So the Arma 3 alpha's come out and all in all the system requirements are not to extensive, yet running it has brought a problem to light that i think has been hurting me for a while.
this is my computer...
AMD athlon 8120 3.1 ghz with a 15mb cache (8 cores)
8 gigs corsair ddr3 ram at 1600
Nvidia gtx 560 firmi with 2gigs ddr5 256bit ram
700 watt power box.
sata III 7200 rpm hd with a 64mb cache
asus M5A99fx evo motherboard
Now all in all my friend has allmost those exact same specs, a little lower on the gpu and mobo end but same cpu.
His computer runs great, getting 40 to 50 fps in the game, I get 10 to 20...
All in all in the same games with the same settings we tested it and regardless of changes made my computer is hurting in ways his is breezing.
Now we both agreed something in my set up is wrong, and i am dead set to figure out what it is, cept, say if i had damaged my cpu putting it in... wouldent it just not work?
I get ok performance in most games, not what i would like, but acceptable, i just figured that was my lot, but with him running the same system at the same clock speeds, i have no idea what the hell is going on.
I tried installing that ai sweet and ocing, that did nothing, ive updated windows 7, did nothing, updated gpu drivers, did nothing...
Is there a performance diagnostic (ie free diagnostic) that i can use that will check the individual measurments of my hardware so i can see if its running to spec, thus i can find where the weak link is?...
I realy dont want to have to buy whole new guts for my computer, hell i cant afford to... but if i have to i will cause im simply tired of underperformance.
The fact that we have such a similar set up and that his is running so much faster makes me think it may not be just one thing, though im leaning twoards the cpu, as with arma 3, changing the visual settings only seem to make about 5 fps difference between all on low, and all on max... thus the concern.
IF anyone knows of any diagnostics that can do what i mentioned, or have had problems with the 8120, please let me know.
this is my computer...
AMD athlon 8120 3.1 ghz with a 15mb cache (8 cores)
8 gigs corsair ddr3 ram at 1600
Nvidia gtx 560 firmi with 2gigs ddr5 256bit ram
700 watt power box.
sata III 7200 rpm hd with a 64mb cache
asus M5A99fx evo motherboard
Now all in all my friend has allmost those exact same specs, a little lower on the gpu and mobo end but same cpu.
His computer runs great, getting 40 to 50 fps in the game, I get 10 to 20...
All in all in the same games with the same settings we tested it and regardless of changes made my computer is hurting in ways his is breezing.
Now we both agreed something in my set up is wrong, and i am dead set to figure out what it is, cept, say if i had damaged my cpu putting it in... wouldent it just not work?
I get ok performance in most games, not what i would like, but acceptable, i just figured that was my lot, but with him running the same system at the same clock speeds, i have no idea what the hell is going on.
I tried installing that ai sweet and ocing, that did nothing, ive updated windows 7, did nothing, updated gpu drivers, did nothing...
Is there a performance diagnostic (ie free diagnostic) that i can use that will check the individual measurments of my hardware so i can see if its running to spec, thus i can find where the weak link is?...
I realy dont want to have to buy whole new guts for my computer, hell i cant afford to... but if i have to i will cause im simply tired of underperformance.
The fact that we have such a similar set up and that his is running so much faster makes me think it may not be just one thing, though im leaning twoards the cpu, as with arma 3, changing the visual settings only seem to make about 5 fps difference between all on low, and all on max... thus the concern.
IF anyone knows of any diagnostics that can do what i mentioned, or have had problems with the 8120, please let me know.
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