Gtx 650 performing a lot slower than before.

[raul1794]

So my previews motherboard broke so i grab the card and put it on an old pc running a quad core q8300 and 4gb ddr. I have been trying to play games like league of legends and diablo that i could max out with my previews build. I have notice the gpu performing a lot slower and after some test bottle-necking, overheating are not the issue, Could it be the motherboard only has a pci 1.0 slot and is dragging the card down?

 

[I3lue1]

Well it is bottlenecking. PCIe 1.0 has enough bandwidth for your card that's not the issue. It might be the motherboard's north/ south bridge that are slower and can't manage the whole system -> bottlenecking. It could be the CPU pulling the system down; it could be that you have a reaaaaaaly old HDD and its underperformance causes the whole system to receive data slower.

Bottom line: your older system is old enough to bottleneck your new GPU.

 

[raul1794]

Well it is bottlenecking. PCIe 1.0 has enough bandwidth for your card that's not the issue. It might be the motherboard's north/ south bridge that are slower and can't manage the whole system -> bottlenecking. It could be the CPU pulling the system down; it could be that you have a reaaaaaaly old HDD and its underperformance causes the whole system to receive data slower.

Bottom line: your older system is old enough to bottleneck your new GPU.

i guess this is a very old pc, i got it around 2007. When 9800gt was a beast of a card.

 

[I3lue1]

2007 is A LONG TIME AGO xD. Not much you can do about it. Bump up the RAM to 8 GB (will give you a ~ 10% performance increase) and start saving money for a new motherboard for your new PC.

 

[raul1794]

2007 is A LONG TIME AGO xD. Not much you can do about it. Bump up the RAM to 8 GB (will give you a ~ 10% performance increase) and start saving money for a new motherboard for your new PC.

well im just waiting for the new motherboard to arrive as it was still under warranty and i manage to get a new one. Just wanted to play something while i waited. Most likely this old motherboard cant keep up with the card and everything else.

 

[I3lue1]

Yep. Be glad that you're still able to play something while you wait though .