Not sure why my fps is so low :(

Dalkaza · Nov 4, 2015

Hey guys,

I'm running a 3 year old rig I built for gaming. At the time I could run anything full settings but now I can barely even run Ark on the lowest settings. Here's my specs:
2x - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 's running SLI.
16GB DDR3
i5-2550K 3.4GHz Quad Core
This motherboard

My question is, should I upgrade my processor or gpu? Or did I maybe miss something in the bios for full optimization of the cards?

Hawkshot · Nov 4, 2015

Upgrade the GPU's the 560TI is so old now that even with SLI games don't run too well off of them, where as your CPU is fine and should run games fairly well itself, maybe upgrade the GPU and the CPU cooler and OC your processor a bit and you should be fine

TheDankMemer · Nov 4, 2015

Hawkshot :

Plus, SLI scaling is terrible on a lot of games

Hawkshot · Nov 4, 2015

agreed. with most SLI setups you will only get about 130-160% of the GPU performance from going with an SLI setup

TheDankMemer · Nov 4, 2015

What I'd do is sell the 560Tis SEPARATELY and get a R9 390, assuming that you had a good beefy PSU for SLI

Hawkshot · Nov 4, 2015

for the same price you can get a GTX 970 which has lower power draw and higher performance in most games at 60Mhz on a 1080p monitor (which seems to be the most common monitor type)

andy_Man · Nov 4, 2015

Hawkshot :

Yeah but the r9 390 has 8 gigs of ram and supports async compute. Above 1080p it's closer to the gtx 980 performance. At 1080p it trades blows with the gtx 970.

TheDankMemer · Nov 4, 2015

Hawkshot :

I would say the performance is the same or the GTX 970 has a very MINIMAL advantage, btw the 390 costs like $40-70 less and has 8GBs of VRAM

Hawkshot · Nov 4, 2015

andy_Man :

Yes I would agree with this at anything above 1080p the r9 390 is a better choice I am going off the assumption that most people game on 1080p that OP uses a 1080p monitor, and it is fairly close when it comes to performance my preference comes down to marginally better performance, lower power consumption, lower temps and from what ive tested the 970's are usually quitter than the r9 390

Hawkshot · Nov 4, 2015

TheDankMemer :

This is complete Regional depending on where people are from depends on how much they can get parts on, for where you are this maybe a fact but where I am from the GTX 970 is lower in price

TheDankMemer · Nov 4, 2015

Hawkshot :

TheDankMemer :

This is complete Regional depending on where people are from depends on how much they can get parts on, for where you are this maybe a fact but where I am from the GTX 970 is lower in price

I'm in Ireland, and I'm assuming the OP is in the US, the 390 is the same price here in Ireland

Dalkaza · Nov 4, 2015

Thanks guys, I gather that I'll be upgrading my GPU and overclocking my CPU. I already have a badass cpu cooler (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118223) so no need to upgrade there

TheDankMemer · Nov 4, 2015

Dalkaza :

That cooler is just a big... No-No for OCing, get a H5 Ultimate dude

Hawkshot · Nov 5, 2015

Get either the 212 evo or the Nocta D14 if you're looking to OC your computer on air cooling

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