Questions about an upgrade

[mscaulk]

I recently upgraded my GPU from a 1080 3gb to a 1080 (EVGA 1080 SC), along with a new monitor. I was expecting FPS in the 70-80 range, but an only getting around 50-60, even at medium settings. And my CPU is hitting 100% usage on all cores when gaming

I've got an i5 8400, 16GB DDR4 2400 and the GTX 1080. All of my games are on SSDs. I'm using an MSI MAG341CQ 34" monitor, at 3440x1440 100hz.

My question is, is the 1080 enough for that resolution? Is my CPU the problem? Should I upgrade to an 8600k or 8700k? Ryzen 7 for the cores/threads? Higher speed ram?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

No, you dont need a CPU. When you move up in resolution (such as 3440x1440p) the bottleneck moves from the CPU to the GPU. So your CPU is not holding you back.

Still, you should be doing better than 50 fps at medium settings. What games are you playing? What are your CPU/GPU temps under load?

It may be a driver issue. The 1080 uses different drivers from the 1060. Sometimes when you install a new card, the old drivers can mess things up. I would try running the DDU tool below and remove the drivers in safe mode. Then go to Nvidia and download the current drivers.

https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

 

[WildCard999]

Something is causing your CPU usage to be at 100% where it shouldn't be under normal gaming. It doesn't need to be replaced however you need to find out what's causing it. Stuff like viruses/malware could be the cause or if you have a lot of programs running in the background could be the issue.

 

[mscaulk]

No, you dont need a CPU. When you move up in resolution (such as 3440x1440p) the bottleneck moves from the CPU to the GPU. So your CPU is not holding you back.

Still, you should be doing better than 50 fps at medium settings. What games are you playing? What are your CPU/GPU temps under load?

It may be a driver issue. The 1080 uses different drivers from the 1060. Sometimes when you install a new card, the old drivers can mess things up. I would try running the DDU tool below and remove the drivers in safe mode. Then go to Nvidia and download the current drivers.

My CPU is running in the low 50s (I have a CoolerMaster 240 AIO in push/pull). My GPU is running in the low 60's.

I'll check drivers, but that shouldn't be the problem. I used a clean install of Windows 10 before installing the new GPU

https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

 

[mscaulk]

Something is causing your CPU usage to be at 100% where it shouldn't be under normal gaming. It doesn't need to be replaced however you need to find out what's causing it. Stuff like viruses/malware could be the cause or if you have a lot of programs running in the background could be the issue.

In my processes I'm only running 4% right now, with about 1.5% in background processes.

A virus check is the first thing I checked, and it came back clean.

 

[WildCard999]

Try Malwarebytes (Free) and run the full scan.

 

[mscaulk]

Try Malwarebytes (Free) and run the full scan.

Just downloaded and did that - came back as zero threats detected

 

[WildCard999]

Are you running anything else besides the game/loader (Steam/Uplay/Origin)? Any streaming?

 

[mscaulk]

Are you running anything else besides the game/loader (Steam/Uplay/Origin)? Any streaming?

No. when I'm gaming I close everything buy the game. I don't even have my VPN going.

 

[WildCard999]

Yea I'm not sure what could making your CPU run at 100%, someone else may be able to give you better insight however as a last resort I would do a clean install of Windows/motherboard & GPU drivers. There's absolutely no reason to have to upgrade that CPU.

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Go run a bench at userbenchmark.com and leave a link here with the results.

 

[mscaulk]

Go run a bench at userbenchmark.com and leave a link here with the results.

http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11334892

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Go run a bench at userbenchmark.com and leave a link here with the results.

http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11334892

On those test your hardware performed fine. What are your CPU/GPU temps when you are gaming?

 

[godzillapachislo]

Disable Vsync

 

[mscaulk]

Go run a bench at userbenchmark.com and leave a link here with the results.

http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11334892

On those test your hardware performed fine. What are your CPU/GPU temps when you are gaming?

GPU in the high 40s low 50s using a 240 AIO in push/pull. GPU staying in the low 60s