u/Bubbly_Machine_8378

*Yes it’s a 14 year old game. Still 8K is a lot of pixels*. This was just for science, or you can say just for fun purposes.

Vbios flashed RTX 3060 TI with custom fans. I know its an ‘old piece of trash’ but I still love this card

I know higher resolutions have a lot more pixel data to be processed, but wow memory overclock beats Core overclock??

16% increase when combing core + memory overclock? That’s roughly a generational performance uplift nowadays lol

Ryzen 9600X 5.6 GHz
32 GB DDR5 6200 MT/s 26-35-30-64
Gigabyte X870 Eagle Wifi 7
Samsung 990 Pro 1 TB
Samsung PM991 512 GB
SATA 512 GB

My 5th place CPU physics score of 12,510 on my Ryzen 9600X CPU

CPU was manually overclocked to 5.55 GHz All-core at 1.38v. PBO scores worse than Manual PC

DDR5 was heavily tuned at 6200 MT/s 28-36-34-40 1.5v in 1:1 mode with GDM disabled and 2167 MHz Infinity Fabric

Making the “trash” 9600X Ryzen 5 processor less “trash”.

Memory tuning and PBO negative 30 curve optimizer. Now it should run 5.6+ GHz in single core performance

DDR5 6200 28-36-34-40 1.5v VDD and 1.284v SOC

Would DDR5 6000 FCLK 2200 beat 6200 FCLK 2067?

I know FCLK 2200 MHz is not recommended but in theory, i was just curious to know what you guys think

I also know a 6200 setup is not directly comparable to a 6000 setup.

GPU score is low because i under clocked it. I’m mainly focusing on CPU score.

32 GB Dual-Rank DDR5 6000 28-36-32-38 1.45v

CPU manually OC to 5550 MHz 1.35v with medium LLC

PBO actually seems to score a little lower even with 10x scalar, -30 Curve optimizer, manual PBO limits

Go ahead, rip me apart for not running 24-48 hour long stress tests for 4 days straight.

RAM temps at worst go a little above 40c in stress tests. Generally below 40c when gaming.

TM5 errors every time when attempting to run 6200, even at 1.275 VSOC. 6000 runs smooth every time.

Some of these could probably be optimized further but idk.

I set tFAW at 24 because of the rule tFAW must be 4x tRRDS. So i guess tRRDS 6 and tFAW 24 fits that rule 🤷🏾‍♂️

“Why is ur FCLK so high” because i’m dumb and want to run high FCLK. Haven’t noticed any stutters/audio cuts yet and Time Spy seems to score a little better with higher FCLK

My overclocked RTX 3060 TI compared to other graphics cards running at stock speeds.

Funny thing is my OC score is still power limited

Stock 3060 TI at 1665 MHz is around 26.77 fps

Mine overclocked +235 core and +1500 Mem is 30.28 fps

Ryzen 9600X Time Spy CPU score: 12,289 points
Overclocked CPU to 5575 MHz 1.335v.
DDR5 6200 28-35-32-48 1.45v

6000 30-40-40-40-76: 11,551 points
6200 26-20-35-32-48: 12,237 points
Dual-Rank Hynix O-die memory from Patriot

I want to hit 5.6 GHz all core in every single task. If I can do that, I wanna try 5.65 GHz for a 200+ MHz OC above advertised spec.

Unless my motherboard is just garbage. Load Line calibration is set to high.

I forgot what OC I was running on both.

I’ve tested since this and was able to break 13K on my OC 3060TI.

But I definitely think there’s room for improvement on both CPU and Graphics scores.

DDR5 Dual-Rank Hynix O-die
6200 MT/s 28-30-35-32-48

FCLK 2066.67 MHz

I think this is the “sweet spot” for non-EXPO systems.

Sometimes I wish I had a GPU powerful enough that would let me stress my CPU/RAM a bit more.

My 9600X barely handles a locked 5.6 GHz all core at 1.35v, sometimes with occasional crashing. Any 9600X owners with better OC results?

I know this is weak in the RAM overclocking world, but I still like this as a daily runner setup. Temps are pretty good as well.

idk why FGR mode is forced. I tried nearly everything but it stays in FGR.

TRCDWR can go lower but I just settled at 30 for best compatibility. Some of the other timings could possibly be tuned as well but I don't think it's worth the troubleshooting.

Overclocked my 3060 TI in a few runs of Steel Nomad. Got 3,028 points which I believe is roughly on par with a stock 4060 TI and 5060; just a few % off a stock 3070.

I just did +235 Core and +1600 Memory in MSI afterburner. nothing crazy ofc.

PC specs: Ryzen 5 9600X (PBO) | 32 GB DDR5 tuned at 6200 MT/s CL28 1.45v | X870 Gigabyte Eagle Wifi 7 Motherboard | Samsung PM991 NVME SSD