Steady graphics drop, 6870

[cjk813]

A couple of months ago I bought a radeon 6870. I most play world of warcraft and a few other games. When I bought it I was able to raid on ultra setting at 40-60 fps, now im getting 20-30 on good. I've been seeing a steady decline in my fps over time and now it's to the point of performing worse than my old 9800. Is there anything I should check/do?

 

[Helltech]

What is the rest of your system specs. have you recently updated your drivers?

 

[Gman450]

A couple of months ago I bought a radeon 6870. I most play world of warcraft and a few other games. When I bought it I was able to raid on ultra setting at 40-60 fps, now im getting 20-30 on good. I've been seeing a steady decline in my fps over time and now it's to the point of performing worse than my old 9800. Is there anything I should check/do?

Check the temperatures and also, are your drivers up to date ?

 

[shrkbay]

drivers, temps, specs?

EDIT: is the card clean from dust?

 

[cjk813]

The drivers are updated to the most current. I'm running a quad core q6700, 4 gigs of ddr2, radeon hd 6870, 500w psu and an asus p5q-e mobo. The system is clear of dust and the cards running at 50 degrees celsius under a light load. Nothing has been oc'd, nor do I plan to oc anything.

 

[Griffolion]

How old is that PSU, just for reference?

 

[cjk813]

avast, and im not sure how old the cpu is as i bought the case/cpu from a friends old build, but id guess at least 3 years.

 

[Griffolion]

I said PSU, not CPU.

Power Supply Unit.

 

[cjk813]

Yeah, it was just a mistype, my response was regarding the psu. It's about 3 years old i'd assume.

 

[Griffolion]

Hmm, well if it's that old and not of reputable brand, i'd maybe suggest trying out a brand new PSU from a good make like Corsair or Antec and see what happens there.