Abyssmal Performance: nVidia 1050 Ti and Intel Q9550

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There was an old HP Compaq DC7900 Convertible Minitower so I thought of dusting it up and making a entry level gaming HTPC.

I bought a used Intel Q9550 processor and a new ZOTAC GeForce 1050 Ti. The following are the full specs:

  • OS: Windows 10 Professional (x64)
    OS Build: 10.0.15063.138
    Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz
    Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    RAM: 8 GB
    SMPS: 350 W Supply
I ran BioShock (first part) and was delighted with the prerformance. Everything running on high and at 1080p.

After that I ran Injustice: Gods Among Us and I was shocked for the following reasons:

    1. The game has an inbuilt optimizer and when I run it, it shows 640x480 as the best resolution with all options low or turned off, for the game to run smoothly

    2. The NVidia Control Panel shows the game can "optimally" run at maximum settings all the time

    3. When I run the game at any setting than the 640x480 setting from the option 1, the game lags like hell. A punch is delivered 2-3 seconds after the button press


I don't know what's wrong. The game runs better on my ThinkPad Edge E425 laptop with an AMD A8 3520M APU and ATI Radeon HD 6000 graphics.

I don't understand much about processor benchmarks as it gets confusing at first, so I can't frankly figure out what's going wrong in my configuration.

Any advice is highly appreciated.
 
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I'd want to verify the computer is actually functioning properly before worrying about games. Ideally you'd remove the videocard and run on integrated graphics(or whatever you were using before). Test the computer just to see if the 9550 is operating at proper speeds and temperatures. You're just testing the CPU, don't worry about games yet. You can use something like Passmark. Assuming the CPU is fine, download the latest drivers from Nvidia and install the card. At this point use something like 3dmark, and compare your score to others on their website with a similar CPU/GPU combination.

Games are not good to use to test basic functionality because of all the possible issues you can have with any given game, and the inability to...
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install msi afterburner, turn on cpu and gpu usage and temp monitoring in the OSD


also turn on core speed monitoring for both cpu and gpu

ram usage is good too




play the game, post back max temps and usage on cpu/gpu
 
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Hi.. This is the logfile that was generated. Hope it helps

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I'd want to verify the computer is actually functioning properly before worrying about games. Ideally you'd remove the videocard and run on integrated graphics(or whatever you were using before). Test the computer just to see if the 9550 is operating at proper speeds and temperatures. You're just testing the CPU, don't worry about games yet. You can use something like Passmark. Assuming the CPU is fine, download the latest drivers from Nvidia and install the card. At this point use something like 3dmark, and compare your score to others on their website with a similar CPU/GPU combination.

Games are not good to use to test basic functionality because of all the possible issues you can have with any given game, and the inability to compare performance to others with the same components. After you know everything is working as it should, then you can test each game.
 
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