Help with FPS

[mystichd]

I just bought a brand new Asus GTX 560 Ti Direct CUII 1 GB GDDR5- Problem is that it only gets about 20-40 FPS on games like Dead Rising 2, and Just Cause 2, and Fallout New Vegas. I had an old 8600 GTX and it ran the games good but with less of graphics, but this doesn't even run the same games at the low graphics at a good FPS. It seems like something is bottlenecking somewhere on the system, but I'm not for sure.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66Ghz
Motherboard: AsusTek P5K-E
Memory:4 GB DDr2 Dual
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Hard Drive: 2 SATA hard drives 1 TB each

 

[rolli59]

Did you reinstall the drivers to the latest with the new card? Have you considered overclocking your CPU(the bottleneck)?

 

[mystichd]

I did reinstall the drivers to the latest with the new card, and I have considered overclocking my CPU, but I have not had any experience with it, however I do have TONS of experience with computers. I just need something like a walkthrough to do it. Since I havn't done it before.

 

[rolli59]

There are some guides in the overclocking section http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/259899-29-core-overclocking-guide

 

[iceclock]

ur gpu might be bound by ur current cpu, most likely if u upgraded to a i5 sandy bridge or a phenom 2 x4 based system, overclocking might help but u wont see the difference until u upgrade to a stronger cpu,

cheers

 

[christop]

I would oc you cpu if you have a decent heatsink for it.

 

[mystichd]

You need that cpu up to around 3.4Ghz. What resolutions do you play at OP?

I run @ 1920x1080 (native)

 

[mystichd]

Do the following. Download Fraps run it. Run your game. Put all the settings on the lowest possible. Then play the game. Note the fps.

Now put all the settings up such as Aa and stuff. Check your fps. If it stays around the same as the first test with the low settings then its on the cpu side.

I definately looks like the cpu is the culprit on this issue. Thanks for the help

 

[mystichd]

Best answer selected by mystichd.

 

[mystichd]

There are some guides in the overclocking section http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/259899-29-core-overclocking-guide

Thought you might have an idea, In Windows my multiplier keeps changing between 6x and 8x it's really frustrating. I don't have it set on AUTO it is just at 8

 

[rolli59]

That would be Intel speed step in action it reduces the multiplier to safe energy when not under load. Can be disabled in BIOS.

 

[mystichd]

That would be Intel speed step in action it reduces the multiplier to safe energy when not under load. Can be disabled in BIOS.

In my bios there is no disabling the speedstep/ It's really odd.

 

[rolli59]

In my bios there is no disabling the speedstep/ It's really odd.

It should be on the advanced tab under configure advanced CPU settings!

 

[mystichd]

I just bought a brand new Asus GTX 560 Ti Direct CUII 1 GB GDDR5- Problem is that it only gets about 20-40 FPS on games like Dead Rising 2, and Just Cause 2, and Fallout New Vegas. I had an old 8600 GTX and it ran the games good but with less of graphics, but this doesn't even run the same games at the low graphics at a good FPS. It seems like something is bottlenecking somewhere on the system, but I'm not for sure.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66Ghz
Motherboard: AsusTek P5K-E
Memory:4 GB DDr2 Dual
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Hard Drive: 2 SATA hard drives 1 TB each

Just to let everybody know it was my heat sink. It had popped off. now it runs fine.