Why are my frames so low?!? (FPS)

[HikaruHaru]

Hi,

 

I recently just bought a Msi Nvidia GTX 970 4G and I would honestly have expected higher frame rates. Could it be my CPU? Here's a run down of my build.

 

CPU - AMD FX 6300

GPU -Msi Nvidia GTX 970

Mobo - Asus M5A97 LE R2.0

RAM - 16GB HyperX Savage CL9 1866Mhz

PSU - 500W 80+

HDD - 1TB WD Blue

SSD - 120GB Kingston 

 

As for screens, I have an LG IPS 24inch monitor and a AOC TN monitor as well (dual monitor setup) 

 

I play games such as League of Legends, Aion, CS:GO. I also stream as well.

 

On League of Legends with nothing on e.g. I'm not watching any streams I get max 170-200 FPS

When watching a stream and playing league, I get around 100-150 FPS.

When I stream I get around 80-90 FPS.

 

On Aion I get a solid 60 FPS that fluctuates upwards by +5 and -3 down. When streaming, I get about 40-50 FPS on Aion. 

 

What is the problem here? Honestly I expected a lot more from this "beast" GTX 970.

[Adreyu]

make sure you have the latest drivers. but realistically the fx 6300 for sure cant handle the full power of the gtx 970. 

[EarthboundHero]

Definitely a CPU bottleneck. Grab a 4690K.

[itachipirate]

Welcome, to the wooooooooorld of bottlenecking!

 

Get a new CPU or be like me, the 2x DSR cool guy that fixed his CPU bottleneck with higher resolution

 

But you aren't even going below 60fps, so who cares if it's not lagging? the difference between 65fps and 900fps on a 60hz panel is nothing

 

EDIT: I re-read that apparently you are lagging. Try using the NVENC to stream, which will move some load from your midrange CPU to your high-end graphics card. That should give you a very generous FPS boost while streaming. (OBS->settings->encoding->Nvidia NVENC, if you use xsplit I truly am sorry for you)

[Oshino Shinobu]

It's a CPU bottleneck. Your best option would be to switch to an i5 to be honest. Even the 8350 doesn't have much life left in it for gaming, although it would help with Streaming. 

[TheKDub]

#CPUBottleneck!

[Darkman]

Get a new CPU... That 970 most likely isn't even trying to go to it's full potential in most games and tasks... Look at low end i5s.

[SkimmyMcG]

Like everyone else has said, CPU bottleneck, gotta upgrade it to feel the real power of the 970.

[sgloux3470]

Streaming etc is always going to reduce your framerate.  

[Glenwing]

Lower your resolution to check. If your performance doesn't change much, it's a CPU bottleneck.

[HikaruHaru]

Cheers for the response guys, appreciate it. I'm looking to upgrade to the i7 4790k soon with a msi gaming 5 mobo soon. 

 

And thanks for the NVENC help, I'll see how that works for me.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

Cheers for the response guys, appreciate it. I'm looking to upgrade to the i7 4790k soon with a msi gaming 5 mobo soon. 

 

And thanks for the NVENC help, I'll see how that works for me.

 

An i5 will do plenty for gaming. i7 is not necessary. 

[Speaker1264]

An i5 will do plenty for gaming. i7 is not necessary. 

 

For streaming though,  multithreading can help quite a bit.  I would only recommend it though if you were actually making decent money from said streaming.

[Kinda Bottlenecked]

For streaming though,  multithreading can help quite a bit.  I would only recommend it though if you were actually making decent money from said streaming.

 

Oh right, I didn't see the streaming part. An i7 will do nicely for streaming. 

[HikaruHaru]

Yeah, I'll be streaming quite a bit throughout summer, I also have hobby's to edit videos and photography as well. I hear the i7's multi threads will do wonders for me for these circumstances.

 

Once again thanks for the responses.

[lohjiahung]

An i5 is enough for streaming, and gaming performance really doesn't improve that much for the ~$100 more to spend, but for streaming, it results in less dropped frames and probably less stuttering.

If you stream quite a bit (right above), then yes, go for the i7.