Using 2 PSU has CLoD kicking it in high gear!

[AARPRazorbacks]

I'v put 2 PSU's on the PC. 500 and 550 watt.

1280-1024 60Hz

Pseudo

AA-x8

AEF-off

SSAO-on

VSYNC-ON

TG- original

The 1st video is with the CloD settings at Med.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSSfQZBLH2g

The 2ed video is with the settings on Med/high. Med BD and Forest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFiRDeib-oE

The 3ed video is with the settings on high/Very high with the new Nvidia 275.33-desktop-win7-winvista-64bit drivers.Very high-BD and Forest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUiRipVZ6Is

Althrough I can fly CLoD at the very high settings I'm going to put the forest at high or med.

With this set up seams the higher the settings the better the sim plays and looks.

This is how I have the PSU'S set up on the PC:

500 and 550 watt on the GPU.
550 watt on MOBO
500 watt on HD and CD/DVD player

After doing this the PC loads and run's faster. And CLoD plays and looks better on my PC than it ever has.

If you have a high end PC and CLod is not playing very well it could be your PSU.

I did not want to get a high Watt PSU when I had others not being used. As it turns out this may work better then getting one PSU with more watts.

This is the link to the page that tells how to do this:
http://www.absoluteinsight.net/21


The main thing that I didn't know was how to put the jumpers to turn on the PSU. The PSU that I add has a switch for off and on. And have it in the back of the PC on the out side With all the wires on the inside of the case other then the 110AC power cord.



If you need to or just want to add more watts to your PC and have some PSU's not being used this is a money saver.


flyer01

PS: Its up to the sim'er to work with there video card to get CLoD or any other sim to work the best in there PC.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Now that is very interesting.

My psu is a Dell supplied 350w unit, which may not even power my card adequately.

Performance with Cliffs of Dover is ok, but missions over London are a no-no.

If a new psu would provide a performance gain, I'd be happy to shell out on this first, rather than a card upgrade+psu, because of course if I upgrade my card, I'll definately need to change the psu.

Any advice?

Thanks!

[ECV56_LeChuck]

please PLEASE update your PSUs. A 500w is not enough for an nvidia and a 350w not enough for a 5770. You risk damaging your components.

I wonder how many complains about bugs or bad performance are like this, or a bad configured system...

[Derinahon]

You may have just had a bad PSU, 550w should be fine for that setup. Good you got it sorted though.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by ECV56_LeChuck

please PLEASE update your PSUs. A 500w is not enough for an nvidia and a 350w not enough for a 5770. You risk damaging your components.

I wonder how many complains about bugs or bad performance are like this, or a bad configured system...

yeah, I knew it was borderline when I bought the 5770, but Cliffs of Dover performs ok for me when compared to the complaints from people with much better systems, so I've been waiting for the patches and optimisation before upgrading hardware.

The psu has always been a worry though.

Think I'll get one tomorrow.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by ECV56_LeChuck

You risk damaging your components.

How's that going to happen?
Fry them due to the lack of power?

I wonder how many complains about bugs or bad performance are like this, or a bad configured system...

Many.

[Vengeanze]

Originally Posted by Dutch_851

I'll definately need to change the psu.

Any advice?

Thanks!

Anyone rated 80 PLUS.
Nice brands are OCZ, Corsair and Cooler Master.

If you got a tight hot case then buy a modular (i.e. you can remove unnecessary cables) but they are more expensive.

[Vengeanze]

Originally Posted by swiss

How's that going to happen?
Fry them due to the lack of power?

Read that you can atleast fry the PSU but never heard of anyone who did that.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by Vengeanze

Anyone rated 80 PLUS.
Nice brands are OCZ, Corsair and Cooler Master.

If you got a tight hot case then buy a modular (i.e. you can remove unnecessary cables) but they are more expensive.

Thanks mate. It's a Dell xps 8000, so quite a small case. Not worried about price really.

Well, not much.

Originally Posted by swiss

How's that going to happen?
Fry them due to the lack of power?

A PSU that isn't up to the task is not going to give you very steady voltage, with dips and spikes whenever something power intensive happens (loading a game, a drive spinning up, fans kicking in, those 3 other cores revving up to full usage, etc.)

These dips and spikes put extra strain on your components and shorten their lifespan. I doubt a PSU is going to outright fry a component due to being too small, but it might make the difference between a GPU lasting your years or a week after the warranty runs out.

Also don't go with some no-name brand. Some of them are cheap, use really substandard components and CAN fry a system if they spike too high.