The performance on a GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked

[Xelvania]

So, I'm wondering if my CPU is dragging me down when I go to max everything out on a game at 1080P. I have a GTX 780 Ti superclocked just like the title says w/ 16 GB of RAM and an Intel i7 3820 CPU. The first game I wanted to test my max settings out on was Assassin's Creed 4. Well, it sucks. Even w/ Physx turned off and V sync turned off, I get roughly 45-60 frames in a city like Kingston. Never a consistent 60. Is there something wrong w/ my setup?

The settings I have the game at goes:
Resolution: 1080P
Enviromental quality: Very High
Texture Quality: High
Anti Aliasing quality: MSAA 4x
Shadow quality: Very High
Reflection Quality: High
Motion Blur: Off
Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+ (high)
God Rays: High
Volumetric Fog: On
V sync: off
PhsyX Particles: off

 

[Drew010]

AC4 is just a terrible console port. It runs badly no matter what hardware you have.

 

[marc79]

Lower AA or turn it off. The game isn't the best of UBI's ports.

 

[Plusthinking Iq]

i tried that game, pretty hard to get good fps, but then its console capped at 60fps and thats no fun

 

[Xelvania]

So, it's not my CPU then...? Lol

 

[marc79]

no, sandy quad is still fast.

The game only runs on 2 cores, its badly coded.

 

[Xelvania]

no, sandy quad is still fast.

The game only runs on 2 cores, its badly coded.

I appreciate the clarification. I was so happy to finally get my 780 Ti installed only to find out I still can't max out AC4 at 60 frames...I'm a little worried about Watch Dogs now....considering Ubi and all...

 

[marc79]

Yeah no doubt, I know I would need a second 780ti to play watch dogs on ultra at 1440p. Hopefully high settings will give me close to 60fps.

 

[Xelvania]

Yeah no doubt, I know I would need a second 780ti to play watch dogs on ultra at 1440p. Hopefully high settings will give me close to 60fps.

You think I might be able to do that at 1080P?..

 

[marc79]

We will see in 7 days, hard to say. Although you're in good position 780ti should destroy most games at 1080p.

 

[Xelvania]

We will see in 7 days, hard to say. Although you're in good position 780ti should destroy most games at 1080p.

Alright man. One more question, is it okay to set my fan speed at 100% all the time? I've noticed while gaming, the GPU temperature will rise up to like 70 degrees celsius (which is exceptionally high) w/o 100% and 50-60 w/ 100%.

 

[marc79]

Mine tops out a 75C which is fine. If you want to lower the gpu temps you have to go water, you would top out at 40C under full load with good setup.

 

[Xelvania]

Mine tops out a 75C which is fine. If you want to lower the gpu temps you have to go water, you would top out at 40C under full load with good setup.

Oh okay, so you're saying 70 degrees is fine...? I have a friend who said anything above 75 can throttle the card and he recommended me to set my fan speed to 100%.

 

[marc79]

Yeah 70C is fine. You don't have to run the fans at 100%, but you can slightly increase how much you want them to run by using Evga Precision or MSI Afterburner by setting a custom fan profile. I wouldn't run the fans at 100% though.

 

[Xelvania]

Yeah 70C is fine. You don't have to run the fans at 100%, but you can slightly increase how much you want them to run by using Evga Precision or MSI Afterburner by setting a custom fan profile. I wouldn't run the fans at 100% though.

Do you have a fan speed recommendation for me? I have MSI Afterburner.

 

[marc79]

I haven't played much with the fan profile, you'll have to play around and set up however you want to run it.

But to be honest if you're only hitting 70C under full load I'd leave it as is. 70C is pretty cool for an air cooled 780Ti.

My 660's ran at mid 80'sC while playing AC4 Black flag.

 

[Xelvania]

I haven't played much with the fan profile, you'll have to play around and set up however you want to run it.

But to be honest if you're only hitting 70C under full load I'd leave it as is. 70C is pretty cool for an air cooled 780Ti.

Well, in all honesty, I only tried Tomb Raider w/ everything maxed. I got a consistent 60 frames at 70c.