GPU limited by CPU?

GregJA

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Hey!
So ive posted a couple questions earlier regarding low fps (particularly in bf3 back to karkand) ill get below 40 in sharqi on top of hotel and below 50 on strike at karkand when looking into the middle of the city from high up.

In bf3 i ran the perf overlay where it shows cpu and gpu.

the yellow (cpu) always had a higher max than the gpu (especially when the frames dropped)

does this mean that the reason i am having poor fps is because of my cpu?

specs:

Nvidia titan 320.18
i7 3770 3.4GHz
16 gb RAM
h77 motherboard
windows 8 64-bit
850W C2 coolmaster silent pro psu

thanks guys!
 

funguseater

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Yeah, you might want to put a mild OC on the CPU try to hit 4.2-4.5 BF3 is a very CPU bound game and likes the Speed.

Sorry just noticed your H77 board...... I guess you cannot OC, is there a BIOS setting to set the turbo to always on that would be a little boost anyway.

Fungi
 

GregJA

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yes :( im thinking of buying a (z77 right?) and buying the "K" version of the processor. that should bve more then enough right??

as well what is a good motherboard?
 

funguseater

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Well in a couple weeks you can pick up a 4770k and a z87 board ( there are many inexpensive boards coming for the new Chips) and sell your 3770 and board on craigslist or what have you.


Although in all honesty you could pick up a used 2600k and a cheap z68 board and get mostly the same performance.

Just a thought.
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Trenchcoat

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Wait a week and then ask again. New intel processors ahoy.
 

GregJA

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hmm i will definitly wait as it is no rush!

my two* hehe last questions:


are most motherboards the same size? - if not ill probably have to buy a new case...

as well would this really fix the low fps drops?
 

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