It really depends on your preference and room lighting. Also if you use 144hz, it’ll be dulled by design.
I use HDR on windows and games look better but the screen isn’t going to pop like an OLED tv. You’ll probably get the best results from HDR, non overclocked and a 4K game that your computer...
I know the conversation moved forward but in case others are reading this, there are many non-card-killed issues which could cause a gpu to not pass post after what is basically a cosmetic change.
Try all the things in this thread and then completely redo your installation as a last step before...
If you want a higher score, overlock the gpu and ram. The game is not as intensive as the benchmark so clocks can go higher (way oversimplified). Put the fan to 100, open the door or window if you’re really crazy, and increment the card by 15mhz all the way up until it crashes PR.
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That’s awesome. The Noctua was fine but during long compiles I didn’t like the temps. Now I’m very happy with it, I’m sure a custom loop would have me even happier.
is there a well documented test I can do to see what I might expect from going full water that you could recommend?
Ah that’s helpful since I don’t have a founders. I have the silly large Aorus Master and it rarely breaks 50C. 100+ scares me but I’d certainly defer to someone with an FE.
Zombie revival of an old thread but I got the ice giant and it’s really amazing compared to my noctua.
Haven’t done detailed testing but I haven’t hit >75c Aida stress test after 15 minutes. Clocks are showing solid at 3.9Ghz.
I think most of us mining set the power to 80% or undervolt. You’ll get nearly the same result and drastically reduce temps, ymmv ofc.
Edit: having posted that I realize you could also pursue RMA/Replacement because that sounds really too high. How’s your case and room temperature?
So I reverted to the last nvidia drivers and magically my card was able to hit <=2250, with the newest drivers is crash it anywhere above 2100. Have you tried playing around with that?