Nvidia GTX 770 Low FPS and GPU Usage HELP!

Lawrence Good · Jan 18, 2014

I've been dealing with really bad fps in games like GW2 and League of legends. Whenever I play BF4 It runs ok at ultra with 30fps average. The problem is I replace the graphics card I had with another exact one of it. I re-installed the driver and in Geforce Experience I can't even optimize the games anymore.

My Specs:
GPU: Gigabyte Windforce GTX 770 OC
CPU: AMD FX-8350
Memory: 16gb DDR3 1866Mhz
PSU: Thermaltake 750w TP

goku1234567890 · Jan 18, 2014

Try uninstalling the drivers and installing them again.

friedricezilla · Jan 18, 2014

Lawrence Good :

when you play GW2 or league of legends, do you only get bad frames when there are lots of other avatars with lots of spell casting and other effects or no matter where you are in the game (GW2 and LoL) frames are really low?

goku1234567890 · Jan 18, 2014

Then it might be not your graphic card but your internet connection.

barto · Jan 18, 2014

The 770 should do a lot better than that. Your average in BF4 should be in the 60s and 70s. The frames you are getting in BF4 is that single or multi-player?

Lawrence Good · Jan 18, 2014

barto :

My internet connection is good, the fps in BF4 is in single player when i do test runs for the fps.

Lawrence Good · Jan 18, 2014

friedricezilla :

In GW2 its everywhere and worse in large player populations, in League of Legends it's just about 30-40 all the time with some spikes of 100-120 fps.

goku1234567890 · Jan 18, 2014

May I say that your processor should be powerful too to play battlefield 4 and LoL and these type of games. What is your processor and how much Ram you have?

barto · Jan 18, 2014

What are the temps of your components when idle and load?

Lawrence Good · Jan 18, 2014

goku1234567890 :

It's in the original post but here they are

CPU: AMD FX-8350
Memory: DDR3 1866Mhz

Lawrence Good · Jan 18, 2014

barto :

The CPU sits aroundm 58 degrees Celsius idle and might go to 64 degrees in games. The graphics card sits around 40 degrees idle and hits 62 average degrees celsius in a game on BF4 ultra.

azzazel_99 · Jan 18, 2014

Yea bf4 fps should be 60+ on ultra at 1080p

barto · Jan 18, 2014

Lawrence Good :

58C idle and 64 in games? Somethings not right here. Your CPU should be much cooler than that when idle. We're talking about the 30s. And then it only raises 6C with a load. That's not right either. I'd expect your CPU to raise by 20C when under load. What are you using to measure temps?

goku1234567890 · Jan 18, 2014

3D settings at Nvidia control panel might not be letting battlefield play at full settings.

friedricezilla · Jan 18, 2014

Definitely not a video card problem its just that your CPU is under alot of load, from alot of data crunching it has to do (with all that streamed data)
iam pretty sure its the CPU, not that its defective though. you can consider upgrading your CPU.

Lawrence Good · Jan 18, 2014

barto :

I have a 240MM Astek liquid cooling fan and I am using a AeroCool 2000 Touchscreen which has a sensor touching the back part of the CPU slot on the right side of the computer. I don't 100% trust that temp but the gpu temp is pretty similiar to the one in MSI Afterburner.

Lawrence Good · Jan 18, 2014

goku1234567890 :

Already went through the control panel to optimize it for singe display and best performance on power. Will dual monitors affect it any? I am using a BenQ RL 2455 for gaming and a BenQ GW 2450 as the second for multi purposes.

Lawrence Good · Jan 18, 2014

friedricezilla :

Well I am using a 12v 60 amp rail for the cpu power when i swapped the PSU from an EVGA supernova 750W and the Cpu was a little cooler before. But is there a certain program I should download to get a better temp of the cpu?

barto · Jan 18, 2014

Download Realtemp and tell me what temps you get idle and load.

http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/

Edit: while we're at it, download CPUz and tell me what is the core clock of your CPU idle and load.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

Lawrence Good · Jan 18, 2014

There is a link for the screenshot I took with MSI afterburner while in a custom game of League of Legends which gives a slightly better fps since it isn't a online match. Also, at the top right of the second monitor is the meter showing the CPU isn't even past 30% load.

goku1234567890 · Jan 18, 2014

No Dual screen gaming should not effect Gtx 770 by that much. You didn't reply that were you playing battlefield 4 on multiplayer or single player

Lawrence Good · Jan 18, 2014

goku1234567890 :

I did, I was testing it on singleplayer

goku1234567890 · Jan 18, 2014

Was 43 fps throughout the game or did you record them when there was explosion or lot of activity going on?

barto · Jan 18, 2014

Ok, let's pause on the "qualified" hardware questions. The AMD 8350 is a great CPU. It can keep up with the i5 very well and surpasses the i7 in particular situations. There's nothing wrong with owning the 8350. It's a stout processor and will support any GPU on the market. There's no reason to upgrade.

Second thing, the 770 is a boss GPU. It should be able to play BF4 on multiplayer averaging 60 to 70 frames on Ultra @1080. In the "scripted" single player, the frames will be even higher because the environment in Single player isn't very CPU taxing. An AMD APU paired with a discrete GPU will put the same frames as an i5 or i7.

Did you apply the thermal paste correct?

Lawrence Good · Jan 18, 2014

goku1234567890 :

It is average and drops some in high activity, its just a huge problem because the fps is so low for such a high end card and nothing is happening.

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