Motherboard throttles performance??

[709zzy]

Is it possible for my motherboard to throttle my computer's performance?
I have a motherboard that came with my pre-built computer. It came with a 6300 so I assumed a 8350 would work well with it. But after installing 8350 and r9 290x, I found that my Battlefield Hardline frame rate is consistently 10~15 fps lower than other peoples with worse spec, for example someone with a 8320 + 270x running at a higher resolution gets 10 fps better than me, which doesn't really make any sense. My guess is that the motherboard I am using can't handle the temperature of my 8350 and 290x, and it throttles back the component's performance. Do you guys think this is the case? Should I get a new motherboard and and a new computer case or am I just being paranoia?


By the way, do I need to reinstall windows if I am just switching out the motherboard without switching the CPU?

 

[swifty_morgan]

maybe the BIOS doesn't properly support the cpu ( update BIOS )?

maybe people are lying?

maybe you need to change settings?

maybe a cmos reset?

 

[709zzy]

maybe the BIOS doesn't properly support the cpu ( update BIOS )?

maybe people are lying?

maybe you need to change settings?

maybe a cmos reset?

So usually motherboard can't throttle gpu or cpu performance by that much?
Its a motherboard that came with my pre-built PC, so there is only one update for the BIOS which I have already applied.

 

[chris987]

vendors may offer bios update for their 7xx and 8xx amd chipset mobos but most of them cant actually handle 125w tdp Fx cpus. an 970 or better would ensure proper utilization! also what psu do you have?

 

[709zzy]

vendors may offer bios update for their 7xx and 8xx amd chipset mobos but most of them cant actually handle 125w tdp Fx cpus. an 970 or better would ensure proper utilization! also what psu do you have?

Mine is a watered down edition of m5a97 evo2 I think. Because on the motherboard it says m5a97 evo2, but I can't use the m5a97 r2 bios updates, only my pre-built pc's custom bios update.

I have a 750w EVGA 750B

 

[chris987]

vendors may offer bios update for their 7xx and 8xx amd chipset mobos but most of them cant actually handle 125w tdp Fx cpus. an 970 or better would ensure proper utilization! also what psu do you have?

Mine is a watered down edition of m5a97 evo2 I think. Because on the motherboard it says m5a97 evo2, but I can't use the m5a97 r2 bios updates, only my pre-built pc's custom bios update.

I have a 750w EVGA 750B

that mobo should be able to handle that cpu. the psu is fine. ensure cpu is running below 60c. and try switching to legacy bios. http://support.asus.com/Troubleshooting/detail.aspx?SLanguage=en&p=1&m=M5A97%20EVO%20R2.0&s=24&hashedid=QsleSfiMgdBr9241&os=&no=1722

 

[swifty_morgan]

maybe the BIOS doesn't properly support the cpu ( update BIOS )?

maybe people are lying?

maybe you need to change settings?

maybe a cmos reset?

So usually motherboard can't throttle gpu or cpu performance by that much?
Its a motherboard that came with my pre-built PC, so there is only one update for the BIOS which I have already applied.

yes, there are times where a cpu will "throttle". ( under clock/under volt ) ( heat will do it ) check your BIOS to see exactly what's there.