Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
Log in
Register
Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
Toggle sidebar
Toggle sidebar
Menu
Install the app
Install
Home
Featured
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
Computex's coolest case mods conveniently collated!
Intel fires back at AMD's AI benchmarks, shares results claiming current-gen Xeon chips are faster at AI than AMD's next-gen 128-core EPYC Turin
Toggle sidebar
Toggle sidebar
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
P
PiersPlowman
Messages
67
Featured content
0
Reaction score
16
Points
35
Joined
Dec 31, 2023
Last seen
Today at 5:54 PM
Find
Find content
Find all content by PiersPlowman
Find all threads by PiersPlowman
Latest activity
Postings
Featured content
About
Trophies
P
PiersPlowman
replied to the thread
Question
Warzone 3 the CPU shoots up to 100% within a game and remains that way and in the menus at 40-70%
.
You game with VSYNC on or off? If you are doing high FPS gaming then the CPY may just be tapping out. Cap you FPS to 60 (or 30) and see...
Yesterday at 6:29 PM
P
PiersPlowman
replied to the thread
Question
CPU 100% Utilize
.
Could it be malware that recognises when process explorer is open, and then throttles down...?
Yesterday at 6:26 PM
P
PiersPlowman
replied to the thread
Question
Problem with mouse pointers in old computer
.
Thanks for following up. I wondered if your Pentium system was too "modern" for Win 3.1 (I only ever encountered SX/DX2/4 486 PCs...
Yesterday at 6:22 PM
P
PiersPlowman
replied to the thread
Question
Can you mix ram?
.
Nah, the RAM runs in dual channel mode and despite the slow speed that's enough bandwidth for a single CCD CPU. There's no difference in...
Sunday at 12:35 AM
P
PiersPlowman
replied to the thread
Question
Can you mix ram?
.
Yeah, I agree your mileage will vary. What I did do was to make sure both memory channels were populated equally. Maybe that was the...
Jun 8, 2024
P
PiersPlowman
replied to the thread
Question
Can you mix ram?
.
I'm going to go against the grain here. I have mixed RAM in my build and it runs just fine - caveat - only at DDR4 2133 speeds. The only...
Jun 8, 2024
P
PiersPlowman
replied to the thread
Question
PC Performance terrible after new CPU upgrade
.
Need some specifics other than "my computer performs worse than before". I am not doubting you but being able to quantify "worse" would...
Jun 8, 2024
P
PiersPlowman
replied to the thread
Question
Does my PC support 3200mhz RAM ?
.
Just an addendum: if it works, it works, but enabling higher memory speeds eats into the CPU's power budget so you may see lower clock...
Jun 5, 2024
P
PiersPlowman
replied to the thread
Question
Mechanical keyboard not detecting in Gigabyte B550M Ryzen 5
.
Sounds like the notorious Ryzen buggy USB - happened to me until I swapped out both the 3600 CPU and the motherboard. However, with me...
Jun 5, 2024
P
PiersPlowman
replied to the thread
News
Lisa Su announces AMD is on the path to a 100x power efficiency improvement by 2027 — CEO outlines AMD’s advances during keynote at imec’s ITF Worl...
.
LOL. I reckon the CPU must have been an engineering sample, then! I believe games were particularly I/O bound back in the day so RAM...
May 23, 2024
P
PiersPlowman
replied to the thread
News
Lisa Su announces AMD is on the path to a 100x power efficiency improvement by 2027 — CEO outlines AMD’s advances during keynote at imec’s ITF Worl...
.
According to the slide, AMD's 286 had 16 megabytes of cache RAM. Cache, incidentally, that filled up the entire address bus. Neat. IIRC...
May 23, 2024
P
PiersPlowman
replied to the thread
Question
Is this a power supply issue ?
.
FYI HDMI is the successor to DVI-D, and it is electrically compatible. So, if you need DVI, go the HDMI>>>DVI route. DV>DVI is a...
May 22, 2024
P
PiersPlowman
replied to the thread
Question
Enabing XMP causes BSODs ?
.
What AMD is saying is that if you wanna run your RAM out of spec you can, but don't come crying to us if it goes pear shaped. As such...
May 17, 2024
P
PiersPlowman
replied to the thread
Question
Enabing XMP causes BSODs ?
.
Short answer, no. Long answer: R5 2600 specs 2933 is the fastest speed officially supported, and though it does not state as such...
May 17, 2024
P
PiersPlowman
replied to the thread
Question
Motherboard suddenly decided that it can't run memories at 3600mhz
.
You are pushing that CPU's memory controller waaay too hard. It is rated at 3200 JEDEC over two sticks - over four it kicks down to 2667.
May 15, 2024
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…
Loading…
TRENDING THREADS
News
Disgruntled ex-employee costs company over $600,000 after he deletes all 180 of its test servers — found server deletion scripts on Google
Started by Admin
Thursday at 9:40 AM
Replies: 72
News Comments
News
Snapdragon X Elite in the wild is allegedly slower than iPhone 12 — first benchmarks of Samsung Book4 Edge disappoint
Started by Admin
Thursday at 6:55 PM
Replies: 46
News Comments
Tom's Hardware Member System Gallery
Started by tecmo34
Apr 30, 2011
Replies: 5K
Systems
Question
I dont know what gpu to buy
Started by CabbagePatch23
Today at 3:23 PM
Replies: 13
Graphics Cards
R
Question
Hello i just need more help,i have gigabyte z790 gaming x ax ddr 5 motherboard and i cannot set gear 1 in my RAM
Started by ridwan123
Today at 7:17 AM
Replies: 33
Motherboards
Question
Choosing upgrade path
Started by RedNeckBack
Today at 5:08 PM
Replies: 2
Systems
Question
PC starts up but will not show display/Bios screen (First PC Build)
Started by _breebree
Today at 2:57 PM
Replies: 11
Systems
Latest posts
Question
dvdfab - used to be able to rip bluray now it gets stuck on processing
Latest: JackBurton80
1 minute ago
Apps and Software
F
Question
new PC will not recognize 4070 ti super
Latest: frustratedjim24
2 minutes ago
Systems
Question
I dont know what gpu to buy
Latest: 35below0
11 minutes ago
Graphics Cards
Question
Can't get Intel UHD Graphics 630 to work on PC
Latest: 35below0
13 minutes ago
CPUs
Question
13600K or 14600K for this setup ?
Latest: 35below0
27 minutes ago
CPUs
Question
Counter strike 2 Broken need help
Latest: Metal Messiah.
33 minutes ago
PC Gaming
M
Question
Suggestions, hints and tips for building my own and first Pc
Latest: Maximum_1616
39 minutes ago
Systems
RESOURCES
Advertising
Cookies Policies
Privacy
Term & Conditions
FOLLOW
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Top
Bottom