Great computer terrible at games?? :(

[zombiehacker]

I just spent 1,200 on a new gaming pc. It has an i5 4570 3.2ghz and an R9 280x graphics card. I looked at many benchmarks before purchasing and all bench marks stated that it should get excellent FPS. I recently tried playing just cause 2 at high settings and only got 5fps. I'm really worried about this. It's fresh out of the box so i'm wondering if i have to do something first? thanks.

 

[Ahmadjon]

Are your drivers up to date?

 

[Xiembeest]

Have you plugged in your monitor into the graphics card rather than onto the motherboard? Did you install the latest drivers?

 

[zombiehacker]

Are your drivers up to date?

Yes every driver is installed. I can't beleive this.

 

[zombiehacker]

Have you plugged in your monitor into the graphics card rather than onto the motherboard? Did you install the latest drivers?

Pardon my ignorance but do you do that?? there's only one spot on the case where the monitor plugs into.

 

[zombiehacker]

I think the problem is that my PC is only using my intel intergrated graphics and not using my R9 as the primary graphics card. How do i change it?

 

[Ahmadjon]

I think the problem is that my PC is only using my intel intergrated graphics and not using my R9 as the primary graphics card. How do i change it?

First plug your monitor cable to graphics card DVI, HDMI or DisplayPort and look in BIOS PCI-E settings.

 

[Icaraeus]

Also check that your GPU is actually connected to the wires, not just placed in the slot. It won't receive enough power to turn on if there aren't cables connected to it.

 

[Ahmadjon]

Also check that your GPU is actually connected to the wires, not just placed in the slot. It won't receive enough power to turn on if there aren't cables connected to it.

If he didn't plug PSU cables the whole system won't run! So he probably plugged them!

 

[CreativeUsername]

Also check that your GPU is actually connected to the wires, not just placed in the slot. It won't receive enough power to turn on if there aren't cables connected to it.

If he didn't plug PSU cables the whole system won't run! So he probably plugged them!

If he just didn't plug in the power connector for the GPU wouldn't it still run just off the iGPU?

 

[Ahmadjon]

Also check that your GPU is actually connected to the wires, not just placed in the slot. It won't receive enough power to turn on if there aren't cables connected to it.

If he didn't plug PSU cables the whole system won't run! So he probably plugged them!

If he just didn't plug in the power connector for the GPU wouldn't it still run just off the iGPU?

No PC will freeze at start up with alert message

 

[zombiehacker]

Yea figured out how to plug the cable into the graphics card and is working perfectly now. Needed to buy an adapter first. I'm an idiot lol.

 

[Ahmadjon]

Yea figured out how to plug the cable into the graphics card and is working perfectly now. Needed to buy an adapter first. I'm an idiot lol.

Don't worry it happens with many people, good to see that you found an issue!