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Just like everyone is saying. There isn't much of a bottle neck but the cpu might be the bigger bottle neck in the system that if changed could raise your FPS a bit. Though, you are talking about high demanding games. So, I think your problem is you have your settings to high. Turn a couple things down to raise your FPS. You shouldn't run at Ultra settings. Do a 2x msaa or so and turn down a couple other things. You can change each graphics setting one at a time to see which ones are hurting your fps the most.

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Hi All,

 

I'm curious, I am unable to run some games at the FPS I would like and was wondering what the bottleneck(s) in my system might be. My current setup is as follows

 

Motherboard: ASUS M5A88-V EVO 

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T (@ 3.7 GHz currently)

Memory: Kingston HyperX 8GB 1600 MHz

GPU: ASUS HD 7950

SSD: OCZ 60 GB

HDD: 2TB Hitachi

PSU: Antec 650W

Water cooled with Corsair H60

 

Please let me know if there is any missing info. Thanks

 

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Quite possible some of the games aren't well optimised 

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Thanks for the quick replies. Some examples were Tomb Raider and Far Cry 3, but could be the whole system isn't fast enough to max out.

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Phenom II is the bottleneck, no issue if it don't bother you though.

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If I were to upgrade my CPU, how big of an upgrade would an FX-8320 be?

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I wouldn't say much of a bottleneck here. Maybe a little with the CPU but that is it. Far Cry 3 is a demanding game anyway if I recall correctly. What's your target?

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Ya thanks for the help guys. It seems that any higher AA starts to kill the FPS, so I guess I just gotta turn it down.

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AA doesn't do a lot to the looks. And no, there isn't really any bottlenecks.  Just generally bump down your settings a tad maybe.

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Just like everyone is saying. There isn't much of a bottle neck but the cpu might be the bigger bottle neck in the system that if changed could raise your FPS a bit. Though, you are talking about high demanding games. So, I think your problem is you have your settings to high. Turn a couple things down to raise your FPS. You shouldn't run at Ultra settings. Do a 2x msaa or so and turn down a couple other things. You can change each graphics setting one at a time to see which ones are hurting your fps the most.

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