Hello. I am beginning to think that my FX 8350 is bottlenecking my GTX 770. At first, I thought it was the graphics card itself, so I sent it in for an RMA. I got it back today, and still have the same issue.... very bad dropped frames. In almost all games, I usually stay at very high framerates, but very often, I get huge FPS drops making some games unplayable. What I noticed while playing BF4, is that when my GPU usage goes down causing my frame drops, my CPU usage goes up to about 85%. To me, this sounds like a case of a bottleneck. My FX 8350 is running at stock and so is my GTX 770. I have tried many other solutions to fixing the FPS drops, but none of them has worked so I think this is the problem. So I have a few questions.
Do I need to update my motherboard BIOs or something?
If so, how do I do that?
If the CPU is the bottleneck, what can I do to avoid it?
I used to have an R9 270X, and never had any problems with it. After I upgraded to the GTX 770, I began to have these problems. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I just don't understand how an FX 8350 is bottlenecking a GTX 770, it just shouldn't be doing that right?
Specs:
FX 8350 at stock
MSI GTX 770 2GB at stock OC settings
Asrock 970 Extreme4
2x4gb Corsair XMS3 1333mhz
1TB Western Digital
Corsair CX750M
Plenty of airflow through my Fractal Design Define R4
Do I need to update my motherboard BIOs or something?
If so, how do I do that?
If the CPU is the bottleneck, what can I do to avoid it?
I used to have an R9 270X, and never had any problems with it. After I upgraded to the GTX 770, I began to have these problems. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I just don't understand how an FX 8350 is bottlenecking a GTX 770, it just shouldn't be doing that right?
Specs:
FX 8350 at stock
MSI GTX 770 2GB at stock OC settings
Asrock 970 Extreme4
2x4gb Corsair XMS3 1333mhz
1TB Western Digital
Corsair CX750M
Plenty of airflow through my Fractal Design Define R4