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Prior to running stress tests I did the following: -opened up the card and applied Thermal Grizzly in lieu of MFR thermal paste -mounted my card to the side of my case with a riser cable and mount Notables: -ambient temperature was 23ºC -ran FurMark at the following settings: 1920x1080 AA-8X...

I don't know that the fuss about the noise was. I hear my case fans and water cooling pump before I hear the card. Even still, I wear headphones most of the time I'm at my computer gaming and the only noticeable detail? Card sag. My riser cable came in today and I'll address that accordingly...

Thank you all for the input. As tedious as it was, I went with the clean install. Just seems like a pain in the arse. You can run DDU to get rid of GPU drivers prior to installing a new one, but there isn't anything for motherboard drivers? :/ Thanks again.

- upgrading motherboards from a Maximus VIII Hero to a Maximus IX Hero - had issues with a Z170 BIOS (flashed to support Kaby Lake) running an i7 7700k - decided to grab a Z270 chipset instead - don't want to have to reinstall Windows for the new motherboard Is there another course of action to...

Honestly, you'll want to spend the few extra bucks and get something into the 120-144 Hz range. For about 60 more bones, you could pick up your 24" 1080p, 144 Hz, 1 ms response time monitor. I will personally attest to the fact that you'll have a lot more viewing pleasure on those than what you...

If you're planning on using your monitor like a television, I would go with IPS. Basically the white is more pure and you have a wider viewing angle. If you're the type of person using your monitors to game while sitting at a desk directly in front of the screen, I would go with a TN. Besides...

Rumor mill has it that the upcoming Vega launch (June) will be another bargain product from the red team (AMD) that's going to sit anywhere from 1-5% less performance than the 1080 Ti. The real question is, how much price difference? Something else to keep in mind if you're willing to wait. We...

On top of finding a 1440p monitor with a 120-144 Hz refresh rate, pay attention to the response time. Acceptable by my own standards is 1-2 ms.

My suggestion is that you just wait things out for a bit. Get more of a budget on your hands. Like Chug said earlier, grabbing used parts isn't necessarily ideal. I could work miracles for gaming rigs, but video rendering and photoshopping is another story. Even scrounging for a micro/mini ATX...

- First question: Is there a way to disable the Free Sync soft/hardware? If so, try that. - Next question: Do you still have the integrated graphics with your CPU still installed? - Follow up question: Are you willing to uninstall the IGFX with DDU to run purely off of the AMD GPU driver? I...

If you don't mind me asking, would you please provide a link or the exact model to the GPU you are currently using to drive your display?

Which GPU are you using? - outputs available on the back of the graphics card DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort/VGA Which cables are you using? - HDMI and VGA do not support 144 Hz refresh rate; only DVI and DisplayPort Have you gone into the display adapter properties and selected the correct refresh...

Honestly, with a really fast GPU and high refresh rate monitor I don't notice much screen tearing. Eluding to what Clovis said, I don't think shelling out extra $$ for G-Sync (NVidia) or Free Sync (AMD) is worth it. Even more so is the fact that those monitors are locked to specific brands of...