PC is underperforming, need help.

Hectic_Will · Jan 17, 2014

Hello,

my PC has been under performing in many games overall. I'm not sure why but if anyone can help that'd be great

Yes I have enabled SLI in Control Panel.
Yes I have swapped the SLI Bridge.
On BF4 I can't get higher than 60 FPS on Ultra and FPS won't change even if I switch to low.
FPS is locked at 120FPS and I even hit under 40 FPS.

Setup:
AMD FX-9370 4.4GHz
GTX 770(x2)
8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866MHz
2TB WD Caviar Blue HDD
Asetek 570 CPU Cooler
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 MOBO

Brantyn Gerik · Jan 17, 2014

Well being locked to 60 definitely sounds like you have v-sync still enabled, try turning it off and you will get way over 60.

if this doesnt work then you may have to try to get newer drivers, or try a different fps monitor.

Gam3r01 · Jan 17, 2014

Are you sure you have V-sync turned off?
If so, have you tried other games?

Hectic_Will · Jan 17, 2014

Brantyn Gerik :

Gam3r01 :

Yeah I have V-Sync off, I have a BenQ xl2720t so I locked fps at 120 and I have and on CS:GO I am stuck on 80-120 which isn't as good as its supposed to be

Brantyn Gerik · Jan 17, 2014

bf4 has been known to do wonky things, so yeah, try other games. if none of this helps, try testing each card out individually in order to make sure that one of your cards is not defective

Gam3r01 · Jan 17, 2014

What are you using to monitor the FPS, and try another game and see what happens with that.

Hectic_Will · Jan 17, 2014

Brantyn Gerik :

Tried it before and both work fine, it's only until I put them into SLI they screw up.

Brantyn Gerik · Jan 17, 2014

Typically don't lock the fps if you are trying to get the most out of your cards, yes this can cause screen tearing, but try to make sure you are at least getting the right level of performance before doing things like that. so like i said, try each card individually, or open 2 gpu-z's and make sure one card is not simply not being used for some odd reason which would either be a gpu issue, a motherboard pci slot issue, or the least likely, a power supply issue (for these two cards a minimum of a quality 850 watt power supply would be recommended)

Hectic_Will · Jan 17, 2014

Gam3r01 :

I'm using in-game graphs to check my FPS.

Gam3r01 · Jan 17, 2014

Try using MSI Afterburner and see what it says you are getting. My best guess is either A BF4 is reporting wrong, or B its not liking the SLI.

Brantyn Gerik · Jan 17, 2014

Both are equally possible, as bf4 is simply just a broken game at the moment for most people. try other games. crysis, borderlands, or the metro games are good performance testers

Hectic_Will · Jan 17, 2014

Gam3r01 :

I opened up MSI Afterburner, selected GPU 1, and everything is set at +0, is that supposed to look like that. Both cards too.

Gam3r01 · Jan 17, 2014

Yeah, the + settings are software OCs for the cards, dont mess with them unless you know what to do.
If you click the "detach" button it should open a larger window, which will display usage, and FPS.

Hectic_Will · Jan 17, 2014

Brantyn Gerik :

Alright.

Brantyn Gerik · Jan 17, 2014

yeah, all these things are is overclocking sliders. don't touch them until you have everything working right and have decided to overclock, or not. go into settings and you can find the OSD (on screen display) monitoring settings, and from there you can setup the osd to display anything you want and it will all show up in purple lettering while playing a game to let you know exactly what your system is doing

Hectic_Will · Jan 17, 2014

Gam3r01 :

Ok, should I pull the Core Voltage up? Since it's at 0

Gam3r01 · Jan 17, 2014

That allows for higher clock speeds at the cost of heat.
I would not touch any of the sliders at this time.

Hectic_Will · Jan 17, 2014

Gam3r01 :

Alright, I got the monitor thing up. Now what should I mainly look for memory clock and core clock on both GPU's?

Gam3r01 · Jan 17, 2014

Look at usage, and FPS in game. If both cards at are 100% usage its BF4 limiting it. If they are below it (30+%) then its hardware issues.

Brantyn Gerik · Jan 17, 2014

also make sure the core clocks match. if one is much lower than the other, then there is either a driver problem, a bf4 problem (most likely) or god forbid a hardware issue

Hectic_Will · Jan 17, 2014

Gam3r01 :

28-40% on each :/

Brantyn Gerik · Jan 17, 2014

Try a different game

Gam3r01 · Jan 17, 2014

BF4 simply isnt using of the power, so its stuck at 60FPS.

Hectic_Will · Jan 17, 2014

Brantyn Gerik :

One card is at 37% and the second is at 0-2%

Hectic_Will · Jan 17, 2014

Gam3r01 :

Playing TF2 and only one card is having usage.

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