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Low FPS on a pretty High-End machine.

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October 9, 2014 10:29:21 PM

So I just built my PC yesterday, specs:

-AMD FX-8350 4.0GHZ 8-core
-Asus M5A97 R2.0 ATX AM3+
-G.Skill ARES 8GB
-Toshiba 3TB HDD 7200RPM
-EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX
-Rosewill Galaxy-01 ATX Mid Tower
-Corsair 600W ATX12V
-Rosewill RNX-N250PCe 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1

After installing the newest GeForce drivers and my games, I'm just really annoyed that games like Borderlands 2, Tomb Raider and Batman: Arkham City are getting frame drops on a GTX 970.

They all drop to 40fps sometimes, and it's just really depressing when i've seen other people getting 140fps+ from all three games. If it's helpful, i'm also using the stock CPU cooler. If an aftermarket one will help me get better FPS in games, that'd be great.
Can anyone tell me any tips to get my games running smoother?

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October 9, 2014 10:37:56 PM

Check your cpu temps and frequencies when the system is under load.
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October 9, 2014 10:45:49 PM

It's a bottleneck, welcome to AMD. But try turning off DX11 in Arkham City and PhysX in BL2.
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October 9, 2014 10:55:47 PM

Yeah, it may be "pretty high end" for AMD, but more like lower midrange for gaming compared to Intel. You don't have an over clocking motherboard either, so you're kind of stuck with what you got. Lower settings.
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