Hello there Tek Syndicate! I very much doubt anybody remembers me, but I was active in November-December time of last year and, with your help, I managed to build my own PC. That's great, but I'm recently encountering a few issues, but certainly not serious ones. Regardless, I'd like to ask for your help once again.
Firstly, we have a case of 4GB of my RAM not showing up. I was looking at Task Manager generally the other day, and I saw something strange, considering I had very little running. My Memory Usage was at about 95%, even though I only had a few tabs of the internet open. This one tab is all I have open currently on my entire PC, and look at the memory usage: http://s29.postimg.org/hs94dftjb/RAM.jpg
A few days later, I looked at this, and this is what I found, even though I stuck 8GB of RAM into my PC when I built it:
http://s14.postimg.org/tox1b3kj5/RAM_4096_MB.jpg
Why are only 4096MB showing up?
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I was also wondering what a safe level of GPU setting would be? I haven't changed any settings since release, and I haven't really even looked at the programs I downloaded when I installed the disks, but they're interesting me now that I've looked at them. I'd like to see how powerful I can safely make my Graphics card. Here's my PC Specs:
CPU: AMD FX-8320
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0
RAM: (Should be 8GB, but only 4GB are currently showing up. See previous question).
GPU: MSI R9 280x
Lots of spare storage, and I have Windows 7 64Bit Operating System.
http://s10.postimg.org/xrpfqkevt/MSI_Afterburner.jpg : Those are my current settings on MSI Afterburner, do you think I could increase them at all? I am looking to try and download some ENBs on Skyrim, so I need my system to be running at maximum proficiency.
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How does MSI Gamingapp work? I only looked at it recently, and I think I understand.
OC Mode is maximum performance, Gaming Mode is steady-high, Silent is lower-quiet and cooldown is lower-less heat. However, when would I use Gaming Mode over OC Mode?
http://s12.postimg.org/g58zi74hp/gaming_Appmsi.jpg
I'm just generally wondering about how to go about using it, any tips?
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I'll combine the last two questions into one.
The penultimate question is: Is there any way to search for the programs that were downloaded with the discs that I installed when I recieved them with the component itself? I've heard that there are many MSI things such as recorders and things that are installed, but the only programs that I can find installed are these, and I have no idea how to use the AMD Catalyst manager one. Are default settings normally right?
http://s30.postimg.org/9upq90qup/apps_found.jpg
Finally, one last question. It's about a specific game, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare. It's not about the game itself, but how it runs. It's mainly online and has many people (Sometimes 30+) playing at one time, sometimes on one screen. However, this does not explain my frame drops. It could well be my internet, but I can run games like Skyrim, Fallout NV, Shadow Warrior, etc on Maximum settings, so why am I getting drops on Chivalry? Has anyone got any ideas? I know that it's just me and it's just on that game, so it's not server side. Any ideas, or is that too vague?
Thanks for any help!