First off, here are my specs:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965 @3.4 GHz
GPU: EVGA GTX 770SC w/ ACX cooler
RAM: G. Skill 1600 MHz ( 2x4GB)
Hard Drive: Samsung 1TB 7200 RPM
PSU: Corsair HX850W
Case: Rosewill Blackhawk
OK, so I built this rig two years ago originally with a gtx 570 and decided to upgrade to the 770 in May. In almost every game ( Ex: BF4, Skyrim) The GPU usage is at about 70% with my CPU cores almost topped out. I just picked up Wolfenstein and it's only getting up to 40% usage. In game I see a good amount of slight stuttering. There also seems to be some massive FPS drops occasionally down to around 20 or less. It's not gaming breaking, but it's enough to give me a headache after a while. With that said, I'm wondering if the CPU could be a bottleneck and it's time to upgrade, these games are poorly optimized, or there are settings that I need to change in Nvidia's control panel.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out.
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965 @3.4 GHz
GPU: EVGA GTX 770SC w/ ACX cooler
RAM: G. Skill 1600 MHz ( 2x4GB)
Hard Drive: Samsung 1TB 7200 RPM
PSU: Corsair HX850W
Case: Rosewill Blackhawk
OK, so I built this rig two years ago originally with a gtx 570 and decided to upgrade to the 770 in May. In almost every game ( Ex: BF4, Skyrim) The GPU usage is at about 70% with my CPU cores almost topped out. I just picked up Wolfenstein and it's only getting up to 40% usage. In game I see a good amount of slight stuttering. There also seems to be some massive FPS drops occasionally down to around 20 or less. It's not gaming breaking, but it's enough to give me a headache after a while. With that said, I'm wondering if the CPU could be a bottleneck and it's time to upgrade, these games are poorly optimized, or there are settings that I need to change in Nvidia's control panel.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out.
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