Pathetic FPS when playing games as lightweight as Minecraft.

[Zei33]

Hi, yesterday I finally got to build my first PC and with the help of my technician mate, it was built and working in no time. I've spent quite a bit of time ensuring that everything is working and up to date. This includes things like drivers, registry, disk checking and so on.

So my first test with a new PC or Laptop is usually to fire up a small game, usually Minecraft and check the FPS. Three years ago I bought a laptop and got around 100-200 FPS which I found acceptable for a GT 540M graphics card and i5 2nd generation CPU. Now, I'm getting around the exact same FPS, 100-200 with a brand new GTX 780 and i7 CPU.

Now here's the kicker, after about 5-7 minutes of running around in this Minecraft world, watching the FPS, the framerate dropped drastically. We're talking 0-15 FPS and it wasn't getting any higher. It's important to note that the debug screen was saying that I was only using 48% of the alocated 1GB RAM so I don't think it has anything to do with the ram but after a while the game completely crashed.

Specs:
Motherboard: G1.Sniper 5
CPU: i7-4770k
GPU: GTX 780
RAM: Kingston HyperX 2x8GB
PSU: Corsair 750HX (AKA 750 Watts)

 

[Dom_79]

I thought the 780 came with 3GB RAM (minimum). If you're getting a reading that your GPU has only 1GB the game may be running on the onboard GPU.

 

[Zei33]

I thought the 780 came with 3GB RAM (minimum). If you're getting a reading that your GPU has only 1GB the game may be running on the onboard GPU.

Ah, I wish it were that simple, however it does appear to be my GTX 780 handling everything. I did indeed check dxdiag to ensure that it was using the GTX780.

 

[huilun02]

Got drivers installed? Use GPU-Z to check if your card is running properly. Also check temperatures.

 

[Aramis07]

Firstly, you have to take note that minecraft is literally the worst game in terms of optimization. so i think that would play a huge role in this, when the game renders heaps of chunks the fps is known to drop down immensly, but you could try reinstalling your gpu drivers.

 

[Zei33]

Got drivers installed? Use GPU-Z to check if your card is running properly. Also check temperatures.

Yeah all drivers are up to date, I'll give GPU-Z a look in a moment and the temperatures are all generally under 50 degrees.

 

[Dom_79]

+1 what Aramis07 said. Minecraft is very poorly optimized. To test your GPU out (since it is such a high end card) why not use something like Furmark or 3D mark?

Playing a game (especially one like Minecraft) to initially test your GPU is not a good idea at all. You won't be able to discern whether or not issues (like this one) are game programming(optimization), drivers, or hardware. Test/ benchmarking progs (like the two I mentioned) take programming out of the picture which leaves you with basic hardware (is it physically working, connected and communicating) or drivers(which usually can be sorted out easily enough).

 

[Zei33]

Right, okay everyone, well it looks like it's all irrelevant as it looks like the motherboard has gone. Can't boot up the PC anymore.

 

[Dom_79]

WOW! That was fast! All those high end components and a massive failure within a day! What a rip-off!

Or maybe you were just trolling and got tired of it. I mean who buys a rig in the neighborhood of 2000$ and "tests" it with Minecraft.

 

[Zei33]

WOW! That was fast! All those high end components and a massive failure within a day! What a rip-off!

Or maybe you were just trolling and got tired of it. I mean who buys a rig in the neighborhood of 2000$ and "tests" it with Minecraft.

Aha, don't get me started on how angry I am. Also, trust me it was worth quite a bit more than $2000 (Went pretty big, COSMOS II Ultra Tower for example). The reason I used Minecraft is because it is a game I have played quite a bit so I have a good feel for how it tends to perform and it's also only 20 mb so I was able to get it up and running quickly as opposed to installing steam and downloading crysis 2. Definitely not a troll though. Thanks for the help!

 

[cst1992]

You might want to install all components on an alternative lga1150 board to check no other component is dead.

 

[huilun02]

RMA your new board. Even the most high end of components can be defective. Part and parcel of a system builder's life.