May the resolution really bottleneck? Help me to sort it out

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KalashnjukUA

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Hi guys!
So, my specs is i7-4790, gtx 1070ti, 16gb DDR3 and in games I've got FPS drops and no smoothness.
My monitor is 900p - 1440x900, hence I'm wondering whether the monitor may cause all these problems?
Additionally, the GPU is connected to my minitor with a special convertor HDMI to VGA, which is really infamous for its problems, but there is no another option besides the convertor.

I used to have i5-4590 recently and the gaming performance was quite decent, however after the upgrade that CPU for the current i7-4790 I began to experience all these things. I am not sure, but may it be possible that the resolution I've got is not much enough for the smooth gaming? Kinda bottleneck?
Please, explain it to me!
Thank you all in advance!
 
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Yes, it probably was not fully seated. That is the only way it could be in the correct slot at only operate at x1 speeds.

Well, glad you got it sorted out. That's the important thing. Good luck to you and happy gaming.
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Darkbreeze

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Your resolution is not decreasing your performance. The lower the resolution, so long as that resolution is supported by both the game AND your graphics card, increases performance because it's fewer pixels that the GPU has to render.

Your problem likely lies with the fact that your game is not optimized for that resolution OR you have a driver issue. I'd start by using the DDU to do a clean install of the GPU card drivers. Considering your CPU is several generations old, it's likely you've had more than one graphics card in there without having done a clean install.

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2767677/perform-clean-install-video-card-drivers.html
 
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The main bottleneck is likely to be that 60Hz 900p display, your rig is capable of fast gameplay at 1080 rez and can comfortably run games at 1440 rez with a little trimming of the settings, so the system hardware isn't the issue unless:

You made BIOS changes with the i5 and forgot to restore the BIOS, or you have an overclock you forgot to remove, restore the BIOS to its factory defaults and retest.

The current motherboard BIOS is not fully supporting the i7.

A driver has become corrupted-yes, it happens- :( so reinstall and update all the system software you can, check the motherboard makers website for updated drivers and do NOT install software downloaded from anywhere other than the makers website, the 'net is full of ' official ' download sites, many of which seem to officially support various types of adware, malware and virial distributions.

Try enabling Vsync in your games, with a 60Hz 900p display it should be turned on anyway but check.

With the system powered down and the power cord removed, remove and replace all the power leads and reseat the RAM, connections can go bad over time.
 
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What is your motherboard model number?

I don't think that a 900p display is going to be a "bottleneck". A reduction in the quality of the experience, yes, but a bottleneck, eh, I don't agree with that. Plenty of competitive gamers that are dropping to lower resolutions to gain a competitive advantage over others due to increased performance from fewer pixels and also from objects being "larger" and therefore easier to see and target with those lower resolutions. Definitely it's a hit to the eye candy though. I'd never do it myself.

IDK, maybe I'm wrong here, but that's how I see it.
 
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KalashnjukUA

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Oh, I forgot to mention, the MB is MSI B85-G43.
As regards the software and drivers, after the 4790 mounting I set BIOS settings into default by reinstalling CMOS, then I recently used the DDU to reinstall the NVIDIA drivers, I even replace Windows from 8.1 to 10, still some tugs may be experienced while gaming.
I hope there is no problem with the CPU itself? Maybe there are any ways for checking one to rule it out?
 
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My BIOS with 4590 and 4790 has been the same - 3.10 ( 3.A may be named as well ), there is no overclock, factory defaults have been already set just after the upgrade, I am not certain, I hope the last version of BIOS should fully support i7 4th generation. So, I don't think there is some problem with software, since I used to have Windows 8.1 and I had the same problem there, now it is Windows 10.
You see, when VSYNC is ON, I may experience some tugs in games, I am not quite sure if these tugs are caused by CPU or GPU, but they do exist. I need to notice, with VSYNC smoothness is really present, before FPS drops, though.
Look, in Novigrad there may be some FPS drops which are really noticeable, it may be up to 55 FPS, but playing with VSYNC you'll definitely experience them.
 
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That CPU is NOT on the CPU support list for that motherboard. I realize that CPU was released after the initial CPU compatiblity list, but generally board manufacturers are very good about adding CPU models to the support list as bios updates are released that increase CPU model support. That one is not on the list for that board. If this is an oversight on the part of MSI, then it's the first time I've EVER seen a board manufacturer not add a CPU model to the CPU support list after a bios update added support for that CPU.

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/B85-G43#support-cpu
 
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There is my CPU below. Why not? 4790.
 
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Oh, yeah, I've got 3.A version installed, however in BIOS it is written 3.10
I've done the clean installation from scratch.
Look, I've noticed that my card was working at x1 pcie level, it might cause those problems, right?
I've reinstalled the GPU and now it works like x16, seems like it definitely got better!
 
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KalashnjukUA

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No, I had it in the right slot, but the GPU worked as if it was in the x1, i just reinstalled and repowered it, now it works fine :)
Maybe it used to be wrong installed in the slot or I even don't know...
 
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KalashnjukUA

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Thank you:)
 
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