Recent content by DesertHawk

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    Having issues with sudden and severe FPS drops

    I am away from my PC for the next few days traveling but I will try then when I am back as well. I have had some issues with XMP profile as well both with 2 and 4 sticks. With 2 it would work fine at 3200 for a bit then would just fail to boot next time and reset to default. Now with 4 sticks it...
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    Having issues with sudden and severe FPS drops

    Hi All, I am having an issue where during gaming my PC will random just drop FPS down from say 100 FPS to 20-30 or in some cases 1 FPS. Yes 1! It will stay like that for 5-10 mins then reverts and everything is ok. On less demanding games it seems to be less severe such as PUBG but newer games...
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    What is Flashing the Bios? and what are the risks/benifits?

    I have tried using CCC but when i change the settings to the powerlimit and GPU clocks through there my screen goes black either as soon as i apply or when i have restarted my computer. The only way i coud figure ut hpw to fix it was uninstall CCC and reinstall so it has default settings. Any...
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    What is Flashing the Bios? and what are the risks/benifits?

    Thanks guys, that helps a lot. I recently bought a HIS R9-290x but it seems it has its voltages locked. I am planning on getting a waterblock for it in the coming weeks so it would be good if i can adjust the voltages to see how far i can push it when i do. How would i flash the BIOS of a 290x?
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    What is Flashing the Bios? and what are the risks/benifits?

    Hi All, I have only recently started overclocking my GPU, previously i was just overclocking my CPU. I have heard people referring to Flashing their bios on their GPU. What are people referring when they say this? and what are the risks and benifits from doing so? Does this unlock voltage...