bf4 fps crossfire r9290x oc 1120 water

tsmith154 · Nov 23, 2014

I have:

Mother board:
Asus Rampage 3 formula (all water with no air heat sinks)

CPU:
intel i7 950 over clock 4.4 (water)

Ram:
Corsair TR3X6G1600C8D 8-8-8-24 (6 sticks total 12G) running at 1600 Hz

Graphics cards:
Two R9 290X in CrossFireX mode. (water)

Power supply:
Antec 1200 watt High current pro. (continuous power)

OS:
Windows 7 64 bit. (Fresh install)

Hard drive:
840PRO 256GB (Model: MZ-7PD256)

Monitors:
BenQ (Model: XL2720-B) Running at 120Hz Three of them running on CrossFireX with the resolution 5870 X 1080

Game:
When I run BF4 I am getting a low fps of 48 and a high of 75. It hangs around 50 to 60 fps.

I have read until my eyes blead and tried so many different ideas. I have dropped my quality in bf4 to low. and I get these fps. Is this what I should expect from this system? Allot of money for bad fps.

Please post your opinions and any advice that comes to your minds. I am stumped.

P.S. The photo I have that is under my name is my old rig. But a very simular water cooling system. The new system has a car radiator outside with a box fan blowing through it and a .6 hp continuous duty water pump. The water is staying COLD this time of year. So if you touch my water blocks they are ice cold.

I really would love to hear everyone's opinion and advice.

Gam3r01 · Nov 23, 2014

Its likely due to your processor. That processor has a passmark lower than a fx 6300 which could explain your lower fps.
In game, what is your CPU and GPU usage.

tsmith154 · Nov 23, 2014

Gam3r01 :

cpu: all 8 lines show 50 to 70% usage.

GPU: I use MSI Afterburner and that holds the gpu's to there max all the time. 1120MHz. But even if I do not use Afterburner they are maxed at 1000MHz.

What CPU would you recommend.

Gam3r01 · Nov 23, 2014

I mean the %usage not the clock speeds.

As for a processor, that would depend on your budget. Your board will support a i7 980, but I would recommend a new Z97 or X99 system.

tsmith154 · Nov 23, 2014

Gam3r01 :

Sorry about my slow replies. I keep refreshing the screen to look for your replies. Budget? Humm. Lets say $200 What chip would recommend for this mother board.

Oh, percentage. Yep the cpu according to msi afterburner the cpu is using 50% to maybe 70%. The graphics cards 100%.

What do you think about ram. Any upgrade helpful there?

Gam3r01 · Nov 23, 2014

Well almost all, if not all the lga 1366 processors are hard to come by. So you wouldnt be able to get one for your current motherboard, and a new board and cpu are a bit more expensive.
The ram shouldnt be too much of an issue.

tsmith154 · Nov 23, 2014

Gam3r01 :

The z97 or x99 systems. I just opened links to them. I am so outdated with my knowledge. Will these motherboards be able to use my cpu cip and ram? or do I need to replace the board, cpu, and ram.

With my power and gpu configuration with out any intention to expand what board would be the best with no worries about expanding.

Gam3r01 · Nov 23, 2014

You would need a new CPU and Motherboard if you made the switch. Ram should carry.

tsmith154 · Nov 23, 2014

I looks like these boards take a two stick combination.

Hum, OK. I am not asking for you to design my system. But this is good stuff. I do not mind building this new one.

Now, Board, ram, and cpu. with the power supply and my graphics cards. With no desire to expand. No more slots needed. What would be a great balanced combination.

Of course I would like to overclock the heck out of it.

Let's say, budget $500 to 600.

Gam3r01 · Nov 23, 2014

I like the 4690k and the ASUS Z97-A. Coupled with whatever 1600mhz ram is cheapest.

tsmith154 · Nov 23, 2014

From you opinion. Do you think $500 would cover it or could I get something better for $500 to $600?

RobCrezz · Nov 23, 2014

Your current cpu at 4.4Ghz really shouldnt be a bottlneck, them first gen i7s still perform well when overclocked.

Have you tried disabling hyper threading in the bios and see if that makes any difference? to the CPU core usage also.

