I3-3220 + hd7870 oc

[onelah]

i played hitman absolution with my i3-3220 + hd7870 on 1080p, and i only get average 20 fps. I saw on youtube mostly they can get average fps ~39 on hd7870..Is it my cpu not good enough??

 

[bigshootr8]

Your CPU is more then likely holding you back yes. It's clock speed firstly and the fact that its a dual core processor as well are what keeping you back from higher frames with your current card yes. Stepping up to a i5 3570k would yield significant frame increase as well as perhaps the cheaper i5 3470. You have a mid level card which is almost a high end card you will need more cpu power to bolster your card as well as a suggested 8 gigabytes of ram.

 

[onelah]

is that so..can i overclock my cpu? so that it can support with gpu

 

[ASHISH65]

No you cannot overclock

 

[ASHISH65]

Please tell your cpu usage while playing that game in taskmanager

 

[Guest]

hitman absolution is a CPU dependant game, though that i3 ought not be holding you back by much - its as good as any AMD chip in the game.

maybe take a read on this:
Hitman: Absolution GPU/CPU Performance Review

i am not saying that an i5 would not be better but with your set up you should be getting better, what drivers/settings do you use?

 

[onelah]

i just checked..my cpu usage up to 70%....and when i played the game during cinematic scene like open door..sometimes it will lag and then fast forward for 10 sec..

looniam:waht driver do you mean?

 

[Guest]

i just checked..my cpu usage up to 70%....and when i played the game during cinematic scene like open door..sometimes it will lag and then fast forward for 10 sec..

looniam:waht driver do you mean?

got the latest/greatest?
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx

try lowering your resolution/settings to see if you get an increase in FPS. what resolution are you playing now?

 

[ASHISH65]

He mean to say download latest amd graphic drivers and install.well cpu at 70% means that it is not bottlenecking.go to game settings and try to set vsync - off.

 

[onelah]

now on amd 12.11 beta driver..i played on 1920x1080..i dont want to lower down the res..i will try off the vsync

 

[ASHISH65]

Did you face lag in every game?

 

[onelah]

ive tried..the fps still same..

 

[onelah]

nope..just in hitman...or maybe the game itself problem?....

 

[ASHISH65]

In that game only means it is a game problem.try to download latest patch for that.this might fix it.

 

[onelah]

ok..i have re-checked the cpu usage..sometimes its hit to 83%..so maybe as you said my cpu do bottleneck with my gpu...then i just got 20fps in average...

 

[onelah]

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