Do these framerates seem problematic?

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I've been noticing some issues while playing intensive games, particularly BF4. The framerate consistently drops down to very low levels that makes playing the game frustrating. Also note that frame-limiting BF4 just makes the framerate drop to even lower levels.

Here is the FPS for BF4 and FC3 Blood Dragon:
BF4:
-Frames: 2127 - Time: 32401ms - Avg: 65.646 - Min: 35 - Max: 91
-Frames: 5623 - Time: 88203ms - Avg: 63.751 - Min: 35 - Max: 88
FC3:
-Frames: 3455 - Time: 60000ms - Avg: 57.583 - Min: 40 - Max: 73
-Frames: 3461 - Time: 60000ms - Avg: 57.683 - Min: 41 - Max: 75

Do these seem problematic? I was thinking it may be a power issue, as I'm not sure my PSU can adequately supply both 7770's at this level. But even when I turn down the graphics to very low resolution where it shouldn't be straining the cards or PSU (1280x800 or even 720p, low settings), the FPS is still all over the place.

System specs:
CPU: i7-2600
GPU: Crossfire 7770's
Mobo: Asrock Extreme3 Gen3
PSU: Corsair CX430
RAM: 12GB (3x4GB) G.Skill Ripjaws 1600
SSD: Intel
HDD: WD
 

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So as it turns out, it seems the issue was my triple monitor setup. I wasn't running the game in all 3 windows, and I wasn't running any other applications (besides fraps) in the background. But it seems like handling one full screen window and two desktops was causing instability. I'm still getting some variance (see below), but it seems to have improved greatly from the range of 30 to 90 from before.

So if any of you out there are running a triple monitor setup but only gaming on one monitor, and you're having the same issues, unplugging (or disabling) the other monitors while gaming may be the solution.
 

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Yeah, using this PSU for this setup is a BAD idea, but it wasn't a problem until recently (when I got the second 7770 and the i7-2600). I have an EVGA G2 750W on the way, so that should fix any lingering problems and handle the build nicely :D