Do I have a underperforming card?

RadicalScrub · Jun 18, 2013

I bought a XFX 7850 and I have all the latest drivers. I read all the benchmarks on games I wanted to play on like BF3 and Hitman Absoulution. But when I played them, they are laggy. I have to set my graphics on low for have manageable gameplay. Do I have a defective card?
Specs are-
1920x1080 monitor- Acer G5 G215HVBbd
Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB
XFX Double D FX-785A-ZDF4 Radeon HD 7850 1GB 256-bit
CORSAIR 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
Thermaltake TR2 TR-500 500W
ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AM3+ AMD 970
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition - stock

avenseth12 · Jun 18, 2013

Its your 965 CPU, its bottlenecking your system.

slamer80 · Jun 18, 2013

avenseth12 :

No its not.
I have a amd phenom II 1090t stock 3,2ghz
A 6870
16gb ram (had 4 too)

I run bf3 on high 50fps 64 players at 1920 x 1080.

Your processor is basically mine with only 4 cores not 6.

I have seen your processor peform better in some games then my processor.

If you cant even run on low, something is wrong.

Here is what you do.

1. Delete ALL graphic drivers. Download new drivers from ATI/AMD
2. Check temperature on cpu and gpu when you play games(bf3)
3. Check your cpu and gpu usage when playing games.
4. Try your graphic card in another computer. See how it peformce
5. Report back to us with the details

RadicalScrub · Jun 18, 2013

slamer80 :

avenseth12 :

No its not.
I have a amd phenom II 1090t stock 3,2ghz
A 6870
16gb ram (had 4 too)

I run bf3 on high 50fps 64 players at 1920 x 1080.

Your processor is basically mine with only 4 cores not 6.

I have seen your processor peform better in some games then my processor.

If you cant even run on low, something is wrong.

Here is what you do.

1. Delete ALL graphic drivers. Download new drivers from ATI/AMD
2. Check temperature on cpu and gpu when you play games(bf3)
3. Check your cpu and gpu usage when playing games.
4. Try your graphic card in another computer. See how it peformce
5. Report back to us with the details

But how do I delete the graphic drivers?

jerreece · Jun 18, 2013

Every title is different. Hitman Absolution can be a beast though. And BF3 is a CPU hog. The faster your Quad Core the better with BF3. You might try simply lowering AA settings, shadows, stuff like that (not necessarily swtiching from High to Low in general). See if that makes ANY difference.

If reducing AA & Shadows improves things then you have a GPU limitation.

If simply lowering your resolution, or dumping everything to Low makes little to no difference then you likely have a "CPU bottleneck". In which case you'd want to Overclock your CPU and use a good aftermarket cooler on it.

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