GPU(s) to max out this game...

[BraveSlayer]

Hello everybody!

I've been playing Vindictus for a while now, and haven't had problems with it until recently. I thought i had a good enough PC to max it out on a 2560x1600 panel, but lately i am having FPS decreases to unplayable levels (10-20 fps) What i would like to know is what GPU or GPUs do i need in order to max it out on a 2560x1600 monitor? Or do i need to upgrade to a whole new computer?

Here are my current specs:

Computer:
Operating System Windows 7 Ultimate Media Center Edition
OS Service Pack -
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name
User Name

Motherboard:
CPU Type 4x , 3400 MHz
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset Unknown
System Memory 16345 MB
BIOS Type Unknown

Display:
Video Adapter AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
Video Adapter AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
Video Adapter AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
Video Adapter AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
Video Adapter AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
Video Adapter AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series
Monitor HP ZR30w Wide LCD Monitor [NoDB] (CN422703JB)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter High Definition Audio Controller [NoDB]
Audio Adapter High Definition Audio Controller [NoDB]

Storage:
IDE Controller Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller
IDE Controller Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller
IDE Controller Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller
Disk Drive INTEL SSDSC2CT240A4 ATA Device
Disk Drive ST2000DM001-9YN164 ATA Device
Optical Drive ATAPI iHAS124 D SCSI CdRom Device
SMART Hard Disks Status Unknown

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 223837 MB (142139 MB free)
D: (NTFS) 5094 MB (1503 MB free)
Total Size 223.6 GB (140.3 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Keyboard HID Keyboard Device
Mouse HID-compliant mouse
Mouse HID-compliant mouse

Network:
Network Adapter Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (192.168.0.5)

Peripherals:
Printer Fax
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
USB1 Controller Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller [NoDB]
USB2 Controller Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1E26 [NoDB]
USB2 Controller Intel(R) 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1E2D [NoDB]
USB Device Generic USB Hub
USB Device Generic USB Hub
USB Device Generic USB Hub
USB Device Logitech G19 LCD
USB Device USB 3.0 Hub
USB Device USB 3.0 Hub
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Input Device
USB Device USB Input Device
USB Device USB Input Device
USB Device USB Input Device
USB Device USB Input Device


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CPU Properties:
CPU Type 4x
CPUID CPU Name Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
CPUID Revision 000306A9h

CPU Speed:
CPU Clock 3393.08 MHz (original: 3400 MHz)

CPU Cache:
L2 Cache 256 KB (On-Die, ATC, Full-Speed)

BIOS Properties:
System BIOS Date Unknown
Video BIOS Date Unknown


Here's the game in question:
http://vindictus.nexon.net/

Thanks for all the help!
if you guys need anymore Info of my computer, let me know and i'll post it right away!

 

[quilciri]

I'd check you CPU and GPU temps first. Vindictus is a source engine game (really low system requirements), any HD 79xx card should be able to play it on high settings well above 30fps (and probably closer to 60) @ 2560x1600. My first guess is an overheating issue.

 

[Joseph DeGarmo]

Use HWMonitor to record your max temps and post the results.

 

[BraveSlayer]

Thanks for such fast replies! Vindictus is currently under maintenance, but i will post the results as soon as possible!

 

[BraveSlayer]

Here are the results after playing some 8-man party RAID bosses:
Binaries
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HWMonitor version 1.2.6.0

Monitoring
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mainboard Model G1.Sniper 3 (0x0000036A - 0x3668CB30)

LPCIO
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

LPCIO Vendor ITE
LPCIO Model IT8728
LPCIO Vendor ID 0x90
LPCIO Chip ID 0x8728
LPCIO Revision ID 0x1
Config Mode I/O address 0x2E
Config Mode LDN 0x4
Config Mode registers
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20 87 28 01 00 00 00 F7 10 03 00 00 40 80 00 00 00
30 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
60 0A 30 0A 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
70 09 02 00 00 04 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Register space LPC, base address = 0x0A30


