Higher-end PC experiencing extremely low performance on games.
I recently made some considerable hardware upgrades to my PC as well as performing a fresh install of Windows 7 64 bit and all other programs/drivers. Unfortunately after getting everything set up and squared away again, I found that even my lowest-demand games ran at only about 30 FPS at 1080p with occasional spikes into the mid 40 range, and frequent dips into 20 FPS and below (even Solitaire gets low frames occasionally). I've tried everything I can think of short of tearing my entire PC apart and reassembling it again. I've done several fresh OS installs to make sure nothing went wrong, removed and reinstalled each and every driver I have, updated my BIOS, you name it. I have also browsed quite a few forum topics with similar issues to mine and followed their advice, but have had no luck in that department either.
As far as I can tell, I've narrowed the issue down to two possible culprits: It's likely either something to do with the CPU or the PSU. For the CPU, I've reinstalled all drivers and updated the chip-sets to the latest versions, as well as making sure all four cores are unparked, but that hasn't fixed it. I'm suspecting the PSU because it was part of my most recent upgrade and could potentially be faulty; that, or there is some kind of issue with the cables themselves as I've checked all the connections and made sure they were secure. But before I do anything else too drastic or time consuming, I figured I'd see if anyone here knew of a potentially easier fix for this.
My specs are as follows:
- ASUS H97-PLUS Motherboard
- Intel i7 4790k Quad Core CPU
- 16 GB HYPERX RAM (2x8GB)
- EVGA GTX 980 Ti GPU
- EVGA Supernova 850W PSU
The upgrades I made here were to the GPU, the PSU and the RAM. Previously I had a GTX 970, a Corsair CX500 and 8 GB of RAM. I also upgraded to a new CD Drive and Storage Devices, but I'm mostly confident that those aren't the issue). Everything ran perfectly before I upgraded, and before I performed the fresh install of Windows 7 (which I'm sure is what cause all of this). The drivers may well still be the problem, but at this point I've done all I can think of to make sure they're all up to date- Windows itself as well as several third party programs tell me that everything checks out driver-wise.
Overheating isn't the problem either, as far as I can tell, as there's no dust or other debris/obstructions within the critical components- new case, new fans and filters, etc.
I'm also confident that it's not a faulty GPU because I've tried pulling out the 980 Ti and replacing it with my older 970. I still get the same low performance problems, only with about one or two lost frames. So... I'm stumped.
If anyone has any ideas, I'd be glad to hear them. I've been trying to fix this issue for the better part of two weeks and I cannot figure it out. Here's hoping it's something simple I missed.
Thanks.
I recently made some considerable hardware upgrades to my PC as well as performing a fresh install of Windows 7 64 bit and all other programs/drivers. Unfortunately after getting everything set up and squared away again, I found that even my lowest-demand games ran at only about 30 FPS at 1080p with occasional spikes into the mid 40 range, and frequent dips into 20 FPS and below (even Solitaire gets low frames occasionally). I've tried everything I can think of short of tearing my entire PC apart and reassembling it again. I've done several fresh OS installs to make sure nothing went wrong, removed and reinstalled each and every driver I have, updated my BIOS, you name it. I have also browsed quite a few forum topics with similar issues to mine and followed their advice, but have had no luck in that department either.
As far as I can tell, I've narrowed the issue down to two possible culprits: It's likely either something to do with the CPU or the PSU. For the CPU, I've reinstalled all drivers and updated the chip-sets to the latest versions, as well as making sure all four cores are unparked, but that hasn't fixed it. I'm suspecting the PSU because it was part of my most recent upgrade and could potentially be faulty; that, or there is some kind of issue with the cables themselves as I've checked all the connections and made sure they were secure. But before I do anything else too drastic or time consuming, I figured I'd see if anyone here knew of a potentially easier fix for this.
My specs are as follows:
- ASUS H97-PLUS Motherboard
- Intel i7 4790k Quad Core CPU
- 16 GB HYPERX RAM (2x8GB)
- EVGA GTX 980 Ti GPU
- EVGA Supernova 850W PSU
The upgrades I made here were to the GPU, the PSU and the RAM. Previously I had a GTX 970, a Corsair CX500 and 8 GB of RAM. I also upgraded to a new CD Drive and Storage Devices, but I'm mostly confident that those aren't the issue). Everything ran perfectly before I upgraded, and before I performed the fresh install of Windows 7 (which I'm sure is what cause all of this). The drivers may well still be the problem, but at this point I've done all I can think of to make sure they're all up to date- Windows itself as well as several third party programs tell me that everything checks out driver-wise.
Overheating isn't the problem either, as far as I can tell, as there's no dust or other debris/obstructions within the critical components- new case, new fans and filters, etc.
I'm also confident that it's not a faulty GPU because I've tried pulling out the 980 Ti and replacing it with my older 970. I still get the same low performance problems, only with about one or two lost frames. So... I'm stumped.
If anyone has any ideas, I'd be glad to hear them. I've been trying to fix this issue for the better part of two weeks and I cannot figure it out. Here's hoping it's something simple I missed.
Thanks.
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