Recommended Build Still Getting Under 60FPS

[Bucca]

I recently bought a friends old computer off of him for pretty cheap, it is my first personal computer and it seems to be able to run many different games. At least it should in theory. I was playing The Forest with a friend and I was averaging only 40 to 50 FPS the entire time even on low settings, this also happened with Cities: Skylines while I was playing by myself.  Afterwards I checked on steam and noticed my computer meets the recommended specs for both games. I was wondering if this was normal or if there not, if there was anything I could do to fix the problem. I'll put my specs below, any advice is welcome and appreciated. Keep in mind the computer is a dell XPS 8300 with added ram and an added graphics card and I am currently using a 720p 19" TV as a monitor while I wait for my new one. Geforce Experience says my drivers are up to date if anyone is wondering.

 

Computer Specs:

• Windows 10 64bit
• Intel Core i7-2600 @3.40GHz
• Geforce GTX 745 
• 16 GB DDR3 Ram
• Intel H67 Express Mainboard
• 460w Stock Power Supply
• 1TB Stock Hard Drive

 

 

[Polyvalent]

I dont think anything is wrong, those are actually pretty decent framerates for a gtx 745.  That i7 is getting up in years too but it's definitely not the bottleneck as of right now.

 

Basically, that GPU is an older card that was even at the time barely entry level for gaming.  

[jaslion]

17 minutes ago, Bucca said:

I recently bought a friends old computer off of him for pretty cheap, it is my first personal computer and it seems to be able to run many different games. At least it should in theory. I was playing The Forest with a friend and I was averaging only 40 to 50 FPS the entire time even on low settings, this also happened with Cities: Skylines while I was playing by myself.  Afterwards I checked on steam and noticed my computer meets the recommended specs for both games. I was wondering if this was normal or if there not, if there was anything I could do to fix the problem. I'll put my specs below, any advice is welcome and appreciated. Keep in mind the computer is a dell XPS 8300 with added ram and an added graphics card and I am currently using a 720p 19" TV as a monitor while I wait for my new one. Geforce Experience says my drivers are up to date if anyone is wondering.

 

Computer Specs:

• Windows 10 64bit
• Intel Core i7-2600 @3.40GHz
• Geforce GTX 745 
• 16 GB DDR3 Ram
• Intel H67 Express Mainboard
• 460w Stock Power Supply
• 1TB Stock Hard Drive

 

 

That gou is really weak and not really meant for gaming even back when it launched years ago. Change that out and you have a pretty solid system.

[Mark Kaine]

7 hours ago, Bucca said:

I recently bought a friends old computer off of him for pretty cheap, it is my first personal computer and it seems to be able to run many different games. At least it should in theory. I was playing The Forest with a friend and I was averaging only 40 to 50 FPS the entire time even on low settings, this also happened with Cities: Skylines while I was playing by myself.  Afterwards I checked on steam and noticed my computer meets the recommended specs for both games. I was wondering if this was normal or if there not, if there was anything I could do to fix the problem. I'll put my specs below, any advice is welcome and appreciated. Keep in mind the computer is a dell XPS 8300 with added ram and an added graphics card and I am currently using a 720p 19" TV as a monitor while I wait for my new one. Geforce Experience says my drivers are up to date if anyone is wondering.

 

Computer Specs:

• Windows 10 64bit
• Intel Core i7-2600 @3.40GHz
• Geforce GTX 745 
• 16 GB DDR3 Ram
• Intel H67 Express Mainboard
• 460w Stock Power Supply
• 1TB Stock Hard Drive

 

 

 

As already been said this seems pretty normal for your hardware. Recommended specs doesn't mean you can play at high settings etc necessarily,  it may only mean you can expect 60FPS - at what settings you usually have to figure out yourself (sometimes it's on Steam store page but not always) 

 

I'd recommend starting with lowest settings and see if you can get 60FPS. 

 

 

Also if you installed your drivers through GFE I'd recommend removing them with DDU  in safe mode and then get the newest version from NVIDIA site directly.