Hello all,
This is my first post here, so be nice. I have lurked some though. Anyways, on to why I'm here.
So I rebuilt my pc this summer, and was really excited about being able to play some games with really good graphical settings. But alas, my pc seems to be under-performing in this area. So first, I'll start off with my specs:
Motherboard: Asus P5N-D bios 800 (I can't use the bios utility to flash because it won't recognize the bios files I have on the c: drive)
Processor: Intel Q6600 OC'd to 3.2 gHz @ 1.425 V
RAM: 4 GB (4x1GB) OCZ Platinum Edition Revision 2 DDR2-pc2 6400 @ 2.09V
Graphics Card: BFG GTX 260 Core 216 (I run it stock, and overclock it from time to time)
HDDs: 1 500 GB Hitachi Deskar, 1 500 GB Seagate Barracuda, 1 1.5TB Seagate Barracuda, 1 250 GB Seagate External
PSU: 600W Cooler Master (came pre-installed with the case I bought)
Optical Drive: 1 LG Optical Drive
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
I can give you more specifics if you need them. I have the most up to date graphics drivers from nvidia, and motherboard drivers (minus the bios), from nvidia.
But the problem I seem to be having is that I am under-performing in games, and in 3D Mark 06. It says that my system should get about 12.5K 3D marks w/ the CPU overclocked, and the stock GPU clocks, and ~14K with the CPU and GPU OC'd. I am getting around 10K in the first configuration, and only about 11K in the second configuration. I also should be getting a lot higher framerates in some of the games that I play (i.e. GTA IV, FIFA 09, TF2), but I notice a lot of lag, even in TF2. I have been looking at power consumption levels for the various components, and they seem to be within the range of my PSU, but I am not sure about them when they are overclocked and under load, especially with the specific voltages that I have them at. I am wondering if that would be the problem of the low scores I'm getting.
So I'm just asking advice on whether or not this PSU that I have could be the root of the problem, and if so, what people recommend to replace it, and if not, possible other sources of the problem.
Thanks!
This is my first post here, so be nice. I have lurked some though. Anyways, on to why I'm here.
So I rebuilt my pc this summer, and was really excited about being able to play some games with really good graphical settings. But alas, my pc seems to be under-performing in this area. So first, I'll start off with my specs:
Motherboard: Asus P5N-D bios 800 (I can't use the bios utility to flash because it won't recognize the bios files I have on the c: drive)
Processor: Intel Q6600 OC'd to 3.2 gHz @ 1.425 V
RAM: 4 GB (4x1GB) OCZ Platinum Edition Revision 2 DDR2-pc2 6400 @ 2.09V
Graphics Card: BFG GTX 260 Core 216 (I run it stock, and overclock it from time to time)
HDDs: 1 500 GB Hitachi Deskar, 1 500 GB Seagate Barracuda, 1 1.5TB Seagate Barracuda, 1 250 GB Seagate External
PSU: 600W Cooler Master (came pre-installed with the case I bought)
Optical Drive: 1 LG Optical Drive
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
I can give you more specifics if you need them. I have the most up to date graphics drivers from nvidia, and motherboard drivers (minus the bios), from nvidia.
But the problem I seem to be having is that I am under-performing in games, and in 3D Mark 06. It says that my system should get about 12.5K 3D marks w/ the CPU overclocked, and the stock GPU clocks, and ~14K with the CPU and GPU OC'd. I am getting around 10K in the first configuration, and only about 11K in the second configuration. I also should be getting a lot higher framerates in some of the games that I play (i.e. GTA IV, FIFA 09, TF2), but I notice a lot of lag, even in TF2. I have been looking at power consumption levels for the various components, and they seem to be within the range of my PSU, but I am not sure about them when they are overclocked and under load, especially with the specific voltages that I have them at. I am wondering if that would be the problem of the low scores I'm getting.
So I'm just asking advice on whether or not this PSU that I have could be the root of the problem, and if so, what people recommend to replace it, and if not, possible other sources of the problem.
Thanks!