Graphic card or cpu bottleneck?

rallygv806 · Sep 28, 2015

Im very dissapointed by not finding the problem for the lag spikes i get at games even when the graphic settings are low.

these are my specs:

GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 windforce
CPU: Intel Core I7 - 4790 CPU 3.60 Ghz
16 Gb of Ram memory
My monitor is a Benq 24¨ 1920 x 1080 60hz

Windows 7 Professional

Please if you can help me find the way to fix this problem.

rallygv806 · Sep 28, 2015

No, this is the first one

Rogue Leader · Sep 28, 2015

Monitoring your CPU and GPU usage? That can tell you fairly quickly of some issues.

Scibbo · Sep 28, 2015

Are your drivers up to date?
I know the last drver update by nivida was lousy and caused alot of issues.

rallygv806 · Sep 28, 2015

Today i saw there was a new driver, i had not installed it yet, but while playing my gpu usage stays only at 46% and the fps drops causing the game to lag and the sounds cuts with lag too

Rogue Leader · Sep 28, 2015

rallygv806 :

Whats your CPU usage look like at that point?

rallygv806 · Sep 28, 2015

My CPU usage is always at 100%

Rogue Leader · Sep 28, 2015

That is a CPU bottleneck however that CPU should not have an issue with high gaming with this card. Can you give us the games and what you're seeing and at what resolution.

RobCrezz · Sep 28, 2015

rallygv806 :

Check CPU temps. Are you using the stock cooler?

rallygv806 · Sep 29, 2015

CPU temps are normal and im using the stock cooler, the games that im trying are The Crew (with low settings getting some lag not smooth gameplay)
GTA V (its almost impossible to play fps are 10 to 15 in low settings)
Saints Row 3 (low graphics or high the lag is almost the same)
Metro 2033 (and last light in low graphics)
Beam ng (low graphics)

This CPU I7 4790 3.60 Ghz i opened with parkcontrol and there says that this cpu has only 1 core, and in the intel website appears that this cpu has 4 cores?

Rogue Leader · Sep 29, 2015

rallygv806 :

Can you confirm elsewhere if all your cores are working? Maybe something with parkcontrol has caused an issue. Task manager can show this, as can other programs.

rallygv806 · Sep 29, 2015

It seems to be that this cpu really has only one core is this possible? http://imgur.com/au0R9Jg

rallygv806 · Sep 29, 2015

This one is with the CPU Z app. http://imgur.com/tOshEXk

Rogue Leader · Sep 29, 2015

Ok can you undo whatever you did with parkcontrol, and disable anything else you are using to manipulate the processor, overclock, etc.

On the bottom right in CPU Z it should say 4 cores and 8 threads. The fact it doesn't is your issue.

rallygv806 · Sep 29, 2015

I undo the only thing i made with parkcontrol that was put more performance, and i didnt overclocked it or manipulated it in other ways.

Rogue Leader · Sep 29, 2015

rallygv806 :

Ok after you reboot does your PC go back to 4 cores? If not can you go into your BIOS and see if 4 cores are showing up?

RobCrezz · Sep 30, 2015

rallygv806 :

I would suggest updating your motherboard bios to the latest version, then setting it to "optimized defaults".

Then go into windows, open MSCONFIG, go to the boot tab, then click advanced options, select "number of processors", it should be set to 4 or 8 (may be 8 as the i7 has 8 threads with HT).

rallygv806 · Sep 30, 2015

I will try to update it now, in my bios on advanced settings this appears (its in spanish) nucleos de procesador is the quantity of cores. http://imgur.com/wxsl26f
And i saw the the advaned CPU settings and there it says Active cores - ALL.

Rogue Leader · Sep 30, 2015

rallygv806 :

Ok thats really good, still update the BIOS if there is an update available. Then head back to windows and check again. in windows in CPU-Z

rallygv806 · Sep 30, 2015

This could be in some way a motherboard issue? (Didn't updated yet)

Rogue Leader · Sep 30, 2015

rallygv806 :

Anything is possible, but the fact it shows up in the BIOS correctly says the motherboard "sees" the chip properly. It has to be something else somewhere along the way in the boot process..

rallygv806 · Oct 2, 2015

I was looking for updating the Bios and i came up to this, in the Asus webpage the motherboard does not have my cpu in the supported cpu lists
My motherboard is the ASUS P8B75-M/CSM. http://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/P8B75MCSM/HelpDesk_CPU/

RobCrezz · Oct 2, 2015

I dont think that is your motherboard, as your CPU (i7 4790) wouldnt even function at all, it has a different socket type.

Rogue Leader · Oct 2, 2015

rallygv806 :

Thats not your motherboard, your CPU is LGA1150

rallygv806 · Oct 2, 2015

Sorry this is my motherboard H81M-K. Just updated my BIOS and nothing changed still running 1 core 1 thread

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