XFX 7970 not working properly

[Holydiver31]

Okay, So I just upgraded from my old EVGA 560 to this XFX Double D 7970 and I have not gotten any inprovment in my gaming FPS in fact I think I'm getting a few frames less then before, I've done a clean intall of windows and reinstalled the driver but I can't even maintain 60 fps in minecraft anymore which is really bothersome. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I could try?

PC & GPU info:
http://cdn.overclock.net/d/d7/d7a0de1b_Untitled.jpeg
http://cdn.overclock.net/0/0b/0b9f0fcf_Untitled2.jpeg

Heaven Bench Results:
http://cdn.overclock.net/9/92/922cc41f_3.jpeg

CPU Usage between 10% - 25% throughout benchmark
GPU Temp peaked at around 79C

1000w Power Supply

I've dismissed the idea that games arent optimized for multiple threads/cores because Crysis 3 ( A supposed multithread frendly game) also had the same problems when I ran it.

 

[iam2thecrowe]

cpu bottleneck. that image of dxdiag shows 8 cpu cores? your cpu only has 4. do you have dual cpu's? either way that cpu is a bottleneck and is a server chip not really designed for gaming.

 

[wdmfiber]

cpu bottleneck. that image of dxdiag shows 8 cpu cores? your cpu only has 4. do you have dual cpu's? either way that cpu is a bottleneck and is a server chip not really designed for gaming.

Wow, nostalgic!!
An old LGA socket 771 system. Those boards did have 2 CPU sockets. So dual Intel quad core processors, dating to late 2007. 80 watt TDP x2

Bottlenecked hard! You could prob drop in an Asus Ares II and not increase your fps.

 

[Holydiver31]

Wow, nostalgic!!
An old LGA socket 771 system. Those boards did have 2 CPU sockets. So dual Intel quad core processors, dating to late 2007. 80 watt TDP x2

Bottlenecked hard! You could prob drop in an Asus Ares II and not increase your fps.

Well then why does it preform well in synthetic benches?

 

[wdmfiber]

I believe on your system the eight cores are very independent of each other and don't share resources or "relieve" work loads. Relative to say: hyperthreading or Intel smart cache. CPU usage is likely low, as most of the cores are idle.

If it does well on synthetics. Well... I really don't know. (Any LGA 771 experts reading this)?

Also are you getting below 30fps on any games you play? 60 fps is generally considered good, as typically anything above that is cancelled out by the monitor anyway. It's just a function of how they work. So wether it's 60 fps or 160 fps it all looks the same.

Re-reading my above comment, humm it souds a bit "snappy". Perhaps even rude. Don't get me wrong. That twin CPU setup was prob a fortune back in the day and even today it's kind of cool... even if dated.