Low fps after cpu upgrade.

[Mxares]

• #1

Hello, i have some troubles with my pc. Recently i upgraded my pc from an i3 4160 to fx 8320 black edition. i got it from a friend so i didnt pay for it. only bought a motherboard. But problem is i noticed my games are choppy now, despite low cpu and gpu usage. My temps are normal too gpu- 50 while gaming and cpu 35-40 i use water cooling . Here is my benchmark after i installed the cpu https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/39339589 , after that i upgraded my bios, but it didnt help.. I mostly play dota 2 on ultra and back on my i3 it worked like a charm no problem at all. But now the game feels choppy. At times i get 100 fps but then if i go to the middle lane my fps drops to 60 and it becomes really choppy. Also while playing hroizon zero dawn, i get really bad fps. My cpu usage while playing HZD is 100 but the gpu usage is 40%. I stress tested the cpu and gpu so i know they can go to 100 %. Someome told me it might be the ram, i need better ram.Any advice will be appreciated.

And also is it poseible that my gpu is bottlenecking the cpu?
Specs:
MB: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P
Gpu gtx 750 ti
Cpu fx 8320 black edition with water cooling
Psu: 550 Wats
ram 2x4 1333 mhz
ps. it says different about my ram on the benchmark but i use 2x4.

[Kavamale21]

maybe i am mistaken but AMD FX series procesors had quite bad reputation for gaming. so its not much upgrade for gaming.

[XaiGRS]

10 minutes ago, Mxares said:

• #1

Hello, i have some troubles with my pc. Recently i upgraded my pc from an i3 4160 to fx 8320 black edition. i got it from a friend so i didnt pay for it. only bought a motherboard. But problem is i noticed my games are choppy now, despite low cpu and gpu usage. My temps are normal too gpu- 50 while gaming and cpu 35-40 i use water cooling . Here is my benchmark after i installed the cpu https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/39339589 , after that i upgraded my bios, but it didnt help.. I mostly play dota 2 on ultra and back on my i3 it worked like a charm no problem at all. But now the game feels choppy. At times i get 100 fps but then if i go to the middle lane my fps drops to 60 and it becomes really choppy. Also while playing hroizon zero dawn, i get really bad fps. My cpu usage while playing HZD is 100 but the gpu usage is 40%. I stress tested the cpu and gpu so i know they can go to 100 %. Someome told me it might be the ram, i need better ram.Any advice will be appreciated.

And also is it poseible that my gpu is bottlenecking the cpu?
Specs:
MB: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P
Gpu gtx 750 ti
Cpu fx 8320 black edition with water cooling
Psu: 550 Wats
ram 2x4 1333 mhz
ps. it says different about my ram on the benchmark but i use 2x4.

that amd fx has worse single core performance compared to the i3 4160. it shows low cpu usage because games are not utilizing all 8 cores rather than the 2 cores faster cores of the i3.

[Mxares]

6 minutes ago, Kavamale21 said:

maybe i am mistaken but AMD FX series procesors had quite bad reputation for gaming. so its not much upgrade for gaming.

Yeah, but i think it should be at least a little better then my i3?

[Levent]

You downgraded quite badly. FX8320 is barely on par with second gen i3s and you switched to it from a fourth gen i3.

[XaiGRS]

1 minute ago, Mxares said:

Yeah, but i think it should be at least a little better then my i3?

nope, the i3 beats it by quite a bit.

[SavageNeo]

FX is worse than your old i3 on gmaes. on workloads it is quite a bit better tho. at gaming quite a bit worse.

 

 

[camieabz]

11 minutes ago, Mxares said:

Yeah, but i think it should be at least a little better then my i3?

Not in single cores scenarios (i.e. gaming). See attached image (red boxes):

 

[Mxares]

Thanks everyone, i will be returning the processor and reinstalling my i3. Any advice on low budget upgrade?

[camieabz]

What's your 4160 motherboard model?

[XaiGRS]

10 minutes ago, Mxares said:

Thanks everyone, i will be returning the processor and reinstalling my i3. Any advice on low budget upgrade?

safe bet is an i5. but i would check out some of the xeon e3s available as they can be quite cheap. e3-1240 and above are all 4core 8threads.

[SavageNeo]

I7 4770 used should ne nice. 

[Mxares]

4 hours ago, camieabz said:

What's your 4160 motherboard model?

gigabyte ga-h81m-ds2 

[Mxares]

4 hours ago, XaiGRS said:

safe bet is an i5. but i would check out some of the xeon e3s available as they can be quite cheap. e3-1240 and above are all 4core 8threads.

Do you mean i5 4th generation?

[Mxares]

4 hours ago, SavageNeo said:

I7 4770 used should ne nice. 

Is it going to make a big difference? Here in my country i can find one for 50 bucks. My mobo is gigabyte ga-h81m-ds2  can it handle it? Also is my gpu enough.

[camieabz]

Use this list for compatible CPUs - Generally the higher up the list, the ebtter, but the 'T' series are probably best avoided.

 

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-H81M-DS2-rev-10/support#support-cpu

 

4790 or 4790K would be as good as it gets, but whether you can get one for a good price, no idea.

[SavageNeo]

2 minutes ago, Mxares said:

Is it going to make a big difference? Here in my country i can find one for 50 bucks. My mobo is gigabyte ga-h81m-ds2  can it handle it? Also is my gpu enough.

for 50 bucks that is very good deal for you. that will help a lot depending on the games.

faster clockspeed, more cache and douple the cores and threads will help you a lot.

 

dpends on the games of course.

[Mxares]

6 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

for 50 bucks that is very good deal for you. that will help a lot depending on the games.

faster clockspeed, more cache and douple the cores and threads will help you a lot.

 

dpends on the games of course.

Thanks, but can my gpu handlen it i dont want to bottleneck my cpu.

[SavageNeo]

1 minute ago, Mxares said:

Thanks, but can my gpu handlen it i dont want to bottleneck my cpu.

again depends on the things you do and what games you play. that is pretty good pair in general.

[Dr0y]

3 minutes ago, Mxares said:

Thanks, but can my gpu handlen it i dont want to bottleneck my cpu.

why is it that much of a problem ?

 

... if you find an i5 for 50$ and an i7 fo 50$ you will take the i5 if the gpu is not fast enough and will bottleneck the i7 ?   That would be a really strange thing to do ... that i7 4770 for 50$ is quite a deal and I would jump on it