Low FPS on most games

RyanScribner

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Hello.

I just recently got a new PC which isn't the best, but isn't horrible. I noticed while playing games I had a hard time playing even on medium graphics, even with the power it has.

I'm not completely sure if the GPU is crap, so I figured I'd ask for opinions on here. I've been trying to get Planetside 2 to run on at least medium, but It's running at about 20 FPS. I've also been trying to run Rust, which is also running at about 20-25 FPS.

I've tried overclocking with AMD Overdrive but it doesn't seem to be doing anything at all.

My specs are:

Card name: AMD Radeon HD 8570D
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: AMD Radeon HD 8570D (0x990E)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Type: Full Device
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_990E&SUBSYS_2AE0103C&REV_00
Display Memory: 4205 MB
Dedicated Memory: 749 MB
Shared Memory: 3456 MB
Current Mode: 1360 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: LCD TV
Monitor Id: FNI0000
Native Mode: 1360 x 768(p) (60.015Hz)

Operating System: Windows 8.1 64-bit (6.3, Build 9600) (9600.winblue_rtm.130821-1623)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: 500-214
BIOS: 80.46
Processor: AMD A8-6500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (4 CPUs), ~3.5GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 7366MB RAM
Page File: 2398MB used, 6822MB available
Windows Dir: C:\windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.03.9600.16384 64bit Unicode

 
Solution
Is this a laptop or desktop?
The 8570D should be the gpu part of the A8-6500 (the cpu).
You're probably getting low fps because the A8-6500 is on the lower end of the new AMD processors.

How much RAM do you have and what speed is it?

argeru

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Is this a laptop or desktop?
The 8570D should be the gpu part of the A8-6500 (the cpu).
You're probably getting low fps because the A8-6500 is on the lower end of the new AMD processors.

How much RAM do you have and what speed is it?
 
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RyanScribner

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Desktop with 8GB's of RAM. I'm not sure what speed it is.
 

argeru

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You could improve your speeds a bit by getting faster ram.
The way APU's work is the cpu AND the gpu take memory from the DDR3 ram you have installed nto your motherboard. By having more ram/faster ram you can increase the performance of both the cpu and gpu.