[SOLVED] RTX 2070, Low FPS

[greasygrisham]

I installed an RTX 2070 and am just not getting good performance. I tried out Quake 2 RTX and am averaging 45-60 frames. It never goes over 60 frames, and v-sync is off. Im getting worse performance than my GTX 980. What am I doing wrong? (I'm kind of a noob)

 

[stefanos50]

I installed an RTX 2070 and am just not getting good performance. I tried out Quake 2 RTX and am averaging 45-60 frames. It never goes over 60 frames, and v-sync is off. Im getting worse performance than my GTX 980. What am I doing wrong? (I'm kind of a noob)

As the title say "Quake 2 RTX" uses the new NVIDIA feature ray tracing. This feature is well known that destroy the performance. With RTX 2080 i get 40-60 fps too at 1440p resolution. I dont know how you can compare with this game the GTX 980 as this GPU dont support this feature but only RTX 2000 cards or GTX 1000 series from GTX 1060 6gb and above.

 

[greasygrisham]

I figured RTX could be the issue with Quake 2 RTX, but it seems like there are issues with games without RTX too. I also tested Dishonored 2 and the performance was about the same as the 980. It stutters and I only get about 40-55 FPS. I have heard performance can be affected by a monitor using HDMI. I ordered a display port monitor, but don't have it yet. Is it possible it is the monitor?

 

[stefanos50]

I figured RTX could be the issue with Quake 2 RTX, but it seems like there are issues with games without RTX too. I also tested Dishonored 2 and the performance was about the same as the 980. It stutters and I only get about 40-55 FPS. I have heard performance can be affected by a monitor using HDMI. I ordered a display port monitor, but don't have it yet. Is it possible it is the monitor?

Could you list your computer specifications?

 

[greasygrisham]

I know the CPU is a bit older but from what ive read the GPU does most of the heavy lifting. Maybe the CPU is holding it back?

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 4670K @ 3.40GHz 61 °C
Haswell 22nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 931MHz (10-11-10-30)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. Z87X-D3H-CF (SOCKET 0) 29 °C
Graphics
VX228 (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 4600 (Gigabyte)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (MSI) 36 °C
SLI Disabled
Storage
111GB PNY CS1311 120GB SSD (SSD) 30 °C
931GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH162 (SATA) 27 °C
3726GB Seagate Expansion Desk SCSI Disk Device (USB (SATA)) 42 °C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-224DB
Audio
ASUS Xonar DG Audio Device

 

[stefanos50]

I know the CPU is a bit older bur from what ive read the GPU does most of the heavy lifting. Maybe the CPU is holding it back?

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 4670K @ 3.40GHz 61 °C
Haswell 22nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 931MHz (10-11-10-30)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. Z87X-D3H-CF (SOCKET 0) 29 °C
Graphics
VX228 (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics 4600 (Gigabyte)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (MSI) 36 °C
SLI Disabled
Storage
111GB PNY CS1311 120GB SSD (SSD) 30 °C
931GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH162 (SATA) 27 °C
3726GB Seagate Expansion Desk SCSI Disk Device (USB (SATA)) 42 °C
Optical Drives
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-224DB
Audio
ASUS Xonar DG Audio Device

Probably you are CPU limited thats why you are getting the same performance as the GTX 980. If you were playing at a bigger resolution (etc 1440p) the bottleneck could be lower. Try to run a game and monitor what is your GPU usage.

 

[greasygrisham]

So a 1440p monitor could help or make it worse? My current one is 1080p.

 

[stefanos50]

So a 1440p monitor could help or make it worse? My current one is 1080p.

It could help a bit but in 2020 games 4c/4t CPU is not enough anyway. You better upgrade your CPU.