Hello,
I used to have an i5 2500K with this motherboard http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8P67_PRO_REV_31/, I have since upgraded to a newer i7 3770K last fall (updated bios for it). It has worked great for games up until i started playing newer releases and Alpha/Beta tests; ArcheAge, ESO, Wolfenstein, and a few other large scale strategy games.
Old Rig:
Asus P8P67 Pro
i5 2500 Stock - Fan
nVidia 560TI x 2 SLI
8GB DDR3 1600
128GB Corsair Red SSD
@ 1080P
New Rig:
Asus P8P67 Pro
i7 3770K OC (~4.4 GHZ - stock voltages) - Closed-Loop Water Cooling
nVidia 780 GTX OC
16GB DDR3 1866
256 + 128GB Corsair Red SSD
@ 1440P
My biggest complaint is that the CPU usage tends to stay rather low along with the video card (30-60%) yet I cannot maintain 60FPS consistently (45-60 with occasional micro-stutters during heavy load). My issues feel almost feel like it is slow disk load, which is impossible since I tested my read/write speed to about 190MB/s.
ArcheAge and Wolfenstein will actually put my video card to 90% usage and I will encounter lower FPS compared to someone with the same video card.
Do you guys think it's the motherboard? Or is there some critical setting(s) in the bios I should check? I've heard that the newer Motherboards would better utilize my other components but I am not keen on investing another $300 for an old socket type. Thoughts?
edit: believe it or not, overclocking vs stock yields less than 5% difference in frames if any at all.
I used to have an i5 2500K with this motherboard http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8P67_PRO_REV_31/, I have since upgraded to a newer i7 3770K last fall (updated bios for it). It has worked great for games up until i started playing newer releases and Alpha/Beta tests; ArcheAge, ESO, Wolfenstein, and a few other large scale strategy games.
Old Rig:
Asus P8P67 Pro
i5 2500 Stock - Fan
nVidia 560TI x 2 SLI
8GB DDR3 1600
128GB Corsair Red SSD
@ 1080P
New Rig:
Asus P8P67 Pro
i7 3770K OC (~4.4 GHZ - stock voltages) - Closed-Loop Water Cooling
nVidia 780 GTX OC
16GB DDR3 1866
256 + 128GB Corsair Red SSD
@ 1440P
My biggest complaint is that the CPU usage tends to stay rather low along with the video card (30-60%) yet I cannot maintain 60FPS consistently (45-60 with occasional micro-stutters during heavy load). My issues feel almost feel like it is slow disk load, which is impossible since I tested my read/write speed to about 190MB/s.
ArcheAge and Wolfenstein will actually put my video card to 90% usage and I will encounter lower FPS compared to someone with the same video card.
Do you guys think it's the motherboard? Or is there some critical setting(s) in the bios I should check? I've heard that the newer Motherboards would better utilize my other components but I am not keen on investing another $300 for an old socket type. Thoughts?
edit: believe it or not, overclocking vs stock yields less than 5% difference in frames if any at all.
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