Radeon HD 7770 GPU usage is low

[Evan10800]

I recently bought a new Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 GHz OC edition, but i'm having some trouble. I'm playing farcry 3 on a 1440x900 resolution and on low getting between 20-30 fps. I looked at MSI afterburner and it tells me that i'm only using between 40-50% GPU usage? How can i fix this? It's kinda dissapointing seeing as though i just bought this graphics card.

 

[Evan10800]

Thanks for the help =). If you had to guess, how much do you think that CPU will get up to in price?

 

[dheeraj9933]

that is totally unpredictable, it depends on how many more people will find it and how much they want it.
it is 15 now, so atleast be prepared for ~30$ might be more or less depending on your luck.

 

[Evan10800]

that is totally unpredictable, it depends on how many more people will find it and how much they want it.
it is 15 now, so atleast be prepared for ~30$ might be more or less depending on your luck.

Ill see if i can get a few extra bucks together. Don't have much after buying my 7770 and a PSU =P

 

[dheeraj9933]

u can always keep looking for new deals on ebay and other sites.
dont let your hope be brought down so easily

 

[Evan10800]

u can always keep looking for new deals on ebay and other sites.
dont let your hope be brought down so easily

The CPU went up to $91 in a matter of like 12 hours!!

 

[Evan10800]

u can always keep looking for new deals on ebay and other sites.
dont let your hope be brought down so easily

I just ran Furmark, and for some reason my GPU usage reaches 99%. How come its not bottlenecking on that and it does on my games?

 

[nukemaster]

Furmarks does not require the kind of cpu work a game does. It is all about pushing the video card.

For the same reason why you will still find some games that may get your video use much closer to full.

Again, Both parts have to work with each other.

If the game want the cpu to do lots of work that it can not keep up with, it has trouble sending work to the video card(CPU bottleneck) to keep it busy.

If the cpu has no problem sending work to the video card, but it(the card) is taking long to do the work, the cpu just sits waiting(GPU bottleneck).

 

[Evan10800]

Furmarks does not require the kind of cpu work a game does. It is all about pushing the video card.

For the same reason why you will still find some games that may get your video use much closer to full.

Again, Both parts have to work with each other.

If the game want the cpu to do lots of work that it can not keep up with, it has trouble sending work to the video card(CPU bottleneck) to keep it busy.

If the cpu has no problem sending work to the video card, but it(the card) is taking long to do the work, the cpu just sits waiting(GPU bottleneck).

I see. And thats probably why i see a great improvement on BF3 from my old video card, but on WoW not so much, right?

 

[nukemaster]

yes.

Boxing day sales are on!!!! Check out all the online stores you like. Never know what you may find.

 

[dheeraj9933]

exactly,
furmark is just a big circle floating in air :lol:
it dont hink ir requires a lot of cpu power!
but games are different, like BF3 multiplayer, skyrim, arma 2 they require cpu power too.
look there is nothing wrong with your cards it is decent enough for gaming,
its just being bottlenecked by cpu.
but the thing about cpu going to 90$ is shocking!!
it actually is worth it! wihch is why it was a great deal for 15$ !
but i dont think it is the best for u now 🙁
just keep looking for deals, if I see something i'll tell u
and boxing day sales are good too

 

[Evan10800]

What is boxing day?
BTW i've been doing some research and i picked out some parts if i were to save up enough to get a new CPU and mobo.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5692033&sku=A79-1965
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5633667&sku=M452-6080
Give me some feedback!!

 

[dheeraj9933]

well,
if gaming is your priority,
a phenom is not your best buy. it is old, it runs hot, it requires a lot of power, and u hav to overclock it to give i3 a competition !!
and it costs 170$
if u wanna spend 170$ spend on this...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116775 130$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157335 55$

 

[Evan10800]

So it will still be good even if its dual-core? How come some dual-cores beat quad-cores?
I was under the impression that i3's weren't good for gaming.

 

[dheeraj9933]

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2012/11/26/intel-core-i3-3220-review/6
actually most games today, dont utilize the true power of a quad core.
which is why an i3 is very close to and i5 is performance, and definately beats the phenoms and the fx series.
games require high per core performance, which the i3 HAS.
and there might be some time in the future, when dual core might not be good for gaming, but it's not going to come too soon

 

[Evan10800]

Well hopefully i can save up some money! If you see anything on eBay, keep me posted 😉

 

[nukemaster]

Another reason is the Intel cpus currently have an advantage because of the architecture. They are simply built to do more work per MHz(under most workloads). When AMD first released the A64 cpu's they laid the beat down on Intel for quite a while. Then the sleeping giant woke up.

I built a 955BE system a while back, it was not a bad system(and it's power consumption was not that bad. Idled lower then all but one of my current systems. I almost built an AMD media center, but could not find a good ITX board), but it was more competition for Intels older offerings(Core2 Quad).

 

[Evan10800]

well,
if gaming is your priority,
a phenom is not your best buy. it is old, it runs hot, it requires a lot of power, and u hav to overclock it to give i3 a competition !!
and it costs 170$
if u wanna spend 170$ spend on this...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116775 130$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157335 55$

Will that motherboard fit into my K300 chasis?

 

[nukemaster]

It is mATX(4 slots) so it looks like you should be good(the image you posted sure looked to me mATX to me). Just check out the screw pattern compared to yours.

 

[Evan10800]

It is mATX(4 slots) so it looks like you should be good(the image you posted sure looked to me mATX to me). Just check out the screw pattern compared to yours.

Yeah, i'm looking at it and the screws just don't look like they will line up. Plus my board looks more square, while the other one is more rectangular.
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[Evan10800]

http://www.txcesssurplus.com/servlet/the-11376/Lenovo-11S11010918-Motherboard-IdeaCentre/Detail
This is my motherboard.

 

[Evan10800]

Maybe mine just has a little more width (From rear IO to other side of RAM slots) than the ASRock one.

 

[nukemaster]

Hmmmm good point, Normal cases have some different places to place stand offs for boards. And you ARE right the holes do NOT line up quite right.

If it was a normal case, that would not even be an issue, but now I have to almost wonder if yours does or does not have movable standoffs.

The fact that the board is not as deep would not be a problem for most cases. The screw pattern is not a match in this case.

 

[Evan10800]

Hmmmm good point, Normal cases have some different places to place stand offs for boards. And you ARE right the holes do NOT line up quite right.

If it was a normal case, that would not even be an issue, but now I have to almost wonder if yours does or does not have movable standoffs.

The fact that the board is not as deep would not be a problem for most cases. The screw pattern is not a match in this case.

I looked at them side-by-side, and it seems like the holes actually do match up, the ASRock is just quite a bit shorter in width than my current, hence it looking more rectangular. I'm not completely sure though. Look at them side by side and tell me if the holes line up.

 

[Evan10800]

The ASRock mobo would end (width wise) right before the RAM slots on my current mobo. I think they do actually match up.

 

[nukemaster]

It almost looks like they have a 3 slot board based on screw locations. Either way. here is the one screw that looks out of place(red square. The other board lacks that and has one at the end of its bottom red line). Orange line is about the depth difference from board to board.

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