[SOLVED] No difference in performance after GPU upgrade.

[M1suc1k]

Hello guys

So my friend decided to buy a new GPU (RTX 3050) to upgrade his old GTX 1050. But it seems that there is no difference in games like CSGO or GTA 5. His average is actually lower than with 1050. His CPU is 7600k and he uses one stick of 8GB DDR4 2400MHz memory. Any tips for whats going on?

 

[Lutfij]

Did he uninstall his prior GPU's drivers using DDU then removed his GTX1050? If not, that's one step I'd ask your friend to do, while also using the latest GPU driver sourced from Nvidia's support site.

As for your friend's system specs list them like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

He should invest in 16gb memory and do as Lutfij recommends. I would also make sure the gpu is being used and not the Intel cpu graphics. What is the rest of the pc build to include the psu?

 

[M1suc1k]

Did he uninstall his prior GPU's drivers using DDU then removed his GTX1050? If not, that's one step I'd ask your friend to do, while also using the latest GPU driver sourced from Nvidia's support site.

As for your friend's system specs list them like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:
Monitor:

CPU - i5-7600k 3.8ghz
MOBO - asus prime z270-k
RAM - crucial ddr4 2400mhz
SSD - samsung evo 960
HD - wd black 1tb
PSU - evga 600w 2
OS - Windows 10
Monitor - viewsonic vx2458-p-mhd

He already tried DDU but it didn't help.

 

[hotaru.hino]

The CPU is likely at its limit, so you're facing a CPU bottleneck. A 4C/4T processor these days is the bare minimum.

 

[sizzling]

To me it looks like a combination of a 4c/4t cpu and running single channel RAM. To a degree the cpu and ram determines the best fps you can achieve, the gpu determines at what resolution and game settings you can achieve that fps at.

 

[geofelt]

Those games are cpu intensive and largely single threaded.
I can think of two things to help:
1. Upgrade to dual channel ram. The cpu can then run faster.
Intel is not particularly sensitive to ram speed, but look into a 2 x 8gb kit of faster ram.
Check the motherboard ram qvl list to see what ram is supported. I suspect 3600 speed would be about right.

2. The z270 motherboard is capable of overclocking a 7600K.
If the cooler is decent, some25% improvement is likely.

Run the cpu-Z bench test and look at the single thread performance.
You should see 538 if the cpu is performing as well as the rest of the world:
http://valid.x86.fr/bench/5fb4sd