Recent content by fraserlawrence

Hi Tomshardware editors and readers, I would very much appreciate some guidance on how to improve my new system. I am currently looking at the motherboard options for Ryzen 3700x vs i7-9700k. My current system is totally built off your recommendations in 2014 and has been working wonderfully...

What would you guess was the fps improvement you saw going from the i5-4690k @4.6 GHz with 4 core/4 thread to the i7-4790k at stock 3.5 Ghz with 4 cores 8 threads? Or is it not so much to do with fps as other things like stutter? And my god man why haven't you overclocked that 4790k to 4.7 Ghz...

TLDR: How much gaming FPS improvement will I get from upgrading my i5-4690k to a better matched CPU such as Ryzen 3800x paired with rtx 2070 super at 1440p (g-sync)on games with ray tracing such as shadow of tomb raider? I have a similar related question: I've upgraded my graphics card to an...

Thank goodness we are starting to see value swing back towards the gamer and away from the cryptomining bubble. I may finally upgrade my gtx 970 ($339 in late 2014) to take advantage of 1440p gaming. Will an Intel Core i5-4690K temporarily work OK with an RTX 2060 Super until I upgrade the...

Hello, On whenever possible, although sometimes I had turned it off to allow for higher graphics settings. Also I have to say G-Sync is really noticeable in Tomb Raider on my gtx 970. and seems to have much less effect on performance, actually allowing for higher graphics settings being more...