- Jan 21, 2014
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So I've been having this problem for the past few months, and I figured I'd run it by you all to see if you wonderful people could help me. This past summer I upgraded my GPU from a 5 year old Radeon 7770HD GHz Edition, to a EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 TI. I also upgraded my processor (and motherboard) to a Ryzen 5 1600.
I've been having terrible framerate issues since I've installed these upgrades, and I've just lived with it, but I'd like to find out once and for all if it's a problem with my setup, or if it's just that my graphics card isn't powerful enough.
I play the video game "Rust", and average around 30-40 fps, never peaking above 50. Everyone that I talk to says that a 1050ti SHOULD be able to play Rust at 1080p at a smooth 60fps. I looked at a lot of different reasons why this could be the case.
My GPU usage and CPU usage are relatively low (CPU usually ~30%, GPU usually ~50%). Oddly enough, I get low fps on all settings. Changing the settings has little to no effect on framerate (I actually get slightly higher fps when playing on higher settings!). I read that this is a telltale sign that the CPU is bottlnecking the GPU. While that makes sense, I find that hard to believe, as the Ryzen 5 1600 should be capable enough to handle whatever a 1050ti throws at it. I'm also confident that the CPU was installed properly, and has thermal paste to ensure that it doesn't get too hot.
Attached are a few screenshots that I took of HWMonitor while running Rust. The first screenshot is on LOWEST settings, second is on MEDIUM settings, and third is on HIGHEST settings.
In summary: Is there really a CPU bottleneck, is there a problem with my system? Lowering graphics settings has little to no effect on fps, and this happens across most games that I play. Is it really just that my graphics card isn't powerful enough? Sad that my 5 year old GPU could run this game better then a new (more expensive) GPU can.... Thanks for reading and thanks for all the help!!
I've been having terrible framerate issues since I've installed these upgrades, and I've just lived with it, but I'd like to find out once and for all if it's a problem with my setup, or if it's just that my graphics card isn't powerful enough.
I play the video game "Rust", and average around 30-40 fps, never peaking above 50. Everyone that I talk to says that a 1050ti SHOULD be able to play Rust at 1080p at a smooth 60fps. I looked at a lot of different reasons why this could be the case.
My GPU usage and CPU usage are relatively low (CPU usually ~30%, GPU usually ~50%). Oddly enough, I get low fps on all settings. Changing the settings has little to no effect on framerate (I actually get slightly higher fps when playing on higher settings!). I read that this is a telltale sign that the CPU is bottlnecking the GPU. While that makes sense, I find that hard to believe, as the Ryzen 5 1600 should be capable enough to handle whatever a 1050ti throws at it. I'm also confident that the CPU was installed properly, and has thermal paste to ensure that it doesn't get too hot.
Attached are a few screenshots that I took of HWMonitor while running Rust. The first screenshot is on LOWEST settings, second is on MEDIUM settings, and third is on HIGHEST settings.
In summary: Is there really a CPU bottleneck, is there a problem with my system? Lowering graphics settings has little to no effect on fps, and this happens across most games that I play. Is it really just that my graphics card isn't powerful enough? Sad that my 5 year old GPU could run this game better then a new (more expensive) GPU can.... Thanks for reading and thanks for all the help!!
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