GPU clock speed going down?

[dragoon20005]

averages 50 degrees it says.

will have to try Unigine again and watch this temp go up

[kazell1]

will have to try Unigine again and watch this temp go up

it was 50 degrees during unigine

[Najuno]

FSP Aurum 80+ gold 700W PSU.

im an absolute casual at most of this stuff.

 

That PSU wouldn't be my first choice (please don't get me wrong I'm an enthusiast), BUT a gold certified 700Watts will be more than good for 1 GTX780. So you are fine from this side.

 

By the way that your clockspeed stays up in games and your FPS drop is normal . This is the scenario we all fight with because the game or application demands more than your GPU/system can provide hehe. No reason to worry when you are running 1080p in 60Hz with high AA settings and rich details (like Ultra settings) you'll get FPS drops easily in games like Skyrim. That's exaclty the reason people struggle with 4K and Crossfire/SLI more than 1 GPU .

[dragoon20005]

it was 50 degrees during unigine

ah that mean your CPU, mobo and GPU are fine

 

the bottleneck may really be the HDD

 

I think you might want to get a better HDD or a 120GB SSD and do a fresh install of the OS with the games

 

and see how it goes from there.

[kazell1]

That PSU wouldn't be my first choice (please don't get me wrong I'm an enthusiast), BUT a gold certified 700Watts will be more than good for 1 GTX780. So you are fine from this side.

 

By the way that your clockspeed stays up in games and your FPS drop is normal . This is the scenario we all fight with because the game or application demands more than your GPU/system can provide hehe. No reason to worry we you are running 1080p in 60Hz with high AA settings and rich details (like Ultra settings) you'll get FPS drops easily in games like Skyrim. That's exaclty the reason people struggle with 4K and Crossfire/SLI more than 1 GPU .

yeah, im just kind of disappointed that my $750 GPU couldn't bang out a game like farcry 3  which of course isn't the worst looking game in the world at ultra with no AA. also i know, i would have got Corsair RM750 but then the FSP was given to me free of charge so of course i took it.

[kazell1]

ah that mean your CPU, mobo and GPU are fine

 

the bottleneck may really be the HDD

 

I think you might want to get a better HDD or a 120GB SSD and do a fresh install of the OS with the games

 

and see how it goes from there.

that was probably going to be next on the list anyway however i have no money for even a 120gb SSD anymore. all went into gpu haha! oh well, ill just have to learn to deal with it, thanks for your help!

[dragoon20005]

@Najuno

 

could it be his HDD is the cause of his bottleneck?

 

he is using a 320GB notebook HDD

[Najuno]

yeah, im just kind of disappointed that my $750 GPU couldn't bang out a game like farcry 3  which of course isn't the worst looking game in the world at ultra with no AA. also i know, i would have got Corsair RM750 but then the FSP was given to me free of charge so of course i took it.

Yeah I probably would have done the same in your case with the PSU .

 

Btw how do you check your clockspeed while running things like Unigine Valley/Heaven? Are you running more than one screen or do you minimize while running that benchmark?

 

I'm not so sure about that HDD thing that it will resolve all issues... sure it will be a hell of an improvment going from a HDD to SSD that's clear. And you'll gain a ton of overall performance, my advice would be a Samsung Evo 840 256GB price to performance is awesome and it's pretty much the fastest SSD on the market at the moment. But for me the real bottle neck in your system is your CPU... I'd try to OC that (with the right cooling solution, maybe AIO) as far as I could.

[dragoon20005]

good idea

 

with a good cooler and cooling for the VRMs on the mobo

 

OC the CPU and see if it improves the fps

 

 

 

if gains is small 

 

grab a SSD and do a fresh install of the OS

[Najuno]

@Najuno

 

could it be his HDD is the cause of his bottleneck?

 

he is using a 320GB notebook HDD

 

What the firetruck? Usually I don't double post... but in this case notebook HDDs are usually on the very slow side because there are tons of crappy, cheap notebooks out there! they're anyway built in slim way and will not perform (unless some models and even then go SSD!) as a normal HDD.

 

@ kazell1

 

In which country are u living if I may ask?

[kazell1]

Yeah I probably would have done the same in your case with the PSU .

 

Btw how do you check your clockspeed while running things like Unigine Valley/Heaven? Are you running more than one screen or do you minimize while running that benchmark?

 

I'm not so sure about that HDD thing that it will resolve all issues... sure it will be a hell of an improvment going from a HDD to SSD that's clear. And you'll gain a ton of overall performance, my advice would be a Samsung Evo 840 256GB price to performance is awesome and it's pretty much the fastest SSD on the market at the moment. But for me the real bottle neck in your system is your CPU... I'd try to OC that (with the right cooling solution, maybe AIO) as far as I could.

do you think going from an FX-6300 to an FX-8350 would do the trick?

gah... $300 for one of those here in my country... for only 256GB is pretty steep.

