Build help

[masterkickass7]

had a q8300 and 8gb of ddr2 i have it paired with a rx460 i've seen builds like this work before but it appears to bottle neck my system help

[Zyndo]

2 minutes ago, masterkickass7 said:

had a q8300 and 8gb of ddr2 i have it paired with a rx460 i've seen builds like this work before but it appears to bottle neck my system help

upon what basis do you believe it is bottlenecking your system?

[Cereal5]

whats going on with it...

[masterkickass7]

1 hour ago, Zyndo said:

upon what basis do you believe it is bottlenecking your system?

can't hold 30fps in gta on low 

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, masterkickass7 said:

can't hold 30fps in gta on low 

What OS and architecture?

[masterkickass7]

1 hour ago, Cereal5 said:

whats going on with it...

alot of fps drops textures are poping in 

[masterkickass7]

1 hour ago, ARikozuM said:

What OS and architecture?

windows 10

[Zyndo]

2 minutes ago, masterkickass7 said:

can't hold 30fps in gta on low 

Tough to say for sure without any usage charts or anything like that, but it sounds like CPU bottleneck IMO. a 460 should be able to handle low graphics GTA quite well.

 

But you should let us know your CPU usage, GPU usage, RAM and VRAM usage.

[ARikozuM]

Just now, masterkickass7 said:

windows 10

32 or 64-bit? This is equally as important as version.

[masterkickass7]

1 hour ago, ARikozuM said:

32 or 64-bit? This is equally as important as version.

64

[masterkickass7]

1 hour ago, Zyndo said:

Tough to say for sure without any usage charts or anything like that, but it sounds like CPU bottleneck IMO. a 460 should be able to handle low graphics GTA quite well.

possibly the q8300 even though i've seen q6600s work with 950s

[Zyndo]

4 minutes ago, masterkickass7 said:

possibly the q8300 even though i've seen q6600s work with 950s

Yes. but like i said earlier, you need to tell us what your hardware monitoring software is telling you when running the game. we need numbers in order to help you. Just naming off system specs leaves us guessing.

What is your GPU usage, CPU usage, VRAM and RAM usage?

[Shahnewaz]

11 minutes ago, masterkickass7 said:

can't hold 30fps in gta on low 

That's not enough. Get a monitoring software and make sure you're actually getting bottlenecked.

https://www.hwinfo.com/ or https://gaming.msi.com/features/afterburner (HWiNFO is better)

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/rtss-rivatuner-statistics-server-download.html

Let us know if you need help setting up the monitoring tools.

[masterkickass7]

1 hour ago, Zyndo said:

Yes. but like I've said twice now, you need to tell us what your hardware monitoring software is telling you when running the game. we need numbers in order to help you. Just naming off system specs leaves us guessing.

What is your GPU usage, CPU usage, VRAM and RAM usage?

% hdd usage all over place from %3 %6 %10 then spikes in to 60s and sometimes 90s 

cpu fluctuates between %77-%93 

about 4gb of the ddr2 is used

gpu1 at %100 gpu2 at between %22-%50s gpu at about 46 degrees 

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, masterkickass7 said:

% hdd usage all over place from %3 %6 %10 then spikes in to 60s and sometimes 90s 

cpu fluctuates between %77-%93 

about 4gb of the ddr2 is used

gpu1 at %100 gpu2 at between %22-%50s gpu at about 46 degrees 

That's not good... Since these are red cards I'll have to leave it for someone who'd know more about Crossfire.

[masterkickass7]

1 hour ago, Shahnewaz said:

That's not enough. Get a monitoring software and make sure you're actually getting bottlenecked.

https://www.hwinfo.com/ or https://gaming.msi.com/features/afterburner (HWiNFO is better)

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/rtss-rivatuner-statistics-server-download.html

Let us know if you need help setting up the monitoring tools.

hdd usage all over place from %3 %6 %10 then spikes in to 60s and sometimes 90s 

cpu fluctuates between %77-%93 

about 4gb of the ddr2 is used

gpu1 at %100 gpu2 at between %22-%50s gpu at about 46 degrees

[masterkickass7]

1 hour ago, ARikozuM said:

That's not good... Since these are red cards I'll have to leave it for someone who'd know more about Crossfire.

i'm not in cross fire..............

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, masterkickass7 said:

i'm not in cross fire..............

Didn't you say you're using RX 460?

[masterkickass7]

1 hour ago, ARikozuM said:

Didn't you say you're using RX 460?

i have 1 rx460

[Shahnewaz]

1 minute ago, masterkickass7 said:

hdd usage all over place from %3 %6 %10 then spikes in to 60s and sometimes 90s 

cpu fluctuates between %77-%93 

about 4gb of the ddr2 is used

gpu1 at %100 gpu2 at between %22-%50s gpu at about 46 degrees

That is really spare data.

What you need is a graph of your individual CPU Core usage, RAM usage, GPU usage and VRAM usage. Then we can figure out what is maxed out and what needs changing.

You said your GPU sits about 46 degrees, which is good. Make sure none of your system components is overheating.

[masterkickass7]

5 minutes ago, Shahnewaz said:

That is really spare data.

What you need is a graph of your individual CPU Core usage, RAM usage, GPU usage and VRAM usage. Then we can figure out what is maxed out and what needs changing.

You said your GPU sits about 46 degrees, which is good. Make sure none of your system components is overheating.

Cpu in the low 50s 

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, masterkickass7 said:

Cpu in the low 50s 

Can you download Precision and run the HW monitor in the background while playing? Once you've played for 10 or so minutes, take a screenshot and post it.

[masterkickass7]

4 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Can you download Precision and run the HW monitor in the background while playing? Once you've played for 10 or so minutes, take a screenshot and post it.

The pc is funny with hw monitor can only get it to run once then it won't run again and I have to reinstall

 

[ARikozuM]

Just now, masterkickass7 said:

The pc is funny with hw monitor can only get it to run once then it won't run again and I have to reinstall

 

It might be necessary to try reinstalling the OS or using another motherboard.

[masterkickass7]

4 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

It might be necessary to try reinstalling the OS or using another motherboard.

It is an old oem mobo and I just wasted $100 on a rx460