GPU/CPU Bottleneck

[trevatheruiner1]

Im running a saphhire raedon hd 7770 graphics card, and my CPU is a AMD 8 core 8120. 8gig ram

I can't get good grahpics quality on the game im currently playing, Guild Wars 2. I can only get about 40 fps on about middle settings.

Which is my bottleneck here, CPU or GPU? Also looking for a better cooling situation for my GPU, it runs around 65C, seems high to me. Not sure if thats bad or not.

 

[Rockdpm]

I have an AMD Phenom 965 oc to 4.0ghz and a AMD 7770 msi and I can run guildwars 2 at 40-50 fps with all the settings almost maxed.

Because in all honest truth itd be a better option for him to get a Phenom II 975 if he can find it and OC it to 4.0 or 4.1 and do just like you did

 

[trevatheruiner1]

Its an MSI 990 series i think, I' not home right now I can't remember the exact model. Its an MSI though i know. But the feature you said 'Manual Core diable' is exactly right, thats the feature i have available to me. But like i said, only the pairs of cores. Ill try to update also see if that does anything for me.

 

[trevatheruiner1]

Its got the OC GenieII feature

 

[mousseng]

Because in all honest truth itd be a better option for him to get a Phenom II 975 if he can find it and OC it to 4.0 or 4.1 and do just like you did

If he can get the proper cores disabled and get a healthy overclock on it, I'd wager the FX would easily outperform the Phenom II. Remember, he's already getting about 40fps as it is.

Its an MSI 990 series i think, I' not home right now I can't remember the exact model. Its an MSI though i know. But the feature you said 'Manual Core diable' is exactly right, thats the feature i have available to me. But like i said, only the pairs of cores. Ill try to update also see if that does anything for me.

You've probably got the 990XA-GD55 (or 990FXA-GD65). I can't find anything about core disabling with those motherboards, but I'll keep looking.

On a side note, that game looks to be taxing any hardware dearly

It's a funny game, it is. It's easy to run it on low details (my i5-2410m, HD3000 can get 30fps with high textures/animations and FXAA enabled, all else low, @ just over 720p), but once you start turning the settings up it starts to take its toll.

But that's not even mentioning the driver issues and random compatibility issues it had at launch (people with i7s and 7870s getting 10fps at low settings, etc).

 

[trevatheruiner1]

If he can get the proper cores disabled and get a healthy overclock on it, I'd wager the FX would easily outperform the Phenom II. Remember, he's already getting about 40fps as it is.


You've probably got the 990XA-GD55 (or 990FXA-GD65). I can't find anything about core disabling with those motherboards, but I'll keep looking.


It's a funny game, it is. It's easy to run it on low details (my i5-2410m, HD3000 can get 30fps with high textures/animations and FXAA enabled, all else low, @ just over 720p), but once you start turning the settings up it starts to take its toll.

But that's not even mentioning the driver issues and random compatibility issues it had at launch (people with i7s and 7870s getting 10fps at low settings, etc).

Well, 40 fps at medium settings. :X I probably cant get much higher without spending lotsa money!

Thanks for all your help guys, I'll repost after i get home and try some stuff, and buy a new heatsink so i can OC safely.

 

[Rockdpm]

Good to hear

 

[luciferano]

You're welcome.

 

[determinologyz]

On a side note, that game looks to be taxing any hardware dearly

Yea guild wars 2 was optimized badly so thats one of the reasons people are having problems just look on the forums on their site

 

[trevatheruiner1]

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