7970 Does it work like it should?

[Epoxyedz]

So i just put my new pc together as i was sick of playing on my laptop. I used to run games like CounterStrike Global offensive on like 120-150 fps on my laptops GT635 on medium but now i am playing it on my 7970 and it should be able to run it really easy on high but max fps i get is like 70 on high peek when i walk or start shooting it ends up in 30-50 i am running minecraft on not changed setting 50 FPS i know it should be working alot better but how do i fix this? My CPU is a AMD 9370FX and motherboard ASrock 990FX Extreme9

 

[vmem]

first of all, did monitor resolution change? and fps does seem a bit on the low side.

can you list everything you put into your PC? also which version of AMD drivers did you install?

 

[Epoxyedz]

So i just put my new pc together as i was sick of playing on my laptop. I used to run games like CounterStrike Global offensive on like 120-150 fps on my laptops GT635 on medium but now i am playing it on my 7970 and it should be able to run it really easy on high but max fps i get is like 70 on high peek when i walk or start shooting it ends up in 30-50 i am running minecraft on not changed setting 50 FPS i know it should be working alot better but how do i fix this? My CPU is a AMD 9370FX and motherboard ASrock 990FX Extreme9

first of all, did monitor resolution change? and fps does seem a bit on the low side.

can you list everything you put into your PC? also which version of AMD drivers did you install?

I turned Monitor to 1920 x 1080 i got a BenQ RL 2455
CPU: AMD 9370 FX
GPU: Club3D PokerSeries Radeon HD 7970 GDDR5 3GB Royal Ace
MotherBoard: ASrock 990FX Extreme 9
PowerSupply: Club3D 1000Watt
SSD: 120GB Samsung Evo 840 Basic
HDD: Seagate 1TB
Corsair 1600mhz 8GB(2x)

Driver Packaging Version: 13.152.1.8-131008a-163824C-ATI
Catalyst Version 13.9
2D Driver Version 8.01.01.1331
Direct3D Version 9.14.10.0984
OpenGL Version 6.14.10.12430
And the drivers for the motherboard are just the ones deliverd with it

 

[vmem]

first thing I would do is to update to the newest drivers for the motherboard, you can find them on the ASrock website. both your CPU and GPU are newer than the motherboard so there could be performance to be gained there.

otherwise do you have any other games that you play? such as tomb raider, crysis 3, something that is popularly used for benchmarking so we can better compare your system's performance. I ask this because CS:GO is multiplayer and minecraft is known to occasionally have memory related issues. both of these games can be a bit CPU heavy, and you may want to update your mobo's BIOS to properly support your CPU

 

[Epoxyedz]

first thing I would do is to update to the newest drivers for the motherboard, you can find them on the ASrock website. both your CPU and GPU are newer than the motherboard so there could be performance to be gained there.

Okay i will try that back in a bit 😀

 

[Epoxyedz]

it didnt change anything probably already had the latest drivers for my motherboard will try the rest bf4 is downloading already so 😀

 

[vmem]

it didnt change anything probably already had the latest drivers for my motherboard

huh, interesting. anyway, there's always the option of updating mobo BIOS. also, can you use GPU-Z to monitor GPU usage while you play CS:GO? i'm wondering if you're actually hitting 100% usage

 

[Epoxyedz]

it didnt change anything probably already had the latest drivers for my motherboard

huh, interesting. anyway, there's always the option of updating mobo BIOS. also, can you use GPU-Z to monitor GPU usage while you play CS:GO? i'm wondering if you're actually hitting 100% usage

how do i turn GPU - Z on?

 

[Epoxyedz]

plus i am running windows 8.1 btw

 

[vmem]

plus i am running windows 8.1 btw

I donno if you installed it, if not it's available here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

on windows 8.1, you can simply use "windows button + f", and type in gpuz, and select to search everywhere to find it

 

[Epoxyedz]

plus i am running windows 8.1 btw

I donno if you installed it, if not it's available here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

on windows 8.1, you can simply use "windows button + f", and type in gpuz, and select to search everywhere to find it

so it isnt something with drivers on windows 8.1?

 

[vmem]

I don't think it's GPU drivers, you have the correct one:

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows%208.1%20-%2064

the link above is the windows 8.1 official driver release for your GPU (i'm using the same one). and your display driver indicate you already have 13.152, which is exactly what this is.

I'm not at home atm so I can't test-run my system to compare against yours. I can try running CS:GO when I get a chance and let you know.

Update: a brief search did show people benching over 200 fps with CS:GO on max settings with a single 7970 at 1080P, so yeah, let's keep working on this problem

 

[Epoxyedz]

I don't think it's GPU drivers, you have the correct one:

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows%208.1%20-%2064

the link above is the windows 8.1 official driver release for your GPU (i'm using the same one). and your display driver indicate you already have 13.152, which is exactly what this is.

I'm not at home atm so I can't test-run my system to compare against yours. I can try running CS:GO when I get a chance and let you know.

Update: a brief search did show people benching over 200 fps with CS:GO on max settings with a single 7970 at 1080P, so yeah, let's keep working on this problem

Thanks for keep helping me 😀 I really want to get full use of my new PC didn't spend that much of money for nothing

 

[Epoxyedz]

Could it also be a problem because it standard used like 1400mhz instead of the 4.4 or isnt it smart to put it on 4.4ghz when i did it on 3.8 ghz it boosted up pretty much

 

[Epoxyedz]

Could it also be a problem because it standard used like 1400mhz instead of the 4.4 or isnt it smart to put it on 4.4ghz when i did it on 3.8 ghz it boosted up pretty much

 

[Epoxyedz]

I locked it to 4.4Ghz now and running CS GO on max with 180-270 fps fast

 

[Luka Prebil Grintal]

then you have bad cooling and your CPU throttles itself. did you check idle and load temps? please do.

 

[Epoxyedz]

minecraft is still 50fps max though D:

 

[Epoxyedz]

then you have bad cooling and your CPU throttles itself. did you check idle and load temps? please do.

How? CPU keeps at 45C as i aim it on

 

[vmem]

then you have bad cooling and your CPU throttles itself. did you check idle and load temps? please do.

How? CPU keeps at 45C as i aim it on

HWmonitor is useful for this:
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html

see how high your CPU temperature spike while running CS:GO.

and don't mind minecraft for now. honestly that game's concept is nice, but it has many issues