Low FPS with GTX 970

[Dolian112]

I could be wrong and just expecting too much but I feel like I'm getting a lower than normal fps with this setup: an ASUS Strix GTX 970, i5 3570k at stock speed of 3.4ghz, 8GB of Corsair XMS RAM, a Rosewill RD700 700W PSU. I'm also playing at 1080p and the game I'm currently using to kinda benchmark is Battlefield 4 on ultra settings. On most maps I get about 60ish average fps with some spikes to around 70 or 80 fps, and frequent drops to 50 and at times the high 40s. Could it just be my cpu that just isn't overclocked and this is the fps I should expect with my setup or is their something wrong? I checked throughout the web and the average fps for this game with my card and setup is 70ish. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

 

[RafaSimpsons]

For how long do you have that PSU?
It may be the cause of the problem.

 

[MarkW]

Your monitor can only show you 60 frames per second. Even if your video card can render 100,000 frames per second, you will only see 60 or less of them.

 

[Dolian112]

For how long do you have that PSU?
It may be the cause of the problem.

I've had it since the summer of 2013 so about a year and a half now. It isn't a particularly good PSU either. Do you think that may be the issue? If it helps, I did do a 3DMark Benchmark and scored a 9451 on the Fire Strike 1.1 Test. I haven't really tried other games besides BF4 at this point just because I don't have many others installed.

 

[Dolian112]

Your monitor can only show you 60 frames per second. Even if your video card can render 100,000 frames per second, you will only see 60 or less of them.

True, but mine dips frequently below 60 which can be quite bothersome. Especially on a card thats around 330 dollars.

 

[MarkW]

All video cards will drop below 60 in some portions of nearly every game out there. Even Titans.

This has been happening since games and video cards were invented.

 

[Entomber]

I could be wrong and just expecting too much but I feel like I'm getting a lower than normal fps with this setup: an ASUS Strix GTX 970, i5 3570k at stock speed of 3.4ghz, 8GB of Corsair XMS RAM, a Rosewill RD700 700W PSU. I'm also playing at 1080p and the game I'm currently using to kinda benchmark is Battlefield 4 on ultra settings. On most maps I get about 60ish average fps with some spikes to around 70 or 80 fps, and frequent drops to 50 and at times the high 40s. Could it just be my cpu that just isn't overclocked and this is the fps I should expect with my setup or is their something wrong? I checked throughout the web and the average fps for this game with my card and setup is 70ish. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

You should download CPU-Z and check your CPU/GPU utilizations while you're in BF4. The most-utilized component will tell you which part, if any, is the source of your FPS drops.

 

[RafaSimpsons]

Your monitor can only show you 60 frames per second. Even if your video card can render 100,000 frames per second, you will only see 60 or less of them.

True, but mine dips frequently below 60 which can be quite bothersome. Especially on a card thats around 330 dollars.

Your score on 3dmark is totally good. There's nothing wrong with your GPU.
But consider switching the PSU in a few months.
I recommends this one http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1650bbefx
That PSU I linked to will give you space for another GTX 970.
Good luck and try other games.

 

[Dolian112]

I could be wrong and just expecting too much but I feel like I'm getting a lower than normal fps with this setup: an ASUS Strix GTX 970, i5 3570k at stock speed of 3.4ghz, 8GB of Corsair XMS RAM, a Rosewill RD700 700W PSU. I'm also playing at 1080p and the game I'm currently using to kinda benchmark is Battlefield 4 on ultra settings. On most maps I get about 60ish average fps with some spikes to around 70 or 80 fps, and frequent drops to 50 and at times the high 40s. Could it just be my cpu that just isn't overclocked and this is the fps I should expect with my setup or is their something wrong? I checked throughout the web and the average fps for this game with my card and setup is 70ish. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

You should download CPU-Z and check your CPU/GPU utilizations while you're in BF4. The most-utilized component will tell you which part, if any, is the source of your FPS drops.

I actually just did this. I did it with afterburner and hwinfo however which displayed while I ran the game. I had about 60-80% usage for gpu with some spikes to about 90 and around 80% usage for cpu.

 

[andy_Man]

You can check windows event logs for system errors. Might give you an idea if anything is happening in the background that might be making this worse than normal. Bad hard drive sectors, etc.