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  • August 16, 2022 at 2:17 pm #69856
    keith with the teefkeith with the teef
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      A while back I got me 32″ 8bit 256 squared HDR monitor and recently I got me a Radeon RX6600XT.

      The Radeon came about because I saw an opportunity wallet friendly to make a move on up.

      Because of the Radeon I can now use my HDR monitor properly. My GTX 1070 was holding it back as well as other modern eye candy features like ray tracing and now both those important boxes ave been ticked.

      It took some time to figure out how to get HDR to work. I just figured it being an 8Bit  that is was fake. But eventually I figured you have to have the monitor set at full screen, native and all monitor settings set to Auto.

      Then enable HDR in windows and bobs yer uncle.

      Plagued in the past but windows HDR now look mature and its great letting windows look after the monitor. All round eye candy is much better from fonts to games and photos and movies.

      Game wise, probably the best optimized game for new features is Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition. With HDR and ultra ray-tracing enabled it looks phenom.

      One problem for me with the Radeon RX6600XT is the HEAT. apparently the silicon is good for 110c before the GPU will start to throttle back. But the consequence for me is the heat being given off by my rig.

      I am quietly confident that what ever microbes and bacteria was building up and feeding on the dust in my case are now all TOAST. The PC even smells darn hot, getting up there with a hair dryer type thing.

      Well the silicon may be good with it but I am not.

      August 16, 2022 at 3:17 pm #69857
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        keith with the teef wrote:

        One problem for me with the Radeon RX6600XT is the HEAT. apparently the silicon is good for 110c before the GPU will start to throttle back. But the consequence for me is the heat being given off by my rig.

        Wow! I guess that is ok in the Winter, and en efficient way of heating your house, but I’m really surprised you managed to stand running the beast in last week’s temperatures.

        August 16, 2022 at 7:17 pm #69858
        keith with the teefkeith with the teef
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          For what ever reason my PC is very good at processing air. I did a couple of tests on this.

          So the GPU junction temp, hot spot is the interposer on the back of the GPU or so it say on the net? Gotta say that does seem a little odd. But more importantly its good for 110c before throttling. As you can see even at these temps the GPU fans are not hard pushed and so there is plenty of leg room for the fans to keep the Junction temp under control. I have scrutinized my card and made the decision to leave it alone. On one paste thread, I saw they recommended heating the thermo paste to at least 50c before application, Thats sounds good?

          August 16, 2022 at 8:19 pm #69860
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            I have no idea, but I could rationalize the need to heat the paste before application.

            I guess that the paste has to be fairly ‘stiff’ so that it just does not flow out of the chip’s edges when at operating temperatures. If that is true then warming up the paste to make it easier to apply does make some sense.

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