[SOLVED] Best BIOS settings on Z270 GAMING M3 motherboard ?

[pumacs16]

Hy,

I would like to ask for your help, which are the best settings on the motherboard..

My BIOS settings pics: https://postimg.cc/gallery/rFXhNWL

 

[DSzymborski]

I bought two rams of the same type as you can see above, the ram is absolutely good

That's not what I asked. I asked if they were purchased together, in one package.

It's hard to give good advice without knowing all the proper details of a situation.

 

[pumacs16]

Depends on what you want to do? Need to know the intent if you want recommendations. Including all the expectations for everything.

Primarily for gaming, but I have no idea what the Geforce nvidia gtx 1660ti Super 6gb or the ASUS GeForce Dual V2 RTX 3060 12GB and
I want it not to be a bottleneck.
I have seen videos where they show that there is not much difference between gtx 1660s and 3060?

 

[DSzymborski]

Primarily for gaming, but I have no idea what the Geforce nvidia gtx 1660ti Super 6gb or the ASUS GeForce Dual V2 RTX 3060 12GB and
I want it not to be a bottleneck.
I have seen videos where they show that there is not much difference between gtx 1660s and 3060?

Have you? Benchmarks have significant differences between them, in the 25-45% range depending on game. Can you link what you saw?

 

[pumacs16]

That's not what I asked. I asked if they were purchased together, in one package.

It's hard to give good advice without knowing all the proper details of a situation.

No.
I bought the same dress with the exact same number.

No problem with ram!

 

[pumacs16]

Have you? Benchmarks have significant differences between them, in the 25-45% range depending on game. Can you link what you saw?

Video VS

 

[Darkbreeze]

No.
I bought the same dress with the exact same number.

No problem with ram!

Wrong. Absolutely wrong. Not even within the realm of "correct or accurate". Clearly, you are laboring under misconceptions which are commonly retold as being true when in fact, while you sometimes won't have any problems using mixed memory, VERY OFTEN turns out not to be the case.

Please read BOTH the second section at the first link titled "Mixed memory (Or the odd man out) and the entire post at the second link. For your own information of course and so that you will have a better understanding of the misconception that you are being misled by. While not being highly technical documents, they are, generally speaking, helpful in clarifying the reasons why the belief that mixing memory kits (Especially kits using profiles that are outside the JEDEC specifications) even when the kit models are identical is neither a guarantee of success nor a wise idea. While it's absolutely possible to NOT have problems with mixed kits, it's a fundamental mistake to make ASSUMPTIONS that you won't, or that you are not, because while the mixed configuration might RUN, without verifying that everything is configured and operating exactly as expected and desired you have no idea if the BIOS has made undesirable changes to the primary, secondary or tertiary timings JUST to allow the kits to work moderately well together if it has detected any differences in the kits that have made them unsuitable for both working together using the parameters outlined in the XMP profile. Or changed speeds. Or other possible configuration modifications.

Not to mention, much as when manually overclocking memory it is a very good idea to not just verify that all configuration settings look as they should, but to also run FOUR COMPLETE passes of Memtest86 to ensure that both kits are playing nice together and are fully stable without any errors. And that's without factoring in other considerations like when more than two DIMMs are installed or the DIMMs are not of the same model, as were yours originally.

How To - Troubleshooting problems with PC memory (RAM) and XMP profile configurations

In the beginning, there was......BIOS Before you go ANY further, go to the manufacturer product page for your specific motherboard model AND revision. Revision is an important aspect because for any given motherboard there may be more than one version of that model which will be identified...

forums.tomshardware.com

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/amd-ram-compatibility.3210050/#post-19785792

 

[Darkbreeze]

Video VS

What is the even FROM? First of all, "bottleneck calculators" are complete horsecrap. Secondly, a bottleneck calculation literally has nothing to do with what was asked regarding whether you'd ACTUALLY looked at benchmarks comparing the 1660S and 3060. I assure you, the idea that they are even remotely comparable is completely laughable and entirely inaccurate.

Really it depends a lot on what resolution you are targeting, but since your above screenshot seems to suggest 1080p I'll just say this. There are SIGNIFICANT differences in performance between the 1660 Super and 3060 depending on the game and resolution.

For example. At 1080p. For Hitman, there's a 54fps difference.

https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/galax_geforce_rtx_3060_ex_white_12g_review,10.html

Assassins creed? A 24fps difference.

https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/galax-geforce-rtx-3060-ex-white-12g-review,11.html

Shadow of the tomb raider? 44fps difference.

https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/galax-geforce-rtx-3060-ex-white-12g-review,12.html

Formula 1? 60fps difference.

https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/galax-geforce-rtx-3060-ex-white-12g-review,13.html

Witcher III? 40fps difference.

https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/galax-geforce-rtx-3060-ex-white-12g-review,14.html


And so on. Those are not insignificant differences, however if you are only trying to hit 60fps they might be differences that don't really matter that much to you because for the most part both cards can handle that. If you are looking for the higher end of settings or higher FPS though, it's going to matter.

 

[pumacs16]

What is the even FROM? First of all, "bottleneck calculators" are complete horsecrap. Secondly, a bottleneck calculation literally has nothing to do with what was asked regarding whether you'd ACTUALLY looked at benchmarks comparing the 1660S and 3060. I assure you, the idea that they are even remotely comparable is completely laughable and entirely inaccurate.

Really it depends a lot on what resolution you are targeting, but since your above screenshot seems to suggest 1080p I'll just say this. There are SIGNIFICANT differences in performance between the 1660 Super and 3060 depending on the game and resolution.

For example. At 1080p. For Hitman, there's a 54fps difference.

https://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/galax_geforce_rtx_3060_ex_white_12g_review,10.html

Assassins creed? A 24fps difference.

https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/galax-geforce-rtx-3060-ex-white-12g-review,11.html

Shadow of the tomb raider? 44fps difference.

https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/galax-geforce-rtx-3060-ex-white-12g-review,12.html

Formula 1? 60fps difference.

https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/galax-geforce-rtx-3060-ex-white-12g-review,13.html

Witcher III? 40fps difference.

https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/galax-geforce-rtx-3060-ex-white-12g-review,14.html


And so on. Those are not insignificant differences, however if you are only trying to hit 60fps they might be differences that don't really matter that much to you because for the most part both cards can handle that. If you are looking for the higher end of settings or higher FPS though, it's going to matter.

I see, okay. And do you think it's worth buying? 3060?

 

[Darkbreeze]

At this point? No, probably not. But maybe. It really depends on what kind of price you can find one for. Prices are obviously not the same for everybody everywhere AND in some cases at places like Microcenter etc. some people have been able to find very good clearancing type deals that are intended to get rid of existing 3xxx series stock that do make it worth looking at.

On the other hand, the RTX 4060 and 4070 cards are tentatively not expected to get a release date until sometime in mid to late 2nd quarter this year, so probably still several months out, and much depends on if you need something now or are willing to wait but there is an additional consideration as well. Since nothing solid is known about these cards yet other than theoretical specs for the FE cards, it's kind of hard to actually saying anything with any certainty about them.

If you need a card now there are half decent RTX 3060's in the 350 dollar range. If you don't, it might be worth waiting but since there is always something coming down the pipe or around the corner I generally say get what you need, when you need it, for the best price you can find it for, and move on. You never know, prices of EVERYTHING might cost 25-50% more next week, or next month, or in six months, so waiting based on an expectation that things will change in your favor is always a fools game. Sure, you can get lucky, but you can get screwed too.