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ASUS TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS D4 Intel Socket LGA1700 for 12th Gen Intel

Would this work with a bios flashback without the 12th gen cpu ?
 
Hi all

The reason I ask is I have some ebucks I could spend on the pc build on takealot

So looking for some boards with 13th gen compatibility with a good selection of IO like usb c and multiple M.2 and good on board sound on takealot or anywhere I can buy using ebucks

Thanks
 
William1102 said:
Don’t you need a 12th gen CPU to update the BIOS ?
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Depends when the board was manufactured. If it's more recent it might have shipped with the updated BIOS. If not, a PC store should be able to help you out to flash it, maybe for a small fee. If you're in JHB, try Progenix. In CT, try Wootware. In Durban, try Dreamwaretech. If elsewhere, try asking on the forum.
 
William1102 said:
ASUS TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS D4 Intel Socket LGA1700 for 12th Gen Intel

Would this work with a bios flashback without the 12th gen cpu ?
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all the specs I see say it supports both 12th and 13th. Not seeing any * either.

So looks like there is a good chance that it just works
 
So I decided to do some benchmarking in the weekend and reinstall Elden Ring. Noticed that others were getting 60fps with a GTX970 on youtube but I could never achieve chat in the past. So I tested all different settings and realized my CPU is bottlenecking the GPU.

Changing graphics settings hardly changed the fps at 1080p and I was always stuck around 35fps to 40fps. GPU usage remained around 60% to 70% no matter what and CPU usage always stayed at 50%. Seems like the game doesn't make use of all the cores properly and is always around 80% usage of the first core and 15% to 20% usage of the other 7 cores.

It's an old CPU (FX8350). Also see that it was the last gen with the AM3+ socket. So I can't even do a bit of a quick upgrade if I wanted. Probably a lesson to learn. Don't buy tech near the end of the socket life cycle.
 
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It's and old CPU (FX8350). Also see that it was the last gen with the AM3+ socket. So I can't even do a bit of a quick upgrade if I wanted. Probably a lesson to learn. Don't buy tech near the end of the socket life cycle.
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Yeah time for a upgrade. The latest i3 will run rings around that 8350, not that I recommend buying an i3.
 
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So I decided to do some benchmarking in the weekend and reinstall Elden Ring. Noticed that others were getting 60fps with a GTX970 on youtube but I could never achieve chat in the past. So I tested all different settings and realized my CPU is bottlenecking the GPU.

Changing graphics settings hardly changed the fps at 1080p and I was always stuck around 35fps to 40fps. GPU usage remained around 60% to 70% no matter what and CPU usage always stayed at 50%. Seems like the game doesn't make use of all the cores properly and is always around 80% usage of the first core and 15% to 20% usage of the other 7 cores.

It's and old CPU (FX8350). Also see that it was the last gen with the AM3+ socket. So I can't even do a bit of a quick upgrade if I wanted. Probably a lesson to learn. Don't buy tech near the end of the socket life cycle.
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Yeah definitely the cpu bottlenecking that system.
 
Forum Reader said:
So I decided to do some benchmarking in the weekend and reinstall Elden Ring. Noticed that others were getting 60fps with a GTX970 on youtube but I could never achieve chat in the past. So I tested all different settings and realized my CPU is bottlenecking the GPU.

Changing graphics settings hardly changed the fps at 1080p and I was always stuck around 35fps to 40fps. GPU usage remained around 60% to 70% no matter what and CPU usage always stayed at 50%. Seems like the game doesn't make use of all the cores properly and is always around 80% usage of the first core and 15% to 20% usage of the other 7 cores.

It's an old CPU (FX8350). Also see that it was the last gen with the AM3+ socket. So I can't even do a bit of a quick upgrade if I wanted. Probably a lesson to learn. Don't buy tech near the end of the socket life cycle.
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Your motherboard/cpu is worth like R500 now.
 
HideInLight said:
Your motherboard/cpu is worth like R500 now.
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Back in 2014 it was one of the best. The only CPUs that were better was the i5 (slightly) and i7. Now it sucks but can still play anything fine up to around 2019. I'm actually surprised. Normally the GPU becomes the bottleneck after a few years.
 
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Back in 2014 it was one of the best. The only CPUs that were better was the i5 (slightly) and i7. Now it sucks but can still play anything fine up to around 2019. I'm actually surprised. Normally the GPU becomes the bottleneck after a few years.
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Are you sure? Team Blue was in the lead for a long while until AMD found Ryzen.

FX wasn't competitive at all on performance afaik.
 
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Back in 2014 it was one of the best. The only CPUs that were better was the i5 (slightly) and i7. Now it sucks but can still play anything fine up to around 2019. I'm actually surprised. Normally the GPU becomes the bottleneck after a few years.
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Nope Intel was the leader back then, Bulldozer was terrible.
Though the GPU is already 9 years old as well and the 970 was the mid level gpu. For new games at this point they are both crap
 
r4nd0m said:
Are you sure? Team Blue was in the lead for a long while until AMD found Ryzen.

FX wasn't competitive at all on performance afaik.
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2014 chart: Basically if you were a gamer who didn't want to spend a massive amount for an i7, your only options were the FX8350 or an i5. Though the i5 was a fair bit more expensive at the time.

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2014 chart: Basically if you were a gamer who didn't want to spend a massive amount for an i7, your only options were the FX8350 or an i5. Though the i5 was a fair bit more expensive at the time.

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What really matters for fps @ 1080 is the performance of single thread rating. You could actually hit 60fps if you go for one of the cheap second hand 4th gens. They are fast enough to get most out of the 970, with a very small bottleneck. The amd is 25% slower in single core performance compared to them. Could just keep the ram then.
But it's all about the budget you have in the end. Going that old, means the motherboard could go anytime.
There's so many generations of computer parts to choose from, every few hundred rand you add to a budget gets you something newer/better.

The FX-8350 is now 9 generations back.
 
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