My Gtx 1060 3gb not giving performance as expected

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dazzler123

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I have purchased zotac gtx 1060 3gb AMP edition today . I tried to run games like GTA V , Metro Last Light , Mirror's Edge Catalyst but I am not getting enough frames . Theses are the FPS -
GTA V - 40 Fps (EVERYTHING HIGH)
Mirror's Edge Catalyst - 20 Fps (Low)
Metro Last Light - 35 FPS (MAXED)
PC SPECS -
AMD ATHLON II X2 260 3.2 Ghz
Gtx 1060 3gb (ZOTAC Amp! Edition)
12 gb ram
I don't think I should get low frames , i’ve seen benchmarks on youtube the frames were very high .Is there any problem in GPU? Please Find any solution.

 
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There is no failure in your GTX1060. The thing is that your CPU is the bottleneck in your system right now. Here i can explain why:
Do you know how does the PC render the graphics of the game you see on the screen? First of all, the CPU creates some kind of a frame with instructions on how the frame should be filled with graphics, later, this info is transferred to the GPU processor and the GPU fills up these pre-rendered frames and sends them to your screen and the amount of them done in 1 second is the number we call fps. Something like that. So your CPU is not strong enough and it cannot prepare as many pre-frames as your GPU can work with...
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Holy smokes man you're hamstringing the poor thing!

I have a 955BE sitting unused in a box that I'd literally give away that'd at least give you respectable service, but that dual core is crippling.
 
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There is no failure in your GTX1060. The thing is that your CPU is the bottleneck in your system right now. Here i can explain why:
Do you know how does the PC render the graphics of the game you see on the screen? First of all, the CPU creates some kind of a frame with instructions on how the frame should be filled with graphics, later, this info is transferred to the GPU processor and the GPU fills up these pre-rendered frames and sends them to your screen and the amount of them done in 1 second is the number we call fps. Something like that. So your CPU is not strong enough and it cannot prepare as many pre-frames as your GPU can work with, so thats's how your CPU is holding your system back by being a bottleneck.

Also, i have a Ahtlon II X2 250 on one of the machines of mine and it is only good for esport titles - any other more-demanding game results in massive fps drops because of that CPU. Your II 260 is also a very old CPU which needs to be upgraded if you want to use all that power a GTX1060 has.
 
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Nothing can be done, you need to upgrade your Processor (CPU) to a decent quad-core to achieve "perfect" experience.
Nothing will be damaged. Your GTX1060 is safe and is never under full load, so it's a very easy job for the GPU.
 
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You'll definitely need to look into your CPU. Won't hurt anything, other than you brain trying to get good frame rates :)

Do you know if your motherboard supports AM3+ chips? If so you can upgrade for a fairly reasonable price to one of the 8-core FX chips that are going for decent prices right now after Ryzen was released. It should pair up fairly nicely with the 3GB 1060.
 
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FX 8300 or whatnot should still get you a few more years if you're not running about 1080p.

If you -can- afford it, though, you should ideally look at a replacing the motherboard/CPU...but that's a costly proposition since you'll need new RAM, and potentially a new Windows license.
 
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1. Go find out your motherboard's model number.
2. Use google to find the official page of your motherboard.
3. Find motherboard's specification list.
4. Look for "Supported sockets".
5. Then find a place to buy a stronger CPU based on the sockets you found written in the step 4.
 
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If you upgrade to an Athlon II X4 or Phenom II quad core, you'll get pretty good performance in the games that either only need a newer dual core or need a quad core but not a fast quad core. Metro Last Light, for instance, should benefit a lot. In games that really need a decent dual core w/hyperthreading or a quad core, like GTA V, you will see an increase in performance but it still won't be very good.

The main issue is that Athlon IIs were never gaming CPUs. Back when they were new, they were meant for people who wanted low cost dual and quad core performance for productivity. The Phenom IIs were AMD's gaming CPUs from that era. So you are pairing a very capable gaming videocard with an old, and very incapable, CPU.

Your options now depend on your motherboard, and what CPUs it will accept.
 
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