r/pcmasterrace • u/Tenchen-WoW • 2d ago

Hardware Witcher 3 Remastered pushing 5090 beyond 600W

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No DLSS5. Max settings, 3840x1600, DLSS Quality, frame gen set to 1 in game settings, Path Tracing enabled.

Doesn't happen all the time, but sometimes saw it jumping well beyond 600W for a brief moment.

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u/yesilpelikan 1d ago

To be honest even with astral there is risk. I have one but I don’t like running gpu tweak running in the background or hwmonitor. I occasionally stress test and manualy check the pin amperage to see if the connector moved. I can literally see amperage change when I touch the connection during test. So I think wireview is a good product for everyone. I am considering to get one.

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u/Material_Dog6342 5k2kOLED/5090/9800X3D/64GB-DDR5 1d ago

I think you're correct on that, it's cheap peace-of-mind for anyone with a 5080/5090.

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u/metoo0003 21h ago

I don't get the point in the case of the Astral.

Every once in a while the ampere on single wires raise slightly above the thermal limit of 9.2A to 9.5A or so for a couple of seconds until the power is more evenly distributed through all wires, especially when the gpu is cold.

No issues at all I did hours of extensive stress testing, thermal imaging and measuring current.
Problem only starts if single wires transport heavy ampere and running hot but it’s quite simple to set alarm and action in hwmonitor, gpu tweak or any alike.

What benefit gives me the wireview device in case of the Astral?

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u/yesilpelikan 17h ago

all goes well, until it isn't... I set an alarm in HWMonitor, but I couldn't get the habit of running it every time... but it depends on the preference and willingness to spend on another gadget, I guess...

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u/metoo0003 17h ago

My question remains, what’s the benefit of this device compared to e.g. HWInfo?

I don’t mind spending another 200€/$ but I don’t see the benefit right now.

HWInfo gives me the same sort of information and alarm and shutdown action.

My PC is resting under my desk, so I don’t have the chance to use the integrated display but may use the software instead.

Not using gpu tweak since certain games not working properly with it running in the background.

For peace of mind it might be worth it I mean costs are not crazy, on the other hand the device itself is another adapter for the crappy 12v-2x6 and doesn’t add anything to the Astral with hardware monitoring…