Hello. A week ago, I built a new computer for gaming, mostly minecraft because my old laptop was getting unbearable as the frames never went over 25 on the LOWEST settings. The specifications of my NEW COMPUTER (not the laptop) are:
AMD FX 8350 @4.00 Clock speed
8 gigs of DDR3 1600 Mhz G SKILL SNIPER RAM
PowerColor Radeon 7870 GHz edition OVERCLOCKED
That should be all you need to know for my question. So. The reason why I have gone with an AMD CPU was because I saw someone on YouTube with the same 8350 on the same clock speed with a Gigabyte 7850 and 8 gigs of ram get 300+ FPS on minecraft WHILST recording. I was going to get the exact same computer as him, but they had ran out of the Gigabyte 7850s so I went with the closest one, which was the PowerColor 7870.
I get about 250 fps on the same graphical settings as the YouTuber and this is WITHOUT recording. The FPS sometimes dips into the 300s but almost always on 200 ~ 250. I heard that Minecraft doesn't use the Graphics Card because its a CPU intensive game and mainly relies on the CPU. I have nothing else running when Minecraft is on, and fullscreen and windowed doesnt really make a difference. I thought that I would actually get BETTER Fps then him since typically, a 7870 is better than a 7850. Also, it costed $15 more.
So, am I getting the right FPS for my specs or am I just missing out on something? Have I made a mistake on buying the 7870? Am I even using the GPU at all? Does Minecraft USE THE GPU AT ALL?
Please help. Have a good day!
Cheers - James
AMD FX 8350 @4.00 Clock speed
8 gigs of DDR3 1600 Mhz G SKILL SNIPER RAM
PowerColor Radeon 7870 GHz edition OVERCLOCKED
That should be all you need to know for my question. So. The reason why I have gone with an AMD CPU was because I saw someone on YouTube with the same 8350 on the same clock speed with a Gigabyte 7850 and 8 gigs of ram get 300+ FPS on minecraft WHILST recording. I was going to get the exact same computer as him, but they had ran out of the Gigabyte 7850s so I went with the closest one, which was the PowerColor 7870.
I get about 250 fps on the same graphical settings as the YouTuber and this is WITHOUT recording. The FPS sometimes dips into the 300s but almost always on 200 ~ 250. I heard that Minecraft doesn't use the Graphics Card because its a CPU intensive game and mainly relies on the CPU. I have nothing else running when Minecraft is on, and fullscreen and windowed doesnt really make a difference. I thought that I would actually get BETTER Fps then him since typically, a 7870 is better than a 7850. Also, it costed $15 more.
So, am I getting the right FPS for my specs or am I just missing out on something? Have I made a mistake on buying the 7870? Am I even using the GPU at all? Does Minecraft USE THE GPU AT ALL?
Please help. Have a good day!
Cheers - James
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