Low CPU and RAM clock/usage as well as low GPU usage in games. Help?

Zaneisback

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Hi all! I noticed after attempting to diagnose my low FPS issues on any setting in games that my GPU usage was incredibly low, around 50% maximum and average. After trolling the forum and the rest of the internet came up with no solutions, I decided to determine if the issue was a CPU or RAM bottleneck. Low FPS by the way is 30.8 FPS on average. It never seems to go up very much.

The answer? Well kind of maybe.

I found by looking at the performance tab in task manager that CPU clock was 1.32 GHz and games were only using 56% of it at max, and my RAM was clocked at 533 MHz.

The kicker about this situation is it CAN'T be my card as I replaced it just today with a new one. My first thought was that this was a motherboard issue, but I can't be sure.

Please if you have any idea, let's figure this mess out together.

Specs:

GTX EVGA 780 Not OC replaced GTX MSI 760 4GDR5 OC/TF

MSI 970 gaming motherboard

FX-8350 CPU (Supposed to be as specified in BIOS) clocked at 4.0 GHz

Patriot Sector 5 RAM Factory clock 1066 Mhz overclocked to 1866 stable (Problem still arises UN overclocked)

CM 690 II advanced case

Thank you if you do end up replying. I appreciate it.
 

Zaneisback

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That's exactly what I've been keeping up with ever since I discovered the problem. I just double checked and every driver is up to date as well as BIOS version. Even though the problem has persisted after updating the BIOS and multiple drivers.
 

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After calling MSI all that they could do was issue an RMA. Everything is plugged in and nothing is underclocked in the BIOS. I will likely be buying a Gigabyte board next month as that was recommended by a good friend of mine. Do you have any solid motherboard choices that I should go after that's within $150? I would greatly appreciate it.