Bought better CPU and GPU, no change in framerate.

[thenesremake]

So a year or two ago, I built my first PC with an AMD FX-6300 and a 1050ti SC. Recently I started playing more AAA games and was getting a low framerate in most of them. I knew that my CPU was bottlenecking the 1050ti by at least a bit, but I decided to hold out for a bit until I bought my new components. Now, I have a 980 FTW and an FX-8350 (I didn't want to change motherboards so I stuck with AM3+ chipset). As far as I'm concerned, the FX-8350 doesn't bottleneck the 980 much, if at all. Yet I still get ~41 fps in Rainbow Six Siege on lowest settings at 1440x900, which is about what I got with my original setup. I'm hoping what I just bought wasn't a total waste of money, and even tried cleaning my hard drive and am about to try to scan for viruses. Is there anything I'm missing or should try?

Sidenote: I looked at other posts, but they all seemed to involve marginal upgrades like from a 750 to 1050, but from a 1050ti to a 980 seems like much more of a jump, and I compared benchmarks (pictured below) as well just to be sure. Also, I tried running the game at the highest settings my VRAM would handle, and it ran at the exact same framerate as it did on lowest settings. I'm sure this has some relation to the problem.

Thanks a ton! 😀

 

[Barty1884]

A 980 is a good jump, but not groundbreaking.
A 980 is only marginally better than a 1060....

At 1440x900 though, you're putting much more demand on the CPU - and a relatively weak 8350 CPU at that.
Try turning UP the in-game settings, opposed to down.

 

[memeilicious]

Exact same framerate? Could still be getting bottlenecked. AMD FX are not that bad, but definately are not the best. I do not believe that this a gpu issue. I believe this could still be a CPU bottleneck. Your upgrade from AMD FX-8350 to FX-6300 was a subtle difference. It is odd that there was difference, because 8350 is still better than the 6300. I think it is a CPU problem. I recommend something more modern like a i3-8350k or Ryzen 5 chip.

It is also possible that there is a frame rate lock in-game. Is something like V-Sync or just a general Lock set to on somewhere within game settings?

If you have any questions, lemme know!

- Memeilicious

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

The jump from a FX6300 to FX8350 is very very minimal , MIGHT NOT EVEN NOTICE A CHANGE.

 

[thenesremake]

A 980 is a good jump, but not groundbreaking.
A 980 is only marginally better than a 1060....

At 1440x900 though, you're putting much more demand on the CPU - and a relatively weak 8350 CPU at that.
Try turning UP the in-game settings, opposed to down.

How is such a low resolution putting more demand on the CPU? Is it the nonstandard aspect ratio?

 

[thenesremake]

Exact same framerate? Could still be getting bottlenecked. AMD FX are not that bad, but definately are not the best. I do not believe that this a gpu issue. I believe this could still be a CPU bottleneck. Your upgrade from AMD FX-8350 to FX-6300 was a subtle difference. It is odd that there was difference, because 8350 is still better than the 6300. I think it is a CPU problem. I recommend something more modern like a i3-8350k or Ryzen 5 chip.

It is also possible that there is a frame rate lock in-game. Is something like V-Sync or just a general Lock set to on somewhere within game settings?

If you have any questions, lemme know!

- Memeilicious

Are there any other CPUs you'd recommend in this situation around the price range of $100-130? Since I'll also be buying a new motherboard, my budget is a bit tighter. Thanks

 

[memeilicious]

Are there any other CPUs you'd recommend in this situation around the price range of $100-130? Since I'll also be buying a new motherboard, my budget is a bit tighter. Thanks

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X is a decent chip, and fits your price range perfectly at $125 on Amazon. I strongly encourage you to do some research with a few articles, though.

 

[Barty1884]

How is such a low resolution putting more demand on the CPU? Is it the nonstandard aspect ratio?

Nothing to do with the aspect ratio.

Generally, the lower the setttings/resolution, the more you're moving from the GPU to the CPU. In a very simplistic sense, the GPU could render a ridiculous number of frames, the CPU can't keep up to process them.

 

[thenesremake]

Are there any other CPUs you'd recommend in this situation around the price range of $100-130? Since I'll also be buying a new motherboard, my budget is a bit tighter. Thanks

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X is a decent chip, and fits your price range perfectly at $125 on Amazon. I strongly encourage you to do some research with a few articles, though.

What about the Ryzen 3 2200G? It's cheaper and apparently better according to UserBenchmark.