Changing from G1840 to i3 4150

[reapzstar]

Do I need to turn anything on in the BIOS after doing this?
Cause I'm pretty disappointed about how it performs.
It might just be do to the low resolution I'm using(1366x768), but if I play with The Forest game for example, I have around 58 fps maxed out looking at a certain point, and the GPU utilization is only at 78%, CPU is around 60-70%.
Is is some shitty type of bottleneck or do I just have to set something in the BIOS?

 

[reapzstar]

I have reinstalled the PC and graphics drivers like 10 times already, nothing happened.

 

[TJ Hooker]

Ah, ok, not that I guess. Hmm, as mentioned, your ram may be a little on the slow side. You say it's running in dual channel, but with different sized sticks I think you get what Intel calls flex memory. Basically, the first 2 GB of the bigger stick will run dual channel with the other stick, and the rest is single channel. So you have 4 GB dual channel and 2 GB single channel. Not sure if that could be significant.

What are your CPU/GPU temps while gaming?

 

[reapzstar]

I've been using it for like 2,5 years now, never ever had a problem in the past...
GPU is about 60 at max, CPU 58 at max.
It seems like(in Witcher 3)whenever I start moving with the keyboard the GPU usage drops down to 80-90% immediately, if I run with shift, it just drops even more...
No f*ckin idea man

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

I'm with James Mason on the HDD. Your RAM configuration isn't ideal, but it's unlikely to be the cause of the problem.

If the GPU usage is at 99% then you have a bottleneck and that's the cause of the problem. Try running the same games at their lowest settings and see if the same problem occurs. If it doesn't, then you need to game at lower settings or upgrade the GPU.

 

[reapzstar]

I guess you meant CPU bottleneck, but I had the exact same problems with my previous i5, so no, can't be the case..
I tried with my old HDD, so I don't think that's the case either.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

No, I mean a GPU bottleneck. That's the component which is running flat-out.

 

[reapzstar]

There's no such thing as GPU bottleneck.
If the GPU is utilized at 99%, that means everything should be fine.
However, nothing is fine, cause as I mentioned earliear, whenever I start moving the mouse around it lags.
It is strange, because when I first get into the game, I move it around a bit, it lags at first and then for the second time I move my mouse at that direction it doesn't lag at all.
Then of course when I start moving it starts again.
I tried capping the FPS to 30, with everything maxed out and I had no stuttering what so ever.
If I cap it to 60 and my FPS raises to about 45-50 I have massive stuttering again..

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

If a component is running at 99% utilisation then it's bottlenecking. This isn't being caused by the CPU, it's being caused because the settings you're playing at are too high.

The reason why everything is fine at 30 fps is because the GPU is able to maintain that frame rate at the graphical settings you've selected. The GPU cannot run the same game at the same settings at double the frame rate; it simply isn't powerful enough.

Like I said, you either need to lower the graphical settings or upgrade the GPU.

 

[reapzstar]

Unfortunately, you have no idea what u'r talking about..
It isn't what's causing the spikes, just to let you know.
The GPU utilization has to be at 99%, that's when the GPU is being used.
I appreciate that you are trying to help, but what you just wrote down in your comment is totally nonsense.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

I know exactly what I'm talking about but you're not listening.

I give up.