Low fps on all resolutions

[Hatless_Hybrid]

Hey everyone!

I recently upgraded my system and I have lower performance then I expected to get out of this.

Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.40GHz
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz
ASRock Z77 Pro4-M
Sapphire HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB GDDR5
Thermaltake 450W

I tested and the difference between 1080p and 1336x768 is barely noticeable.

I get around 40-50 fps in cod4, cod waw and cod blops

So my question to you is: can I expect this performance from this setup? or should i be able to get a better performance.

 

[Sunius]

You should be getting more than 50 fps at 1366x768. It is fresh windows install?

 

[Hatless_Hybrid]

Yes, it is a fresh windows 7 install on a ssd. I already tried different drivers but it didnt seem to have any effect. Could it be the power supply?

http://imgur.com/a/wfipw#2

medium settings 1366x768 gives about 53 fps

everything maxed out 1080p gives me 38 fps

 

[Hatless_Hybrid]

edit: just did a quick test again with medium but at 1080 p, almost exactly the same fps: http://i.imgur.com/WVrSB.jpg

 

[Sunius]

Is the 6-pin power connector connected to the graphics card directly from the power supply unit?

Could you go into bios and disable all but two cores of your CPU, and then check CPU usage in game?

 

[Hatless_Hybrid]

The 6 pin power connector is directly connected from the PSU.

I disabled all but two cores and it seems they are averaging out at 50% cpu usage.

fps is a bit lower but i guess that is cause of windowd mode.

http://i.imgur.com/cgZYs.jpg

 

[Sunius]

What is the process that is using up the CPU? Is it the game or something else?

Download MSI Afterburner (http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/overview.htm) and check GPU usage and core/memory clocks (while 2 cores are disabled and the game is running).

 

[Hatless_Hybrid]

I checked and it is the game which is using the CPU up to 50 %

Further the GPU is used for 99% and in the screenshot it shows the clock settings

http://i.imgur.com/kMTPA.jpg

Did the same test for 1366x768: http://i.imgur.com/eiiUs.jpg

the same results

 

[Sunius]

I'd try underclocking the card and see whether it helps.

 

[Hatless_Hybrid]

underclocked gives the same performance, gpu 950 mhz and memory 1075 mhz

vs stock 1000 mhz and 1125mhz.

Is it possible that the gpu gets not enough power?

 

[Sunius]

I don't know really. Probably it is possible.

What about other games? What kind of performance are you getting? Did you try installing the latest drivers?

 

[Hatless_Hybrid]

In other games I get better performance, Stalker Call of Pripyat I get steady 40 fps with everything on max. In the cod series I get 40 fps and it feels still sluggish and not smooth, even on lower resolutions I still get low fps.

Just tested 800x600 and some areas i get the same 50 fps as i get on 1080p

Have installed the latest from amd, and rolled back to latest from the site of sapphire. But there was no difference between the different driver versions.

 

[Sunius]

Would you mind trying to OC your CPU? It might help.