Is my motherboard bottle necking me?

[Ultra_Man52]

Hello everyone! Recently I have been wondering how people get freakin' 400 fps on csgo. And I think to myself "Why can't I be good?", so I blame it on the frames. I don't want to blame it on the frames anymore, so I would like to get good frames without overclocking.

Specs:
1GB GTX 650 (I'm trying to go straight to a 1070 from this, lol)
i5 4670K @ 3.40GHz
750CX Corsair PSU
ECS H87H3-WM Motherboard (Basically a piece of cardboard)
16 GB of various RAM

So yeah. It could be that my GPU is absolute trash, but I would like some more knowledgeable people to tell me if it is trash. Thanks!

 

[01111111]

Not much info out there on your motherboard but I'd first point at the video card, the 650 is pretty bad within rankings on sites like videocardbenchmark.net.

 

[Ultra_Man52]

Ok now I got a 970 SC so the problem can't be the graphics card. I am still only getting around 200 fps when I hear other people are getting 500! I am playing on lowest settings, could it be my motherboard?

 

[01111111]

Either way your FPS doesn't matter above your monitors refresh rate, but if you are looking to brag about 9000 FPS cause it rocks then yes it's probably time to upgrade your MB and Ram.

Maybe you have RAM installed with different latency, various isn't too specific.

 

[maxalge]

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Question from Ultra_Man52 : "What is bottle necking me!?!"

Hello! I made a thread a little while ago, but that one wan't any good, so I decided to make another one. So yes I play CSGO and yes I am having a frame issue. I have settings all at low, resolutions low, everything is low. But I only get 200 fps, and that's with a GTX 970 SC! Here are the rest of my specs:
i5 4670K @ 3.40GHz
750CX Corsair PSU
ECS H87H3-WM Motherboard (Basically a piece of cardboard)
16 GB of various RAM

I really wanna say it's my motherboard so that I have an excuse to get a new one, but I doubt it is.
So yeah, please give me some advice that doesn't involve overclocking. Thanks!

Hello! I made a thread a little while ago, but that one wan't any good, so I decided to make another one. So yes I play CSGO and yes I am having a frame issue. I have settings all at low, resolutions low, everything is low. But I only get 200 fps, and that's with a GTX 970 SC! Here are the rest of my specs:
i5 4670K @ 3.40GHz
750CX Corsair PSU
ECS H87H3-WM Motherboard (Basically a piece of cardboard)
16 GB of various RAM

I really wanna say it's my motherboard so that I have an excuse to get a new one, but I doubt it is.
So yeah, please give me some advice that doesn't involve overclocking. Thanks!

what fps do you get everything maxed out?

 

[4745454b]

First, stick to one thread per problem please. Opening more then one is just spamming, and I don't like that.

Start off by making sure everything is running like it should be. The 650 is an older card and the heatsink might be full of dust. 16GBs of "various" ram might not have the settings right. Make sure you have everything running like it should be. But I do put the blame on the 1GB 650. Not a lot of Vram and it's an older card that wasn't top of the line to start with. Upgrade your GPU and you should be doing better.

 

[Ultra_Man52]

Ok I now have a gtx 970 SC. I am still getting like 100 fps with settings at low. What do I do now?

 

[4745454b]

Ok now I got a 970 SC so the problem can't be the graphics card. I am still only getting around 200 fps...Ok I now have a gtx 970 SC. I am still getting like 100 fps with settings at low.

It's getting really hard for me to follow what you have, and what you are getting in what game seeing as you keep saying stuff, sometimes contradicting yourself.

i5 4670K @ 3.40GHz
750CX Corsair PSU
ECS H87H3-WM Motherboard (Basically a piece of cardboard)
16 GB of various RAM
GTX 970 SC

What games at what settings give you what FPS? Did you check for temps and bios settings? Congrats on getting the new card, but we need a lot more/better details. And please test with Fraps or in game frame counter. Don't just make up numbers and think it's right.

 

[Ultra_Man52]

Ok now I got a 970 SC so the problem can't be the graphics card. I am still only getting around 200 fps...Ok I now have a gtx 970 SC. I am still getting like 100 fps with settings at low.

It's getting really hard for me to follow what you have, and what you are getting in what game seeing as you keep saying stuff, sometimes contradicting yourself.

i5 4670K @ 3.40GHz
750CX Corsair PSU
ECS H87H3-WM Motherboard (Basically a piece of cardboard)
16 GB of various RAM
GTX 970 SC

What games at what settings give you what FPS? Did you check for temps and bios settings? Congrats on getting the new card, but we need a lot more/better details. And please test with Fraps or in game frame counter. Don't just make up numbers and think it's right.

Sorry for not being exact with basically anything. I play CSGO at 4:3, 1280x960 with everything at low. I have multicore rendering on. No anti-aliasing mode. Texture filter is bilinear, and FXAA is on. I get 140-150 fps when playing on most maps. It sometimes drops down to 80-90 fps when I walk into certain spots on cache. I don't use any custom 3D settings on the NVIDIA control panel. Yes I used in game frame counter to get this. Sorry for all the hassle.

 

[4745454b]

Heat/temps? Use CPUz or GPUz, card is in 16x mode? Drop down to 720, what happens to the frames?

 

[Ultra_Man52]

Heat/temps? Use CPUz or GPUz, card is in 16x mode? Drop down to 720, what happens to the frames?

The card runs at 34 degrees idle and 43 in game. I am running in 16x mode. And by drop down to 720 do you mean my old graphics card? Sorry I just don't know what else would go to 720.

 

[maxalge]

Heat/temps? Use CPUz or GPUz, card is in 16x mode? Drop down to 720, what happens to the frames?

The card runs at 34 degrees idle and 43 in game. I am running in 16x mode. And by drop down to 720 do you mean my old graphics card? Sorry I just don't know what else would go to 720.

the resolution you play at, 1280 x 720 is what he means

 

[Ultra_Man52]

Heat/temps? Use CPUz or GPUz, card is in 16x mode? Drop down to 720, what happens to the frames?

The card runs at 34 degrees idle and 43 in game. I am running in 16x mode. And by drop down to 720 do you mean my old graphics card? Sorry I just don't know what else would go to 720.

the resolution you play at, 1280 x 720 is what he means

I got a 20 fps boost.