[dragoon20005]

do you think going from an FX-6300 to an FX-8350 would do the trick?

gah... $300 for one of those here in my country... for only 256GB is pretty steep.

erm not a good idea considering that mobo do not support FX8350 well with that VRMs

 

you may need a new mobo if you intend to change to the 8 core FX

[kazell1]

What the firetruck? Usually I don't double post... but in this case notebook HDDs are usually on the very slow side because there are tons of crappy, cheap notebooks out there! they're anyway built in slim way and will not perform (unless some models and even then go SSD!) as a normal HDD.

 

@ kazell1

 

In which country are u living if I may ask?

im from new zealand. there is another HDD in my computer but its not connected and the guy i bought the computer from says its got a virus on it so i don't really want to plug it in, its a like 500GB 3.5in drive i believe.

[kazell1]

erm not a good idea considering that mobo do not support FX8350 well with that VRMs

 

you may need a new mobo if you intend to change to the 8 core FX

hah in that case then i may aswel change to intel, which was my original plan anyway but its just soooooo expensive

[dragoon20005]

hah in that case then i may aswel change to intel, which was my original plan anyway but its just soooooo expensive

take your time to upgrade

 

i will suggest unplugging your current HDD

 

use Windows DVD to format the other HDD

 

that way the virus wont infect your main drive

[kazell1]

take your time to upgrade

 

i will suggest unplugging your current HDD

 

use Windows DVD to format the other HDD

 

that way the virus wont infect your main drive

i do not have the windows disc or anything, the OS came with the computer.

[Najuno]

do you think going from an FX-6300 to an FX-8350 would do the trick?

gah... $300 for one of those here in my country... for only 256GB is pretty steep.

 

dragoon20005 is right here. Rather OC than try to exchange the CPU alone. Sure this FX8350 is a good AMD CPU and without a doubt it would push you way much harder than yours, but without a new mainboard I don't see this happen.

 

The OC of yours would make a lot more sense, because it is way much cheaper .

 

SSD are still on the more expensive side, but we saw them drop big time over the last couple of years.

 

How about you give a 64 GB SSD a try? Just for your OS (64 GB is plenty to use it for an OS).

 

Even the slowest SSD would help you more than you can imagine .

 

i.e. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA12K1NG8894 not super fast not the best but a damn good budget choice!

 

And if may say this... please next time before you upgrade something and run out of budget... come to our awesome forum before you buy and you will be satisfied all the way! There are nice people out here and try to help you with anything around you hardware. My personal expirience (disregarding some hardcore OC forums ) this is one of the best forums you can find .

[kazell1]

dragoon20005 is right here. Rather OC than try to exchange the CPU alone. Sure this FX8350 is a good AMD CPU and without a doubt it would push you way much harder than yours, but without a new mainboard I don't see this happen.

 

The OC of yours would make a lot more sense, because it is way much cheaper .

 

SSD are still on the more expensive side, but we saw them drop big time over the last couple of years.

 

How about you give a 64 GB SSD a try? Just for your OS (64 GB is plenty to use it for an OS).

 

Even the slowest SSD would help you more than you can imagine .

 

i.e. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA12K1NG8894 not super fast not the best but a damn good budget choice!

new egg doesn't ship to my country i believe, however i'm looking at some on tiger direct, which i've heard good things about, can you vouch for them?

[dragoon20005]

i do not have the windows disc or anything, the OS came with the computer.

ok let me look around for the Windows 8.1 iso

 

in the mean time

 

i have the link in my sig for Windows 8.1 pro Key for cheap 35 dollars

[kazell1]

ok let me look around for the Windows 8.1 iso

 

in the mean time

 

i have the link in my sig for Windows 8.1 pro Key for cheap 35 dollars

haha thanks but i really can't even spare $35 right now, after purchasing the GPU i am completely skint

[Najuno]

new egg doesn't ship to my country i believe, however i'm looking at some on tiger direct, which i've heard good things about, can you vouch for them?

 

There are only 3 stores where I personally order (because I live in the USA and Germany)

 

NewEGG, Alternate and Frozen CPU (just for water cooling parts). All three provide awesome customer service, I get my hardware superfast and had never issues (even when I had to RMA something).

[dragoon20005]

ok found it

 

http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2014/03/19/windows-8-1-tips-how-to-download-the-windows-8-1-pro-iso.aspx

 

there is a small installer which you need to download and run to download 8.1 Pro

 

hopefully it works

[dragoon20005]

haha thanks but i really can't even spare $35 right now, after purchasing the GPU i am completely skint

lolz