Changing my graphics card made no difference.

Marty98 · Jan 13, 2017

I changed out my Zotac GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card for a EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC. While playing the usual games I play on my PC i noticed no difference. Here is my current PC build without the gtx 960, and I also have windows 7 64bit.
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/fh4hcf
Is my power supply not enough? Is the I5-4460 bottlenecking the card? I really don't know any help is much appreciated thank you for your time to read through this.
Also heres the new card I bought
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814487265
Furthermore my drivers are all up to date. Should I have done a clean install of the old drivers first then installed the new ones for my 1070?

BadActor · Jan 13, 2017

What do you mean you see no difference? In FPS? If you have Vsync enabled try disabling it in game and the Nvidia CP.

Marty98 · Jan 13, 2017

Yea no difference in Fps. Vsync isn't enabled in either.

chizrah · Jan 13, 2017

Not wanting to patronise, but is the display cable plugged into the GPU?

Marty98 · Jan 13, 2017

Yea its plugged into the GPU

BadActor · Jan 13, 2017

You might try uninstalling GeForce Experience and see if that does anything. What are the usual games you play? The only game I can think of offhand that would severely bound the CPU is Arma 3.

Marty98 · Jan 13, 2017

What would uninstalling Geforce experience do though? Games like Dayz, H1z1 King of the kill, Cities Skylines, Dota, Gta V, etc.

BadActor · Jan 13, 2017

Geforce Experience cause strange performance problems occasionally. Your 4460 shouldn't have a problem with any of those games.

Marty98 · Jan 13, 2017

Alright I'll try uninstalling it then. So power supply, and everything else is ok though? Amount of ram and all of that.

amtseung · Jan 13, 2017

When one is heavily CPU bound, upgrading your GPU will yield you a net difference of exactly 0 fps, because the CPU is still what's holding you back. And this definitely applies to you, since you mention Dayz, H1Z1, Cities Skylines, and GTA5, all of which are top 10 most CPU-heavy games.

As a Planetside 2 vet, I know all about it.

BadActor · Jan 13, 2017

The PSU isn't great quality, but probably not your problem. The rest looks fine. You can also have a look at your CPU and GPU temps while gaming or stress testing to look for thermal throttling. Make sure all your drivers are up to date and you have the latest Bios.

Marty98 · Jan 13, 2017

Hmm well I have been looking into buying a i7, but I still don't think it'd give me a 0 fps boost. Especially considering the card before had 2gb of vram which really wasn't enough. You'd think that alone would give more fps. The temps are usually 30-40 Celius while gaming/stress testing so I don't think its that. Where would you find the latest bios at?

BadActor · Jan 13, 2017

Go to the motherboard makers Support page. You should find it under drivers and downloads.

dontlistentome · Jan 13, 2017

I don't think your new card is working right, whether it's a configuration issue or something else. What is CPU and GPU usage like in Dota? If you run Dota at 720p and at 1080p, using the same settings, does your framerate change at all?

Marty98 · Jan 14, 2017

Yea maybe by about 30 fps or so..

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