Why is my pc faster in gaming than my dad's pc?If he has better specs

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Hi there.I was wondering today.My dad bought himself a new pc about a year ago.It is a i5 4670K cpu,8gb corsair vengeance 1600mhz ram,asus direct cuii gtx 760 oc edition with coolermaster water cooling and a corsair vs550 powersupply.My setup is i5 3470 cpu,8gb Kingston 1333mhz ram,gigabyte gtx 670 windforce,no custom cooling just fans with a corsair vs650 power supply.I tested my pc vs his in far cry 4.I get 45 - 60 fps on ultra at1080p.He cant get that frames on high settings even, he gets about 40-50 on high settings,somethimes dropping jus below 40 ,if its on ultra it goes in the low 30's.Any body know why mine will be faster?since the gtx 670 and 760 are basically the same but his cpu is better doesn't make sense
 
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Actually, 670 and 760 are not quite the same. In fact, 670 is slightly faster in all respects. Depending on the game, differences vary from several percent to as much as 25% in favor of 670. Your 670 has more shading units (1344 vs 1152) and more texture mapping units (112 vs 96). This can be quite a difference in some games, even if all other things are equal.

Your dad's CPU has almost nothing to do with it in this case - believe it or not, even a 5-year old i5 2500 is still as good for gaming as the most recent i5s from series 4. Difference is maybe 20% at best in terms of raw CPU performance, which translates to nearly zero difference in gaming as most games are dependant on the GPU, not the CPU.

The other issue might be cooling on...
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Actually, 670 and 760 are not quite the same. In fact, 670 is slightly faster in all respects. Depending on the game, differences vary from several percent to as much as 25% in favor of 670. Your 670 has more shading units (1344 vs 1152) and more texture mapping units (112 vs 96). This can be quite a difference in some games, even if all other things are equal.

Your dad's CPU has almost nothing to do with it in this case - believe it or not, even a 5-year old i5 2500 is still as good for gaming as the most recent i5s from series 4. Difference is maybe 20% at best in terms of raw CPU performance, which translates to nearly zero difference in gaming as most games are dependant on the GPU, not the CPU.

The other issue might be cooling on your dad's PC - if something is not working right, he might have overheating issues on the CPU and it might be throttling, thus reducing performance. Try to record his CPU temps while gaming, using Open HW Monitor or similar utilities.

In short: you have a better GPU, and his CPU might (check this) be overheating. Regardless of water cooling. It needs to function properly, after all.
 
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