Graphics Card Constant Studdering

BasedKyou · Apr 5, 2017

So I've recently upgraded my psu to 450 watts 80+ bronze and I am still having issues with my gpu.
When I open any game, It will constantly drop from 100 frames to 1-20 and back up to 100 and then back down to 1-20. Sometimes the game crashes itself bringing another error "Application has been blocked by Graphics Hardware." I've tried reinstalling drivers multiple times using DDU and reinstalling games multiple times too. I've also tried factory resetting my pc twice.

Specs:
Cpu: i5 2500
Ram: 10 gb
Gpu: Gigabyte Rx460 2gb
Mobo: Some Dell Inc. 0HY9JP Motherboard
Psu: 450 watt
Storage: 500+750gb (7200 rpm)

I have lowered the voltage using amd wattman and that surprisingly helped quite a bit, but the problem is still occurring with other games such as Eu4, Csgo, etc.

I am starting to think my motherboard can't supply enough power for the gpu like I said on my last post. The graphics card I am using plugs in directly to the motherboard which is drawing power from the psu.

Any thoughts? I've been at it for weeks now :/

atljsf · Apr 5, 2017

the speed of the frames doesn't depend on the psu, it depends on the game, the settings and the cpu working with the gpu

what games, with what settings

about the hardware problems, your cpu and mainboard must be old, perhaps consider a upgrade, mainboard, cpu and ram, new

if it is a dell preassmebled pc, well, a new pc might be better

BasedKyou · Apr 5, 2017

atljsf :

I had a 265 watt psu until SR-41 Blackbird said it indeed might be the psu causing low voltage to the card.
Yes the pc is a dell optiplex 790 mt which is quite old.

And example of a game that it is having trouble running is Cs 1.6. Settings are all low on 1920x1080 resolution

atljsf · Apr 5, 2017

if you had a such small psu, of course you required a bigger psu, it wasn't delivering enough watts for the cpu and gpu, so you required the psu

this doesn't imply that magically the old slow pc becomes new and fast without issues running games

rgd1101 · Apr 5, 2017

If it run better with lower gpu voltage. Your mobo might not be puting out enough on the pcie slot.

BasedKyou · Apr 5, 2017

rgd1101 :

That is exactly what I was thinking when I "underclocked" the gpu

Jim90 · Apr 5, 2017

Download and run something like MSI Afterburner (it's free). Set up logging then run the game for a little while (lots of tutorials on youtube). Stop the game and check out CPU, GPU and GPU memory usage in the log. How does the log look? Anything that might help here?...how's the GFX card memory usage? any bottlenecks (close to 100% usage)?

BasedKyou · Apr 5, 2017

atljsf :

Im not trying to run AAA titles on max settings.
An i5 2500 is pretty decent considering how old it is. I was wondering about that mobo i should be replacing because of the low voltage output

atljsf · Apr 5, 2017

if the case, the front panel allows it, yes you can, but is very possible that the case will not allow any mainboard to fit in there or the front panel will not acomodate to the new mainboard

if you buy mainboard, you need cpu, ram, well, that is a new pc

rgd1101 · Apr 5, 2017

with a dell mobo and case, you have to watch out for proprietary motherboard connector. check the mobo connector to see if it look the same on 7x series board

BasedKyou · Apr 5, 2017

atljsf :

I might as well ditch the dell computer but gather the excess parts and rebuild another pc. (Without the mobo, and ram)

atljsf · Apr 5, 2017

it is what i would do, it is a 6 years old pc more or less, mainboards can start to fail at 3 years sometimes, sounds like a good plan

migrate hard disk(s), psu, gpu and then get case, mainboard, cpu and ram, a new pc

BasedKyou · Apr 5, 2017

rgd1101 :

Well the current motherboard is lacking a lot of the stuff in a modern board. It only had 3 connection(which the old psu had connected in). The 20x4 power pin, sata power, and the cpu power. I couldn't seem to find any other that the psu's connectors came with
http://imgur.com/a/hv2T0

BasedKyou · Apr 5, 2017

atljsf :

Lets give myself a budget of around $200-300. ($400 is max)
Current parts:
rx 460
450 psu
What would you recommend?

atljsf · Apr 5, 2017

intel or intel?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/nrbqXH

BasedKyou · Apr 5, 2017

atljsf :

haha thanks, i'll look into this

atljsf · Apr 5, 2017

atm you can also buy amd, but people is a bit scared, so, intel or intel

remember that all are just recomendations, what i would do

but we can't guarantee that a specific setting or configuration of parts will be perfect, so take these ideas as what they are, just suggestions, all the time new hardware comes and very few users with that hardware come here and share their experiences with specific parts

BasedKyou · May 20, 2017

Sorry for the really late reply guys, I forgot to answer to this thread.

So i figured out the problem...This might seem weird but it seems that the Gigabyte AMD Radeon 400 cards dont work well with older computers like the dell optiplex.
My friend had a 1050 ti EVGA one fan and was working fine with the standard psu (300 watt). I refunded it and got a 1050 ti as well from amazon. It works flawlessly now! thanks for the help!

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