Just installed new GPU, still getting tremendous lag.

mustang-wolf

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Hey guys. Now, I've got myself a decent build, but I'm getting tremendous amounts of lag in the simplest of games. I though upgrading my GPU would work, but alas, nothing. I get around 10fps in most games, and if things heat up (gunplay and running while facing forward) I drop down to 0-2fps.

Here's my setup.

AMD Phenom II x4 955 3.20 GHz

450w Ultra PSU (standard cables, had to use adapters for the GPU)

MSI Geforce GTX 970

4gb RAM

249GB free of 1.8TB Seagate HDD.

Little thing to note, the moron that put my computer together decided he didn't have enough room to properly put the heatsink on the CPU. So he broke off the top of the motherboard clamp. The fan won't even spin up on it's own due to this. I have to boot the computer, then reach in and spin the fan once or twice for it to get going. Chances are, the CPU is overheating like hell. Therefore, I'm going to be getting a new cooling system ASAP. That's the first on the list.

Anyway, back to the lag. It's unbearable, and makes me believe that I upgraded from a 650 to a 970 for no reason whatsoever, and that's one painful feeling, man. Could anyone help me make my money worth it?
 
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83C is too high. I have a 1090T (OC), and those puppies are running at 32-35 C on idle (mind you, with that huge cooler on my pic). Besides, wasn't my very first sentence about the cooling? I didn't see you reply while typing up the prev post.

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I will when I have more money.

The thing is, everything ran fine up until just before Christmas. That's when the lag started. Hell, even with the 650 it ran like a dream.
 

wekilledkenny

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You need better cooling for that 125W chip... CoolerMaster Evo 212 is a good low-budget alternative, there are better out there obviously.
Also, 450 watt PSU is not feeding enough juice to your video card.
CPU+board+RAM+HDD is somewhere around 250 watts, which leaves 200 watts for the video card.
Depending on the 12-volt rail quality, this might not be enough. You need at least 30 Amps on yout 12-volt rail(s), if not 35-40 for the 970.

4 gigs of RAM is getting quite low. I have 3.8 GB available using Windows 7 and with Firefox playing a YouTube video, with 8 GB, meaning 4.2 are used.

Clean up and defrag the HDD.
 

mustang-wolf

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Well... I don't quite think this is the problem. I went and got hardwaremonitor.

I'm scared.

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wekilledkenny

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83C is too high. I have a 1090T (OC), and those puppies are running at 32-35 C on idle (mind you, with that huge cooler on my pic). Besides, wasn't my very first sentence about the cooling? I didn't see you reply while typing up the prev post.
 
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mustang-wolf

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So, don't freak out on me, but I did fix it in a kind of horrible way. Applied some Arctic MX-2 thermal paste, and ziptied an old Cooler Master heatsink from a Beigepc to the Cheatsink clamp. (AMD-2+ slot, so the clamp has a holes above the screws. Perfect for zipties.)

Ziptied.

Either way, now my temps are an average 36C. Only spike to 60C on Far Cry 4 after EXTREMELY long times of constant gaming. Every other game runs fine. Temps will be much better by the end of next month. New cooler, and I still have one application left of the MX-2 for when I switch the coolers. Then I'll just pick up some more when problems arise.
 

wekilledkenny

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If it has air being moved across, it is better than before lol.
Also, new cooler (if you buy new) will have at least one application of heatsink compound