New monitor, lower fps ?

staticOdyessey · May 20, 2014

Hi, basicly i got a new monitor ( ASUS VX238H ) And my gpu is HD 7850 and i was wondering why it cant run them 60fps, i thought my gpu is good enough to run it on 1080p res atleast on 60fps. Im also getting a new CPU next week, but can it be the cpus fault anyway ? I could run it 150+ fps on my old monitor which was total crap. I know its nothing special but i hope it helps.

unknownofprob · May 20, 2014

you must have upped the resolution (from under HD or HD to Full HD). Your GPU is good for 1080p, but you won't get 60FPS when playing modern day games High-Ultra.

Depending on your other CPU, it most likely won;t make a huge difference unless;

-There was a bottleneck

-Just no bottleneck, but a poor CPU.

staticOdyessey · May 20, 2014

unknownofprob :

Even on 1280x720 i get around 50-40 fps, why is that ? Shouldnt i get 60fps on 720 ?
CS:GO not even maxed out.

unknownofprob · May 20, 2014

depends, your CPU may have bottlenecked your card, limiting performance.

staticOdyessey · May 20, 2014

unknownofprob :

Then my resolutions preformance is affected by my horribly old cpu i guess ?

andrei65 · May 20, 2014

Depends on what your cpu is , but yeah , if it's a horribly old cpu like an amd 2850 then yeah

staticOdyessey · May 20, 2014

andrei65 :

Its like AMD Athlon II x3 450

andrei65 · May 20, 2014

What motherboard do you have ?

staticOdyessey · May 20, 2014

andrei65 :

MSI 770-C45, replacing it with B85 for i5 4570

andrei65 · May 21, 2014

Get a B95 mobo and a 4590 or a 4460

staticOdyessey · May 21, 2014

andrei65 :

I cant really find a B95 motherboard on any of the amazons. And is there really a big difrence between the 4570 and those who you named ? Sorry for the stupid questions im not that smart when it comes to these things.

unknownofprob · May 21, 2014

Go H87, there is no B95, may never be (but could).

andrei65 · May 21, 2014

unknownofprob :

I'm just stupid , i meant H97 , sorry
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $274.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-21 07:01 EDT-0400)

staticOdyessey · May 21, 2014

andrei65 :

Thanks for all the help but the thing is im not from the US ( im from east Europe ). really sad that the parts are like 10% more expensive here.

unknownofprob · May 21, 2014

I'm in Australia, and prices are even more inflated.

staticOdyessey · May 21, 2014

unknownofprob :

Yeah ive heard from few people from Australia, it`s not as bad but im kinda still a poor student who works par time lol. Anyway thanks for all the help guys !

unknownofprob · May 21, 2014

glad to help.

If you have any other questions, just ask and we'll gladly help.

andrei65 · May 21, 2014

Well i don't know your budget so ... yeah

Tell me what budget you have and i'll add 10% to the parts

Rationale · May 21, 2014

Honestly, anything will beat your Athlon X3. Even if you could only afford a 4th gen Pentium G3420, that'd still be a significant upgrade and an H97 motherboard leaves future upgrades open. Though obviously an i5 of some sort would be best.

But yeah, your current CPU is definitely holding your GPU back in most games. Upgrade the CPU before you consider upgrading your GPU. Your video card is still good (60 fps at 1080p in most games, just not the really intense ones like BF4 or Metro), but your CPU is far, far weaker. Your video card should be running CSGO at over 100fps at 1080p.

staticOdyessey · May 21, 2014

Budget something like ~300 euros (overall) ill have to wait for the payday though, i could order a cpu for like 200 euros right now but id have to wait for the mother board though.

andrei65 · May 21, 2014

Just buy a pentium g3420 and a h97 mobo and you'll be fine

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Pentium G3420 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($89.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $159.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-21 09:20 EDT-0400)

Also do you have a microatx case ?

staticOdyessey · May 21, 2014

andrei65 :

But the thing is i really want a good i5 atleast. I dont really want to struggle with cpus working power.

unknownofprob · May 21, 2014

i5 4440 is pretty good for the price.

andrei65 · May 21, 2014

If you want an i5 then ok

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($182.97 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($43.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $226.96
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-21 09:58 EDT-0400)

Though the g3420 wont struggle at all

staticOdyessey · May 21, 2014

andrei65 :

The thing is im thinking of ordering it all from amazon.de or es because it will come here faster. the 4570 is only 70 cents more expensive that 4430.

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