New graphics card getting VERY low fps in games...

[Santac]

So my friend has a really crappy pc and he wanted to upgrade the graphics card. His old, crappy graphics card was a Radeon HD 4870, but he got a new one a Geforce GT 730 2gb. The old one ran Counter:Strike GO at around 20-30 fps, but this new one, is like 1-5 FPS, even on lower settings. Please hit me with any suggestions!!!

OS: Ubuntu 14.04.1
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-MA790x-UD4P
4gb ddr2 ram
CPU: AMD Phenom ll X4 940


in the ubuntu control pannel it says that the graphics is
VESA: BIOS-P/N@N10656
Is that a problem?

 

[RektSkrubs]

Ubuntu is part of what holds you down. I used to have a GT 730, but now I have and strongly recommend a NVIDIA Geforce GTX 760. It can run most games at high settings at about 40 fps fine.

 

[GhislainG]

So my friend has a really crappy pc and he wanted to upgrade the graphics card. His old, crappy graphics card was a Radeon HD 4870, but he got a new one a Geforce GT 730 2gb. The old one ran Counter:Strike GO at around 20-30 fps, but this new one, is like 1-5 FPS, even on lower settings. Please hit me with any suggestions!!!

OS: Ubuntu 14.04.1
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-MA790x-UD4P
4gb ddr2 ram
CPU: AMD Phenom ll X4 940


in the ubuntu control pannel it says that the graphics is
VESA: BIOS-P/N@N10656
Is that a problem?

You mean he downgraded because the GT 730 should be slower than the HD 4870, but it also requires significantly less power. RektSkrubs is correct; a GTX 760 would be a very good upgrade.

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

A 760 is not a good upgrade. The 760 is more expensive than its faster sister GPU the 960.

 

[RektSkrubs]

A 760 is not a good upgrade. The 760 is more expensive than its faster sister GPU the 960.

I just checked out the GTX 960, and for one, it has way less CUDA cores, a lower texture fill rate, it's 128-bit (rather than 256 bit, and has a lower memory bandwith.

So, with all of that taken into account, a GTX 760 is the way to go, or if you want to spend more, get a 980.

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Super-Clocked-Graphics/dp/B00DHW4HXY

 

[IntelTurtleFan]

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2678972/build-compatibility.html
760 looses in most test category despite the better paper specs.

http://international.download.nvidia.com/webassets/en_US/shared/images/products/shared/lineup-full.png

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-960/performance
and lastly
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-760/performance

 

[mlga91]

Well, everyone stated it, it was a downgrade to go from a 4870 to a 730, but the problem here is that you're using the generic vesa drivers, have you done a clean driver install?

If i were you, i'd put back that 4870 in there.