Tim_N
9270
Wow, beer and sexcams what more do you need from a PC Game magazine?
I had that issue. 3D cards was used a lot back in 96-99-ish if memory serves.
A cam is a rotating or sliding piece in a mechanical linkage used especially in transforming rotary motion into linear motion.
A sexcam thus must logically do . . . that. For sex.
Gives new meaning to âIâm ready for my close-up nowâ
stusser
9275
Ahh yes, it was a different time. When gaming was seen as a pastime for horny teenage boys as opposed to now when itâs really pretty much everybody.
Oh, I remember that issue.
Itâs an offshoot of the British ladsâ mags of the 90s. Maxim sorta kicked it off. That was more of a racier GQ, but it quickly spread to tech. One of the biggest offenders is T3, which I think is still around, but it evolved considerably.
T3 in the Aughts
T3 five years ago
T3 last year
Is Stuff still around? I remember its covers being pretty egregious too. But I may be getting it confused with T3
Aleck
9279
Quick question for all the 3080 owners out there. Is your card incredibly loud/spewing monster amounts of heat out while gaming?
I got my hands on an EVGA RTX 3080, and Iâm shocked at how much noise and heat itâs generating. I havenât done anything yet to mess with the fan curves, so itâs all at default, but the noise (and heat!) are very noticeable, even when playing relatively low demand video games (like Battletech from a couple years ago). Playing more recent games, like the Back4Blood beta, the computer is spewing out heat and making quite a racket.
I am using a 2560x1440 monitor, but even when Iâve jacked the display resolution in games down to 1280x720 it doesnât seem to make a difference (although things do get ugly). The case is a gigantic Corsair Air540, which is running 5x 120mm Noctua fans (2 input on front, 2 exhaust on top, 1 exhaust out the back). The card, of course, spews its heat downward â about the worst direction since the other fans are pulling heat up. I could reverse all the fans if that would make a difference.
I did fire up HWMonitor, and FWIW the GPU temps didnât seem too crazy high â about 72 degrees celsius at peak, with fans at about 1440 RPM.
Any sage advice?
Expect youâre running at a very high frame rate. Locking it to something a bit lower would help, if thatâs an option. VSync On will probably do the same. Then thereâs undervolting⌠You can slow down your fans for higher temps too of course.
I donât have a 3080 but a 2-fan 3070 that does get noisy.
stusser
9281
You can limit framerates to what your monitor can handle in the Nvidia control panel, thatâs worth doing if youâre playing old games etc. Do not turn vsync on if you have a VRR display.
Also look into voltage curves with MSI afterburner. Very easy to do. Do not undervolt.
Aleck
9282
Would the card be undervolted by default?
Tim_N
9283
What do you mean? I have been undervolting successfully since I got my 3090.
stusser
9284
Undervolting offers much worse performance than using a voltage curve. With a curve you can generate a TON less heat, and use a lot less power, for a very small performance loss.
By undervolting I mean lowering the voltage curve. Pretty sure thatâs what everyone else means too :) What do you mean?
Tim_N
9286
Yeah for sure, but thatâs what I read as undervolting. I have seen some people simply decrease the power limit in afterburner (which is dumb), is that what you mean or is there a much stupider way to undervolt?
stusser
9287
You can reduce voltage across the board without a curve but that would be very bad. Or you could just reduce voltage with the stock curve, no offset, also bad. And capping power is also bad.
Cap the frame rate first, and see if it helps:
120 for an OLED. :)
I have this bookmarked for setting up a voltage curve when I get my 3080ti next week.
