Advice for new Graphic Card.

drimez · Aug 25, 2016

Hello everyone, one week ago I bought a GTX 970 GAMING G1, the problem was that in games like cs: go or league of legends had low fps with low use of GPU. I tried to solve all the way, asking for help in various forums, but to no avail, the GPU did not rise above 40% utilization. I have a I5 4690K CPU, with 750 Pro PSU XFX Core edition, so do not think I have the problem of the bottleneck. I eventually returned the GTX 970, and now I'm undecided what to buy. I was going to buy a gtx 1060, but which model? I'm afraid to encounter the same problem even with this. Appearance of your advice!

Sorry for my english I'm italian

DillonJ3K · Aug 25, 2016

Doesnt matter what model of the 1060 they all preform the same, The only difference is the looks an cooler.

ajpaolello · Aug 25, 2016

EVGA, ASUS, and MSI are all great makers of 1060s. Any one of them will serve you well.

NextGear · Aug 25, 2016

drimez,

The war between 1060 & 480 is at a snail pace. Their aftermarket cards are slow to release or they are "sold-out".
Each of them has their pros & cons (& FAN base). Study their standard spec and know their $$$, will help you later on when choosing an aftermarket version.

One of my preference.. is the GTX 1070, if you can't get a hold of the either cards.

Have you upgrade to a SSD and max out your memories?

drimez · Aug 25, 2016

Thank you all for the replies!

NextGear :

Hi NextGear, For now I do not have enough money to buy a GTX 1070, for what I opted for 1060. My only concern is that it is not used at 100% from my computer as my old GTX 970, it is possible to happen? I have a SSD CORSAIR FORCE 3 and RAM 8GB Corsair Vengeance Blue 1600Mhz.

ajpaolello · Aug 25, 2016

Possible yes. We won't know unless you try.

NextGear · Aug 25, 2016

drimez,

Do to supply & demand & greed, i have seen some 1060 & 480 price as high as a 1070. So, keep that in mind and don't rush out and grab 1060 or 480 just yet. DON'T START WASTING YOUR HARD earn money just yet

Regarding your concern of utilizing your video card is "YES"... if your motherboard has an older PCIe Express slot, you won't be able to maximize all features from your new video card.

If you have an older 60Hz monitor, look into a new 144hz monitor (might help you w/ your gaming experiences)

drimez · Aug 25, 2016

NextGear :

Hello, i have 144hz Monitor (Benq XL2411Z). My motherboard is ASROCK Z97 EXTREME 4, it is good?

ajpaolello · Aug 25, 2016

As Rock has some pretty good boards. Id say that's pretty good

drimez · Aug 26, 2016

ajpaolello :

Hello paolello, so the only thing is to hope that everything will be fine D:

P.S: Another question, there is no difference between these two connectors?

http://www.pcper.com/images/reviews/474/14-PCI-E.jpg

http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/pcie8.jpg

Because for the 970 i used a 6pin and 6+2pin connectors.

It might be a stupid question sorry!

RobCrezz · Aug 26, 2016

Buying a 1060 is unlikely to solve your problem, it sounds like something is throttling performance in your computer.

drimez · Aug 26, 2016

RobCrezz :

We may be able to find the cause? My hardware:

MB: AsRock z97 EXTREME 4
CPU: Intel i5 4690k 4.2GHz
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master H412S
PSU: XFX PRO750W Core Edition
Ram: Corsair Vengeance Blue 1333Mhz (XMP Profile 1600Mhz 1.50v)
SSD: Corsair Force 3 120GB
HDD: Western Digital 500GB

Max temp of CPU when i play is 50-60°C. I can not understand what the problem

RobCrezz · Aug 26, 2016

Check in task manager, is your CPU hitting the correct clock speed (when gaming)? Ive seen it before where they are incorrectly throttling and stuck in a low power state.

ajpaolello · Aug 26, 2016

If not CPU, might be something on the mobo with PCIE slot.

drimez · Aug 26, 2016

RobCrezz :

O my god. Only 3500MHz, why?
As you can see from CPU-Z the multiplier is 8-42, but the frequency is locked to 3500MHz

ajpaolello · Aug 26, 2016

I'd like to see a Prime95 test.

drimez · Aug 26, 2016

I reboot pc and now is 4200MHz, ... Now i do a prime95 test

drimez · Aug 26, 2016

ajpaolello :

Which of these?

ajpaolello · Aug 26, 2016

Any will work as we are testing the CPU primarily. Trying to see if there's any fluctuations or stability in core clock.

RobCrezz · Aug 26, 2016

Run Blend for about 10 minutes and see what the clock speed is in task manager.

drimez · Aug 26, 2016

ajpaolello :

RobCrezz :

The core clock was stable, but at some point I had to stop the test, temperatures skyrocketed.

ajpaolello · Aug 26, 2016

Yes that is to be expected. Your CPU would be at full load constantly. What was the core clock/base clock?

drimez · Aug 26, 2016

ajpaolello :

If you mean the BCLK is 100 MHz

Excuse me maybe I misunderstood, if you mean the factory speed is 3500MHz, with turboboost 3900Mhz

ajpaolello · Aug 26, 2016

CPU seems stable. Might've been a bad graphics card?

NextGear · Aug 26, 2016

drimez,

Thank for running the test and posting them.
All your equipment is up to par, stick with your original plan (for a new video card).

My only suggestion, is to keep your drivers update + your family chip set

for the video card 1060 or 480.. just get one with "overclock" or "super overclock" unlock features.. don't get play into their fancy cooling fans.
Stay within your budget and happy gaming

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