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Given enough time, even the largest mountains in the world will
erode. Zoom in on the almost unimaginably-small nanometer-scale
transistors inside of a CPU that rapidly switch on and off billions of
times per second (at 5.0 GHz the transistors switch at a rate of 5
billion cycles per second), and it's easy to understand that these will
also erode, even under optimal operating conditions. This also includes
the incredibly tiny interconnects (wires) that connect the transistors.
Some factors increase the rate of wear and trigger electromigration
(the process of electrons slipping through the electrical pathways)
faster, such as higher current and thermal density. Because increasing
frequency requires pumping more power through the chip, thus generating
more heat, higher frequencies typically result in faster aging, and thus
lowered life span. These problems become more pronounced with smaller
feature sizes, such as when transistors become smaller inside modern
chips (like AMD's shrink to a 7nm process and Intel's shrink to 10nm),
simply because the chip is pushing more current through smaller
transistors and interconnects.
10-10-2019 03:09 AM
bzowk said:
Hey Guys -
Been a Rift CV1 owner since before the touch controller's release and love it. I'm wishing to upgrade my hardware to improve detail & performance in many titles. Even Oculus Home runs in "Low" without ambient occlusion. My system is custom built (specs below) but already pretty much at the best CPU for MB so if I go that route, I'd have to replace MB, CPU & RAM :(. Love to do that, but adopting a 2nd child so funds are minimal.
Overall: Given my current setup, would you suggest first investing in a new video card (if so, suggestions for best for buck) or put $ towards new system and replace graphics card in future?
Current System Specs
Below are the specs that would count towards performance...Thoughts or suggestions? Thanks!
- CPU: Intel Quad Core i7-3770k @ 3.50GHz (OC'd to 4.20GHz)
- RAM: 32gb (x4 - G Skill RipjawsX F3-1600C9-8GXM 8 GB DDR3-1600 DDR3 SDRAM (9-9-9-24 @ 800 MHz))
- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD5H
- Graphics Card: EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 (4gb DDR5 / GPU Clock: 975 MHz / Memory Clock: 1752 MHz)
- OS: Windows 10 x64 (OS + all drivers up to date)
- Storage: OS installed on SSD & VR Games/Apps installed on different SSD
- VR: Oculus Rift CV1 + Touch Controllers + 3 Sensors (Additional USB3 Card used, too)
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hoppingbunny123 said:
cpus most important. my upgrade from a i7 4790 to a ryzen 5 3600x made the fps jump. might be the ddr 4 being good quality too, the i7 4790 uses ddr 3.i cant buy a new videocard for a while and i dont need one since i have a working one for my rift cv1. so i put my old i7 4790 to be my pc and put my ryzen 5 3600x away till i get my new videocard because i read the cpus age and deteriorate quality over time."Given enough time, even the largest mountains in the world will
erode. Zoom in on the almost unimaginably-small nanometer-scale
transistors inside of a CPU that rapidly switch on and off billions of
times per second (at 5.0 GHz the transistors switch at a rate of 5
billion cycles per second), and it's easy to understand that these will
also erode, even under optimal operating conditions. This also includes
the incredibly tiny interconnects (wires) that connect the transistors.Some factors increase the rate of wear and trigger electromigration
"
(the process of electrons slipping through the electrical pathways)
faster, such as higher current and thermal density. Because increasing
frequency requires pumping more power through the chip, thus generating
more heat, higher frequencies typically result in faster aging, and thus
lowered life span. These problems become more pronounced with smaller
feature sizes, such as when transistors become smaller inside modern
chips (like AMD's shrink to a 7nm process and Intel's shrink to 10nm),
simply because the chip is pushing more current through smaller
transistors and interconnects.
so why age my new fancy cpu when my old i7 4790 is kicking butt for what i need right now. at least im future proof just need a new videocard for when i do eventually get a new videocard and vr unit.
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