Far Cry 3 is really slow with 7870 Ghz.

ringostarr09 · Jan 26, 2014

It's not that it's laggy or stuttery. I just walk, run and shoot very slowly. I used to be able to run it fine. I tried tuning down settings which didn't work. I also tried to turn of DirectX 11 which didn't work either. The computer is around 1 month old and runs other games fine.

chris987 · Jan 26, 2014

pc full specs ?

ringostarr09 · Jan 26, 2014

chris987 :

CPU- AMD FX 6300
GPU- Radeon 7870 Ghz
8GB of RAM
500W

smeezekitty · Jan 26, 2014

Check your temperatures

chris987 · Jan 26, 2014

Radeon HD 7870 - 23A on the 12v rail and a 500W psu minimum. which exactly is your psu.? begin by monitoring your gpu and cpu behavior temps and usage through gpuz or msi afterberner. also make sure you have the lattest drivers.

Batguerra · Jan 26, 2014

Turn off v-sync, see if fps increase

ringostarr09 · Jan 26, 2014

smeezekitty :

Here's a pic of the temps.

ringostarr09 · Jan 26, 2014

Batguerra :

Already tried it. Didn't work, thanks though.

ringostarr09 · Jan 26, 2014

chris987 :

Here is the specific PSU. As for the temps here is a pic of those.

smeezekitty · Jan 26, 2014

ringostarr09 :

Did not show up

chris987 · Jan 26, 2014

ringostarr09 :

thats not cpu temps. its cpu usage and its strangely low. what about the gpu?

ringostarr09 · Jan 26, 2014

chris987 :

Sorry about that. Is this good? This too.

ringostarr09 · Jan 26, 2014

smeezekitty :

Try this one.

chris987 · Jan 26, 2014

from what i see the voltages are way off on 3v , 5v and 12v . is that an idle of under load? other games perform well? use gpuz to check out the gpu!

smeezekitty · Jan 26, 2014

chris987 :

I think that is just HWmon being stupid. Try speedfan for temps

EvilNarcotics · Jan 26, 2014

Check your resolution and try increasing it.

chris987 · Jan 26, 2014

gpu must operate at almost max % load while playing with several cores of the cpu at 40-50% load else your system uderperforms, if those voltage readings are correct you have a faulty psu also gpu temps should be at 60-70c and cpu at 45-55c while playing

ringostarr09 · Jan 26, 2014

chris987 :

I think I messed up. Should I have recorded the temps while playing the game?

chris987 · Jan 26, 2014

yes man but those voltages should be fixed on idle or under load like this http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html# if other games too are suddenly performing the same(very slowly) your psu maybe isdying. also see if your psu is making any shounds or its overheating

ringostarr09 · Jan 26, 2014

chris987 :

Well, I played Team Fortress 2 and it was lagging a lot. I asked if anyone else had the same problem and they said no. Just Cause 2 works perfectly fine though.

EvilNarcotics · Jan 27, 2014

Are you using a DVI connection to your Monitor?

chris987 · Jan 27, 2014

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/insidethepc/a/power-supply-voltage-tolerance.htm . if you tryied everything mentioned before and everything seems ok better try another psu to make sure

ringostarr09 · Jan 28, 2014

chris987 :

Ok, I'm going to test it tomorrow hopefully. I'll get back to you.

chris987 · Mar 13, 2014

it turns out to be that exteme 2 series isnt such good psu http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Cooler-Master-Extreme-2-475-W-Power-Supply-Review/1550 and the original extreme series wasnt good either, is considered a tier 4
Tier 4 - Not Recommend for stressful situations. May not be able to put out full rated power above room temperature, and may slightly fail to meet ATX specs.
Cooler Master eXtreme (only use 75% of labeled wattage)

check if its overheating or making any funny noises.these are signs of a dying psu. this is quality made by seasonic psu to have under consideration http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9

PandaButtonFTW · Mar 13, 2014

quality powersupply sure... but I personnaly wouldn't buy ANYTHING with XFX's shitty name on it!

Far Cry 3 is really slow with 7870 Ghz.

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