[SOLVED] The game lags so much even though my PC has above the minimum requirements for COD warzone

[redfrigginlight]

The main menu and the ingame experience is lagging a lot with the CPU usage often going 100% in the main menu. when im playing the game the fps counter says its 60 but i feel like its nowhere near 60 in the actual gameplay



specs

FX 8300

RX 470 4GB

12GB DDR3 RAM

WINDOWS 7 64 bit

 

[sizzling]

Your cpu is below the recommended and only just above the minimum. Minimum does not mean the game will play well. There is no definition of what is acceptable minimum requirements so it might be playable but don’t expect a good experience.

 

[ratAB]

Yo cpu ancient, basically bottlenecked by the gpu

 

[redfrigginlight]

Your cpu is below the recommended and only just above the minimum. Minimum does not mean the game will play well. There is no definition of what is acceptable minimum requirements so it might be playable but don’t expect a good experience.

the fps counter stays at 60 and never drops below 30 and the CPU frametime is at 15ms but if i overclock it will i get a much better experience?
thx

 

[ArchitSahu]

Overclocking may help slightly, but the FX series is ancient overclocking may not help much. Your best option is honestly an upgrade to a newer platform such as Ryzen, which would require a new motherboard and DDR4 RAM. A GPU upgrade would not go amiss too.

 

[Schlachtwolf]

I had a FX 8300, was a good cpu in it's day but it's 32ns tech is just not able to do what the new 12ns and 7ns tech CPU's can do. It just cannot process the info quick enough and then throw DDR3 RAM into the mix and there you have your bottle neck.

Overclocking the FX 8300 (is it the Vishera ?) which I have done is not a big help as they run very hot due to the voltage increase needed to get anything meaningful on what is already a power hungry CPU so you will need a very good cooler.

To compound that the MoBo you have will be pretty old and may well not be able to handle the stress of the overclock and blow the Virtual Memory Controller or something else like a RAM slot....

The GPU is also boarderline for this day and age but it is not the main problem YET.

All in all what is said above is true, if you want a smooth gaming experience on modern titles and even more so in Multiplayer online games then the only way is to upgrade to a Ryzen (at least Ryzen 5 or 7 not 3) platform with good fast DDR4 RAM. It will cost a few bucks but still cheaper than going the Intel route.

Also what monitor do you play on with which refreshrate? and at what resolution do you play. Even if it says 60fps and you notice the stutter then it is more than likely it is because it is 60 fps being displayed but because it takes the CPU and GPU so long to process the next frame it is displaying the same frame up to three or even four times before the next new one is shown so it's not 60 new frames FPS/second . Therefore it feels like 35-40 fps playing.

Cheers

 

[sizzling]

the fps counter stays at 60 and never drops below 30 and the CPU frametime is at 15ms but if i overclock it will i get a much better experience?
thx

Assuming your motherboard and cooler are good enough for overclocking you can try. However let’s say you achieve a 10% overclock, you might see your minimum FPS go from 30 to 33.

 

[Schlachtwolf]

A gtx 1660 ti would be a good step up from your RX 470 GPU too !!