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System Name | Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load) |
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Processor | Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core) |
Motherboard | Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded) |
Cooling | Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate |
Memory | 2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V) |
Video Card(s) | Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W)) |
Storage | 2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2 |
Display(s) | Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) | Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) | Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144) |
Case | Fractal Design R6 |
Audio Device(s) | Logitech G560 | Corsair Void pro RGB |Blue Yeti mic |
Power Supply | Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY) |
Mouse | Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL |
Keyboard | Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps) |
VR HMD | Oculus Rift S + Quest 2 |
Software | Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware! |
Benchmark Scores | Nyooom. |
1. pics
2. comments on noise:
i went to a LOT of effort with massive coolers and 120mm fans, carefully set up to keep the 5870's cool, whilst being silent. this 7790 is the same noise level at idle, which is great but also makes me sad for wasted effort on the 5870's
2.1: after messing around with 3dmark, skyrim and starcraft II, i can summarise performance difference as the following:
If you compare them at the same settings, they're pretty similar. The big difference is that i can now run on ultra instead of medium, and get no performance drop. Starcraft II at max settings? 1.2GB Vram used. Skyrim with a 4K texture mod? a crazy 2.4GB Vram.
both run at 60FPS without even maxing the GPU most of the time, and yet the 5870 crossfire setup struggled to run lower settings.
nice low idle temps
all power tests measured at the wall - so its the entire system (monitor has its own power)
power draw at desktop:
5870's - 168W, but jumping around a lot.
7970: 141W, same jumping. a nice drop. 27W/19% less
power draw at starcraft II main menu (60fps):
5870's: 352W
7970: 269W - 83W/30% less small amount of coil whine i can only hear with the case off.
power draw peak in 3dmark11, test 1 on extreme:
5870's: 451W
7970: 323W - 128W/39% less power. fans ramped up to 'audible' but still very quiet, roughly at mechanical hard drive noise levels.
3. benchmarks.
oliver at 3dmark gave me some keys to use when i was testing out my laptop a while back, so i'll use those keys here and give him a plug (thanks oliver!)
3Dmark 11:
5870 crossfire:
P test (x720): P7204
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7424060
X test (1080p): X2952
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7424092
7970/280x
P test (x720):
P8025 (11% faster. respectable)
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7426687
X test (1080p):
X3157 (7% faster, woooo)
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7426663
starcraft II: no idea how to bench it, so i'll have to skip it. i play daily so i will give feedback, however.
skyrim: no FPS tests, but i've been playing it about 3 hours a day so i'll notice any changes.
result: i had been getting some mild stutter in some areas, its gone. all seems smooth now. skyrim was well known for being poop with multi GPU.
OVERCLOCKING:
1.1GHz via ccc
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7427350
1200MHz was.... easy. this card is a freakin beast.
X3654 - 15% faster than stock, taking it to 23% faster than stock 5870 crossfire
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7426985
2. comments on noise:
i went to a LOT of effort with massive coolers and 120mm fans, carefully set up to keep the 5870's cool, whilst being silent. this 7790 is the same noise level at idle, which is great but also makes me sad for wasted effort on the 5870's
2.1: after messing around with 3dmark, skyrim and starcraft II, i can summarise performance difference as the following:
If you compare them at the same settings, they're pretty similar. The big difference is that i can now run on ultra instead of medium, and get no performance drop. Starcraft II at max settings? 1.2GB Vram used. Skyrim with a 4K texture mod? a crazy 2.4GB Vram.
both run at 60FPS without even maxing the GPU most of the time, and yet the 5870 crossfire setup struggled to run lower settings.
nice low idle temps
all power tests measured at the wall - so its the entire system (monitor has its own power)
power draw at desktop:
5870's - 168W, but jumping around a lot.
7970: 141W, same jumping. a nice drop. 27W/19% less
power draw at starcraft II main menu (60fps):
5870's: 352W
7970: 269W - 83W/30% less small amount of coil whine i can only hear with the case off.
power draw peak in 3dmark11, test 1 on extreme:
5870's: 451W
7970: 323W - 128W/39% less power. fans ramped up to 'audible' but still very quiet, roughly at mechanical hard drive noise levels.
3. benchmarks.
oliver at 3dmark gave me some keys to use when i was testing out my laptop a while back, so i'll use those keys here and give him a plug (thanks oliver!)
3Dmark 11:
5870 crossfire:
P test (x720): P7204
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7424060
X test (1080p): X2952
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7424092
7970/280x
P test (x720):
P8025 (11% faster. respectable)
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7426687
X test (1080p):
X3157 (7% faster, woooo)
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7426663
starcraft II: no idea how to bench it, so i'll have to skip it. i play daily so i will give feedback, however.
skyrim: no FPS tests, but i've been playing it about 3 hours a day so i'll notice any changes.
result: i had been getting some mild stutter in some areas, its gone. all seems smooth now. skyrim was well known for being poop with multi GPU.
OVERCLOCKING:
1.1GHz via ccc
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7427350
1200MHz was.... easy. this card is a freakin beast.
X3654 - 15% faster than stock, taking it to 23% faster than stock 5870 crossfire
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/7426985
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