Low FPS on MMO and MOBA games.

[ecos89]

Hello.

Recently I asked here if my computer could run well Guild Wars 2 and someone told me that it should run at 40 FPS. So I bought the game and the game runs poorly, like 10-20 FPS.

I have the exact same problem with other online games like APB reloaded, GUNZ 2, League of Legends, etc. I mean I can run Mass effect 3 at maximum or The Witcher 2 with fairly high settings and I can't run League of Legends smoothly? It's weird 😛

Normally the FPS drops when other player come near me.

This are my PC specifications:

Processor: AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor
Graphics card: AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
RAM: 8 GB
OS: WIndows 7 64 bits

Any idea why that could happen?

Thanks.

 

[firo40]

Well your GPU isn't very powerful your CPU is even worse. Moba and mmo's are very CPU dependant. You might wanna consider Intel for those kinda games

 

[TechyInAZ]

have you installed the latest drivers?

BTW... Expect poor performance with that FX 4100, it's a terrible cpu. (however, you should be getting at least 30 fps)

I suggest upgrading to a FX 6300 or FX 8320 when you can.

 

[ecos89]

I don't know very well how to upgrade my computer so I usually asked this sort of things to a computer technician that work where I usually buy hardware and he told me that to upgrade my CPU I have to upgrade my motherboard aswell.

I Forgot to mention my motherboard model, It's an Asrock N68-VS3 FX.

Is it really necessary to change the motherboard?

 

[TechyInAZ]

It says it does support 8 core cpus, however it just says "8 core" cpu on Asrocks website. So I don't know if you can only use the older bulldozer octo core cpus (FX 81xx) or the newer piledriver octo core cpus (FX 83xx).

I would go with what your tech says, since I don't know that mobo and it supports the AMD Phenom cpus which means it's a really old motherboard.

 

[firo40]

He lied to you it suppourts up to the 8 core fx CPUs which you should get with a decent aftermarket cooler

 

[TechyInAZ]

He lied to you it suppourts up to the 8 core fx CPUs which you should get with a decent aftermarket cooler

yeah but which ones? piledriver or bulldozer?

 

[firo40]

Its am3+ which is the newest it suppourt an fx 8300 which. I'd suggest you get. Look at the CPU suppourt list on asrocks page and it shows all the supported cpus

 

[firo40]

It sounds like your technician wants you to spend more money

 

[ecos89]

That's what I feared 🙁

So is there a lot of difference between the FX 6300 and the FX 8320?

 

[firo40]

The 8320 is quite better and more future proof then then 6300 but the 6300 isn't terrible either

 

[ecos89]

Ok I'll get the 8320 then.


Thanks guys