#MSI DRAGON EYE DESTINY 2 UPGRADE#
#MSI DRAGON EYE DESTINY 2 PC#
#MSI DRAGON EYE DESTINY 2 PLUS#

#MSI DRAGON EYE DESTINY 2 PC#

RX 570 gets a new lease of life in my brother’s (dusty!) PC Before and afterįocussing specifically on gains achieved in the graphics department, my testing kept all game and Windows settings unchanged between both cards. That isn’t to say the RX 570 belongs on the scrap heap, mind, on the contrary said card is currently enjoying a second life in another PC, hopefully for years to come, so good job AMD and MSI on this one. Thankfully I went with an 8GB model back in the day, allowing decent scope to tinker with higher textures and resolutions on my QHD, 144Hz monitor, but something with a little more oomph is clearly needed to fully enjoy 2560×1440 gameplay. After a while I was no longer able to hit those figures, dropping back to a stable 1,350MHz (1.08V) core and 2,080MHz (0.85V) memory, with core temps climbing to 82☌ on a hot day. A welcome uplift, but unfortunately such settings developed a tendency to stutter over time, most likely as a result of thermal paste degradation. At stock, the card ran at 1,268MHz (1.15V) core and 1,750MHz memory.

But not only that, undervolting was also necessary to avoid paying an RX 570’s worth of electricity cost!Īfter several weeks of tweaking, I settled for 1,380MHz core and 2,100MHz memory clocks, netting around 10 per cent uplift depending on game.

Since the Polaris (RX 500) generation dates back to April 2017, with me purchasing my card in February 2019, there was only one way to keep up with the uptick in video game quality overclocking. Pastures new: my very own Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XT PulseĪ meaty upgrade, and one I hope will eliminate a lot of the complications that come with running older gear. A perfect opportunity to see how much performance can be obtained from this particular upgrade. For me, the trigger point was Sapphire’s RX 7900 XT Pulse hitting $720 using an $80 Amazon coupon. Seemed the day would never come, but if you’ve been keeping a close eye on Club386 deals, you’ll know that component prices are all heading in the right direction.

#MSI DRAGON EYE DESTINY 2 PLUS#

I started with the very foundation, opting for an Asus TUF Gaming X670E-Plus WiFi motherboard, Ryzen 5 7600X processor (non-X, sadly, wasn’t yet released), plus the cheapest supported RAM at the time, 32GB of G.Skill DDR5-6000 C元6 Trident Z5 Neo RGB.īuilding blocks in place, this left me waiting patiently for price drops on current RX 7000 or RTX 4000 series cards.

#MSI DRAGON EYE DESTINY 2 UPGRADE#

In the beginningĪfter four years of loyal service – notice I tend not to upgrade all that often – my Core i5-6600K and MSI RX 570 Armor OC were due for a much-needed refresh. Here’s the when, what and why of my own personal upgrade story. So, what happens if you wait a couple of years or more before a refresh? I’ve waited on the sidelines for half-a-decade before making wholesale changes to my rig, and with GPU prices belatedly coming down, I finally decided to bite the bullet.

While it’s nice to enjoy maximum performance all the time, there’s a hefty price to pay. As gamers or tech enthusiasts, we may be tempted to upgrade our system with each new generation.

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