Need help with potential bottleneck!

NeRo1991 · December 31, 2018

Hey guys n girls!

I just upgraded my GPU from 780ti to 1080 and im not experiencing that much of a FPS boost!?!?

Recently in Dirt Rally my avg. fps was 120 with low graphics settings with 780ti... But now i retested it with my new 1080 and it just around 140 fps!

I have been checked other games too but there arent that much of fps increase, max 10-15 FPS in AAA titles.

Do i have some kind of bottleneck or the 1080 isnt much better than 780ti?

Im playing at 1080p @ 144hz / 240hz

My system specs:

MOBO: ASUS B85M-G

CPU: i7 4770@stock 3.4GHz (turbo 3.9)

RAM: 4x4GB DDR3 1600mhz Corsair

GPU: Gainward Phoenix "GS" GTX 1080

PSU: be quiet! Straight power 11 750w gold

Im a big fps freak and every single frame is count for me.

(i rather play on the lowest settings to achieve smoothness)

Please someone give me some advice what should i do?

LuckyAsFox · December 31, 2018

https://thebottlenecker.com/calculator

It's not that bad of a bottleneck. 140fps on low settings seems a bit weird for a gtx 1080 and an i7 4770. You should be getting around this:

Have you put your power saving mode to high performance and updated your drivers? Also, check temps.

krakkpott · January 1, 2019

Have you tried uninstalling your graphics drivers via DDU and reinstalling them?

NeRo1991 · January 1, 2019

Yes i got "prefered maximum performance" in nvidia control panel / win10 settings too. My temps are fine during gaming GPU around 65C and CPU is 45-50C.

Yes i did when uninstalled my old card drivers with DDU then clean installed 1080 drivers.

Yesterday i ran a bucnh of games with MSI Afterburner and Riva Tuner and found something really weird...

When my games are in "Low" graphics settings my GPU is not using its full potentional neither my CPU...

For example in Dirt Rally my CPU usage in "Low" was around 20-30% and my GPU was around 25-30%.

Tested with "Ultra" settings too and my CPU usage was around 40-50% and my GPU was around 70-80% and my pc produced almost the SAME FPS as in "Low" settings.