Why is my laptop's GPU faster than my PC's one?

[Saxioliken]

Hey guys, I'm new here and have quite a bit of questions. Hopefully I will find all my answers on this forum!

 

So I have an Asus Republic of Gamers GL553V3 (https://www.asus.com/Laptops/ROG-GL553VE/) with the specs:

- nVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB

 

And then there is my 2011 PC (components are OK and working at full functionality, but can't provide much info since I don't have a monitor available currently):

- AMD Twin Frozr II 2GB

 

I play PUBG and it moves at 60FPS on the laptop with the occasional frame drop, but on the computer it runs at around 40-50FPS with a lot of frame drops and sometimes the textures take a full 10 seconds to load. I have tweaked the settings in both the AMD and nVIDIA panel and also switched to the default settings, but it is still awful.

 

Why do you think that is? Also, if I need to provide any other components, just lmk.

 

[flibberdipper]

The obvious answer would be that whatever graphics card the desktop has is slower than the laptop's 1050Ti.

[Theguywhobea]

We would need to know ANYTHING about your desktop PC. Twin Frozr II is not what type of GPU you have, that's just the type of cooler. It's likely that your laptop is simply more powerful than your desktop. You did say yourself that your desktop parts are 7 years old, that's a long time for computery bits.

[dcgreen2k]

Judging by what you're saying, it sounds like the CPU in the desktop is holding the GPU back. And Twin Frozr 2 is not a graphics card.

[RollTime]

Give us the specccccs. You did say the PC only had 2gb of VRAM, while the laptop has 4gb. This leads me to believe the laptop is simply more powerful.

[KarathKasun]

The desktop card is likely an HD 7870 or 7850 (given the age, memory amount, and performance), which are significantly slower than a GTX 1050 Ti.  The additional VRAM that the 1050 Ti has helps a ton in newer games.

 

For a 2gb card you will likely end up at medium or low settings and 720p at most to get rid of the frame drops.

[Silentprototipe]

More than likely your desktop's GPU is weaker than your laptop's. Simple as that

[Saxioliken]

@RollTime obviously those 4GB is shared memory, not the actual memory of the GPU, you couldn't fit that in a laptop. But I don't really know if it makes much of a difference

 

The PCs GPU is an AMD R7850 and it has an i5 CPU with 3.5 GHz (don't know the model, but it's 2011 stuff).

 

[KarathKasun]

Just now, Saxioliken said:

@RollTime obviously those 4GB is shared memory, not the actual memory of the GPU, you couldn't fit that in a laptop. But I don't really know if it makes much of a difference

 

The PCs GPU is an AMD R7850 and it has an i5 CPU with 3.5 GHz (don't know the model, but it's 2011 stuff).

 

No, it is not shared.

[Theguywhobea]

1 minute ago, Saxioliken said:

@RollTime obviously those 4GB is shared memory, not the actual memory of the GPU, you couldn't fit that in a laptop. But I don't really know if it makes much of a difference

 

The PCs GPU is an AMD R7850 and it has an i5 CPU with 3.5 GHz (don't know the model, but it's 2011 stuff).

 

Nah, it's a real 4GB of VRAM. They made 980m's and newer laptop GPU's with 8GB of VRAM, not shared.

[Saxioliken]

1 minute ago, KarathKasun said:

No, it is not shared.

It says so in my display adapter settings

 

Also I have the game on all low and the global settings in the AMD panel all on low

 

Can it really be that bad that with everything on low and no other processes running it sucks so much?

 

EDIT: CUT I was looking at the wrong one

[Saxioliken]

Thanks guys I guess I got it. Can I make it faster without having to buy a new GPU?

[Biggerboot]

Components are simply older and out of date, despite the form factor.  Generations of architectural improvements happened since 2011.

If you'd like to know more about why, techquickie probably has more answers.  One of the big factors is instructions per cycle CPUs and GPUs can do now.

[Biggerboot]

2 minutes ago, Saxioliken said:

Thanks guys I guess I got it. Can I make it faster without having to buy a new GPU?

A new GPU is going to give you the most improvement.  

[Snapperx]

1 minute ago, Saxioliken said:

Thanks guys I guess I got it. Can I make it faster without having to buy a new GPU?

You can if you overclock it.

[Saxioliken]

1 minute ago, Snapperx said:

You can if you overclock it.

I don't know much about this. Is there like a thread about it?

 

1 minute ago, Biggerboot said:

A new GPU is going to give you the most benefit.  

I know but I can barely afford one new RAM stick (is it c alled a stick?), let a lone a new GPU. Will more RAM compensate so it can at least be playable?

[Snapperx]

Just now, Saxioliken said:

I don't know much about this. Is there like a thread about it?

 

I know but I can barely afford one new RAM stick (is it c alled a stick?), let a lone a new GPU. Will more RAM compensate so it can at least be playable?

Look for a tutorial on youtube.

Yes it is called a stick and it might help a little bit (depending on the game and your current system) but you wont really see a huge improvement in games without upgrading your GPU.

[Biggerboot]

1 minute ago, Saxioliken said:

I don't know much about this. Is there like a thread about it?

 

I know but I can barely afford one new RAM stick (is it c alled a stick?), let a lone a new GPU. Will more RAM compensate so it can at least be playable?

If you want to know for sure if RAM or GPU is your bottleneck you can try running MSI afterburner during PUBG and see what is maxing out usage.

[Saxioliken]

2 minutes ago, Biggerboot said:

If you want to know for sure if RAM or GPU is your bottleneck you can try running MSI afterburner during PUBG and see what is maxing out usage.

I will do that tomorrow when I get to my monitor back

 

Also do you think it could be underperforming because of something like bad airflow caused by dust? Last time it got cleaned well was around 2 years ago when I also bought a new case with better airflow. The guys there took the GPU and fricken slapped all the dust out of it. Don't know if it was the best idea but it still works.

 

Do you think I should take it to be cleaned and also put thermal paste on the CPU?

[Biggerboot]

Just now, Saxioliken said:

I will do that tomorrow when I get to my monitor back

 

Also do you think it could be underperforming because of something like bad airflow caused by dust? Last time it got cleaned well was around 2 years ago when I also bought a new case with better airflow. The guys there took the GPU and fricken slapped all the dust out of it. Don't know if it was the best idea but it still works.

 

Do you think I should take it to be cleaned and also put thermal paste on the CPU?

It doesn't hurt to give your computer a good cleaning anyway, but you don't have to guess.  If you see your CPU thermal throttling in afterburner you'll know.

[KarathKasun]

No, the components are just that out of date.  The HD 7850 is, at best with a good OC, somewhere between a GT 1030 and a GTX 1050.

[linustechtipscom]

according to future mark(GPU benchmark) your laptop's GPU is 49% faster than you desktop's GPU. 

[Saxioliken]

3 minutes ago, linustechtipscom said:

according to future mark(GPU benchmark) your laptop's GPU is 49% faster than you desktop's GPU. 

Yeah I just saw too. That's a shame, I used to think of this computer as the ultimate beast PC and never got any issues with it a few years ago.

 

Thanks for all guys

[linustechtipscom]

Also 2011 CPU which would be Sandy Bridge CPUs, but there is no 3.5GHz  Sandy Bridge i5. This probably means your PC has original dual core i5

[geo3]

He can run this to find exactly which CPU and other stuff he has. https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

 

Most likely it's the GPU holding you back though. Pick up a desktop 1050ti for it and it should be faster than your laptop again.