I just made my first real GPU upgrade, and I think I might have run into a bottleneck.
I just upgraded from a GTX 550ti to the new GTX 970, and I'm not seeing the improvements I expected.
I have an old Dell server (Precision T3500), and I'm having trouble getting a good idea of the quality of some the parts that are in it.
My specs are:
EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0
4 GB DDR3 Ram ( I don't know the speed, but in CPU-Z, it says: Channel # Dual, and DRAM frequency: 530)
Intel Xeon E5520 2.27 Ghz
Windows 7 32-bit OS
One 230 GB Hardrive with about 50 GB left
I'd greatly appreciate any help or advice on what (if anything) should be upgraded.
Some games, like Just Cause 2 and Saints Row IV run maxed out, 60 FPS easy.
Others are acting strange. Crysis Warhead has the same FPS, at low and max settings, regardless of resolution. Witcher 2 at max settings starts at 60 fps, and eventually slows down to under 10 FPS and then crashes to desktop.
I'm going to be downloading and trying more games over the weeks, but these are all that I've had time to try.
Also, for the future, are there any good software or techniques I could use to detect bottlenecks on my PC?
Thanks in advance!
I just upgraded from a GTX 550ti to the new GTX 970, and I'm not seeing the improvements I expected.
I have an old Dell server (Precision T3500), and I'm having trouble getting a good idea of the quality of some the parts that are in it.
My specs are:
EVGA GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0
4 GB DDR3 Ram ( I don't know the speed, but in CPU-Z, it says: Channel # Dual, and DRAM frequency: 530)
Intel Xeon E5520 2.27 Ghz
Windows 7 32-bit OS
One 230 GB Hardrive with about 50 GB left
I'd greatly appreciate any help or advice on what (if anything) should be upgraded.
Some games, like Just Cause 2 and Saints Row IV run maxed out, 60 FPS easy.
Others are acting strange. Crysis Warhead has the same FPS, at low and max settings, regardless of resolution. Witcher 2 at max settings starts at 60 fps, and eventually slows down to under 10 FPS and then crashes to desktop.
I'm going to be downloading and trying more games over the weeks, but these are all that I've had time to try.
Also, for the future, are there any good software or techniques I could use to detect bottlenecks on my PC?
Thanks in advance!