PC Underperforming

[DirtyRift]

To make it as simple as possible, I play Rust on a new pc I built in January, and I get 75 fps avg on potato settings, which I find odd because of my current rig's potential I thought it had. If somebody could point out faults in my choice of parts please comment below as I have only a small idea as to what is wrong. I play on 1080p and live in the U.S. Thank you.

[Slottr]

Single channel memory is choking your cpu.

[DirtyRift]

Just now, Slottr said:

Single channel memory is choking your cpu.

I've been told that before and I should probably get split it with 2x 8gb sticks. Thanks for one final confirmation

[Mira Yurizaki]

Low settings taxes the CPU more because it has more free time to send commands to the GPU. Memory performance in this case will matter. If you up the settings, it will ease the burden of the CPU to the point where it doesn't matter if you're using single channel or dual channel:

 

[FinnegansWake]

Had the same problem and never figured out why, thx for clear answers! 

[Frankenburger]

On 2/26/2019 at 8:24 PM, Mira Yurizaki said:

Low settings taxes the CPU more because it has more free time to send commands to the GPU. Memory performance in this case will matter. If you up the settings, it will ease the burden of the CPU to the point where it doesn't matter if you're using single channel or dual channel:

This is bit of a misnomer. The CPU will see the same workload regardless of game settings, unless the settings directly affects CPU performance (such as physics, AI, and draw distance). Setting higher graphics settings simply makes the GPU work harder, making it more likely to be the bottleneck rather than the CPU.

 

But otherwise yes. The lower the graphics settings, the more likely you are to hit the system's CPU, latency, and bandwidth limitations.