I recently got a Dell xps 8900 with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 730. I am aware of the fact that it is a low end gpu but it's ok for now. However, I play payday 2 a lot and I have noticed a strange occurrence. I usually play at medium settings, and that gives me a 20 fps that I can play with. But then I decided to play max settings and I still got 20 fps. Then I decided to lower the graphics to minimum and I get 20 fps. I am worried that my 730 is thermal throttling or is underperforming and I would appreciate advice on what is happening here.
Worried about GPU thermal throttling
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jungle14man
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It is mostly your power supply. You need to find out what wattage your's is and what your graphics card recommends, I had the same problem
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Basically, that means the GPU's processing power isn't the bottleneck. Something else is holding you back. It could even be an artificial 20 FPS limit, depending on what they used to make the game (Flash sometimes has a 20 FPS limit, for example).
The hardware requirements indicate that your system should be just fine playing it. It's an old game built around very slow hardware by today's standards.
What other components are in the computer?
The hardware requirements indicate that your system should be just fine playing it. It's an old game built around very slow hardware by today's standards.
What other components are in the computer?
I have an i7 6700 sky lake
An NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
16 gb of RAM
460 watt stock psu
I've also seen generalmcbadass play on YouTube and he plays at 60 fps, along with a lot of my friends playing at similar fps or at least better than 20 on max.
An NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
16 gb of RAM
460 watt stock psu
I've also seen generalmcbadass play on YouTube and he plays at 60 fps, along with a lot of my friends playing at similar fps or at least better than 20 on max.
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Does that game have dynamic settings? Sometimes games will automatically adjust settings if the ones you select are too much for the GPU.
Either way, it looks like the GPU is the slowest component, so changing graphics settings should change the frame rates. The fact that that doesn't happen means something strange is happening. I doubt that thermal throttling is the problem, as that would favor lower settings. If it were thermal throttling, though, you could take off the side panel to get higher frame rates.
Either way, it looks like the GPU is the slowest component, so changing graphics settings should change the frame rates. The fact that that doesn't happen means something strange is happening. I doubt that thermal throttling is the problem, as that would favor lower settings. If it were thermal throttling, though, you could take off the side panel to get higher frame rates.
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