FX6300 and 7970 - why the low fps?

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Woodyofthemorning

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Hi,

When playing Far Cry 3 single player (Q4 2012 release) I am getting 20-35 fps on ultra and 30-50 fps on med/high.
I expected better with a fx 6300 processor and a radeon 7970 graphics card.

This is my first gaming computer. I don't know a whole lot, but I thought I did my research (clearly not). I figured an fx6300 would be OK, but now I'm thinking I might have to upgrade my CPU. Am I right or could it be something else?

Thanks for any help you can give me I appreciate it.


Here's all my specs:

SYSTEM:
Windows 7 home premium 64-bit
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co.
Processor: AMD FX-6300 Six-Core Processor (3.5GHz)
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Page file: 2245MB used, 14063MB available
DirectX: 11

DISPLAY:
Name: AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series (Radeon HD double dissipation 7970 3gb memory)
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip Type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x6798)
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Approx. Total Memory: 4095 MB
Current Display Mode 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz) <--- is my monitor the problem?
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor <--------------- its a 23.5" ASUS VS Series LCD
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Gigabyte Ultra Durable GA-970A-D3 Motherboard
Corsair TX-750 power supply
 
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Novuake
OK well that motherboard is known to throttle in some cases.

While you are gaming, monitor your CPU clock speed, temps and GPU usage to see if there could be an issue.
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Woodyofthemorning

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Power supply: corsair TX-750
Motherboard: Gigabyte Ultra Durable GA-970A-D3
temps are OK I checked that earlier

Please let me know if need anything else.
 
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Like he said, we need more information. But I don't think its your CPU since fps increases as you decrease the quality. Since a cpu doesn't care if its low or ultra.

Edit: OK saw the infos now. Try to monitor your GPU usage in game.
 
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Woodyofthemorning

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Thanks

I'm assuming I need to download a program to monitor my GPU in game? What would I look for in particular when monitoring?
 
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Woodyofthemorning

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Thanks for the help Novuake.
 
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I use Hwmonitor, cpuz and gpuz to monitor temps and make sure everything is running how it should.

most mobos will throttle the cpu if its getting too hot and the gpu will to but usually its not a big problem since gpus can get pretty hot. for you cpu you should be staying under 60c no higher. mine runs around 23c idle and goes to 30-35 underload. also doing a quick look at your mobo it seems some revision of it has no heatsinks on the vrm which would cause throttling especially since your mobo most likely has boost core which will automatically overclock your cpu as needed up to around 3.8ghz in most cases.

use cpuz and hwmonitor while playing a game and check the temps and speed of your cpu that is very low fps for your rig.
 
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Woodyofthemorning

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Thanks.

So when I monitor today:
If temps are too high i need to get a cooling system? (my case is ok for liquid)
If temps are ok but cpu speed is low what does that mean?
Do I need a new motherboard that doesn't throttle?

I am ok with spending a bit of money on this (I've already spent alot and I just want it to work the way it should)
 
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Water cooling is nice, but not entirely necessary, enough decent fans should do the job for a much lower price. You can get water cooling if you want, it will be expensive but give you next to no noise and low temperatures, however some decent fans should do the job just fine. I have a few stock fans in my case and they are pretty incredibly quiet, although my rear fan broke and I replaced it with an Arctic cooling f12, which is also pretty much silent and runs nicely. If you are looking for some even better fans though Noctua seem like a good choice.
 
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chairsgotoschool

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i assume your cpu is staying cool, its the vrm's that are most likely the issue. if you look on the edges (usually at least) for what revision your mobo is then it will most likely mean the vrm's are getting too hot and therefore throttling the cpu. there isnt really a thing you can do to fix that. you could try turning off boost core and adding more fans but its not %100 going to fix it. i'd just get a new mobo, the gigabyte ga-78lmt usb 3 (rev 5 i think,its the latest revision) is a great and cheap mobo, has nice vrm heatsinks and allows you to OC a bit if you want.

post what temps you get and frequencies of the cpu when playing a game. if the cpu is running at under 50c, or even 55 or more then cpu cooling isnt the issue.

so basically if your cpu is hot (around 60c) then its probably cpu cooling (but first make sure that its not running at full speed when under lots of load.) if its coolish (around or under 50c) then its your mobo heating up. which is what i think it would be generally if the cpu gets hot it will just shutdown. also most mobo's have throttling, its a safety measure. better to throttle then to burn out the mobo and possibly everything else.
 
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