Unsadisfactory frame rate. Software, hardware or setting?

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(04-12-2014, 09:02 AM)kinkinkijkin Wrote: Overclocking on radeon cards can cause artifacts, flickering

Before my 670 died there were alot of artifacts on screen so I was just paranoid. Good to know it's expected at least and it didn't seem to happen in-game, just in windows.
And 3.5 year life-span is plenty good for a cpu by then it'll be time for an upgrade !

(04-12-2014, 09:02 AM)kinkinkijkin Wrote: and the inability to get rid of screen tearing by using vsync

I already had a hard time reducing tearing WITHOUT the OC...

(04-12-2014, 07:34 PM)Anti-Ultimate Wrote: Try Intel Burn Test and tell me it doesn't reach 85°C (the max for haswell should be around 75°C since it's 25nm)

IBT is an unrealistic load with unrealistic temps, no application I will ever run will get me close to that. Haswell is a 22nm actually and according to what I read including this very popular haswell ocing guide on overclock.net:

Quote:Anything under 80C is absolutely OK for 24/7 running even for the paranoid. 90C or higher is only acceptable during a stress test. Please avoid 100C, that is dangerous and the CPU will attempt to throttle.

I'm (un)lucky if I ever hit 75C. Not running on stock cooling here. And towards the topic of voltage:

Quote:What matters in the end are two things when it comes to voltage safety: A) You do not hit above 95C under whatever you wish to stress and B) You do not exceed 1.45-1.5v no matter what. The thing is, most people run into the first problem long before they hit the second, because by 1.35v if you want to run Linpack, you're already getting dangerous temperatures on air. If you are using a custom loop with a delid though, the second problem might hit you first. Personally I am running 1.42v at 4.6ghz on D14 and the only reason why I can do so is because I'm not stressing with Prime or Linpack.