Poor system performance help!

suniced · Mar 10, 2014

ever since i built my system i've had many problems in certain games. i just got AC4 the other day and everything runs great, but every ten seconds my fps drops 20-25 frames for no reason. the problem is fixed when i turn off vsync, but then i get massive screen tearing. also in the middle of gaming my windows will say that it's detected slow performance. Battlefield 3 is also unplayable for me, i can get 60+ fps on any setting then randomly i get slight fps stutters. i have the same issues in DayZ, i can be getting 50 fps then ill drop to around 20. heres my setup- AMD FX- 8350 4.1ghz
GTX 770 2gb
RAM 8gb
Gigabyte 970A-UD3
Corsair 600w
500gb hdd
Win 7 64bit
i have tried numerous things to fix my gaming performance like unparking cores etc. im thinking about selling off my 8350 and motherboard and getting an i5 or something. what do you think the problem is? -Thanks

James Mason · Mar 10, 2014

What kind of monitor do you have? You have a solid gaming system, but do you have a cheap monitor that's not designed for the type of gaming you're doing?

suniced · Mar 10, 2014

James Mason :

this is my monitor- aoc 950swn

James Mason · Mar 10, 2014

Hmm, well your system blows your monitor out of the water, got any friends with better monitors that you could test your comp on?

suniced · Mar 10, 2014

James Mason :

unfortunately not :/

James Mason · Mar 10, 2014

I wonder if your computer is throttling itself down due to heat issues, get some temperature monitoring software like SpeedFan and see what temps your CPU/GPU get while you're gaming.

suniced · Mar 10, 2014

James Mason :

ok so i downloaded the speedfan and it said my GPU is getting up to 52c while playing

suniced · Mar 11, 2014

any thoughts?

James Mason · Mar 11, 2014

Uhh, have you tried lower graphics settings?

suniced · Mar 11, 2014

James Mason :

yea i have tried, it doesnt seem to affect my fps stutters at all

thnx for the help though

s4in7 · Mar 11, 2014

So it's definitely not your GPU that's overheating, what does Speedfan or HWMonitor say your processor temp at load is?

s4in7 · Mar 11, 2014

Also, your motherboard does officially support your processor, but only after updating to at least the F7 BIOS--what BIOS revision are you on?

If you're using less than F7, try updating to the latest BIOS here: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3907#bios

suniced · Mar 11, 2014

s4in7 :

Thanks! i looked it up and it says i am NOT on the latest revision, i will try updating my bios. here is a screenshot of my CPU while playing games -

suniced · Mar 11, 2014

It says that my revision is FA, i dont see that on the gigabyte page though

s4in7 · Mar 11, 2014

I would download F8a and flash that--best case scenario you didn't have that revision and now you do. Worst case scenario you did have that revision and reflashing it doesn't hurt anything.

suniced · Mar 11, 2014

s4in7 :

ok thanks, here is the other revision that i found -http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4396#bios
it says in the download section that there is an FB and a FC, should i get one of those? or get the F8a

s4in7 · Mar 12, 2014

You have revision 3.0 of the 970A-UD3 so yes you need the FC BIOS revision, not the F8a.

suniced · Mar 13, 2014

alright so i updated my bios to the latest version, hasn't seemed to fixed anything though. any more ideas? or any tests i can run on my computer

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