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October 11, 2014 9:58:41 AM

Im a newbie so please be kind.i have an amd a8-6600k apu with integrated hd8570d gpu.all was running fine but yesterday suddenly i noticed little bit decrease of framerate in far cry3.from then my games are running about 5-10 fps slower.my temps on idle are 4c and at load 49c.Any help would be appreciated!

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October 11, 2014 10:06:55 AM

"...4c..."?? Do you mean 40C?

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October 11, 2014 8:38:14 PM

I mean 4c by looking at thermal margin..
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October 11, 2014 8:54:29 PM

Unless you have your system plopped outside in a snowdrift that isn't possible. Your CPU temps can never be lower than the ambient temperature, but APUs are known to get funky when reporting lower temperatures so I'm not really surprised you found something that would read like that.

Your load temps are what really matter and they seem to be fine, is it possible that Windows decided it wanted to do something in the background and that is what is hurting your performance? When one day games seem worse than they were the day before its often just Windows being Windows, you may see performance improve tomorrow because Windows decided it was done taking up extra resources.
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October 11, 2014 8:58:27 PM

Thanks..hunter315...but right now i just need help oc'ing my ram.....when i oc it to 1833mhz the channel goes single from dual.. :( 
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October 11, 2014 9:01:49 PM

Well thats certainly not normal. What RAM kit are you using and what are you pulling your data from? CPU-z?
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October 11, 2014 9:06:19 PM

Im looking from cpu-z...my ram is G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3 2 GB RAM (F3-12800CL9S-2GBXL).it runs fine in dual channel at 1333 and 1600mhz.
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October 11, 2014 9:17:37 PM

Are you running a 2x2GB kit? If you only have 1 stick of Ram it should always be in single channel mode.

Other than that it appears to only be a 1600MHz stick so that might be where some of the problems are coming from, you might be riding the edge of stability; on the upside, you are on an AMD chip so you can bump the memory voltage a bit, see if kicking it up to 1.6V improves the situation.
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October 11, 2014 9:23:34 PM

I tried upping the voltage but still at 1833mhz the ram gets in single channel..also i am running 2x2 gb of ram..
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October 11, 2014 9:33:22 PM

Weird. Maybe the chips just can't do it.

Single channel will remove all the gains of going to 1833 from 1600, so i'd suggest sticking with 1600 and maybe trying to tighten up the timings a bit, you already have 1600 CAS 9 so you might not get much better, but even CAS 8 would be a 12% reduction in latency.
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October 11, 2014 9:35:30 PM

So what can i do to go to 1833mhz in dual chanel?
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October 11, 2014 9:38:00 PM

There is the chance that it simply isn't possible with the RAM chips you have. Overclocking is weird and really luck of the draw, most chips may be able to get OC'd extensively but there is always those few that can do exactly what they are spec'd for an no more, you may have one of those or the interaction between your board/CPU/RAM isn't willing to support it. Either way i doubt its worth much effort, rarely are you limited by memory bandwidth these days in anything other than memory benchmarks.
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October 11, 2014 10:35:17 PM

I am getting 30 fps in far cry3 on medium settings at 1024x768 res.....is it okay?
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October 11, 2014 10:43:24 PM

What sort of AA are you using?
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October 11, 2014 11:22:53 PM

My aa is off!
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October 12, 2014 3:03:07 AM

Any help please!!?
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October 12, 2014 7:09:59 AM

Tweak the graphics settings up and down to figure out what your limiting factor is. What FPS do you get if you set it to low? What FPS do you get if you set it to high? If you are still getting ~30 FPS at both low and high then its the CPU part of the APU that is limiting you(not too surprising) and you can raise the graphics settings without penalty.

The APUs were meant to be great for HTPC and general purpose PCs where people just need a mid level CPU and a decent GPU that can play good movies, they really weren't meant to be high level gaming CPUs. Unless you OC that chip I think you have already found its maximum potential.
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October 13, 2014 3:55:26 AM

I can get 60+ fps in low setting.but in medium it stays at 30.i was just making sure that is it ok on this resoluton??
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October 13, 2014 5:48:14 AM

I guess that's perfectly fine to get 60+ FPS in low settings in Far Cry 3. But at medium it's stuck at 30 I assume?
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