GPU Troubles, Don't know the cause?

geowat123

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OK, so recently, me and my brother swapped computer hardware, as his computer was better made for the purposes I wanted to use it for (non-enthusiast gaming, so like, medium or high at 30 or 60fps). So we switched. However, we seem to have had some problems with the GPU. It worked fine in my brother's computer, but in (what is now my computer) we've been having problems. We had 2 different brands of GPU (mine WAS an Nvidia and his was an AMD) and I uninstalled all drivers and switched accordingly (I have experience with this). My (new) specs are as follows:

Intel Core i5-3330 @3.00GHz
AMD Radeon HD 6670 2GB DDR3
8GB RAM

Don't say it's the card being broken, because the games still run and the HD Graphics are uninstalled. Not mentioning the PSU because the PSU is the same as the one my brother used for gaming on this very computer and it worked fine for him. The connection to the monitor is on VGA, I dunno if that has anything to do with it, but still... I miss gaming on my computer and I want to get back to it as soon as possible. Thank you :)
 

The problem is that games lag badly, no matter the settings, no matter what I try. To put it into simple terms, Sniper Elite V2 get 21fps on lowest settings on benchmark. It's THAT bad. See above for anything you might want to look at to find out the problem. And if it helps, the Nvidia Geforce GT 640 I used to have could push 30fps on high (not ultra) settings on an i3, to put it to comparison. Hope this helps with finding out my problem! :)
 

It had to be the only problem I don't know how to fix at all lol. Know any way I can update my BIOS mate? Thanks for the response though :)
 
well you have to find out what kind of motherboard you have and go to the manufacturers site and download latest bios becareful on downloading them cause you can mess up your pc i recommened you look it up on youtube (im not that great with bios either)
 


Problem. It turns out all the hardware stuff is now handled by a "UEFI" and I dunno if that changes things (can still access the BIOS, but still, thought I'd raise that theory). Any other suggestions?