Gam3r01 · Nov 23, 2014

500 would be good for the upgrade.
Here is the components, even including ram.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.92 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $433.89
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-23 15:40 EST-0500

tsmith154 · Nov 23, 2014

I will double check about the hyper threading. I believe I always have that turned off because I over clock. But it has been along time since I have been in the bios and trying to push a bit harder. So I will check today.

Why do you think these fps are low. Or do you think this the max I should get.

tsmith154 · Nov 23, 2014

Gam3r01 :

Yikes! no problem with that budget. You did allot of work for me. You are very helpful. Thank you.

Cooling, I am so covered on the cooling. I will just put a water block on anything that generates heat. The water pump is for a high pressure 800+ gph pump with 1" id. tubing going up to a 1.5" id manifold at the computer that every water block is run in parallel with 3/8" id. tubing with no chokes. All hoses are wide open and with allot of pressure behind them.
I will wait for a couple of days and surly take any advice from others and listen to what they have to say as well. But again. You are so helpful...

RobCrezz · Nov 23, 2014

tsmith154 :

You should be getting 60+ FPS with them graphics cards.

Have you actually monitored you CPU temps (incase the waterblock isnt making good contact or something)?

Usually if you had a CPU bottleneck then it would be pretty much maxing out CPU usage.

tsmith154 · Nov 23, 2014

That makes allot of sense. Yep, I have been using the msi afterburner at looking at its graphs for all cores. They never go above 45c. That only because it is down in the 30's F outside and the water is ice cold.

Gosh though. What do you think it is then.

Maybe the mother board chocking everything down communicating between each other?

RobCrezz · Nov 23, 2014

You said you have 8 threads showing so you must have HT on.

tsmith154 · Nov 23, 2014

Hey! your right! I have an opportunity for improvement. Thanks for catching that.

My wife wants to go out for dinner now. I will be back to check for any updates with all this help you both have been giving me. This is so unexpected to have such great help and with in such a short period of time. I cannot say enough. Thank you.

P.S. I will post my results when I come back and do that test with the HT.

tsmith154 · Nov 23, 2014

Gam3r01 :

Do you think if I though another $100 on top of the chip will help for the future? total $300 for the chip. (SR21A intel core i5 fclga1150 quad core 3.50GHz 6mb...)

tsmith154 · Nov 24, 2014

Well, I want to thank everyone for the help and I found when I turn off HT my cpu overclocked to 4.4 MHz now was confirmed running 4 cores and running bf4 on low settings I was shocked to see all for cores running at 98 to 100% use. Maxed out. Choking my system down. I took the advice of buying a new board, cpu, and ram. I have monitors costing me over $1000, my gpu's about $800 to $900, and of course power supply blaw blaw and more blaw. So from this said I decided to buy this:

CPU: I7 4930K $460 (New Egg)
Ram: Quad ddr3 2400MHz G.skil Ripjaws z 16gb $180 (Amazon)
Board: Asus x79-deluxe $300 (New Egg)>

I have not purchased them yet. If anyone knows of a better price on any of these components PLEASE tell me. I am hoping for black Friday to help some of this bill.

If anyone has a different opinion of what I am buying then share your thoughts.

RobCrezz · Nov 25, 2014

The X79 systems are discontinued, been replaced by X99

Look at the X99 and i7 5820k + DDR4, or for a cheaper option the Z97 + i7 4790k

tsmith154 · Nov 25, 2014

RobCrezz :

Thank you so much. You just saved me a great disappointment with myself when I found I just purchased out dated hardware.

My goal with this new build is to not choke my two R9 290X cards. I would like to buy hardware that is balanced with those cards. If anything, equal to the cards would be my best hope and if need to be a little better then the two gpu cards. From that said what do you recommend.

I will look up the prices for your recommendations right now. I am surely not going to buy what you recommended not to buy.

Thanks again.

RobCrezz · Nov 25, 2014

If its purely gaming pc then a Z97 board and 4970k will do you just fine!

The 6 core systems like the 5820k really dont have any advantage in gaming at the moment, but are great at anything highly threaded.

tsmith154 · Nov 25, 2014

RobCrezz :

GA-Z97X-Gaming3 (nextwarehouse.com) pt#1553000 for $133
i7 4790K (Tiger Direct.com) for $300

Sound good?

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