PC parts should have better performance, is motherboard important?

[thegamingaardvark]

Over the years i've upgraded the majority of parts of my extremely bad pre-built computer to fulfil my gaming needs, however it still runs fairly badly, for reference it runs PUBG at around 60fps on all low settings and whenever fighting starts it lowers to 20fps ish.
Current specs:

GPU: GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-8350 eight-core processor
8GB RAM (Corsair Vengeance)
64-bit windows 10 operating system

I also run games from an SSD, the only part i havent changed is the motherboard - which i presume is really bad - but i've been told this doesnt matter. Any advice?

 

[cin19]

is motherboard important?

Yes, because the fx 8350 has 125W TDP, if your MB does not have enough power phase counts, then the MB will have trouble to handle the fx8350, and you will get the low fps because the MB VRMs section is overheat. Keep in mind, all AMD fx8xxx (125W TDP) and fx9xxx (220 W TDP) will cause that problem, if the MB does not have enough power phase counts.

You can use "cpu z" to check what MB you had, or open the case to check it out. I think your MB should be the AMD 760g chipset MB. If it is, and you should try to disable two cores in the BIOS, that should help. Recommend to don't buy other MB, because it is not worth to upgrade the old AMD AM3+ PC.

 

[Frag Maniac]

The MB only really matters for power and OCing the CPU. Some MB chipsets allow overclocking, some don't. However some CPUs draw a lot of power even if not OCed, so the MB needs to have enough for it. Other than that with differences in price you're just paying for features on MBs, not performance.

Try setting shadows and view distance to very low, which may also allow a much higher texture setting. Your 8GB RAM, although within minimum requirements, could also be a problem, since the game can use upwards 7GB RAM even on low settings. This means you MUST make sure you don't have unnecessary background programs and startups running, and I even recommend turning off as much of the W10 telemetry as possible. I have pretty much ALL W10 telemetry turned off, and even use SpyBot Anti-Beacon to immunize my system against all telemetry, and it freed up 1GB RAM.

If you really like having the apps running that use telemetry, I highly recommend adding another 8GB RAM, but try to match what you already have exactly.

 

[thegamingaardvark]

is motherboard important?

Yes, because the fx 8350 has 125W TDP, if your MB does not have enough power phase counts, then the MB will have trouble to handle the fx8350, and you will get the low fps because the MB VRMs section is overheat. Keep in mind, all AMD fx8xxx (125W TDP) and fx9xxx (220 W TDP) will cause that problem, if the MB does not have enough power phase counts.

You can use "cpu z" to check what MB you had, or open the case to check it out. I think your MB should be the AMD 760g chipset MB. If it is, and you should try to disable two cores in the BIOS, that should help. Recommend to don't buy other MB, because it is not worth to upgrade the old AMD AM3+ PC.

The MB only really matters for power and OCing the CPU. Some MB chipsets allow overclocking, some don't. However some CPUs draw a lot of power even if not OCed, so the MB needs to have enough for it. Other than that with differences in price you're just paying for features on MBs, not performance.

Try setting shadows and view distance to very low, which may also allow a much higher texture setting. Your 8GB RAM, although within minimum requirements, could also be a problem, since the game can use upwards 7GB RAM even on low settings. This means you MUST make sure you don't have unnecessary background programs and startups running, and I even recommend turning off as much of the W10 telemetry as possible. I have pretty much ALL W10 telemetry turned off, and even use SpyBot Anti-Beacon to immunize my system against all telemetry, and it freed up 1GB RAM.

If you really like having the apps running that use telemetry, I highly recommend adding another 8GB RAM, but try to match what you already have exactly.

I checked on cpu-z and it is the 780G chipset, not experienced at all in BIOS but I'll have a look at how to do that. Thanks

On the RAM, I have a friend selling 8GB of ddr3 which is perfect haha. I'll try and sort that aswell thanks.