New computer framerate concern

[Railgun]

I recently built my new PC and so far everything works great, but I was just wondering what kind of frame rates I should be getting in different games/benchmarks.

 

So far I can tell you that in Minecraft while roaming around a planes biome with forests in the distance I get an average of 250-350 FPS. When recording in x264 with OBS my framerate drops down to about 100-150. I saw a youtube video of someone recording in the same type of area but he was getting around 350 FPS with a GTX 970. When recording, he gets my usual non-recording framerate and yet he only has a 970, whereas I have a 390x Can anyone explain this?

 

I would also like to know what kind of free benchmark tools I should use to test my rig. And when running said benchmarks, what kind of score should I expect with the parts listed in my signature?

 

tanku

 

EDIT: I didn't consider the possibility that Minecraft is just CPU intensive, rather then GPU intensive. Is this the case? Here is the video I was talking about

 

His processor is an i7-3770k

[Whorax]

Welcome to Minecraft.

 

When I had my 970s I only ever got like 70fps. Now that I have a 290X I still only get like 100fps. How? I have no clue.

 

I wouldn't be concerned, Minecraft is absolutely trash in terms of fps consistency in my experience. What are your framerates in games that are capable of running like normal games?

[DXMember]

minekrampf? :lol:

[Starelementpoke]

Minecraft is very inconsistent with frame rates, don't worry too much about it. It's more cpu bound just to let you know, so in reality, you should be comparing cpus.

[Whorax]

Your processor seems to be a 4790K? To my knowledge that's at least as good as his 3770K so that shouldn't be the cause. I also have a 4790K and that still doesn't explain anything when my friend has a three year old i7 and like a 500 series Nvidia GPU and his fps on Minecraft spanks mine.

[TheGamingBarrel]

I recently built my new PC and so far everything works great, but I was just wondering what kind of frame rates I should be getting in different games/benchmarks.

 

So far I can tell you that in Minecraft while roaming around a planes biome with forests in the distance I get an average of 250-350 FPS. When recording in x264 with OBS my framerate drops down to about 100-150. I saw a youtube video of someone recording in the same type of area but he was getting around 350 FPS with a GTX 970. When recording, he gets my usual non-recording framerate and yet he only has a 970, whereas I have a 390x Can anyone explain this?

 

I would also like to know what kind of free benchmark tools I should use to test my rig. And when running said benchmarks, what kind of score should I expect with the parts listed in my signature?

 

tanku

 

EDIT: I didn't consider the possibility that Minecraft is just CPU intensive, rather then GPU intensive. Is this the case? Here is the video I was talking about

 

His processor is an i7-3770k

CPU Is more important than GPU For minecraft.

[Railgun]

wow... lol rip minecraft benchmarking

 

Anyways, what about benchmarks I should download and the scores I should get on them?

[trag1c]

I need to apply like 512x512 textures before I can even get my 980 to produce high frame rates.

[Railgun]

I need to apply like 512x512 textures before I can even get my 980 to produce high frame rates.

wat?

[trag1c]

wat?

Its because Minecraft does not put any load on the GPU. I sit around 10-15% usage while in vanilla textures MC. Running MC is pretty much equivalent to rendering the desktop.

 

Edit: If I can get the GPU to ~40% usage I get about 1000FPS.

[Railgun]

Its because Minecraft does not put any load on the GPU. I sit around 10-15% usage while in vanilla textures MC. Running MC is pretty much equivalent to rendering the desktop.

 

Edit: If I can get the GPU to ~40% usage I get about 1000FPS.

so are you saying if I can some how force minecraft to use the GPU I can get a huge performance boost?

[trag1c]

so are you saying if I can some how force minecraft to use the GPU I can get a huge performance boost?

Possibly I haven't used an AMD card since 5xxx so I don't how their lower power states are handled but its probably worth a try.

[Creeper1372677]

I need to apply like 512x512 textures before I can even get my 980 to produce high frame rates.

I had the same thing, i played default textures at 40 fps, then when i added hd texture packs, i got mad fps.  (Gpu: Geforce gt 610.)

 

My laptop did the same thing.  why  :wacko: ?

[trag1c]

I had the same thing, i played default textures at 40 fps, then when i added hd texture packs, i got mad fps.  (Gpu: Geforce gt 610.)

 

My laptop did the same thing.  why  :wacko: ?

It comes down to power saving. For your laptop you have to make sure that its using the dedicated graphics in the Nvidia control panel otherwise it will use integrated graphics.