Hello all!
This is my very first post on Tom's Hardware!
I've been using this site for many years for various resources but I really am in a bind I can't figure out so I'm hoping for the best!
I recently upgraded from (2) Nvidia GTX 550 Ti cards in SLI to a GTX 780! Pretty amazing... I finally saved up enough money to go all out on a graphics card but I'm getting awful results playing my main game, Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR). Now I've loaded up Counter Strike: Global Offensive and cranked everything up to ultra at 1920x1080 and was crushing the FPS at like 55-60 the whole time.
So I'm in a little bit of trouble.
My entire build will be three years old coming late November, so I'm not sure if something is just starting to wear out or what. When I was running my 550 Tis in SLI I would get 25-30 FPS on medium high settings and when heavy combat hit in PvP I would dip down to about 10-15.
Now, I know that SWTOR's graphics engine (the Hero engine) isn't the greatest thing to hit MMORPG gaming, but I can't believe how poorly my set up is running.
Before I go any further I'd like to lay out the basic stats of my computer so the reader can understand what I'm working with.
Current specs are:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb Quad-Core 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Processor
GPU: MSI Geforce GTX 780 OC edition (3gb)
PSU: OCZ ZS Series 750W 80PLUS Bronze High Performance Power Supply
MOBO: ASUS M4N98TD EVO AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI ATX AMD
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
Case: Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
Also, I've tried MANY suggestions that I've found searching around, including some of the tips given on this website and ones found on SWTOR forums about game optimization.
I've tried using custom settings in Nvidia's control panel, also I've used the "adjust performance with image" or whatever it's called with all 3 settings and none of these have improved my game experience enough to say that I'm satisfied.
One of these suggestions I'm speaking of discusses taking DX 9 files and DLing and installing them to your computer with the DX 11 files to run the game in compatibility mode for XP SP3, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense but I did it anyway and now I'm wondering if it is messing with my 780 graphics card.
I've been asking myself these questions:
Is my CPU bottlenecking my GFX card?
Since I DID NOT install this game the traditional way (installing via online installer or DVD disk) I dragged the game files off of my external HD... should I totally uninstall the game, delete the folder and re-install?
Are the DX 9 files messing wtih a 700 series card?
Since some of this optimizing advice is dated all the way back to 2011-2012 should I completely disregard it?
I'm planning on sinking a lot of time into researching this problem this weekend but it's really the last thing I want to do after a 50 hour work week and a 3 night classes + homework.
:l
Thanks so much for your time reading my issue and whether you have advice that helps me or not I thank you for your help!
E M S
This is my very first post on Tom's Hardware!
I've been using this site for many years for various resources but I really am in a bind I can't figure out so I'm hoping for the best!
I recently upgraded from (2) Nvidia GTX 550 Ti cards in SLI to a GTX 780! Pretty amazing... I finally saved up enough money to go all out on a graphics card but I'm getting awful results playing my main game, Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR). Now I've loaded up Counter Strike: Global Offensive and cranked everything up to ultra at 1920x1080 and was crushing the FPS at like 55-60 the whole time.
So I'm in a little bit of trouble.
My entire build will be three years old coming late November, so I'm not sure if something is just starting to wear out or what. When I was running my 550 Tis in SLI I would get 25-30 FPS on medium high settings and when heavy combat hit in PvP I would dip down to about 10-15.
Now, I know that SWTOR's graphics engine (the Hero engine) isn't the greatest thing to hit MMORPG gaming, but I can't believe how poorly my set up is running.
Before I go any further I'd like to lay out the basic stats of my computer so the reader can understand what I'm working with.
Current specs are:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb Quad-Core 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Processor
GPU: MSI Geforce GTX 780 OC edition (3gb)
PSU: OCZ ZS Series 750W 80PLUS Bronze High Performance Power Supply
MOBO: ASUS M4N98TD EVO AM3 NVIDIA nForce 980a SLI ATX AMD
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
Case: Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
Also, I've tried MANY suggestions that I've found searching around, including some of the tips given on this website and ones found on SWTOR forums about game optimization.
I've tried using custom settings in Nvidia's control panel, also I've used the "adjust performance with image" or whatever it's called with all 3 settings and none of these have improved my game experience enough to say that I'm satisfied.
One of these suggestions I'm speaking of discusses taking DX 9 files and DLing and installing them to your computer with the DX 11 files to run the game in compatibility mode for XP SP3, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense but I did it anyway and now I'm wondering if it is messing with my 780 graphics card.
I've been asking myself these questions:
Is my CPU bottlenecking my GFX card?
Since I DID NOT install this game the traditional way (installing via online installer or DVD disk) I dragged the game files off of my external HD... should I totally uninstall the game, delete the folder and re-install?
Are the DX 9 files messing wtih a 700 series card?
Since some of this optimizing advice is dated all the way back to 2011-2012 should I completely disregard it?
I'm planning on sinking a lot of time into researching this problem this weekend but it's really the last thing I want to do after a 50 hour work week and a 3 night classes + homework.
:l
Thanks so much for your time reading my issue and whether you have advice that helps me or not I thank you for your help!
E M S
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