Help!! 1070 struggles at 1366x768

[leshlee22]

Hello, noob here, just want to ask why my pc struggles to lock at 60fps on 1366x768.
Https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2913-when-does-the-intel-pentium-g4560-bottleneck-gpu according to this website, i should easily be able to reach 60fps+ on almost max settings on most games at 1080p. I know its dumb but i am going to upgrade in a month or two. Is it because of the insufficient ram? I play games like gta v, rottr/sottr, witcher 3, watchdogs 2, far cry 5, and the like.

My specs are:
Pentium G4560
Galax gtx 1070 Exoc
4gb ballistix ram
1tb seagate
120gb ssd boot drive
Acer v196hql
Seasonic 620w

 

[ARAN_108]

Its the RAM, 4GB won't even cut office workloads nowadays.

 

[herrwizo]

1070 can max out games at 1440p with great framerates, let alone 768p.

RAM is holding you back considerably, even 8GB is considered minimum today, especially for gaming of any kind.

 

[sizzling]

Not only is RAM an issue but your weak cpu. Many games recommend a minimum of a quad core cpu and the actual recommend is higher. You have a dual core cpu with hyperthreading. This is very unbalanced, you have a strong gpu paired with a very weak cpu by modern standards.

All the games you list are fairly cpu dependent. As above, 8gb is the minimum RAM, ideally you want 16gb paired with a 1070.

 

[ARAN_108]

Not only is RAM an issue but your weak cpu. Many games recommend a minimum of a quad core cpu and the actual recommend is higher. You have a dual core cpu with hyperthreading. This is very unbalanced, you have a strong gpu paired with a very weak cpu by modern standards.

Yeah, it's true. But OP has expected that and he added the GamerNexus link where Steve tests the G4560 with GTX1070.

 

[herrwizo]

Relatively weak CPU for sure, but nowhere near as weak to limit performance in such a horrible way. RAM is the single biggest issue here.

 

[sizzling]

I’ve skimmed through that article and couldn’t see reference to the scenarios used in each game. If the OP is trying to play these games in multiplayer mode his performance will be much worse than single player which most benchmarks are done under.

I agree RAM is a big issue but even rectifying that performance is going to be severely hampered by that cpu.

 

[logainofhades]

Relatively weak CPU, at a CPU resolution that will be highly CPU dependent, and not enough ram.

 

[geofelt]

4gb of ram will be a single stick and run in slower single channel mode.
The gamernexus test had plenty of dual channel ram.
Speed of 3200 was also probably higher too. But Intel is not really that sensitive to ram speeds.
I would buy a 2 x 4gb kit to upgrade similar to the ram already installed.
If the motherboard has 4 slots the OP can try the old 4gb and see if it works.
If successful, he gets 12gb.

Yes, a $100 processor and a $350 graphics card are a bit of a mismatch.

 

[leshlee22]

Thank you all for your kind inputs, i've already gone ahead and ordered new ram sticks for my system. Next will be ryzen and a new monitor

 

[geofelt]

Thank you all for your kind inputs, i've already gone ahead and ordered new ram sticks for my system. Next will be ryzen and a new monitor

Your motherboard now has options for a much stronger processor.
If you go ryzen, you are looking at a new motherboard to match.
Ryzen is picky about ram.
You might check to see that the ram you are ordering now will be on the support list for the new ryzen motherboard.

 

[logainofhades]

Yea, depending on the ram speed you bought, it might make more sense to just drop in an i7 7700/7700k, depending on motherboard you have. I would recommend a higher res monitor as well. 1080p at the very least.