Alienware x51 r2, unsuccessful gpu upgrade.

[Jrt100]

Hi, I have been having problems with my new ASUS GTX 950 mini I bought 2 months ago. I feel as if I am not getting the essential frames that I should be getting when I am gaming. I came from a GTX 745 and upgraded to my new GTX 950. Which is a significant upgrade, although when I am gaming it feels like a huge downgrade. I used to get anywhere from 50-70 frames on my gtx 745 on low and on the same settings my GTX 950 constantly drops down to 10 frames or less. I have done everything I know about graphics cards to resolve the issue such as uninstalling/installing drivers, updating bios, checking temperature of GPU and the problem still persists. I fear that the problem is probably a hardware related issue and I have wasted my money. Any response is appreciated.
Thanks
Jack

My Alienware specs:
Alienware X51 R2
Windows 10 (64Bit) English
Alienware 330 Watt Power Supply
NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX 745 with 4GB DDR3
1TB (64MB Cache) 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s
4th Generation Intel(R) Core(T M) i5-4460 processor (6MB Cache, up to 3.4GHz)
16GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600Mhz (2x8GB)

Asus mini gtx 950: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814126100R&cm_re=asus_gtx_950_mini%5c%5d%5c-_-14-126-100R-_-Product

 

[maxalge]

Hi, I have been having problems with my new ASUS GTX 950 mini I bought 2 months ago. I feel as if I am not getting the essential frames that I should be getting when I am gaming. I came from a GTX 745 and upgraded to my new GTX 950. Which is a significant upgrade, although when I am gaming it feels like a huge downgrade. I used to get anywhere from 50-70 frames on my gtx 745 on low and on the same settings my GTX 950 constantly drops down to 10 frames or less. I have done everything I know about graphics cards to resolve the issue such as uninstalling/installing drivers, updating bios, checking temperature of GPU and the problem still persists. I fear that the problem is probably a hardware related issue and I have wasted my money. Any response is appreciated.
Thanks
Jack

My Alienware specs:
Alienware X51 R2
Windows 10 (64Bit) English
Alienware 330 Watt Power Supply
NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX 745 with 4GB DDR3
1TB (64MB Cache) 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s
4th Generation Intel(R) Core(T M) i5-4460 processor (6MB Cache, up to 3.4GHz)
16GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600Mhz (2x8GB)

Asus mini gtx 950: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814126100R&cm_re=asus_gtx_950_mini%5c%5d%5c-_-14-126-100R-_-Product

when you drop to 10 fps it is usually the cpu thermal throttling


monitor cpu temps



its not surprising considering you did not get a blower type gpu

and the case has terrible airflow

 

[Jrt100]

Well, I knew the space with the gpu was going to be a problem. That is why I took it out of the case. The CPU temps last I checked on MSI afterburner, were all around 44 degrees celsius. So I do not believe the problem is the cpu.