Help with fps

[beenbrune]

Please bear with me, for I have no idea what I'm doing. I have a gaming pc but it is very slow, and I haven't modified it yet. I am looking for a graphics card that will be able to run big, open world games at over 30 fps. I am currently struggling at about 7-10 fps and would like an upgrade. I am currently looking at the "ASUS Radeon R9 290 4gb DirectCUII OC Graphic Card" and I basically have no idea what to do. I have nvidia and need to know if it being "ASUS" matters or not? I also have no clue what to do when installing it. If you need anything like my Pc's specs, please leave a reply and I'll get them to you.

 

[TerryLaze]

Yes we need your PC specs.
Upgrading your GPU might not do a thing for you if your CPU is equally slow.
Basically you can put any GPU into any motherboard with a PCIe slot,you just have to make sure that your power supply is enough to feed it.
First you uninstall your old GPU with DDU and after inserting the new GPU the system will find drivers for it on it's own,or you install the newest drivers from the website.

 

[beenbrune]

Yes we need your PC specs.
Upgrading your GPU might not do a thing for you if your CPU is equally slow.
Basically you can put any GPU into any motherboard with a PCIe slot,you just have to make sure that your power supply is enough to feed it.
First you uninstall your old GPU with DDU and after inserting the new GPU the system will find drivers for it on it's own,or you install the newest drivers from the website.

Here are what I believe my pc specs:
"components, display" Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1287&SUBSYS_3E561642&REV_A1\4&324D55E0&0&0008
Adapter Type GeForce GT 730, NVIDIA compatible
Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
Adapter RAM (2,147,483,648) bytes
Installed Drivers C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvlei.inf_amd64_bbbec70e4c8d6cc1\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvlei.inf_amd64_bbbec70e4c8d6cc1\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvlei.inf_amd64_bbbec70e4c8d6cc1\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvlei.inf_amd64_bbbec70e4c8d6cc1\nvldumdx.dll
Driver Version 24.21.13.9731
INF File oem70.inf (Section018 section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1920 x 1080 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0xDE000000-0xDEFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xD7FFFFFF
Memory Address 0xD8000000-0xD9FFFFFF
I/O Port 0x0000E000-0x0000E07F
IRQ Channel IRQ 16
Driver c:\windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository\nvlei.inf_amd64_bbbec70e4c8d6cc1\nvlddmkm.sys (24.21.13.9731, 16.37 MB (17,161,872 bytes), 29/04/2018 6:28 PM)

"system summary"
OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home
Version 10.0.16299 Build 16299
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DESKTOP-SJO0UTN
System Manufacturer LENOVO
System Model 90DA00N4AU
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU LENOVO_MT_90DA_BU_LENOVO_FM_ideacentre 300-20ISH
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz, 2712 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date LENOVO FYKT60A, 21/07/2016
SMBIOS Version 3.0
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode UEFI
BaseBoard Manufacturer LENOVO
BaseBoard Model Not Available
BaseBoard Name Base Board
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State On
PCR7 Configuration Elevation Required to View
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale Australia
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.16299.371"
User Name DESKTOP-SJO0UTN\Ben Brown
Time Zone E. Australia Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 12.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 11.9 GB
Available Physical Memory 9.30 GB
Total Virtual Memory 13.7 GB
Available Virtual Memory 10.5 GB
Page File Space 1.81 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Device Encryption Support Elevation Required to View
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware No
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

If you need any other specs please lmk and I'll respond when I get the chance

 

[TerryLaze]

So you have a i5-6400 and a GT 730 and are running at 1080p (1920x1080)

If you are sure that you have connected your monitor with your GPU,the GT 730, and not with your monitor then yes,get a better GPU,because 7-10 FPS seems a bit suspicious unless you are running the games at ultra or something .
The 290 is pretty old by now but if that's all you can afford right now then sure, it will do nicely.