Heya, so...
After my old monitor broke, I used the chance and upgraded my system. So I recently bought a 2560x1440p, 144Hz Acer monitor and an EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC (ACX 3.0).
I also got a new 650W Corsair power-supply, because I thought that 400W wouldn't be enough.
Here are the links to the products:
Monitor Graphics card Power supply
I noticed my system is underperforming a lot in both Overwatch and League of Legends. Yes, I know. League of Legends.
I tuned down my settings in Overwatch from Ultra to High, then from High down to Medium. Nothing seems to change my performance, as it's always sitting around 75-100 FPS.
Sure, that's not too little in general, but I bought a 144Hz monitor for a reason, and for a GTX 1070, it's waaay to little FPS.
Every video I watched, where someone tested Overwatch on a GTX 1070, they always averaged around 140-160FPS all the time, even in silent mode (MSI) and so on.
And League of Legends, oh boy, don't even get me started... I averaged the same FPS on my GTX 660. Never get up to 144, not even close. Usually around 80-120 FPS.
In some teamfights with many particles etc. flying around, I even feel the lag. Like, we're talking down into the 40's, if not 30's right now. That s*cks. (ALL UNCAPPED BY THE WAY!)
(I haven't overclocked it yet, but that is due to my 3rd fan in my case being dead, so I don't have good cooling right now. I just don't want to damage anything.)
Speaking of damaging, my GPU is sitting at around 60-70°C when I play Overwatch (League around 55°C), and the temperature also stays consistent throughout multiple-hour gaming. So that's good. (Even though my case gets warm/hot...)
I just let Precision X1 do its thing with automatic fan controls, but weirdly enough, the program only shows one fan, even though the GPU has two.
When I set a certain speed to "Fan 1" in Precision X1, the second fan just copies the speed, but it's still not normal, right?
I tried reinstalling the program & deleting the whole EVGA file from Program Files (x86), nothing worked. (Also tried Precision OX - same problem.)
Here is my current setup:
CPU: Core i7-4790 @3.6GHz
Motherboard: MSI B85M-G43
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 SC (ACX 3.0)
RAM: 16GB DDR3 (only pretty sure about DDR3)
PSU: Corsair Vengeance 650M
Case: CoolerMaster K380 Mid-tower
Cooling: Aircooled by 2 intake (front, bottom) & 1 exhaust fan(s) (back), top-mounted dust filter removed to let more hot air out
My questions:
- What could be a reason for my FPS being too low? Bottleneck?
--> Does my CPU bottleneck my GPU a lot?
- Why does Precision X1 only show 1/2 GPU-fans?
- I'm new to system building, what the heckies am I supposed to do heeeeelp!
Kind regards, Nashor
(P.S. I could still return my GPU or get it replaced for free! Sorry for the long text, by the way.)