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william cobb · Mar 18, 2013

Good Evening,

I recently built a budget rig and have just recently upgraded the GPU from a - XFX Radeon HD 6790 to a XFX Radeon R 7850. I do not see a difference. Starcraft 2 and WOW runs Ultra at 10fps as did the 6790. On the other hand games that I wasn't able to play with the 6790 are now playable, ie Metro 2033 and Sleeping Dogs. I'll be it not to my standards. Am I just expecting to much? What else affordable options do I have to make a great gaming machine?

Just some possible FAQ's. Yes all drivers are updated. Yes to virus protections. Running Windows 7 64bit. No bloatware. No background applications. OS is on SSD games run on a external HDD connected via usb 3.0

Below is everything that is in the tower.

Internal Components
1 x RAIDMAX RX-600AF 600W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Power Supply

1 x AMD FX-4100 Zambezi 3.6GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

1 x GIGABYTE GA-970A-DS3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard

1 x Kingston HyperX 3K SH103S3/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (Stand-Alone Drive)

1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX

1 x XFX Radeon R 7850 / 1GB DDR5

Thank you all

tenaciousk · Mar 18, 2013

I have a 7850 and play WoW on ultra at 50+ fps, so something is definitely up. I dont think it is your Cpu, are you sure you have all updated drivers and everything?

william cobb · Mar 18, 2013

I checked AMD's driver auto detect. Says I am updated. Going to uninstall and re-install.

stickmansam · Mar 18, 2013

This is with an i7 and Ultra settings

Try and see if the GPU is down clocking, run GPU-Z and check the clock speeds as you play

One option may be to upgrade the CPU to the FX6300 (be sure to update bios before you do on your mb)

The PSU may also be not proving enough power (but unlikely due to other games being fine)

Dupontrocks11 · Mar 18, 2013

I would also suggest looking at GPU-Z to see the speeds that the GPU is running at. Also take a look at the temperature to make sure the card isn't extremely hot, because that can lead to thermal throttling.

hwtf011 · Mar 18, 2013

Your rig looks fine. Something that sticks out to me is that your games are coming from an external USB 3.0 hard drive. That's not a substitute for a cheap internal SATA drive. It will be much slower. Unless you know that the game only needs occasional loads from the external drive, I would look at this as your bottleneck.

william cobb · Mar 18, 2013

Ok I checked GPU-Z and everything looks fine. As I dont play WOW myself but my wife does I'm only checking her FPS in Orgrimmar which is rendering 14fps on top graphics. Thinking about returning this GPU and getting a NVidia. Good idea? Also put WOW on the SSD to avoid bottlenecking.

stickmansam · Mar 18, 2013

Nvidia doesn't really have anything with the same performance in this price range

USB3 should not bottleneck games but may introduce some latency when loading things

I think it is due to something in your drivers or your CPU and your specific setup

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