Frame Drops - Possible Bottleneck

[Rossmallow]

Hi,

I just recently upgraded my GPU from an R9 270X to an RX 480. Since then I've been experiencing bad frame drops, specifically in Overwatch on Windows 10 (since that's the only comparison I can make between them). Before I swapped cards, I was getting a solid 55-60 frames. Afterward, I'm lucky to get 40 frames. My last game dropped all the way down to 13fps. I already installed (and reinstalled) my latest GPU and Mobo drivers. I think the problem is a bottleneck since that's the newest piece of hardware in my system. I'm guessing it's with my Mobo or CPU. My question, though, is that even if my GPU is being bottlenecked wouldn't it at least output the same quality of my last card? I'm new to this issue and would like some help understanding it more. I've also included my system's DxDiag and MSInfo32 information if that can be of any help.

 

This is a link to the parts before my upgrade:

https://pcpartpicker.com/user/RossNelson/saved/XP2mP6

And this is after:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wJNpD8

 

The only differences are the GPU, and a new SSD that I don't think is a problem, but maybe?

 

I just think I need to upgrade my CPU and Mobo, which I plan to do once I save up some more, Right now I'm looking for some kind of temporary fix or an explanation of what's going on if I can't do anything about it right now.

 

Thanks a lot!

DxDiag.txt

MSInfo.txt

 

EDIT: When I try to install the new AMD Drivers I keep getting this message "Setup has detected an incompatible build. Setup will now exit." I don't know what this means or why it's happening...

[You_are_a_cunt]

Before we call out the CPU as a bottleneck, run DDU and get rid of the drivers and get fresh ones off of AMD's site.

 

I've had similar problems when I switched from my 270X to the 480.

 

 

I'm not rushing into calling the bottleneck because it should still run at the same levels as the 270X did, sot it might just be old driver fragments screwing with the fresh one

[Rossmallow]

31 minutes ago, revsilverspine said:

Before we call out the CPU as a bottleneck, run DDU and get rid of the drivers and get fresh ones off of AMD's site.

 

I've had similar problems when I switched from my 270X to the 480.

 

 

I'm not rushing into calling the bottleneck because it should still run at the same levels as the 270X did, sot it might just be old driver fragments screwing with the fresh one

 

 

Good idea, I just tried it but it didn't seem to work for me...

[faziten]

IS your CPU between 85 and 100% usage while your GPU isn't while gaming?. 

The answer to this tells you if there is or isn't a bottleneck. 

To be honest, going from 55 to 40 fps cant be a cpu bottleneck. The problem is elsewhere. If you were in a bottleneck scenario numbers wouldn't move in WORST case scenario. The fact that they decreased tells it's somewhere else. Driver related, software related, OS related, PSU, temperatures, etc. 

[Rossmallow]

It seems that a big part of the problem was that I had Plays.tv running in the background capturing my game footage without me knowing, It's uninstalled now, and I'm getting frames more consistent in the 40-50fps range. I don't know if that is what was causing the problem but it was contributing to it.