Low fps on my new gpu

[Raspharus]

IKD what to say. Just bought it a week ago. So far shadow of mordor is doing very fine(getting 55-60 fps constantly) whereas in dota 2 I only get 45-50, and in tera the same. Also in dota 2 no matter how I change the settings the fps stays the same...

I have the latest drivers. Full specs

CPU: amd athlon 2 x4 740(3.2 ghz quad core)
ram: 4gb
gpu already mentioned
os: windows 7 64 bit

Guys please help me, I have spend a lot on this video card(150 bucks is a lot in my country) and I dont want these money to be spent in vain.

 

[Vynavill]

Uhh, I'm terribly sorry, but I either must be blind or you didn't state the GPU you have at all.

FWIW, I don't know about SoM or Dota 2, but Tera is terribly unoptimized, so it might be the game. Can't know for sure if it's the GPU until you state it (or make me notice how blind I am 😉)

 

[Raspharus]

My bad its a gtx 750 ti

 

[Vynavill]

Well, while it still is a nice card, a 750 is unfortunately not that good in terms of triple-A gaming. The games you're trying to play also aren't that light, except Dota which should be fine...

50 fps is not bad anyway, and you're likely not going to notice the difference between it and 60 (it is noticeable, but it's not a night and day diff). If it's locking there, there might be a vsync option enabled (voluntarily, by default or forcefully), and I think your CPU has a part in that too, albeit ever so light.

 

[Raspharus]

I got scared cause i thought that if i get this low fps in dota and tera triple a games are gonna be unplayable. What do you think about this. More than 30 fps is enough but i dont think that im gonna get that am i?

 

[Vynavill]

It mainly depends on the game. The 750 ti is usually capable to deliver a good result, but more intensive titles can drag it down a bit.
Averagely, you're looking at 720p gameplay on medium-high settings or 1080p gameplay on medium-low settings, ranging between 30 and 60 fps. Some may get under, but you'll be able of achieving 30 fps in most of them, so no worries.

The CPU is also a slightly, situation-based limiting factor in your case; it won't be a bottleneck for the GPU, but there is a slight chance it'll struggle with CPU intensive titles (e.g. Battlefield 3/4 multiplayer, big RTS games of the "total war" kind with ludicrous amounts of on-screen units, things like that). I don't know how DOTA fares, but the CPU is what may be precluding you those extra 10 frames, due to how much stuff goes on on the maps compared to games like LoL.
That's only because it's a bit dated, mind you; it's pretty much still a very viable CPU, so you definitely won't need to change it, at least for now. Even Intels 2500(k/non-k) are dated, yet still absolutely fine for most games.

In the end, if you're fine with 30 fps, you'll have no issues whatsoever unless you exceed with the settings. Just fiddle with them enough by prioritizing disabling heavy effects, like supersampling and HBAO+ ambient occlusion, to name a couple, or use lighter AA technologies (or no AA at all). 60 fps are a possibility too, but only with lighter or older titles.
If DX12 turns out to be as good as they're advertising it to be, it might improve your situation too once W10 gets out.

 

[Raspharus]

Thx man i was really down but you raised my morale! just tested dragon age inquisition and its fantastic( working with 50-60 fps on high)