GTX 760 not reaching full potential

Dylan McIntyre · Mar 13, 2014

I am not sure if my CPU is bottlenecking (A8-6600K at 3.9GHz) but im only getting like 30 FPS in BF4 at 1366*768 (Ultra bcuz the settings don't change performance for some reason) but im not sure if that is the only game i could tell a difference in from the benchmarks

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 13, 2014

first do you have the newest drivers from nvidias site, are you using a monitor or tv and what ports are you using ie hdmi vga dvi

Dylan McIntyre · Mar 13, 2014

Bad_Kitty13 :

335.23 Drivers, 32" TV at 1366*768, and i'm using HDMI

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 13, 2014

does it have a dvi on it? can you try using a different cable, also go int your resolution in windows and see if it is set at 30hz

Alex_Carrots · Mar 13, 2014

What company is your 760 from?

Dylan McIntyre · Mar 14, 2014

Bad_Kitty13 :

There is a DVI on the GPU but my TV doesn't have one and the refresh rate is 60Hz

Dylan McIntyre · Mar 14, 2014

Alex_Carrots :

It is an ASUS DirectCU II OC edition

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 14, 2014

does the rest of your games get above 30 fps? try turning vsync off and see if this does anything also what are you using to monitor your fps?

Dylan McIntyre · Mar 14, 2014

Yes the rest of my games get above 30 FPS and i don't use vsync and im using fraps and how do i revoke that solution i didnt mean to click that

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 14, 2014

i fixed it for you, so if you lower/rise settings your capped at 30fps no matter what?

jessterman21 · Mar 14, 2014

YES - your CPU is fine for most games, but will hold your GPU back in more intense games like BF4.

Try overclocking your CPU - that will help, but what will likely help more is decreasing draw-distance, particles, and physics in BF4 - all of those are handled by the CPU.

A good rule of thumb when pairing a GPU and CPU is to spend at least 75% as much on the CPU as you spend on the GPU. That will usually keep you out of a CPU-bottleneck situation.

Dylan McIntyre · Mar 14, 2014

Bad_Kitty13 :

Not capped but i get like 30 to 40 no matter what settings

Dylan McIntyre · Mar 14, 2014

jessterman21 :

I don't really want to overclock because i only have the stock heatsink

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 14, 2014

have you disabled core parking
in your bios disable the itegrated graphics core(igpu)
make sure you have all windows updates downloaded(run a check)
this link also has some good fixes as well for bf4
http://www.reddit.com/r/Battlefield/comments/1q14u9/bf4_i_have_multiple_fixes_that_make_the_game_90/

even if your cpu is bottlenecking it shouldnt be the same fps no matter what settings you change.

Dylan McIntyre · Mar 14, 2014

Bad_Kitty13 :

I did disable core parking

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 14, 2014

did you try the other things i listed?

Dylan McIntyre · Mar 14, 2014

Bad_Kitty13 :

yeah and i just went into the bios to check if the integrated graphics was on (Which it wasn't) and i found PCI bus system clock or something so i put it to 192 and im going to check if that did anything
(Since my GPU has a 192 bit interface

)

slimething · Mar 14, 2014

Sounds like a hardware and/or software conflict. Make sure the onboard graphics is disabled before doing anything; look in device manager. Always use DDU or other suitable utility to uninstall the video drivers, then reinstall.

Dylan McIntyre · Mar 14, 2014

slimething :

I already have the IGPU turned off and uninstalled the drivers for it

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 15, 2014

if none of those worked monitor your cpu usage when you first boot and see what its average usage is and see how much it is in game

Dylan McIntyre · Mar 15, 2014

during light browsing my CPU is only using like 20 percent but during gaming (BF4) its like 80 to 90%
i forgot to click reply but i was replying to Bad kitty

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 15, 2014

when you uninstalled the amd driver did you do it in safe mode and uninstall the nvidia driver as well then go to nvidias site and re-download the driver?

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 15, 2014

this may help but since cpu usage is 80-90% in game i would say its just bottle necking you can run malware bytes and see if you have any malware eating up processes to free-up cpu usage

Dylan McIntyre · Mar 15, 2014

Ok do you know any good CPUs for FM2 motherboards that won't bottleneck?

Bad_Kitty13 · Mar 15, 2014

this is the best one in fm2 socket
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-ad760kwohlbox

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