Bad performance for no reason?

[SlaughterSmurf]

Okay. In general, I get worse performance than my friend. We both have pretty much the same PC except he has 16GB of ram to my 8. We both have 7970, his is clocked at 1000mhz and mine is at 1075 mhz, his 3570k is running at 4.2 ghz and mine is running at 4.4. I don't understand why I am getting worse performance. In Skyrim, we have the same mods, he gets 60FPS I get 40. In BF4 ultra I get 55 fps he gets 65. Anyone have any idea why his performance may be better? (I am running latest drivers)

[Shd0w2]

BF4 is a ram Hog, and so is skyrim, its ram.

[AustinKZombie]

Ya both are LIKE RAM HORDERS( GIVEME ALL THE AVAILABLE RAM!!!)

[AlwaysFSX]

Lots of stuff on your computer? That's my guess.

[SlaughterSmurf]

Okay.... so I just noticed that GPU usage was sitting around 75-85% in skyrim while getting 45 fps...... why would that be happening?

[Imabigmac]

are your drivers the same?

[lachyman]

BF4 is a ram Hog, and so is skyrim, its ram.

There is no way BF4 filling up all his RAM.

[AboveTheSource]

Whilst in those games open task manager and see if it's a RAM issue, if they are eating your RAM, OC it.

[Leonard]

Maybe his internet connection is better than yours. Maybe he treats his system better than you treat yours.