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Hi Guys
I need your help. I am looking to upgrade my current gaming system, but i am not sure what is the next step for me.

This christmas i got a GTX970, I tried it out, but it seems like the bottleneck was my CPU and not the GPU. Im not sure what the next step for me should be? should i try to exchange my new GTX 970 for a MOBO+CPU upgrade or should i try to sell the 770 and by the MOBO+ CPU upgrade? or am i just oblivious to what the next step should be? pls help me

I am currently using the stock intel CPU cooler. Should i get a better cooler and try overclocking? (added in update)

My system:
CPU: i5-2500 3.30 GHz 3.60GHz
MEM: 8GB ram
GPU: GTX 770 2 GB
MOBO: Z68AP-D3
PSU: 500W (80+ bronze) RX.500AF

SSD 840 EVO as primary (added in update)

The most requiring games i have is BF4 and AC unity
 
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Then its most likely that it's Beta, thats why you had such FPS drop. Luckily you won't need to buy anything else. Your computer is set and ready for hardcore games. Good luck. Happy I helped.
Regards, Luka. ^^
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For the most part i get good framerates. like above 60 at highest settings. The problem is that i get lag spikes. the frames drop below 10 (according to FRAPS) but its more like 1 frame pr. 2 seconds.
When this happened the GPU wasen't hot and the power consumption wasen't high.

The CPU however seem to be working 100% on all cores.

I tried lowering the graphic settings to high (which is below what i was running on the GTX 770). and i get frames between 80 and 130 (or higher) but I still get lag spikes and 100% utilization of CPU (frames dropping to like 20).

I have currently tried switching back to the GTX 770 and I am trying to benchmark, but there seem to be some login issue with BF4 these days.

I found this thread:
https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/781982/geforce-drivers/nvidia-geforce-gtx-900-series-feedback-gathering-low-gpu-load-and-other-issues-/1/

and im currently confused if its my CPU and/or the 970 that is causing the spikes. If there where no spikes i would have great performance on ultra settings in BF4. AC unity was running on highest settings as well, but after some time it started bugging. the game has however been unstable since launch, so i think its bad for benchmarking ;)
 
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Lag spikes are always there in FPS games especially in BF3 and BF4. I know they might get down, but really low if there is a bunch of teammates and enemies and a lot of grenades and what not. Then it without a doubt gets really low. But it a bit suspicious that it gets down from 80'130 to drop to 20. Hmm, did you try benching it on other games. AC Unity is not meant for benching yet. Its really unoptimized.
P.S. There are some hacking attacks currently running onto Origin so thats why its down.
 
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I mostly play BF4 and SC2, and SC2 doesn't require that much, so no i dont really have other benchmarks. When i can get onto a server i will at least have the BF4 GTX 770 benchmark.

but according to the thread i posted above, these sudden lag spikes are a driver thing with the 900 series. I dont remember the game becoming unplayable when using the gtx 770. So i think it might be so.
So i am a bit unsure about the GTX 970 card as well as my bottleneck problem
 
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uhm :( not sure. i used the CD initially, and then i think i was able to upgrade through the software. If you need to specifically pick a download saying beta to get that, i did not do anything like that.

also upgraded the Geforce experience
 
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Then its most likely that it's Beta, thats why you had such FPS drop. Luckily you won't need to buy anything else. Your computer is set and ready for hardcore games. Good luck. Happy I helped.
Regards, Luka. ^^
 
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i use a samsung SSD 840 EVO as primary with 14,6 GB spare capacity + a HDD for other stuff, but BF4 which i benchmarked is on the SSD

 
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