LOW FPS 7950

[dirtymanso]

Hello,
I just brought a new gigabyt 7950 oc but my card is not giving the frames shown in benchmarks in its reviews in games like the witcher 2 and skyrim. Is it my card , the version of reviewers game ( they use the enhanced edition while im using v1.1 for the witcher) or is it simply cux the reviewers have a killer rig? i mean their cpu rams etc r top of the line.

 

[Sunius]

Post your PC specs, game settings, resolution and what FPS you're getting.

 

[dirtymanso]

Post your PC specs, game settings, resolution and what FPS you're getting.

spec =
i5 2400
8 gb ddr3
gigabt 7950 oc
gx 550 watt psu
playing at 1080p
fps at same spot on witcher as the reviers = avg 45ish (settings r on ultra but ubersampling off and vsync off same as the reviewers)

 

[jay_nar2012]

45 FPS isn't low.

 

[dirtymanso]

45 FPS isn't low.

I knw. im just asking why im getting lower. plus my old 6870 gave more or less the same 45ish fps on witcher.. so i gues i was expecting frames to sky rocket. (like they did with bf 3)

 

[Sunius]

Did you reinstall drivers?

 

[dirtymanso]

yea..im using 12.7 beta drivers right now

 

[bystander]

spec =
i5 2400
8 gb ddr3
gigabt 7950 oc
gx 550 watt psu
playing at 1080p
fps at same spot on witcher as the reviers = avg 45ish (settings r on ultra but ubersampling off and vsync off same as the reviewers)

I don't know how CPU demanding The Witcher 2 is, but there is a good chance it's your CPU holding you back. Most reviews are done with the fastest CPU available, and usually Overclocked a lot, to show what the GPU is capable of without bottlenecks.

 

[dirtymanso]

I don't know how CPU demanding The Witcher 2 is, but there is a good chance it's your CPU holding you back. Most reviews are done with the fastest CPU available, and usually Overclocked a lot, to show what the GPU is capable of without bottlenecks.

yes i thought so too. because these two games r open world and this type of games tend to be more demanding on cpu right? cux i got a massive increase in bf 3. i get like 60+ fps where i would get 45fps with 6870. well 40+ fps in witcher 2 is great. i mean its not a first person shooter or anything. i was just worried if i had wasted money or something

 

[Sunius]

No, it isn't CPU bottleneck. Witcher 2 isn't CPU hog at all. Actually, it's very CPU efficient.

Something is wrong here for sure. You should have gotten huge fps boost.

Do you have another hard drive to which you could install another copy of windows and witcher 2? It might be a serious driver problem, I had some issues with them myself and the only solution I have found was reformat.

 

[bystander]

What section are you having low FPS? I find the prologue is a lot harder on the system than anywhere else.

 

[dirtymanso]

What section are you having low FPS? I find the prologue is a lot harder on the system than anywhere else.

In the camp after the scene with triss i get like 30-40 fps . And the siege where we get out of the tower i get like 40-50 fps where the reviewers were getting like 50+ fps. Thats what got me worried. Also i have one more question my friend has this rig
i5 2400
4 gb ddr3
evga gtx 460
and the witcher 2 auto detect puts his comp to high settings where as it puts mine to medium settings even though i have the same cpu and twice the ram.

 

[dirtymanso]

No, it isn't CPU bottleneck. Witcher 2 isn't CPU hog at all. Actually, it's very CPU efficient.

Something is wrong here for sure. You should have gotten huge fps boost.

Do you have another hard drive to which you could install another copy of windows and witcher 2? It might be a serious driver problem, I had some issues with them myself and the only solution I have found was reformat.

I have formatted my hdd many times. And yes my friend has a brand new 1 tera hdd (if u read the question asked bystander) where as I have a old 360 gb hdd. and by old i mean 3 years old or more.

 

[bystander]

In the camp after the scene with triss i get like 30-40 fps . And the siege where we get out of the tower i get like 40-50 fps where the reviewers were getting like 50+ fps. Thats what got me worried. Also i have one more question my friend has this rig
i5 2400
4 gb ddr3
evga gtx 460
and the witcher 2 auto detect puts his comp to high settings where as it puts mine to medium settings even though i have the same cpu and twice the ram.

I wouldn't read anything into the auto detect. You have a new card, that has come out since the games released. It is very common for games to auto detect them incorrectly.

Anyways, those aren't bad fps for those areas. I have a little different setup to really compare. I run 680's in SLI, but in 3D Vision. I get the same type of fps you do with those settings. I turn off DoF settings to always stay above 45 fps and usually near 60.

 

[dirtymanso]

680 sli? and u get my type of fps? im sorry but that is realy hard to believe...is the game optimized bad or something? btw u run enhanced edition? or simple ?

 

[bystander]

680 sli? and u get my type of fps? im sorry but that is realy hard to believe...is the game optimized bad or something? btw u run enhanced edition? or simple ?

I did mention 3D Vision, which roughly cuts FPS in half. It's also true that the game is inconsistent on FPS, depending on where you are.

 

[dirtymanso]

I did mention 3D Vision, which roughly cuts FPS in half. It's also true that the game is inconsistent on FPS, depending on where you are.

Oh sorry forgot abt that part. so without 3d vision u get like 60+ fps all the time. no surprise considering that rig. But as sunius said that i should have gotten a huge fps boost switching from 6870 to 7950 which i didnt with these two games and thats what concerning me. I even overclocked it to 1060/1570 mhz still very little difference.
And just for the record the game gave medium settings to my 6870 too. Will upgrade to enhanced edition maybe it has more fps (the reviewers were running enhanced edition) although I havnt found any proof of it on the internet. This is like my last pc upgrade and im hoping it would last a while

 

[bystander]

Have you tried OCing the CPU (if you can)? Usually when OCing the Graphics card, or upgrading the graphics card doesn't result in higher FPS, it's the CPU holding back performance.

Skyrim is definitely known for being a CPU hog. You could also be having CPU throttling issues, have you check the temps and clocks of it under load?

 

[dirtymanso]

Have you tried OCing the CPU (if you can)? Usually when OCing the Graphics card, or upgrading the graphics card doesn't result in higher FPS, it's the CPU holding back performance.

Skyrim is definitely known for being a CPU hog. You could also be having CPU throttling issues, have you check the temps and clocks of it under load?

no i havent. I was always scared of cpu overclocking i gues . And one other thing the witcher 2 stuters alot too. And as for the cpu temps max i got was 60c on bf 3. never 70c or above.

 

[Sunius]

Did you check CPU usage during witcher 2?

 

[dirtymanso]

Did you check CPU usage during witcher 2?

CPU usage fluctuates like crazy between 40-70% hardly ever reaching full 70%. Frames stay the same wether i decrease the resolution or even lower the settings! Not to mention it runs hiccupy too

 

[Sunius]

hmm I might suspect you've got some unwanted processes eating up your CPU when you're playing. Mind taking a screenshot of task managers processes tab sorted by user name when playing witcher 2?

 

[dirtymanso]

hmm I might suspect you've got some unwanted processes eating up your CPU when you're playing. Mind taking a screenshot of task managers processes tab sorted by user name when playing witcher 2?

Ok i will upload them. Btw do u guys think that its worth spending $65 more to get a gtx 670? the only game gtx670 runs better worth extra $65 is battlefield 3 (which is nvidia biased game in my opinion) So what u guys think? gtx 670 or should i stick with 7950?

 

[Sunius]

Just stick with what you have. It should run all the games decently .

 

[dirtymanso]

Just stick with what you have. It should run all the games decently .

I want to. I want this to be my upgrade for atleast a whole year. But im getting the feeling i got ripped