Exhausted all my choices, bios update left?

Sep 1, 2018
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Hey as the title says, I am encountering a bit of a problem.

I just built my very first PC with the following specs:
i3 8100
GTX 1050Ti G1 Gaming
Gigabyte B360 HD3
Bitfenix Formula Gold 650w PSU
2x4 gb DDR4 RAM

In the games I played, my GPU and Cpu usage are low compared to becnhmarks on youtube.

For example, Skyrim(Non SE) doesnt pass 60% GPU usage and same with CPU at 30%. I also play a FPS like CSGO but much less demanding (10 years old game) and I am getting stutters and fps drops from 200 to 20-40-100.

Even in Stronghold crusader 1, a 16 years old game, I can feel stutters when rotating the mouse. Not to mention I feel mouse lag and choppiness in all the previous games.

I even enabled "prefer maximum performance" in the power saving mode setting. And the PCIe power management is off.

Surprisingly, I enabled the onboard graphics in the bios setup and noticed a much more smoother gameplay experience, less stutters, and fps in skyrim become unlocked(More than 60 fps). MSI Afterburner recognizes GPU1 and GPU2 as if there are both present. Yet, I can still feel some stutters and they increased with gameplay time.

When I plug monitor dvi into the motherboard, I get a black screen (No video input). Even tho I installed the iGPU.

I have read online that updating the Bios solved their problem with GPU low usage (I have F4 Version and F7 version is the latest)
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B360-HD3-rev-10#support-dl-bios

And here's 3DMark benchmark results: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/12904993
 
Solution


Yes, your particular motherboard has dual BIOS like most Gigabyte boards, so if anything goes wrong you can always recover.

Before I answer your question, I forgot to mention that when I put on the onboard graphics option gpu utilization reached 80-90% and CPU reached 60-70, but I still get fps drops and stutters.

GPU:
Temperature before: 40-45c - 30-50% Utilization
Temperature after: 53-57c - 70-90% Utilization

CPU:
Temps Before: 43-48c - 40-50% utilization
Temps After: 50-54c - 50-70% utilization

 


Updating the BIOS is the most logical step I am aware of that. But I am also aware of the consequences should something go wrong.

So I want to make sure I am not missing something else.

btw, does gigabyte motherboards have DualBIOS?
 


Yes, your particular motherboard has dual BIOS like most Gigabyte boards, so if anything goes wrong you can always recover.
 
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