[AMD] Upgraded CPU and now lower FPS

Fatlind

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Hello, about a week ago I upgraded from a AMD A10 6800k to a AMD FX 8320E and everything runs fine, I ran benchmarks and it scores above avg on what other people say about this CPU. But anytime I get in a game i'm getting 70 and lower. It doesn't matter if I go on ultra settings or low settings it always stays 70 and lower.

My specs:
CPU: AMD FX 8320E (No OC)
GPU: GTX 750TI
Motherboard:Asus M5A78L-M/USB3
RAM: 8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB DDR3-1600

 


I mainly play csgo and h1z1 and trove.

AMD A10 6800k
Csgo - around 120-200fps
H1z1 - 60-100 fps
Trove - 250+ fps

AMD FX 8320E
csgo 70-100fps
h1z1 40-70
trove - usually constantly 60-70

 


it is natural, you are playing few threaded games
and fx 8320e is low power and less heat, then it should have poor single core performance
plus, A10 will handle game better on 4 threaded game, cuz it works more optimal than fx
 


Is there a way I can fix this? What if I utilize all of my 8 threads when I play a game using the steam launch options?
 


unfortunately no, number of threads will be use is written in the program
i don't think you can get a similar performance even overclocking your cpu due to fx 8350 will only work fully optimal on all cores are utilized
 
[strike]You shouldn't be seeing more then 10% difference between the two, except in heavily multithreaded apps...[/strike] Alot of the time not even that, the cache on the 8320e is 8mb vs 4mb on the 6800k...and that cache matters in gaming. Download the latest graphics driver, uninstall your current driver, install the latest graphics driver after rebooting. Rerun the benches...

edit:So...yea...There is something wrong with your setup, probably drivers. http://www.game-debate.com/cpu/index.php?pid=1217&pid2=1143&compare=apu-a10-6800k-quad-core-vs-fx-8320

Also, it should be noted, all of the caches are half the size on the 6800, and the 6800 doesn't have an L3 cache at all. Which makes a big difference in pretty much everything. The clock makes a pretty big difference as well (as at least one person noted), but ultimately the cache's (or lack there-of) will matter more in almost every benchmark that exists for that small of a mhz difference. Also...i would go out on a limb and say *all* FX series (2011 on) CPU's should bring more fps <to the yard> then the 6800k... Bottomline you should see better performance on the new CPU assuming you aren't bottlenecking something due to heat, or lack of pwr, drivers etc...
 
As others have said, you actually moved to an older CPU with slower cores. Clockspeed is lower, and performance per clock is also lower, and the games you play leave the extra cores in the FX sitting unused. You've also downgraded from PCIe 3.0 to 2.0, which probably shouldn't account for much, but it's there. AM3+ is long dead.