IM ONLY GETTING 20 FPS IN 3DMARK 11 AND IN RUNNING MSI 7970

[target215]

Hi guys I just recently build my first p.c ever with no help just reading up and surfing threw YouTube. My build consist of gigabyte z77,i5 3570k cpu, 120 gb ssd ,2 terabyte hhd, 32gb of ram, and msi Radeon 7970. I went to bench mark it in 3dmark 11 on low it gives me 60 fps on ultra about 20 fps. I'm trying o play farcry 3 and its so laggy. This is the website that started me off in building p.c I hope you guys could really help me thanks. Oh and windows 8 os.

 

[pbm86]

3dmark11 and Far Cry 3 are VERY demanding. Just one 7970 is insufficient at some settings. Try lowering the some of the settings in Far Cry 3

 

[Lord Tumnas]

what resolution is your monitor?

 

[pbm86]

lol pbm, 7970 would smash farcry 3

Depends on the resolution

 

[target215]

3dmark11 and Far Cry 3 are VERY demanding. Just one 7970 is insufficient at some settings. Try lowering the some of the settings in Far Cry 3

Should I run two 7970's I payed 500 bucks for the graphics card ill expect it to run far cry lol

 

[target215]

what resolution is your monitor?

I'm using a 1080p hdtv on my p.c

 

[target215]

3dmark11 and Far Cry 3 are VERY demanding. Just one 7970 is insufficient at some settings. Try lowering the some of the settings in Far Cry 3

but how can I get better fps with this 7970 dude on ultra 18-20 fps is unacceptable for a 3gb graphics card

 

[jthill909]

What fps are you getting in FC3? "Lag" is a very subjective term.

 

[target215]

What fps are you getting in FC3? "Lag" is a very subjective term.

about 20 fps I have no idea m not bottlenecking, and lag is an understatement lol I think I can run better fps off of intel 4000

 

[J_E_D_70]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/far-cry-3-performance-benchmark,3379-6.html

says you should be getting about 37fps. Have you tried OCing the CPU and if so how far? The test system was six cores at 4.25GHz with HT on.

 

[timil]

7970 is plenty for far cry even my 7870 smashes it

 

[Djentleman]

3dmark11 and Far Cry 3 are VERY demanding. Just one 7970 is insufficient at some settings. Try lowering the some of the settings in Far Cry 3

Farcry3 is just really unoptimized.
It stutters like a nervous hooker on anybody's pc.

 

[J_E_D_70]

In my experience, the hoo... well, nevermind.

 

[Djentleman]

In my experience, the hoo... well, nevermind.

After they see the heat I'm packin'. They get pretty nervous. 😉

 

[iceclock]

got the latest drivers. defragged ur drive. and scan disked it?

 

[pbm86]

Maybe a driver update and turning off the MSAA will improve Far Cry 3 performance.

 

[smeezekitty]

Make sure you turn off CPU chewing applications like web browsing for maximum frame-rate.

 

[target215]

Best answer selected by TARGET215.

 

[chromic]

and check that your clocks arent lowered while benchmarking / testing

run a 3dmark11 performance test and post ur scores,

the gpu should be around 7000-8000

 

[target215]

and check that your clocks arent lowered while benchmarking / testing

run a 3dmark11 performance test and post ur scores,

the gpu should be around 7000-8000

I am going to try that right now thank you.

 

[target215]

and check that your clocks arent lowered while benchmarking / testing

run a 3dmark11 performance test and post ur scores,

the gpu should be around 7000-8000

X2966 with AMD Radeon HD 7970(1x) and Intel Core i5-3570K Processor



Graphics Score2740

Physics Score6490

Combined Score3362

 

[chromic]

download something like gpuz and monitor your clock rates, go to a game / benchmarking software and see if they are in "rest" ( very low )
or working normally

 

[target215]

download something like gpuz and monitor your clock rates, go to a game / benchmarking software and see if they are in "rest" ( very low )
or working normally

thank you guyz so much I tweaked a few things and here are my results

8883.0

7940.0 3DMarks


Graphics Score

9499.0

8627.0


Physics Score

7560.0

6503.0


Combined Score

7264.0

6278.0


Graphics Test 1

43.14747619628906

39.195369720458984 FPS


Graphics Test 2

47.709171295166016

43.27643966674805 FPS


Graphics Test 3

59.03782272338867

53.67927932739258 FPS


Graphics Test 4

27.958526611328125

25.39069366455078 FPS


Physics Test

24.0026474

20.6471806 FPS


Combined Test

33.7877197

 

[target215]

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