Low FPS rate in not too resourcerequiring games

Hello

I got a question about my FPS in games, where in the Game World OF Warcraft I usually got about 15FPS in a wideopen area with all Videosettings to max, where my brother got almost 100, and his computer isn't as good as mine at all.

Worth to point also, a friend told me to Google up that the GPU might be set to 8x instead of 16x, but I am not familiar at all with this and I have no idea what he is talking about

I am using GTX260 and a Q9400 775, and I am sure it has something to do with the GPU, and that's why I chose this forum


I can link a prinscreen if you want



Thanks alot, your wisdom is much appreciated!

For the PC-to-PC comparison angle, I'd go through the graphics options in WOW page by page with your brother to make sure all of the settings are the exact same before comparing frame rates with him. Something like different screen resolutions (in game) can make a very big difference. Just looking at the CPU and GPU you have listed I wouldn't think 15 FPS is the best you could do. I've also never played WOW either but I'm sure it's not as graphically demanding as most first-person shooters. I got very good performance out of my GTX260 in the past.

The 8x vs. 16x is regarding the bandwidth in the PCI express slot but I wouldn't worry about this. Even at 8x I doubt you'd be saturating the PCIe bandwidth. If you do want to look into this we'll need your motherboard model.

You could also benchmark your video card with Futuremark's 3DMark Vantage and compare it to other GTX260 scores online. Hope this helps...

It looks like with that particular board, if you're only using one GPU in the top PCIe slot it's running at 16x. If you put in a second card for crossfire it'll run both slots at 8x, so you should be fine.

Both have the same size monitors, same in-game screen resolutions? What's his CPU/GPU by the way?

The monitor resolution is likely to be the difference. If he is playing 800x600 or 1024x768 and you are on a 20+ inch widescreen that will be it.

I would reinstall your gfx card drivers .
to see if that makes a difference

I assume you have done this, but if not - I suggest you try the WoW boards, even though I hear they are infested with . . . people that aren't very nice. Still - there should be a section there for performance gripes and hints.

I have played games that had uncharacteristically low FPS. Some had a problem baked into the engine. One had an issue with multi-threading (ie: ignoring cores in multi-core CPUs). But there is no way you should be stuck at 15 FPS in WoW - that is not justified - so there is an issue somewhere . . .

This might help

Get your brothers gfx card out of his computer and put it in yours .
What happens?


What happens when you put your gfx card in his computer ?