I need help with performance issues

[asung415]

Hello, I am new to the forums, but I have a problem that I have ran into last night. So my system specs are:

CPU: AMD FX 8320 @ 4.7ghz

GPU: EVGA gtx 470 @ 800/2000 (yes i know it is old)

RAM: 2x 4gb (g.skill sniper series), and 1x8gb (patriot memory) @ 1600mhz

monitor: 1366x768 @ 60hz

 

 

So my rig isnt the best. I was playing Battlefield 3 and i noticed that i could play it on ultra settings at a constant 60fps, but after a while it started to degrade in performance, so i reinstalled windows, and now the game lags all the time. I have reinstalled drivers, etc. and on the windows performance, i got a lowest of 7.8 on my cpu, and a 7.9 on graphics, but after i reinstalled, I was only able to get a 7.1. 

 

I am really confused about this, and does anyone think that i should be upgrading soon? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

[Helltech]

Your GPU may be dying, the 400 series ran really hot and I know a lot of 460 had memory degradation because of heat. Have you tried cleaning the GPU of dust? 

[A10-FTW]

the performance "drop in time" because "the ram" on the 470 (1,25GB) get full and "start the bottleneck" 

[Godlygamer23]

What's the maximum amount of VRAM your card consumes? (using Afterburner or some other program)

[asung415]

I cleaned the card. When i bought the card, i got a gelid cooler for the card. Anyways, i am only playing at a resolution of 1366 x768

I am not sure about how much it consumes right now

[asung415]

I can get it to you tomorrow, after i do benchmarks

[Godlygamer23]

I can get it to you tomorrow, after i do benchmarks

You can just play Battlefield 3 for a bit with the program in the background, and then look at the maximum value.

[asung415]

I think that the card is getting old, i am thinking up upgrading my card to either an hd 7970, or a gtx 770, what do you think?

[Godlygamer23]

Both are good options.

[asung415]

But if i were to upgrade my monitor to a 1080p monitor, which one would handle it better?

[WoodenMarker]

I think that the card is getting old, i am thinking up upgrading my card to either an hd 7970, or a gtx 770, what do you think?

Go for either a 770 or a 7950. The 7970 isn't that much better compared to the 7950 considering the price gap.

The 770 will be more than enough for all 1080p gaming while the 7950 would also do very well. 

[Godlygamer23]

They're neck and neck.(7970 vs 770)

[asung415]

ok, thanks for all of your input! I will consider the 7950, but for the time being, i will check on the ram usage and see what the bottleneck is! Thanks for all of your help I will get back !

[Godlygamer23]

GTX 770 review.

[CadillacVic]

Hello, I am new to the forums, but I have a problem that I have ran into last night. So my system specs are:

CPU: AMD FX 8320 @ 4.7ghz

GPU: EVGA gtx 470 @ 800/2000 (yes i know it is old)

RAM: 2x 4gb (g.skill sniper series), and 1x8gb (patriot memory) @ 1600mhz

monitor: 1366x768 @ 60hz

 

 

So my rig isnt the best. I was playing Battlefield 3 and i noticed that i could play it on ultra settings at a constant 60fps, but after a while it started to degrade in performance, so i reinstalled windows, and now the game lags all the time. I have reinstalled drivers, etc. and on the windows performance, i got a lowest of 7.8 on my cpu, and a 7.9 on graphics, but after i reinstalled, I was only able to get a 7.1. 

 

I am really confused about this, and does anyone think that i should be upgrading soon? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

What driver are you using? 320.XX are having a lot of performance issues with BF3 you should unintstall the driver using ccleaner then run ccleaner and clear out your registry then custom install driver 314.XX only and that should help you out. 

[asung415]

I did a clean install of windows, and installed the latest drivers from nvidia, so i dont think that drivers are the issue

 

** edit **

Oh sorry, i didn't read the 314.xx, so yea i will try that out see if that helps! thanks 

[CadillacVic]

I did a clean install of windows, and installed the latest drivers from nvidia, so i dont think that drivers are the issue

If you installed the latest drivers that is your problem it's all over the net that the 320.XX driver and BF3 are having major issues you should try my option out what do you have to lose? I was having major issues with my 560Ti using those drivers.

[asung415]

oh really? i didnt hear about that... thanks for telling me about the news. That i think is the main problem, Thanks Again!

can you give a link to a site about it?

[CadillacVic]

oh really? i didnt hear about that... thanks for telling me about the news. That i think is the main problem, Thanks Again!

can you give a link to a site about it?

Just start reading about 9 comments down they start talking about the performance issue. Its 50+ pages long keep that in mind and there are some pissed off people posting just so you know.

 

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/548402/geforce-drivers/official-nvidia-320-49-beta-display-driver-feedback-thread-released-6-25-13-/

[asung415]

Just start reading about 9 comments down they start talking about the performance issue. Its 50+ pages long keep that in mind and there are some pissed off people posting just so you know.

 

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/548402/geforce-drivers/official-nvidia-320-49-beta-display-driver-feedback-thread-released-6-25-13-/

Thanks, i think i know the reason for low performance, but I will have to confirm. Thanks for all of the help, I will be back with results.

[Chevaishr]

Go for either a 770 or a 7950. The 7970 isn't that much better compared to the 7950 considering the price gap.

The 770 will be more than enough for all 1080p gaming while the 7950 would also do very well. 

the 7970 actually holds it's own quite well, being a higher binned part, they overclock better than the 7950. and can yield a lot more performance 

[WoodenMarker]

the 7970 actually holds it's own quite well, being a higher binned part, they overclock better than the 7950. and can yield a lot more performance 

It's not a bad card on its own but next to the 7950--doesn't look like the best deal. The 770 also flat out beats it including when both are overclocked.

[asung415]

Hello, with the drivers 314.22, the ram maxed out around 1100 mb, and with the 314 drivers, the performance decreased... :(