Hello everyone, and thank you for checking out my thread!
First off, here's my current build:
GPU - ASUS GTX 780 3GB DirectCU II OC
CPU - i7 3770k running at stock speed (3.5GHz)
Mobo - ASUS P8Z77-V LX
RAM - Kingston 16GB DDR3 HyperX 1600MHz
SSD - Intel 330 SSD 120GB
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 1TB
PSU - XFX ProSeries Black Edition 750W PSU
CPU FAN - CM Hyper 212 Evo
OS - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Monitor 1 - BenQ GL2450 60Hz 24'
Monitor 2 - Samsung S24B350 24'
Issue
About two weeks ago, I decided it was time to upgrade from my GTX 660 to a GTX 780 to achieve more performance in some of the games that I play, like Battlefield 4, Infestation: Survivor Stories, DayZ, etc.. So I bought a ASUS 780, and I'm not getting nearly the performance that I should. Most of the time the GPU usage is quite low, like 30-60%. Also about 50-70% CPU usage. At the time, my CPU's temp was quite high, so I bought an aftermarket fan to try to cool it. I also bought a new PSU, just to make sure that everything was given enough power. After installing both of those, I got lower CPU temps, but my performance issues were still persisting. I get about 30-50 frames on ultra in battlefield 4, yet the GPU usage sticks at 40-50%. I managed to get it to rise for about 2 minutes yesterday somehow, and my fps rose to 90-100. It's now back to the same abysmal performance. I've updated my drivers, updated my chipset drivers, updated my BIOS to the latest version and nothing seems to resolve this issue. It doesn't matter if I'm at low or ultra in battlefield 4, I'll still get the same lousy performance. GPU usage goes down a bit when I turn down the graphics though.
What I have tried:
-Did CLEAN nvidia driver installs, did nothing
-Updated BIOS and chipset drivers
-Bought new PSU to rule out possible bottleneck
-Bought aftermarket CPU fan to reduce the CPU temps
-Lowered settings, lowered GPU usage
-Cleaned out dust in my PC
-Took off old Thermal paste, applied new, helped CPU temps
-Unparked cores
CPU temps
idle: 40-50C
load: 55-60C
GPU temps
idle: 40-45C
load: 65-67C
Unigine Valley score:
I think something may be bottlenecking my system, hardware wise maybe. I could try to reinstall windows 7 just to see if that would result in better performance, but I doubt it would help with anything.
I really don't know what to do at this point. I don't know if it's my CPU that is bottlenecking me, or if I received a faulty GPU or something. If anyone can come with any solutions that would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers!
First off, here's my current build:
GPU - ASUS GTX 780 3GB DirectCU II OC
CPU - i7 3770k running at stock speed (3.5GHz)
Mobo - ASUS P8Z77-V LX
RAM - Kingston 16GB DDR3 HyperX 1600MHz
SSD - Intel 330 SSD 120GB
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 1TB
PSU - XFX ProSeries Black Edition 750W PSU
CPU FAN - CM Hyper 212 Evo
OS - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Monitor 1 - BenQ GL2450 60Hz 24'
Monitor 2 - Samsung S24B350 24'
Issue
About two weeks ago, I decided it was time to upgrade from my GTX 660 to a GTX 780 to achieve more performance in some of the games that I play, like Battlefield 4, Infestation: Survivor Stories, DayZ, etc.. So I bought a ASUS 780, and I'm not getting nearly the performance that I should. Most of the time the GPU usage is quite low, like 30-60%. Also about 50-70% CPU usage. At the time, my CPU's temp was quite high, so I bought an aftermarket fan to try to cool it. I also bought a new PSU, just to make sure that everything was given enough power. After installing both of those, I got lower CPU temps, but my performance issues were still persisting. I get about 30-50 frames on ultra in battlefield 4, yet the GPU usage sticks at 40-50%. I managed to get it to rise for about 2 minutes yesterday somehow, and my fps rose to 90-100. It's now back to the same abysmal performance. I've updated my drivers, updated my chipset drivers, updated my BIOS to the latest version and nothing seems to resolve this issue. It doesn't matter if I'm at low or ultra in battlefield 4, I'll still get the same lousy performance. GPU usage goes down a bit when I turn down the graphics though.
What I have tried:
-Did CLEAN nvidia driver installs, did nothing
-Updated BIOS and chipset drivers
-Bought new PSU to rule out possible bottleneck
-Bought aftermarket CPU fan to reduce the CPU temps
-Lowered settings, lowered GPU usage
-Cleaned out dust in my PC
-Took off old Thermal paste, applied new, helped CPU temps
-Unparked cores
CPU temps
idle: 40-50C
load: 55-60C
GPU temps
idle: 40-45C
load: 65-67C
Unigine Valley score:
I think something may be bottlenecking my system, hardware wise maybe. I could try to reinstall windows 7 just to see if that would result in better performance, but I doubt it would help with anything.
I really don't know what to do at this point. I don't know if it's my CPU that is bottlenecking me, or if I received a faulty GPU or something. If anyone can come with any solutions that would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers!