Why does my video card give lower performance than other's who have the same?

domika8 · May 9, 2015

Hi guys!
I got my new computer about half years ago, and i got an 550w power supply in it and i have an r7 260x 1gb and an fx6300. I want to ask, that can my power supply affect the performance of the video card? Or what can the problem be? Because i see a lot of videos, where people play with that config games on high or ultra graphics that i cant even run on low smoothly.

Thanks for the answers!

1LiquidPC · May 9, 2015

What are your temps like? Is it possible your throttling? If people are running the same configuration as you, your performance should be pretty close, within a small margin of error anyways.

domika8 · May 9, 2015

1LiquidPC :

Here's my temperatures (i used openhardwaremonitor):

SkylerJacobs · May 9, 2015

Liquid was referring to in game temperatures.

domika8 · May 9, 2015

SkylerJacobs :

And sometimes my pc crashes too, the screen stops and there is sound looping.

1LiquidPC · May 9, 2015

Could still be temperature related. In-game temps are what would need recorded.

domika8 · May 9, 2015

1LiquidPC :

Those are the temperatures what i had during playing with games. ( the last picture i sent)

1LiquidPC · May 9, 2015

Ok, your temps appear to be fine then. I'm guessing you've tried the usual driver updates, updated BIOS, ect? What brand/model 550W do you have? Has you PC always done this since it was new, or has this started recently?

domika8 · May 11, 2015

1LiquidPC :

It is doing that almost from beggining but i thought it will work fine later. I have the newest drivers and newest BIOS what is possible for my motherboard.
I got this PSU: http://approx.es/APP550PS#.VVDVQvmqrdg

1LiquidPC · May 11, 2015

Forget to ask another question which may explain your perfomance issue? What resolution monitor are you running when gaming? What about the videos your watching, are they running the same? Also, a quick review from Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007G97KHO shows that someone w/ same PSU as your had problems, replaced it, and fixed. They were gaming as well. I'm not familiar w/ the brand, but it doesn't seem to be a quality unit. It could explain your shutdowns as well, even though your way under the rated power.

domika8 · May 12, 2015

1LiquidPC :

I play on 1920x1080 led monitor.
Do you think if i bring it back and get a new one of this psu (beacuse i have 1,5 year warranty on it) would fix it?

domika8 · May 12, 2015

1LiquidPC :

And i dont know what is the problem, but i see people running games with 40-50 fps smoothly but if i get under 60 my game is stuttering and lagging sooo hard.

1LiquidPC · May 12, 2015

Do you have V-Sync enabled in games, as I've read that when it's enabled, in certain games that can't maintain 60 FPS will have to drop to 30, or even 15 for refresh rate multiples. I can't verify how truthful this is though, as I don't usually monitor my actual FPS.

domika8 · May 13, 2015

1LiquidPC :

Yes, I have always turned it off.

1LiquidPC · May 14, 2015

Well, that answers that, no v-sync enabled. I'd say it's at least possible its the PSU, being that it's not a quality one. You would need another PSU to try anyways, any way to borrow one? Have you tried re-installing the OS itself to try that?

domika8 · May 15, 2015

1LiquidPC :

Yes, I tried re-installing many my OS many times, i tried win7-8-8.1. No change.

domika8 · May 15, 2015

1LiquidPC :

Yes, I tried re-installing many my OS many times, i tried win7-8-8.1. No change.

1LiquidPC · May 15, 2015

Might want to swap out the PSU then as you mentioned earlier, or borrow one if available.

domika8 · May 16, 2015

1LiquidPC :

Okay, I will try it, thanks for help

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