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I recently replaced my old GTX 580 with a GTX 970, and hardly noticed any difference at all in performance. Sure, the 970 consumes very little power, its whisper quiet, and if it was any colder, I would worry that the sensor is faulty or something.
BUT, its performance in games barely exceeds that of the GTX 580, and in some cases it doesnt exceed it at all.
Which leads me to believe that the rest of my PC is to blame, maybe the CPU or RAM are bottlenecking it?
More specifically,
- Blade & Soul, that game was running at mostly 60 FPS on my 580, but there were areas that there's noticeable drops down to 50 or even 47-48. Same thing with the 970.
- Skyrim, that game is running at pretty much the same framerate as well. Mind you, I have a LOT of mods, some of which are texture packs and have an impact on performance, which is why I wanted a GTX 970 in the first place. But still, in certain "tough" areas, I see 45-50 FPS, and its constant, unless I turn the camera facing elsewhere.
- World of Tanks, that game could very well be unoptimized, but still, no difference at all. This game simply refuses to run smoothly. Sure, it hits 60 FPS very often, but at times there are these annoying drops down to 50, and rarely it will remain there for a while, especially in combat with lots of tanks around.
My Specs are:
PSU: Corsair TX750
CPU: i5 2500k (stock)
MB: GB B75-D3V 1.0
RAM: 4x 2GB sticks @1333 MHZ (total 8GB)
GPU: MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4gb
OS: Win 7 64-bit SP1
Latest drivers for everything and that includes Nvidia graphics drivers of course.
Before you say anything, ALL temps are perfectly fine, especially on my GPU and CPU, I monitor them constantly with MSI Afterburner, and I also check the graphics clocks, the card boosts to maximum core clock as it should.
The only temperature that I am not happy with, is the mobo chipset, which reaches 55-58 Celsius at worst, I've also seen it at 60 one or 2 times.
I'm pretty desperate at this point, any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thank you
BUT, its performance in games barely exceeds that of the GTX 580, and in some cases it doesnt exceed it at all.
Which leads me to believe that the rest of my PC is to blame, maybe the CPU or RAM are bottlenecking it?
More specifically,
- Blade & Soul, that game was running at mostly 60 FPS on my 580, but there were areas that there's noticeable drops down to 50 or even 47-48. Same thing with the 970.
- Skyrim, that game is running at pretty much the same framerate as well. Mind you, I have a LOT of mods, some of which are texture packs and have an impact on performance, which is why I wanted a GTX 970 in the first place. But still, in certain "tough" areas, I see 45-50 FPS, and its constant, unless I turn the camera facing elsewhere.
- World of Tanks, that game could very well be unoptimized, but still, no difference at all. This game simply refuses to run smoothly. Sure, it hits 60 FPS very often, but at times there are these annoying drops down to 50, and rarely it will remain there for a while, especially in combat with lots of tanks around.
My Specs are:
PSU: Corsair TX750
CPU: i5 2500k (stock)
MB: GB B75-D3V 1.0
RAM: 4x 2GB sticks @1333 MHZ (total 8GB)
GPU: MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4gb
OS: Win 7 64-bit SP1
Latest drivers for everything and that includes Nvidia graphics drivers of course.
Before you say anything, ALL temps are perfectly fine, especially on my GPU and CPU, I monitor them constantly with MSI Afterburner, and I also check the graphics clocks, the card boosts to maximum core clock as it should.
The only temperature that I am not happy with, is the mobo chipset, which reaches 55-58 Celsius at worst, I've also seen it at 60 one or 2 times.
I'm pretty desperate at this point, any help would be greatly appreciated,
Thank you
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