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Kevall Longstride
DUST University
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Posted - 2014.11.30 12:10:00 -
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Oddly enough I was playing last night and found it as smooth as glass. I very rarely suffer from low frame rate or lag. I also this week opened up the PS3, cleaned it and replaced the thermal paste on the CPU and GPU.
Unsurprisingly, given the mass produced nature of these things, the paste on the cell CPU had cracks, gaps and dried out to dust in places. The GPU was even worse with two thirds of the chip not even having paste on it. So with the TIM replaced the console is now whisper quiet as the fan isn't having to compensate for the poor contact with the heat sinks. Graphic performance in particular seems much more assured.
I would also state for full disclose that I've got an SSD in the PS3 so texture loading is much, much quicker. My internet is 150mb down and 15mb up and my entire AV system lives in a custom built unit with a fan blowing cold air in via an air brick.
I take my AV seriously.
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Kevall Longstride
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Posted - 2014.12.01 17:19:00 -
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You can choose to believe me or not but I don't have any issues with frame rates on my PS3. The PC matches I've played, I've not seen any of the issues that many have described. The worst thing that's ever happened is that maybe the sound has been out of sync a little because of the Hive spams playing hell with the 5.1. I've not experienced rubber banding, LAVs pausing in the air or 30 metre teleport jumps.
The texture and Map loading improved with the SSD as I expected that's why I brought it. Didn't expect a frame rate increase from it because it wouldn't effect that. The thermal paste switch was something I'd heard could improve the PS3 performance so I had a afternoon off, some spare TIM cleaner and paste and thought I'd have a crack at it. PS 3 runs much quieter now, not only on Dust but The Last Of Use and Wipeout HD, the only other games I have for it. Almost certainly due to the GPU now having full contact with the heat sink.
I've heard that there are many different variants of PS3 as Sony often swap and change component suppliers to minimise costs. That might be a contributory factor as well. When I get the chance I might borrow a couple of friends PS3 and spend a day comparing their Dust performance in my set up compared to theirs and compare my PS3 on their set up. Has anyone done anything similar to that themselves in the last?
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Kevall Longstride
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Posted - 2014.12.01 20:38:00 -
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My mothers Yorkshire Pudding batter is a likely better to use than the Sony gunk I scrapped out of my PS3.
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Kevall Longstride
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Posted - 2014.12.02 10:27:00 -
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Actually a good rule of thumb for PS3 is if you can hear the fan noise over the sound of the HD access, then your PS3 is running too hot.
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Kevall Longstride
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Posted - 2014.12.02 14:16:00 -
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No problem.
When I used to run a gaming shop, the number of people complaining that x console had stopped working that when you queried had the damn thing near a radiator, fire, on top of a cable box or even had magazines kept on top of it....
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