Considering a CPU upgrade but?

Bernardo Freitas · Dec 4, 2016

So I currently have an i5 4690, yes, non-k. And I just bought a brand new Gtx 1070 asus strix oc and im noticing some fps drops on some heavy games such as witcher 3, battlefield 1 and even Just Cause 3 so im wondering if thats my cpus fault. I thought my cpu would be fine for atleast another year but maybe im wrong?
When I bought this new graphics card I was honestly expecting to play any game I wanted at max settings 1080p with no issue whatsoever and now that I cant, it just feels like it was a waste of money, maybe im being too picky as the fps drops and stuttering arent huge but certainly noticeable. I GUESS i just expected it to be perfect after spending that amount of money for this gpu.. also my psu is a xfx 550w bronze if that matters. I have 16gb of ram

airplanegeek · Dec 4, 2016

Have you tried completely uninstalling display drivers using ddu and then reinstalling them?

Bernardo Freitas · Dec 4, 2016

airplanegeek :

Yes ive done that

airplanegeek · Dec 4, 2016

Your cpu should be fine handling a 1070, and your experience should be perfect with that setup, especially at 1080p. Your temps are probably fine and your power supply seems alright, I really have no clue what could be wrong. You could try reinstalling windows as a last resort, if that still doesn't work then your card might be faulty.

Bernardo Freitas · Dec 4, 2016

I choose the solution by accident. Damn. Also my pc crashes when I try to overclock using this guide here https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?86398-Strix-GTX-1070-Overclocking-Guide. Think the card may be faulty?

airplanegeek · Dec 4, 2016

Your card could be faulty, but the best way to verify is to install a new copy of windows and see if your games still have problems then.

Bernardo Freitas · Dec 4, 2016

airplanegeek :

How do I do that?

airplanegeek · Dec 4, 2016

First you need to save all the data you want to keep and move it off the drive that your OS is installed on. Then you can go to settings and select recovery -> reset this pc -> remove everything.

Bernardo Freitas · Dec 4, 2016

airplanegeek :

My OS is on my SSD. So is my HDD not gonna be removed?

st3v30 · Dec 4, 2016

You just have CPU bottleneck and that is all.
My friend have i5 4570 and GTX 1070 and in GTA V and crysis 3 stuttering is CRAZY and CPU is all the time at 100%.Also there was some stuttering in BF3 and 4 but not as much as in GTA V and Crysis 3.
People just think if you have i5 it can run everything like I7 but unfortunately it cant and that why i7 is made.

Bernardo Freitas · Dec 4, 2016

st3v30 :

so do you recommend upgrading?

st3v30 · Dec 4, 2016

If you can live with current performance then no, but if you want better then yes.
Best you can get is i7 4790 or 4790k.

Bernardo Freitas · Dec 4, 2016

st3v30 :

I thought the i7 6700k was the best?

airplanegeek · Dec 4, 2016

I disagree, his cpu should be fine for a 1070, especially at 1080p.

Bernardo Freitas · Dec 4, 2016

airplanegeek :

This is why I can never make a decision, so many different opinions

airplanegeek · Dec 4, 2016

A windows reset requires less investment than buying a new cpu so you should try that first.

st3v30 · Dec 4, 2016

It is not enough for GTX 1070 not 1080p.
Yes you can get 6700k but you will need to buy new mobo and ram and that will increase cost of upgrade.
And with just adding 4790k you will lose around 5% at max in games and save a ton, so looking from cost/performance wise 4790k is much better choice.

USAFRet · Dec 4, 2016

I would try all software based solutions long before buying into a whole new platform.
Drivers, refresh the OS, other applications running at the same time, etc, etc.

When this stuttering is happening, what is the usage of the CPU? If it is at 100%, then yes, you might need to change it.
But I don't think that is the issue.

Bernardo Freitas · Dec 6, 2016

Yes actually, ive seen it at 100% especially in battlefield 1, not so much in the witcher 3 which I find odd.

dudeman509 · Dec 6, 2016

Bernardo Freitas :

This is pretty typical for an i5 in Battlefield. It is really the only game out there that pushes an i5 THAT hard, though, and it's partly due to bad optimization.

st3v30 · Dec 7, 2016

dudeman509 :

BF1 is not bad optimized it is very very well optimized game, it scales grate with hardware and can use all cores and threads available.DICE did a grate job with game optimization. You cant make game that has tons of physics going on on map and on top of that 64 players running around killing each other and doing god knows what to have low CPU usage when it have so much work for CPU.

dudeman509 · Dec 7, 2016

st3v30 :

dudeman509 :

BF1 is not bad optimized it is very very well optimized game, it scales grate with hardware and can use all cores and threads available.DICE did a grate job with game optimization. You cant make game that has tons of physics going on on map and on top of that 64 players running around killing each other and doing god knows what to have low CPU usage when it have so much work for CPU.

Yes, but it stutters when it's at 100% load. They've promised an update in the future to address MP performance issues.

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