Upgraded from gtx 960
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Waste of money. You didn't need to buy that amd video card , it's about the same price and it gives you only 10 - 15 fps + ...
If you had that money buy now you could have get an 980 ti. But ya.. try to reinstall the windows (don't forget to backup).
If you had that money buy now you could have get an 980 ti. But ya.. try to reinstall the windows (don't forget to backup).
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The R9 380 beats a 960... nevermind an RX 480... the card isn't a waste of money, that's like saying upgrading from a 960 to a 1060 is a waste of money. The 1060 and 480 are essentially on the same par. 480 still loses in DX11, but DX12 allows it to catch up.
"If you had that money buy now you could have get an 980Ti"
-Second hand off eBay, maybe, and NOT for $200-250. Most 980Tis on eBay are closing off at around $350-400. Don't spread false info please.
@Nate, what's the rest of your rig look like?
"If you had that money buy now you could have get an 980Ti"
-Second hand off eBay, maybe, and NOT for $200-250. Most 980Tis on eBay are closing off at around $350-400. Don't spread false info please.
@Nate, what's the rest of your rig look like?
Specs
8192MB ATI Radeon RX 480 Graphics (MSI)
OS W7 home prem
AMD fx -8320
16GB Single-Channel DDR3
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. 970A-DS3P
698GB Western Digital WDC WD75 00BPVT-22HXZT3 SATA Disk Device (SATA)
1863GB Seagate ST2000DM 001-1ER164 SATA Disk Device (SATA)
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Minecraft unless you're running shaders+optifine shouldn't be GPU bound, regardless of the GPU you have (yknow, unless it's an incredibly old gpu...). Should be CPU bound. So, you installed all the new drivers... Did you uninstall all the old ones as well? What happens when you go play a GPU heavy title?
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The 960 launched almost two years ago at this point... I mean, yeah you could do that but that's not how the world works... I'm not going to walk 30 miles a day to work/school/etc. to save up for a BMW. I'd buy a car that suits my needs. Along the same context... Wouldn't play games off of an incapable/nonexistent GPU if there was money for one at the time. Neither the 960 or 480 are bad cards, I don't understand your gripe.
Optifine shouldn't be stressing it that much, it should still be CPU bound. Optifine stresses it out a bit more, but not exactly a lot. There's also the caveat that I'm not 100% sure how AMD GPUs do with modded things as they come out of the community. Optifine is a fairly large one, but I have no idea if it works better with NV or AMD.
As for ARK... What are your CPU and GPU usages sitting at while in game?
Optifine shouldn't be stressing it that much, it should still be CPU bound. Optifine stresses it out a bit more, but not exactly a lot. There's also the caveat that I'm not 100% sure how AMD GPUs do with modded things as they come out of the community. Optifine is a fairly large one, but I have no idea if it works better with NV or AMD.
As for ARK... What are your CPU and GPU usages sitting at while in game?
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I'd try a non gaming benchmark first, something like Firestrike. This is to get a score that allows you to compare with other people who have the same or similar CPU/GPU combo. The idea is to make sure everything is working right before you start testing it on games. Next, when you do test on games try to use a game with a built in benchmark. This will give you more accurate results when comparing the 960 to the 480. It's too easy to say "it feels slower" when you aren't using hard numbers but instead are just eyeballing it.
Last but not least, anything CPU dependent isn't going to improve in performance that much if at all. That's because the 960 is powerful enough that simply replacing it with a 480 isn't going to compensate for an underpowered CPU.
Last but not least, anything CPU dependent isn't going to improve in performance that much if at all. That's because the 960 is powerful enough that simply replacing it with a 480 isn't going to compensate for an underpowered CPU.
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Download MSI Afterburner, it has a graphical display detailing a load of things, two (I guess technically 9-10) of which are your CPU usage(s) and GPU usage. Download that, give it a whirl on whatever you're attempting to play and look at specifically--which cores of your CPU are getting stressed, and if they are hitting 100%. If any single core is getting close to/is at 100%, it's an issue with the CPU binding your FPS. If the GPU usage is hitting 100%, it's an issue with your GPU.
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