R9 390X (XFX) and Fallout 4. 24 fps?

mutiny

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My computer specs are this:

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
AMD FX-4130 Zambezi 32nm Technology Overclocked to 4.2 GHz
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 803MHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. 970A-DS3
Graphics
8192MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 390 Series Overclocked to 1100 MHz
Storage
931GB Seagate
465GB Seagate
Optical Drives
PIONEER DVD-RW

I had an MSI R9 270X and it ran fine. Actually it ran just as good as the 390X, when playing Fallout 4. 24 FPS in highly populated/complicated areas. Cities, towns, etc. I decided to get a 390X in the hopes that my frame rate would go up. This was not the case. I did the research enough to know that the 390X was 100% better than the 270X. In the respect that it had 2x everything the 270X did. It is disheartening at the very least. I realize that my CPU and MB combo is considerably old. Every other game that I play on this PC runs great no video lag what so ever. No matter what I try though in Fallout 4 I get no results. Obviously my frame rate increases as I lower the graphics but I don't ever hit 60. I don't expect to. I am just baffled as to why only Fallout 4. So here I am. Asking people much more adept than me to help me figure this out or at least explain.

 
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It would appear that the problem is CPU bottleneck. That processor was even slower than the Phenom II x4s that it replaced. Try disabling everything running in the background that starts with Win that you can. That will eliminate some stolen clock cycles. I presume you are gaming at 1080p resolution?

You may want to give CCleaner a run. Do the Clean and Registry portions both. That will clean up a lot of registry errors and crap that may be stealing clock cycles too. https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

Likewise with running Malwarebytes. There may be some malware robbing you of CPU power too. https://www.malwarebytes.org/

clutchc

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It would appear that the problem is CPU bottleneck. That processor was even slower than the Phenom II x4s that it replaced. Try disabling everything running in the background that starts with Win that you can. That will eliminate some stolen clock cycles. I presume you are gaming at 1080p resolution?

You may want to give CCleaner a run. Do the Clean and Registry portions both. That will clean up a lot of registry errors and crap that may be stealing clock cycles too. https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

Likewise with running Malwarebytes. There may be some malware robbing you of CPU power too. https://www.malwarebytes.org/
 
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gokitty199

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...theres your problem, you need to upgrade your cpu, it is a large bottleneck in cpu intensive titles(fallout 4 loves you use all of the cpu) so you should upgrade to either a 8320/8350 or buy a new motherboard and upgrade to something such as a i5 6600k or i7 6700k.