Benchmark is telling us something...

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Originally Posted by Stitches1974

I've done just that and it didn't end well. Why I spread it now and why you see some aftermarket coolers with a thin square off paste on them and not a dot.

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I've never had an issue. Do it this way on servers all the time. Just have to make sure you have enough on there so it actually spreads.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

I've never had an issue. Do it this way on servers all the time. Just have to make sure you have enough on there so it actually spreads.

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I applied enough and it didn't spread evenly. Large amount on one side and less on the other. Current computer I built has been running w/o issues, with OC for almost 3 years by spreading it myself.

I run with pretty much everything maxed currently and used my same current game settings for the benchmark. Only thing not uber is my resolution (1600x900) since my monitor is kinda old and was never a top of the line gaming monitor to begin with.

So I ran the benchmark myself and I got this result:

https://s12.postimg.org/g62vhv7yl/sb_bm_score.jpg

Now it says the score is "extremely high"... but I have no idea what the score compares to. Is there some sort of breakdown somewhere I can read that kinda gives more info on what the score actually means?

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Originally Posted by Stitches1974

I applied enough and it didn't spread evenly. Large amount on one side and less on the other. Current computer I built has been running w/o issues, with OC for almost 3 years by spreading it myself.

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I've had mine OC'd for years as well, and i just did the dot :P

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Originally Posted by Nicodemus_Mercy

I run with pretty much everything maxed currently and used my same current game settings for the benchmark. Only thing not uber is my resolution (1600x900) since my monitor is kinda old and was never a top of the line gaming monitor to begin with.

So I ran the benchmark myself and I got this result:

https://s12.postimg.org/g62vhv7yl/sb_bm_score.jpg

Now it says the score is "extremely high"... but I have no idea what the score compares to. Is there some sort of breakdown somewhere I can read that kinda gives more info on what the score actually means?

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anything over 7000 is good to play at a high framerate on current settings. Its on the benchmark site, if you scroll down.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

anything over 7000 is good to play at a high framerate on current settings. Its on the benchmark site, if you scroll down.

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Ah ok ty. I have to admit I didn't read the entire site. I'll go back and do just that!

It wont even let me change to DirectX11, I guess I have to quit when Stormblood comes out... (Windows 7)

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Originally Posted by DiscoDuck

It wont even let me change to DirectX11, I guess I have to quit when Stormblood comes out... (Windows 7)

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There is no option to change it.

The benchmark is telling me to drown Lalas.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qeKned_d_8...0/evil_adp.png

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Originally Posted by Alestorm

It's unfortunate that a lot of people need to upgrade their PC's for Stormblood, but this is also a bit of a wake up call since if you need to upgrade for this you'll need to for more modern games as well. Good thing I rebuilt my system a few months back.

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My video card is a 750ti that was showing its age, had it for a good 3 years, I'm content with upgrading 'cause I can't even play Nier and when FFXV comes to PC I got no chance of playing it on high with my current build.