Trying to find a bottleneck.

[benkaz]

Hello, for quite some time im trying to find what is the problem of low performance for some games (lets say world of warcraft), because in game i have an average of 20-40 fps while in fair/medium settings, so you might have a clue what could I do to increase the performance.. CPU : AMD athlon II x3 455, 3.3ghz, 4gb ram, Radeon HD 7770 (Gigabyte edit.), OS : windows 7. Would be thankful for your replies.

 

[illuminatuz]

I don't see any bottleneck.. Maybe the CPU could be upgraded.. Since when you are facing this..?? What is the PSU you are using..??

 

[benkaz]

I've got a 500w psu, I'm facing this for quite a long time, had a Nvidia 8800GTS 640mb before, got a 7770HD video card, thought its gonna increase my performance but it did not.

 

[JOOK-D]

WoW is very CPU heavy on a single, or few, core(s). You'd want an intel CPU's stronger single-core performance to increase performance on games like WoW.

 

[benkaz]

gotcha, would it be worth trying to overclock this cpu before I upgrade it?

 

[illuminatuz]

Overclocking need you to get a aftermarket cooler.. Maybe the amd and nvidia drivers are having conflict.. you can use driver sweeper from "safe mode" to clean all the drivers (some files will remain after you uninstall the drivers)..

http://www.guru3d.com/content_page/guru3d_driver_sweeper.html

then try installing the latest drivers fresh.. That should solve the problem..

 

[benkaz]

Well I reinstalled a fresh copy of windows, did not install anything thats not needed, using ASRock N68C-S UCC motherboard by the way if that helps.

 

[illuminatuz]

OH... why did you do that?? good thing you did that still.. now you just clean install the graphic drivers, chipset drivers, audio and lan drivers.. then try running the game...

 

[benkaz]

eh nothing changed honestly.

 

[benkaz]

and thats the worst thing that I'm not sure whats holding it back

 

[illuminatuz]

maybe your HDD has low transfer rate.. how old is it?? and the RAM?? how old is that one??

Since when are you facing this problem??

 

[benkaz]

well my hdd isnt great honestly, WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM, and RAM is ddr3 800mhz 4gb 1 stick

 

[illuminatuz]

What I think is that the 800mhz ram is the limiting factor..

 

[benkaz]

Well then I'll start replacing ram asap, if that doesn't help, gonna try getting a new CPU+psu. Thank you for your help!

 

[illuminatuz]

You Are welcome..

 

[Zircoben]

Well then I'll start replacing ram asap, if that doesn't help, gonna try getting a new CPU+psu. Thank you for your help!

I think your PSU is just fine. 😀. Like illuminkiatiz said, get a better CPU.
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