ArcherC said:
Hello,
So I just recently put together my first High-End Gaming Desktop PC yet I am noticing insufficient frames on games while running on various settings.
My Specs;
Vishera 8350 4.0ghz AMD proccessor
AMD R9 290 4gb GPU
ASUS Crosshair v-Formula Z motherboard
2x4 1600 DDR3 Ram
(1920x1080p) 60hz LED Monitor
The problem is that I have updated everything to the latest drivers (at least from what I am aware of) and yet I am to see a large improvement in frames.
Some examples of frame rate on max & lowest settings (1920x1080p)
ArmA III: 20-26 FPS
DayZ: 25-30 FPS
Payday 2: 130 FPS
Red Orchestra 2: 40 FPS
Minecraft: 50 FPS
GPU Temp idle: 40-50C
While gaming: 75-80C
In addition to these specs, for most games, I.e ArmA III, it doesn't matter what the quality of the graphics is, so regardless of the quality, I will always get the same frame rate, perhaps a tiny bit more or less.
Also, I doubt it's mostly from the lack of optimization from ArmA/DayZ considering I know atleast 5 people who bearly have half my setup and are still surpassing my frame rate.
However, my GPU is in the second PCI-E slot. I am aware that this is not the best idea for max FPS but I don't have too much space in my case. Regardless, it doesn't change FPS too much at all...as far as I know.
If anyone is wondering,
-my GPU is on the second (8x) slot contrast to the first (16x) slot. I doubt that is the problem, but please inform me otherwise.
-While gaming, my CPU usually only reaches about 50-60% max. I'm not sure how to check the GPU usage on Windows 8.1.
Please assist me as this is very frustrating knowing that I just spent well over a grand for a machine that should be able to run practically every game on max settings with excess FPS.
bystander said:
ArcherC said:
Some examples of frame rate on max & lowest settings (1920x1080p)
ArmA III: 20-26 FPS
DayZ: 25-30 FPS
Payday 2: 130 FPS
Red Orchestra 2: 40 FPS
Minecraft: 50 FPS
I don't know about Payday 2 or Red Orchestra 2, but ArmA, DayZ and Mincraft are almost entirely CPU based games. That is why lowering your settings has no effect on your performance. These are completely CPU bound, and to make matters worse, they are very thread limited. That means they need a fast CPU on a core basis. That means AMD CPU's are not good on those games.
Can you monitor your CPU usage per core? There is likely a single thread that is hitting near max usage, and if you monitor your GPU, you'll likely see very little usage on those games with such low FPS.
Have you tried unparking your cores? AMD CPU's benefit from this immensely, sometimes gaining 60+ FPS in CPU bound games. I know this from personal experience on my Althon II X4 750k Black Edition, I unparked and gained slightly less in such games (20-30 FPS) but that's due to my CPU model. Your model should gain much much more than mine. There is a util to do this with which I'll link to which does all the work for you but if you want I can get you a tutorial on how to manually do it through the registry. As for your GPU temps those are perfectly normal for the 290x, that thing loves to push it with temps. Also check your CPU temps in priticular, use something like HWMonitor and post your average while under load here.
Link to the util:
http://www.coderbag.com/Programming-C/Disable-CPU-Core-...
Its very simple to use just follow the instructions on the site.