Is my 3770 bottlenecking my 980?

[daanmate]

Installed my 980 a couple of weeks ago and I've been getting pretty poor frames, playing Battlefield 4 Ultra 1080p and averaging 70fps dropping below 60. GPU doesn't go over 60 degrees and my CPU sits at around 70 - 75 with stock cooler. Tried some other games such as Sniper Elite and that even drops below 60 on occasions

I've tried a couple of things such as installing a new PSU (RM650W) and installing Windows 8.1 but unfortunately nothing has fixed the problem

I had installed an R9 290 last September and i was achieving better/ consistent frames


Specs:
Gigabyte G1 GTX 980
i7-3770
Gigabyte GA-H77-D3H-MVP
8GB RAM
RM650W PSU
Samsung 256gb pro SSD
1TD HDD
Windows 8.1

Any idea?
Cheers.

 

[RCFProd]

Monitor your CPU usage through task manager when playing games. If the CPU usage reaches 100% constantly you'll know It's the i7-3770 holding you back.

I'm wondering why you bought a GTX 980 when you had an R9 290 already? You playing at 1440p?

 

[i7Baby]

Your i7 is overheating. Blow the dust out of the case with compressed air. Increase fan rpm. It should be less than 60C while gaming.

Got latest drivers for the 980?

 

[RCFProd]

Your i7 is overheating. Blow the dust out of the case with compressed air. Increase fan rpm. It should be less than 60C while gaming.

Got latest drivers for the 980?

To be fair, even if It's 75 degrees the CPU performance should be fine.

75 is slightly higher than normal but It's not overheating I think.

 

[daanmate]

Monitor your CPU usage through task manager when playing games. If the CPU usage reaches 100% constantly you'll know It's the i7-3770 holding you back.

I'm wondering why you bought a GTX 980 when you had an R9 290 already? You playing at 1440p?

A faulty card wouldn't give me lower frames would it? If it was faulty it would be giving me display problems etc etc correct?
From what i remember the CPU usage never hit 100

 

[i7Baby]

75C will cause the CPU to partly throttle. Clean out the cooler and increase fan rpm. See if it make a difference. Your CPU shouldn't get over 60C gaming.

 

[maxalge]

Monitor your CPU usage through task manager when playing games. If the CPU usage reaches 100% constantly you'll know It's the i7-3770 holding you back.

I'm wondering why you bought a GTX 980 when you had an R9 290 already? You playing at 1440p?

A faulty card wouldn't give me lower frames would it? If it was faulty it would be giving me display problems etc etc correct?
From what i remember the CPU usage never hit 100

A faulty card could be stuck on 2d clocks, or throttle for no reason.

So yes it could lead to sup par performance.



I suggest installing msi afterburner, and enable gpu + cpu temp monitoring in OSD so you can see them while you game or run a benchmark.


In fact run valley, or heaven benchmarks - they are free - and post back with max temps.