Hello everyone. So I've tried doing my research on this but I just don't seem to find my answer and lately I've been pressed by time. So I have a few questions regarding my CPU, the AMD Athlon X4 860K. Sorry if there's already a thread about this, but I don't have enough time to look for it.
1) I have Turbo on on my bios to boost my CPU a bit but not sure how well that works. Whenever Im playing a game and I have other applications open at the same time, my game lags. It's not severe, but it does mess up my game play a bit because it's an MMO. Also, my graphics card is a Radeon R9 270x. I thought quad-core CPUs are supposed to support multiple programs open at the same time? I'd like to have TeamSpeak open and my music player while playing a video game without any lag. So the question is if it's because my processor is too weak to do all this or is it something wrong with my computer?
2) I have heard of overclocking. I've considered overclocking to see if maybe that would solve the issue. I have an aftermarket cooler (Hyper TX3) and by far it seems pretty good. I already know about the EVO so don't tell me to get one I've heard it before. Would overclocking solve this issue?
3) Am I bottlenecking my graphics card? I get an average of ~40 fps in crowded areas in the game and ~58 fps in less crowded areas. Is this normal with my graphics card or is my CPU bottlenecking it?
Sorry if this is all pretty lengthy. If some additional information is required do let me know. By the way the game is FFXIV.
1) I have Turbo on on my bios to boost my CPU a bit but not sure how well that works. Whenever Im playing a game and I have other applications open at the same time, my game lags. It's not severe, but it does mess up my game play a bit because it's an MMO. Also, my graphics card is a Radeon R9 270x. I thought quad-core CPUs are supposed to support multiple programs open at the same time? I'd like to have TeamSpeak open and my music player while playing a video game without any lag. So the question is if it's because my processor is too weak to do all this or is it something wrong with my computer?
2) I have heard of overclocking. I've considered overclocking to see if maybe that would solve the issue. I have an aftermarket cooler (Hyper TX3) and by far it seems pretty good. I already know about the EVO so don't tell me to get one I've heard it before. Would overclocking solve this issue?
3) Am I bottlenecking my graphics card? I get an average of ~40 fps in crowded areas in the game and ~58 fps in less crowded areas. Is this normal with my graphics card or is my CPU bottlenecking it?
Sorry if this is all pretty lengthy. If some additional information is required do let me know. By the way the game is FFXIV.
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