Good PC not performing as well as it should be

GalaxyKnight21 · Oct 24, 2014

First of all here are the specs of the computer :
AMD FX-6300 3.5 ghz
Sapphire R9 270 Dual-x OC
MSI 760gm-p21(fx) Motherboard
Kingston 8gb 1333mhz ram
Western Digital Blue 500gb 7200rpm
Thermaltake 630w smart se 80 plus PSU
Cooler Master Hyper 212 evo
Cooler Master HAF 922
The problem is that in every game i play if i look in the distance i get a massive drop from 60fps- 30fps for some reason. I updated the drivers of the gpu and reinstalled windows 8.1 pro. The drops in game are not caused by bad optimisation all of the games (147 steam games) i tried had the same problem. In some cases i cant even run games at low settings. Someone please help

Sorry for the bad English.

RobCrezz · Oct 24, 2014

Check your CPU and GPU temperatures when under load and report back.

Steve Steppenbacker · Oct 24, 2014

what is your temps looking like while playing these games?

GalaxyKnight21 · Oct 24, 2014

Just checked the temps and they never go over 50°C (gpu 30-52 ; cpu 30-48)

Steve Steppenbacker · Oct 24, 2014

what about while your playing the game for a while? things take time to heat up. check your mobo temp cpu temps and graphics temps using speccy .

heat will throttle down your clocks if they get to hot. try and turn up your cpu fan speed along with turning up your fan speed on your graphic card.

download malwarebytes and run a scan on your pc.

cowboydude99 · Oct 24, 2014

Hi,
I have a question. Going from 60-30 is a sign of VSYNC.

Is VSYNC on?

GalaxyKnight21 · Oct 24, 2014

No vsync is off, i just played for an hour and the problem started right when i entered the map. The gpu went to 58°C and the cpu to 49°C. I did try updating bios not even that worked, also i have norton antivirus on the computer.

GalaxyKnight21 · Oct 24, 2014

For some reason i just used msi afterburner and the gpu usage only went to 60% , any help?

RobCrezz · Oct 24, 2014

GalaxyKnight21 :

What about CPU usage? (not total, but individual core usage)

cowboydude99 · Oct 24, 2014

Is your CPU usage very high?

I don't think a 270 should bottleneck your CPU...

GalaxyKnight21 · Oct 24, 2014

Cpu usage is at 50-70% when gaming (other programs in background) only in bf4 its at 100% for some reason.

RobCrezz · Oct 24, 2014

cowboydude99 :

I think its more the CPU is bottleneck by the sounds of things.

RobCrezz · Oct 24, 2014

GalaxyKnight21 :

What about individual core usage?

cowboydude99 · Oct 24, 2014

RobCrezz :

I see what I did. I agree that I believe the CPU isn't keeping up.

GalaxyKnight21 · Oct 24, 2014

Playing bf3 on caspian border 64 players ultra with 10-11 programs in the back ground the usage is :
core1:69%
core2:64%
core3:70%
core4:68%
core5:70%
core6:69%
Used msi afterburner.

GalaxyKnight21 · Oct 24, 2014

If it is the cpu shoud i get a i5-3570k (i have a lga 1155 board around here somewhere)?

cowboydude99 · Oct 24, 2014

If you have the board laying around and are looking to change to i5, I would.. I don't know what the issue is though.

You're only at 70% CPU and 60% GPU.

GalaxyKnight21 · Oct 24, 2014

The game runs smooth but it drops to like 35 fps when looking in the distance for some reason :/

cowboydude99 · Oct 24, 2014

You said this happens for all games though. Which games are you testing?

Do these games have Distance LOD settings?

GalaxyKnight21 · Oct 24, 2014

I cant list all 131 games in my steam library so here is a few Far Cry 3, Shadow Warrior, Battlefield 3,Crysis 3,Cod Ghosts(dont ask why even i dont know),etc. I think Far Cry has it but i am not sure.

GalaxyKnight21 · Oct 24, 2014

Also for some reason bf4 doesnt have the lag and cs go.

cowboydude99 · Oct 24, 2014

I don't really know...

Can you remove your drivers completely in Safe Mode using a utility and then reinstall them again?

GalaxyKnight21 · Oct 24, 2014

I did that twice didn't work for some reason.

GalaxyKnight21 · Oct 24, 2014

I also updated the bios on my mb. That didnt work either.

cowboydude99 · Oct 24, 2014

I'm sorry, I wish I could help, but I really don't know what else it could be.

Drivers should be good.
Game settings should be okay, considering you're only hitting around 60% GPU usage.
You have enough RAM
Your CPU should be fine...

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