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Hello,

I recently upgraded to a GTX 780 Ti from a GTX 580 and was surprised not to see much (if any) improvement. Since about 6 months ago, my GTX 580 started showing its age (not sure if it was because of newer drivers). My PC is about 3 years old. Not sure if it's a driver issue or something else, but the GTX 780 Ti is not performing as expected (very low fps in Crysis 3...20's, 30's, etc. Below is my system...appreciate any advice, should I maybe upgrade the motherboard and maybe the processor???

Windows 7 Pro
Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD4 motherboard
Intel i7 2600K processor
32GB of RAM
512GB SSD
Nvidia GTX 780 Ti (Zotac)
800w power supply

Since owning the computer, I have upgraded the RAM from 8GB to 32GB, which meant upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 7 Pro, upgraded from SATA drive to SSD. Everything was fine up to about 6 months ago. About a month ago I re-installed gpu drivers from about 6 months ago and Crysis 3 appeared fine...until I tweaked one of the settings just to see what would happen and it was back to bad. It definitely appears to be driver/software related. I'm ready to return the GTX 780 Ti, but wanted to check and see if anyone might be able to help. Thanks.
 
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I would lean towards it being a problem with your cpu cooler. I would remove it clean the paste off and reapply. Make sure it is properly seated as it seems to me that might be your problem. Your cpu will downclock itself to reduce heat as it gets too high (provided that hasn't been disabled) until it gets so low it...
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Hi - what resolution are you gaming at?

 
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step 1) update your bios
step 2) uninstall anything and everything to do with nvidia, it's drivers and support software
step 3) restart pc
step 4) install new nvidia drivers, DO NOT install nvidia experience (90% of problems people have with nvidia cards these last 6 months have to do with this program)
step 5) download msi afterburner
step 6) download hwmonitor
step 7) download FRAPS
step 8) start msi afterburner, FRAPS and hwmonitor
step 8) play crysis3, tab/windows key out of the program when you experience jerky/bad play
step 9) report back what you see on hwmonitor and msi afterburner... take screenies and post it ideally
 
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Will do, it might take a day or two, but I'll post results. Thanks.
 
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the 780ti struggles in some parts of crysis 3. Crysis 3 is the most gpu demanding game out right now and there isnt a single card that can stay above 50-60 the whole game. Every card out right now dips into the low fps on that game which is kinda sad that the latest and greatest in gpu's cant hold a good nice playable frame rate in the current games like crysis 3. Maybe crysis 3 isnt optimized very well or something but this is the main reason i have been thinking about waiting for maxwell cards.
 
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I uninstalled all Nvidia drivers/software and re-installed all but the Nvidia Experience. When I launch Crysis 3, it's at 60 fps (appears to be capped, doesn't go any higher), then when I click continue game/story, it says 45 to 50 fps and then when it loads to where I can play, it drops down in the teens and 20's...even single digits (lots of pausing, etc)...rarely does it get back into the 30's and 40's. The jerky/bad play is pretty consistent. This is on HIGH settings, not VERY HIGH. I'll try to add the requested screen shots tomorrow.
 
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I have similar issue my screens shots are here. Basically when I stress test gpu usage goes to 99% but never when playing game and the more graphically intense areas in the game can bring my gpu load down to 20% from the usual 50% is sits at.. wierd thing is I look up in the sky and my fps obviously shoots up and ... so does my gpu usage.. what in the hell..? Please help us

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1969630/gpu-usage-plummets-needed.html
 
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50% cpu usage would be 100% on two cores... what are you playing, because that looks like a cpu bottleneck to me.
 
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umm 100% on 2 cores on my x4 cpu? ok I know your just trying to help but that blows my mind. Here are some more SS just to make the situation worse.. I know its not going to help but what the hell...

http://s835.photobucket.com/user/Steven_Weston/media/helonow12_zps20ad306b.jpg.html ... Thats what 100% looks like

http://s835.photobucket.com/user/Steven_Weston/media/helpnow11_zps2bb738d6.jpg.html .. Me in city of fav game DayZ

You see the spike in GPU load towards end of bar.. Thats me looking into the sky.... the harder the scene is the less my system works making feel that something else is the bottleneck.. but what? I'm suprised nobody has brought up my mobo But its a http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3141#ov Please someone with bigger brain then me come help or I will kill this kitten.. Sorry im just that desperate.. ITS BEEN 2 YEARS ASDKL:nDLOIAHFBPOUFBIKASOD'f
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Here are the screen shots...I did have Zotac Firestorm installed, not sure if this affected anything. When I purchased the computer from CyberPowerPC, it was purchased with the 30% overclock option. The CPU is 3.4GHz and it shows it running at 3.7GHz.

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listen, i HAD that cpu... i know what cpu bottlenecking looks like. When that cpu is spiking 2 cores at 100%, it reads as a hard and steady 50% utilization; some games and programs are still single or dual cored. I'm currently playing xcom on my 8 core fx8320, and it spikes 80%-95% steady utilization on a single core... and nothing on any others... because this is a single threaded game. as a result it comes in as a steady 12% cpu utilization if i look at it through MSI Afterburner when i'm playing that game.


and yes, if you run prime95 you'll get 100% cpu utilization. it doesn't change the fact your cpu was spiking at a completely consistent and unwavering 50% utilization in that game. That's probably a dual threaded game getting cpu bottle-necked.
 
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Alright, after a crash course in overclocking (aka web search) I overclocked the 2600K from 3.4GHz to 4.4GHz, launched everything and Crysis 3 played the same, no difference...still (as soon as it says press enter to start) the FPS dips into the single digits rarely breaking 20/30ish. My motherboard is giving me problems...when I hit DEL to enter BIOS, after a second or two it will shutdown and restart...a continuous loop. The only way to fix it is to unplug the PC and remove the motherboard battery. Is this a sign the battery is bad? Still can't figure out why I'm not seeing a performance gain over my tried and true GTX 580.
 
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I put my GTX 580 back in and the performance is exactly the same in Crysis 3. At this point, I plan on returning the GTX 780 Ti...to pay that kind of $$$ and not be able to play games any better then on my GTX 580 is crazy. I see Nvidia just came out with new drivers, installing them made no difference.
 
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