Not getting the gaming performance I should be

[BengiBoiLtd]

Hey so I'm using an r7 260x with an athlon x4 760k cpu and 8gb of corsair vengeance. Whenever I see the benchmarks of my gpu with similar components they're always getting much better performance than me. For example skyrim at 1080p on the ultra preset gets 50-60fps with various benchmarks. I use a 1600x900 monitor and I'm lucky to get 30fps but it'll have a lot of stutter. Every game I play has worse performance than the benchmarks at 1080p, even though my monitor is a lower resolution and still the majority of games I play have a lot of stutter. Even though most of the benchmarks were probably done with i5s and i7s, with a gpu in the r7 260x range even the x4 750k is very similar in performance to an i5 (see youtube.com/watch?v=qIT9uLDjZcg). I'm new to pc gaming so any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

 

[daswilhelm]

an athlon can't hang with a new i5, if thats whats used for benchmarking, i wouldnt be comparing your cpu to it.

 

[BengiBoiLtd]

an athlon can't hang with a new i5, if thats whats used for benchmarking, i wouldnt be comparing your cpu to it.

I thought that with lower end gpus the cpu doesn't make a huge difference like in the video I linked

 

[daswilhelm]

depends on the game, some are more cpu intensive than others.

 

[BengiBoiLtd]

depends on the game, some are more cpu intensive than others.

Another game where this is a big problem is nfs rivals, is that more cpu or gpu intensive?

 

[daswilhelm]

that game doesnt require much, its also locked at 30fps if im correct. perhaps there is something running in the background of your system that is hogging resources.

 

[BengiBoiLtd]

that game doesnt require much, its also locked at 30fps if im correct. perhaps there is something running in the background of your system that is hogging resources.

Yeah it is locked to 30fps, the main problem I have with rivals is mad stutter even on medium settings

 

[daswilhelm]

what kind of fps are you seeing in that game specifically?

 

[BengiBoiLtd]

The only thing I can think of in the background is bitdefender antivirus but I've already tried uninstalling that and it made no difference

 

[BengiBoiLtd]

In skyrim the fps are 40 when there is literally nothing going on but when I start moving about it drops to 30 with stutter

 

[daswilhelm]

those fps sounds about right for your hardware.

 

[BengiBoiLtd]

Even though my monitor is lower res?

 

[BengiBoiLtd]

I dunno man, the video linked shows an x4 750k and i5 4670k no more than 4fps apart in games like metro last light, crysis 3 and bf3 paired with a hd 7770. I'm using the next cpu up too

 

[BengiBoiLtd]

Anybody?

 

[sethgi]

Ok i don't know how good you are with pcs so chances are this is not the case but where is the video cable plugged into, the mobo or graphics card? Also check all your settings maybe you have stuff to high.

 

[sethgi]

Ok i don't know how good you are with pcs so chances are this is not the case but where is the video cable plugged into, the mobo or graphics card? Also check all your settings maybe you have stuff to high.

 

[sethgi]

Ok i don't know how good you are with pcs so chances are this is not the case but where is the video cable plugged into, the mobo or graphics card? Also check all your settings maybe you have stuff to high.

 

[BengiBoiLtd]

Yeah it's plugged into the gpu and the settings I use are those that other r7 260x users use and get better performance than me. I appreciate the input though.

 

[sethgi]

You could try this:
Open up a real game, not a benchmark. Put it into the windowed version. Also open up any application you can use to measure the load on the gpu. Get into the game, and make sure there is a heavy load on the gpu. Also, check for temps. If it is too high it will underclock itself. You might have to set a more aggressive fan curve, which means it would be a bit louder. Finally, check the overclock settings. On your card you can make it so it will automatically over/under clock itself to remain at a specific temperature. You may have put this down, or it may come stock low but if it's below 80 celcius move it up to there, although if that doesn't solve it I would move it back to 70 or so to increase the life. You may also want to check to see how high of a load youre getting on the cpu while in game. Hope this helps.

 

[BengiBoiLtd]

You could try this:
Open up a real game, not a benchmark. Put it into the windowed version. Also open up any application you can use to measure the load on the gpu. Get into the game, and make sure there is a heavy load on the gpu. Also, check for temps. If it is too high it will underclock itself. You might have to set a more aggressive fan curve, which means it would be a bit louder. Finally, check the overclock settings. On your card you can make it so it will automatically over/under clock itself to remain at a specific temperature. You may have put this down, or it may come stock low but if it's below 80 celcius move it up to there, although if that doesn't solve it I would move it back to 70 or so to increase the life. You may also want to check to see how high of a load youre getting on the cpu while in game. Hope this helps.

I opened up skyrim in the windowed version and had msi afterburner open to monitor the gpu. The max load on the gpu was 100 percent and the highest temperature it reached was 49 degrees celcius. Does this seem right? The max core clock was 1071mhz.

 

[sethgi]

That all seems right. You may want to turn down the details. AA should be turned down, smoke and other details and stuff like that if you want a better frame rate. Other people advertising a high frame rate probably didn't have everything cranked. Other than that, buy a better graphics card.