Hi everyone,
I'm trying to find out more about how my PC works and what the term 'bottlenecking' means. I'm wondering how I can get the best performance out of my PC when gaming.
At the moment my specs are:
CPU: AMD FX-6100
Motherboard: ga-970a-ds3
GPU: MSI GTX 970 GAMING Twin Frozr V 4GB GDDR5
RAM: G-Skill Ripjaws X, DDR3, PC10666, 1333MHz, 1.5v 8GB (I think)
OS: Windows 7 home premium SP 1
At the moment, I feel most of my games run around 40-60fps, although some it's a bit lower. I don't have a huge variety to test on. But I was told to use the programs 'Resource monitor' and 'GPU-Z'. I ran GTA IV with max settings which varied from 30-55 FPS. Here are the results of the Resource monitor and GPU-Z. I don't know what the information means, and I was wondering if somebody could please help me understand what they mean, and if my PC is 'bottlenecking'?
I did want to get an Intel, but that isn't an option at the moment as it's too expensive for me. I would have to buy a new CPU, motherboard and renew my operating system. So I may have to purchase a new AMD CPU if needed.
Resource monitor:
GPU-Z:
Thank you.
I'm trying to find out more about how my PC works and what the term 'bottlenecking' means. I'm wondering how I can get the best performance out of my PC when gaming.
At the moment my specs are:
CPU: AMD FX-6100
Motherboard: ga-970a-ds3
GPU: MSI GTX 970 GAMING Twin Frozr V 4GB GDDR5
RAM: G-Skill Ripjaws X, DDR3, PC10666, 1333MHz, 1.5v 8GB (I think)
OS: Windows 7 home premium SP 1
At the moment, I feel most of my games run around 40-60fps, although some it's a bit lower. I don't have a huge variety to test on. But I was told to use the programs 'Resource monitor' and 'GPU-Z'. I ran GTA IV with max settings which varied from 30-55 FPS. Here are the results of the Resource monitor and GPU-Z. I don't know what the information means, and I was wondering if somebody could please help me understand what they mean, and if my PC is 'bottlenecking'?
I did want to get an Intel, but that isn't an option at the moment as it's too expensive for me. I would have to buy a new CPU, motherboard and renew my operating system. So I may have to purchase a new AMD CPU if needed.
Resource monitor:
GPU-Z:
Thank you.