My fps took a dip after upgrading cpu?

Arious · January 24, 2022

my mobo is a MSI B450 Tomahawk Max II, my GPU is a GTX 1650 Super. I had a ryzen 5 3500 from a cheap prebuilt and repurposed it in my custom built rig. I upgraded it recently to a Ryzen 7 5800x and since then I feel like my rig has not performed as well. I did a benchmark on Rise of the Tomb Raider and the outcome was an average of (around) 30 fps and peaking 45 fps. I just tried updating bios and no change.

What are some things I can try out>?

Quackers101 · January 24, 2022

what is your temps, as this chip could run hotter.

could also be some limits to the motherboard + newer chip. not sure.

HeroRareheart · January 24, 2022

30 minutes ago, Arious said:

I did a benchmark on Rise of the Tomb Raider and the outcome was an average of (around) 30 fps and peaking 45 fps

Did you benchmark your build with the last CPU before and if so were the scores higher? I also recomend@Quackers101 idea of checking temps. If the temps are poor and the chip is thermal throttling you could try removing and reattaching the CPU cooler with new thermal paste to check that nothing was wrong there. Start with those steps and let us know what happens.

Arious · January 24, 2022

1 hour ago, HeroRareheart said:

Did you benchmark your build with the last CPU before and if so were the scores higher? I also recomend@Quackers101 idea of checking temps. If the temps are poor and the chip is thermal throttling you could try removing and reattaching the CPU cooler with new thermal paste to check that nothing was wrong there. Start with those steps and let us know what happens.

ill try that tomorrow! Thank you!

DoctorNick · January 24, 2022

10 minutes ago, Arious said:

ill try that tomorrow! Thank you!

Check temps, if ok, then reinstall windows. Might be optimization for 3500. Install drivers manually. I would also consider installing windows while offline to avoid automatic driver installation. You can download the latest version of win 10 from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Using "Create Windows 10 installation media".

Molot · January 24, 2022

Update BIOS if there's an update available. Then, what cooler are you using? You just went from 65W to 105W CPU, 62% increase in thermal output, so it might hurt quite a bit. Check temps under artificial load and, if they are over 80 C, show us your cooler and airflow.