Is My Cpu Not Able To Keep Up With My Gpu

Audatious Xtreme · Feb 17, 2015

i recived my evga gtx 970 FTW earlier today, i have updated my drivers and everything, but i have noticed that the only thing that changed was my benchmark score, but only in the part that depends on the gpu. the issue is no mater what games i play i have been getting the same fps as before with my old card, being a evga gtx 750. which has led me to the conclusion to be that my cpu is not able to keep up with my gpu.

rgd1101 · Feb 17, 2015

not liking your other thread?
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2542066/gpu-fast-cpu.html
deleted.

PS don't duplicate post again.

Julius_01 · Feb 17, 2015

What kind of CPU do you have?

Audatious Xtreme · Feb 17, 2015

rgd1101 :

sorry about that its just that i marked as solved by accident

Audatious Xtreme · Feb 17, 2015

Julius_01 :

amd fx 8320 OC 3.9 ghz

rgd1101 · Feb 17, 2015

which games? compare with same resolution/detail level?

Julius_01 · Feb 17, 2015

Audatious Xtreme :

Your CPU should be able to keep up with your GPU. Maybe this is your problem: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/198223-investigating-the-gtx-970-does-nvidias-penultimate-gpu-have-a-memory-problem (it's a pretty recent story, so this could be your problem)

Audatious Xtreme · Feb 17, 2015

rgd1101 :

Julius_01 :

thats not it i feel like my cpu is lacking because on games like arma 3 no mater what settings i run get get arround 20 fps the exact same as my old gtx 750

Audatious Xtreme · Feb 17, 2015

rgd1101 :

mainly arma 3, at 1080p lowest settings on both gpus i only run 20 fps. to be honest half the reason i bought this gpu is to run arma 3 and soon dayz when i get the money, and im worried i wont even be able to run dayz

rgd1101 · Feb 17, 2015

temp on your cpu? is the oc stable? what cooler?

Julius_01 · Feb 17, 2015

Audatious Xtreme :

Can you send a CPUZ screenshot? (download link: http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html)

Audatious Xtreme · Feb 17, 2015

rgd1101 :

temps stay around 110-120*F only using stock cooler. is it possibly a problem because i overclocked it using amd catalyst?

Julius_01 · Feb 17, 2015

Audatious Xtreme :

No that temperature is fine

Audatious Xtreme · Feb 17, 2015

Julius_01 :

Audatious Xtreme :

Can you send a CPUZ screenshot? (download link: http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html)

okay i took one but how do paste it here?

Julius_01 · Feb 17, 2015

Audatious Xtreme :

Julius_01 :

okay i took one but how do paste it here?

Just upload it to: http://postimg.org/ and send us a link

Audatious Xtreme · Feb 17, 2015

Julius_01 :

Audatious Xtreme :

Just upload it to: http://postimg.org/ and send us a link

http://postimg.org/image/pej42flwt/b208376a/ sorry i have 2 monitors and it took one of both. i am not playing games on both though. just one

Audatious Xtreme · Feb 17, 2015

any by the way guys even when in most games my cpu never goes up to 100% usage normally stays at arround 25%-40%

Audatious Xtreme · Feb 17, 2015

and my dram on cpu-z frequency is only 800mhz does that mean anything? becuase i have 1600 mhz ram

Julius_01 · Feb 17, 2015

I've checked it out and your CPU does not bottleneck your GPU in any way. Do you have the latest drivers installed? (not from the CD but from NVIDEA's site)

Audatious Xtreme · Feb 17, 2015

Julius_01 :

i have the latest drivers installed on my gpu using geforce experience, are there drivers for my cpu that i might need to find?

Julius_01 · Feb 17, 2015

Audatious Xtreme :

Which operating system do you have?

Audatious Xtreme · Feb 17, 2015

Julius_01 :

windows 7 64 bit. i just am feeling like my cpu is holding my gpu back because of the fact that i run the same fps as i did with a 2 year old card that i do with the top of the line gtx 970

Julius_01 · Feb 17, 2015

Do you have this driver already? http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/81877 it was released feb. 10th

Audatious Xtreme · Feb 17, 2015

Julius_01 :

yes i do. like i said before though i even got the achivement BRAWN on the 3dmark benchmark that says you gpu is ready to rumble but your cpu doesnt want to play. could that have anything to do with my motherboard? i have a biostar ta970

Julius_01 · Feb 17, 2015

Audatious Xtreme :

Both your CPU and GPU are compatible with that motherboard, so that shouldn't be a problem. But I just remembered that it could be possible that your CPU is overheating because on some CPU's the temperature measurements are faulty.

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