Gigabyte GTX 760 under-performing (I think)

RobertCon

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Hi gents,

So I just picked up a GTX 760 OC by Gigabyte; it was on sale, and even though older, it beats my old EVGA 560 TI. The first thing I did after installing the card and fresh drivers was to fire up a game that I often play (MechWarrior: Online) and my frame rates were awful. Well, perhaps not 'awful' but certainly no better than I saw with my 560 TI.

I ran the system through 3D Mark, running the Fire Strike non-extreme test, and scored:

SCORE: 5567 with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760(1x) and Intel Core i5-2500K Processor

Graphics Score
6349
Physics Score
7564
Combined Score
2400

Now, to me, that looks pretty bad, especially as I googled similar hardware configs from others, and saw things like this:

P8746 with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760(1x) and Intel Core i5-3570K Processor
Graphics Score
8957
Physics Score
8788
Combined Score
7392

Stop me if I'm wrong (I'm a bit new to really getting into the hardware scene), and I know the second example has a better CPU, but I seem to be under-performing here even if one takes that into account (my 'graphics' score is seemingly low). The card is installed properly (a 6+2 power connector and a separate 6 pin, as prescribed), and my drivers are up to date. My processor is overclocked to 4.2 on the i-2500k...

Am I bottle-necking? Busted card? Am I simply expecting too much? I read a lot of reviews on the GTX 760, and while I know it's not top of the line, it's supposed to be a LOT better than the 560 ti it replaced...

Thanks for your time!



 

RobertCon

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I went directly to nvidia and picked up the latest GTX 760 drivers, so I presume they're up to date.

Am I indeed under-performing is the main question, I suppose. I need to identify the issue so that I can either talk to Gigabyte or deal with another hardware issue.

EDIT, it feels like the card is running at 'half gas' - the I5-2500k, especially OC'd to 4.2, is not supposed to bottleneck this thing.