Zotac GTX 650ti or Phenom II X2 550 3.2Ghz - Choppy gameplay. Whose fault?

Saad Momin

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Hello Guys,

I have upgraded to Zotac GTX 650 Ti and having some issues while playing games.
I tested games like Battlefield 3, NFS Run, Tomb Raider and COD MW3.

I have connected the monitor with HDMI cable and I have set the games on high settings on 1080p. When I play the games, I get acceptable FPS. However, I see that the games are Choppy and skips frames every few seconds. I noticed that CPU touches 100% while gaming in task manager.

Battlefield 3: When I am standing alone with little mouse movements, its fine. when I start running, it keeps freezing one frame every five frames. Same on Tomb Raider.

NFS Run: great FPS but it skips frames everytime I press the left or right arrow key.

COD MW3: Works great on the highest settings. No lags, no skips. Just Great!!

Please find my system specs below:
AMD Phenom X2 3Ghz
Gigabyte Mobo - Supports latest AMD processors with PCI-E 3.0 slot (but its a normal one. Cannot compare with high end Mobos)
4GB DDR3 600Mhz RAM (2 x 2 DIMMs)
Zotac GTX 650 Ti 2GB DDR5 (latest drivers downloaded and installed)
500GB HDD (RPM: 50** RPM. Asterisks because I am not sure about the exact number)
Cooler Master PSU - 500W
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate

I am really confused about what should I do about this. I fiddled with the settings in Nvidia control panel but that did not make any difference.
Please help and advice!!
 
Solution
If your CPU is hitting 100% in the games, then it's probably your bottleneck. It's only an older dual core. You should post your exact motherboard, but if it supports the latest CPU's, a $100 FX-6300 6 core outghta fix you up. Also, 4GB is becoming the bare minimum. Going to 8 GB would help a lot too.
If your CPU is hitting 100% in the games, then it's probably your bottleneck. It's only an older dual core. You should post your exact motherboard, but if it supports the latest CPU's, a $100 FX-6300 6 core outghta fix you up. Also, 4GB is becoming the bare minimum. Going to 8 GB would help a lot too.
 
Solution
your processor is not the best being only a dual core.

jsut to check its not a driver problem grab driver fusion and the latest driver.

uninstall current driver and do not restart.
run driver fusion and clean nvidia driver then restart.
install latest driver as custom and only install display and hdmi driver.

also what antivirus are you using?
 

Saad Momin

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Aug 8, 2013
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i dont have any antivirus installed. i have tried reinstalling and updating the drivers for Mobo and GFX card several times. No help.

My Mobo does support the latest AMD processors such as BullDog and FX Series. I am planning to go for FX4100. Getting my phenom exchanged for a good price. Anything I should know about that particular processor? Or is there any other processor which is the same approx cost and better than FX4100?

Thanks for your support, Guys..