Hardware Monitors
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Hardware monitor ITE IT8728
Voltage 0 1.06 Volts [0x58] (CPU VTT)
Voltage 1 3.36 Volts [0xAA] (VCC3)
Voltage 2 12.24 Volts [0xAA] (+12V)
Voltage 3 3.32 Volts [0xA6] (+VCC)
Voltage 4 1.00 Volts [0x53] (vAXG)
Voltage 5 0.98 Volts [0x52] (CPU VCORE)
Voltage 6 1.51 Volts [0x7E] (DRAM)
Voltage 7 3.38 Volts [0x8D] (+3.3V)
Temperature 0 37°C (98°F) [0x25] (TMPIN0)
Temperature 1 43°C (109°F) [0x2B] (TMPIN1)
Temperature 2 23°C (73°F) [0x17] (TMPIN2)
Fan 2 2243 RPM [0x12D] (FANIN2)
Fan PWM 0 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM0)
Fan PWM 1 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM1)
Fan PWM 2 0 pc [0x0] (FANPWM2)
Register space LPC, base address = 0x0A30

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F
00 1B 10 00 00 FF EF 00 00 00 80 60 04 30 FF FF 2B
10 FF FF FF 77 C7 82 80 80 FF FF 01 FF FF FF FF FF
20 58 AA AA A6 53 52 7E 8D 88 25 2B 17 BA FF 3C 3C
30 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00 FF 00
40 7F 7F 7F 7F 7F 7F 5F 40 AD 6A D4 00 FF FF FF FF
50 FF D8 7F 7F 7F 40 00 00 90 55 3C 12 65 00 00 00
60 00 14 41 46 1C 03 00 FF 00 14 32 46 20 03 00 FF
70 00 14 32 46 20 03 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
80 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 12 30 01 02 01 C2 E0 C0
90 FF 00 00 00 FF 00 00 00 10 97 00 00 40 B9 C1 30
A0 C2 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
B0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
C0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
D0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
E0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
F0 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF

Hardware monitor ACPI
Temperature 0 28°C (82°F) [0xBC2] (TZ00)
Temperature 1 30°C (85°F) [0xBD6] (TZ01)

Hardware monitor AMD ADL
Voltage 0 0.85 Volts [0x352] (VIN0)
Temperature 0 61°C (141°F) [0x3D] (TMPIN0)
Fan 0 1710 RPM [0x6AE] (FANIN0)


Processors
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Number of processors 1
Number of threads 4

APICs
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0 2
-- Core 2
-- Thread 0 4
-- Core 3
-- Thread 0 6

Timers
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ACPI timer 3.580 MHz
HPET timer 14.318 MHz
Perf timer 3.313 MHz
Sys timer 1.000 KHz


Processors Information
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Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 4 (max 8)
Number of threads 4 (max 16)
Name Intel Core i5 3570K
Codename Ivy Bridge
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 1155 LGA (0x1)
CPUID 6.A.9
Extended CPUID 6.3A
Core Stepping E1/L1
Technology 22 nm
TDP Limit 77.0 Watts
Tjmax 105.0 °C
Core Speed 1596.2 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 16.0 x 99.8 MHz
Stock frequency 3400 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EM64T, VT-x, AES, AVX
L1 Data cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 4 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 4 x 256 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L3 cache 6 MBytes, 12-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes


Turbo Mode supported, enabled
Max non-turbo ratio 34x
Max turbo ratio 38x
Max efficiency ratio 16x
Min Power 60 Watts
O/C bins unlimited
Ratio 1 core 38x
Ratio 2 cores 38x
Ratio 3 cores 37x
Ratio 4 cores 36x
TSC 3392.2 MHz
MPERF 3379.5 MHz

 

[BraveSlayer]

temps seem to be doing just fine, and the fps are on the 30-40 mark on medium-low settings.