There is the Vega 56 & 64. I have read somewhere that Final Cut Pro works better with AMD RX & Vega cards compared to NVIDA cards, maybe the guys that do video editing can elaborate on this.
Before doing any costly change, I would simply confirm/research possible tweaks needed to get your Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti and your memory working with your build. But it's a vastly different build.
Also, I was very specific with the memory I chose for this build to avoid problems. I looked at the chart of compatible memory sticks for the Gaming 7 motherboard, as tested by the manufacturer. My specific memory selection was not an accident to have everything go smoothly since I was doing a ground up build.
...and of course, like a total bonehead, I installed my memory sticks in the wrong slots at first.
Just wanted to point this out because I place ease of build and compatibility as paramount.
For the time being you'll be staying with High Sierra. At least until when/if Nvidia decides to release macOS Mojave drivers. Most that are choosing AMD graphics do so because you can't rely on Nvidia anymore to do the work on new drivers for macOS when there is a completely new version of the OS released to the public. There isn't enough financial incentive in doing that to get them on the ball so to speak.
This issue thread like it might assist you:
@jb007 , My MB is F10. I have never gone backwards, any tips on this?Just to add my 2c worth, just be careful of the F10 BIOS upgrade. Gigabyte has mucked around with the CPU voltage (it has been increased) and maybe other things that I don't understand, and the end result is lots of heat even at the stock CPU frequency.
Here is a Geekbench I took yesterday on F10 BIOS with 5.0GHz OC (I'm running a 280mm Corsair AIO water cooling). I also ran Blender doing the Classroom test using the CPU and the temp maxed out to 100C and then started to throttle the CPU frequency, I shut it down!
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This is today, back on the F7 BIOS and OC at 4.9GHZ.
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This is today running the Blender benchmark and monitoring the CPU temp. It never went over 83C, which is good! This is with my Fans set up in quiet mode.
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I totally agree OC gives a little gain but is it worth it to have crashes instability and possibly shorten the life of your CPU.
FWIW I have 3600MHz RAM and that has made my GBench results a little faster.
Maybe later this week I will be delidding my CPU and using liquid metal on it, plus I have a 15% larger copper IHS that I'll fit.
My aim is to keep it at the 4.9GHz OC, but to reduce the temp, so I can then run my Corsair ML fans slower for a even quieter build. Plus I might try reducing the CPU voltage for even cooler running.
Jim
Hi @jiffyslot.
I'll try and answer the Q's to the best of my knowledge/understanding of OC'ing etc.
Others more knowledgeable in these matters please feel free to chime in!
Jim
- I would not set the CPU to anything other than your CPU ie i7-8700K. Where are you setting your system to an i3-83xx?
- I've never had a Xeon CPU, and I'm a little unsure as to what you mean by "evenness of performance" are you meaning the CPU frequency spikes that you see on your CPU when it is using Intel's SpeedStepping technology i.e. it changes the CPU frequency up and down based upon 'load'?
- Yes, the BIOS does know what CPU you have and sets up various hardware and software 'things' appropriately. All Intel CPU's have information (ID's) embedded in them so the motherboard can read them.
- The more cores that you can give the audio/video tools etc, the better. You say that you have it running fine temperature wise, maybe you can do a back to back test on how much you really gain with overclocking ie run an encoding session. I think you will be surprised at the small difference in real-world audio/video user-case. Things like RAM speed and hard disk speed will play a large part in the speed and feel of these systems.
- I don't game either (unless you call a few games of Pinball gaming!), but I do a lot of compiling and I've started to play with Blender and might be doing some Youtube videos so I like to have a fast system. I've OC'ed to 4.9GHz and it's very stable on the F7 BIOS. I do have 3600MHz RAM. Your personal build profile is not visible to me when I click on your name under your Avatar then click on Profile, it says "This member limits who may view their full profile."
So I'm not sure as to what you have memory wise.- I'm guessing you have air-cooling for your CPU, if it does get hot in your "P. Piggly McHogswine's Porkinarium" (LOL) then maybe consider upgrading to an all in one water cooling like what I have and the Corsair ML (Magnetic Levitation) fans that replaced the standard fans that came with my Fractal Design case. Made a huge difference to noise. I'd do a decibel check for you, but my brother hasn't returned my DB meter... it's only been a year or two!
Another set of scores:Just to add my 2c worth, just be careful of the F10 BIOS upgrade. Gigabyte has mucked around with the CPU voltage (it has been increased) and maybe other things that I don't understand, and the end result is lots of heat even at the stock CPU frequency.
Here is a Geekbench I took yesterday on F10 BIOS with 5.0GHz OC (I'm running a 280mm Corsair AIO water cooling). I also ran Blender doing the Classroom test using the CPU and the temp maxed out to 100C and then started to throttle the CPU frequency, I shut it down!
View attachment 361238
This is today, back on the F7 BIOS and OC at 4.9GHZ.
View attachment 361236
This is today running the Blender benchmark and monitoring the CPU temp. It never went over 83C, which is good! This is with my Fans set up in quiet mode.
View attachment 361239
I totally agree OC gives a little gain but is it worth it to have crashes instability and possibly shorten the life of your CPU.
FWIW I have 3600MHz RAM and that has made my GBench results a little faster.
Maybe later this week I will be delidding my CPU and using liquid metal on it, plus I have a 15% larger copper IHS that I'll fit.
My aim is to keep it at the 4.9GHz OC, but to reduce the temp, so I can then run my Corsair ML fans slower for a even quieter build. Plus I might try reducing the CPU voltage for even cooler running.
Jim
@elfcake have a look at the post started by @MysticalOS that I have quoted. Both of us had a discussion about F10 and how Gigabyte had upped the voltage to the CPU's, which MysticalOS finally fixed by manually bring the voltage down. My tests with F10 have shown around 8C higher idling temps due to this voltage increase. I'm going to de-lid mine on Thursday/Friday mainly to get my idle temps down further than the ~6-8C above ambient. Don't forget to report on what the ambient air temp is, otherwise temps are meaningless. E.g if the room was 35C here mine would be idling around 41C, which then doesn't give much headroom, hence the reason I want it to idle cooler, plus I can also lower the fans for less noise.
I'm not sure why you didn't see much change, but I'll publish the results of my de-lid experiment for all to see.
Jim
