lock P3D to 30fps. The general consensus is unlimited is best especially with a monster 1080Ti. It could easily achieve double that fps.

Hi Ray,

The key is in the word 'example', i.e. how we would like Core/LP loading to appear. Core 0 is not maxed out and the remaining LPs appear relaxed in terms of load.

Believe me I've tried all ways and 30fps locked without VSync seems to deliver the smoothest experience for the type of flying I enjoy most of the time. It's perhaps fortunate we have many options with which to experiment.

In fact, for the duration of this exercise the 1080Ti usage did not rise above 50% which reflects my current fairly modest settings and my usual pragmatic approach to running this sim. Tomorrow might be different..lol

Regards,

Mike

Mike,

With respect it’s like driving a Ferrari at 30mph. But if it suits you then that’s all that matters.

Maybe your 120Hz monitor requires those settings.

Edited January 13, 20197 yr by Ray Proudfoot

10 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

$70? I'll pass but thanks for the link.

The fact is it's worth $200 Ray - you need not balk at value for money.

Edited January 13, 20197 yr by SteveW

49 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

Mike,

With respect it’s like driving a Ferrari at 30mph. But if it suits you then that’s all that matters.

Maybe your 120Hz monitor requires those settings.

No, not a fair comment.

1 hour ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

The general consensus is unlimited is best 

What do you mean by unlimited? Is that "Unlimited + VSync", or Unlimited + NCP limit? Or What do you mean Ray? What I think is that this statement is entirely without basis in any fact..

7 minutes ago, SteveW said:

The fact is it's worth $200 Ray - you need not balk at value for money.

As the author your opinion is not entirely neutral. 😁 I have PFPX, Active Sky and Electronic Flight Bag. No need for anything else ta. I’m more than capable of deciding my next flight.

4 minutes ago, SteveW said:

What do you mean by unlimited? Is that "Unlimited + VSync", or Unlimited + NCP limit? Or What do you mean Ray? What I think is that this statement is entirely without basis in any fact..

Unlimited +VSync + triple buffering. But you already knew that didn’t you? Mike’s case is different due to his 120Hz monitor.