I have something going on that I just can't work out. When playing WoW, I get steady 60fps most of the time, an expected drop in crowded areas, but in other areas, drops to 20-30 for no known reason. I'm on older AMD hardware, so I don't expect perfection, however... Logging graphs of CPU and GPU usage, neither one EVER hits 100%. The recommended settings in game with a couple of things turned down, and AA off.
Current build:
Athlon II x4 640 O.C. to 3.4Ghz (FX-8320 in the mail)
Radeon HD 7850 O.C. to 1050Mhz
HyperX 8GB 1333 (Asus AI O.C. but not sure of the number)
Asus M5A97 R2.0
Any ideas what could be the hold up? If settings are too high, shouldn't the GPU be pushing 100%, and if the CPU is a bottleneck, shouldn't that be near max as well? GPU is usually between 60-70%, CPU only 50-60%. My theory is that the CPU isn't being fed data fast enough, as it can't take advantage of the motherboard's FSB capabilities?
-update- So, I did some digging in the BIOS, and discovered ECC was enabled, but I have non-ECC RAM, that seems to have helped some. I'm surprised it even booted. Also, I failed to mention the PNY 120GB SSD I have windows and WoW installed on (to answer the question posed below). My FX-8320 should be arriving tomorrow, I will update if that fixes my issue. Thanks for the responses thus far!
Current build:
Athlon II x4 640 O.C. to 3.4Ghz (FX-8320 in the mail)
Radeon HD 7850 O.C. to 1050Mhz
HyperX 8GB 1333 (Asus AI O.C. but not sure of the number)
Asus M5A97 R2.0
Any ideas what could be the hold up? If settings are too high, shouldn't the GPU be pushing 100%, and if the CPU is a bottleneck, shouldn't that be near max as well? GPU is usually between 60-70%, CPU only 50-60%. My theory is that the CPU isn't being fed data fast enough, as it can't take advantage of the motherboard's FSB capabilities?
-update- So, I did some digging in the BIOS, and discovered ECC was enabled, but I have non-ECC RAM, that seems to have helped some. I'm surprised it even booted. Also, I failed to mention the PNY 120GB SSD I have windows and WoW installed on (to answer the question posed below). My FX-8320 should be arriving tomorrow, I will update if that fixes my issue. Thanks for the responses thus far!
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