So I recently traded out my current GPU for one that I believed to better match my more powerful CPU and a new PSU to match the increased power demand. I traded an AMD RX 470 and EVGA 100-w1-0430 430w PSU for a GeForce 3060 and a Thermaltake Smart BM2 550w.
I expected to see much improved performance but I have found it roughly the same, lots of hitching and fps drops in games I used to get consistently better performance on with my 470 several years before (My 470 has been in use for over half a decade now and has been seriously degrading in performance the past few months, hence the upgrade).
Other threads I have found with similar symptoms originated from CPU bottlenecking, but according to the resources I used before purchasing the 3060, it should be at almost 0% bottlenecking. When I am getting undesirable performance in games neither the CPU or the GPU is reaching 100% usage, they stay pretty consistently matched.
I am much more experienced on the software end of things rather than hardware and parts selection so I am assuming I have bungled my build somehow with the new parts. I would massively appreciate if there is a solution that doesn't involve pumping more money into this relatively budget PC. Thank you guys so much for any help you can offer 🙏🙏🙏
Things I have already tried:
Enabling XMP on my RAM, not available in BIOS, I don't think my sticks support it but I am not sure
GeForce Experience drivers fresh install
Using Display Driver Uninstaller to clear out any old AMD drivers causing issues
Making sure I am using my 3060 and not my integrated card
Specs
MSI Ventus 2x GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 (formerly AMD RX 470)
Intel i5-7600k
Gigabyte Z170-HD3P-CF
Thermaltake Smart BM2 550w PSU (formerly EVGA 100-w1-0430 430w)
Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4 KHX2666C16/16G 2133mHz, Crucial DDR4 CT4G4DFS8213/8G 2133mHz (two 4G sticks)
UserBenchmark run (I have no idea if this is even useful): https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/59852672
I expected to see much improved performance but I have found it roughly the same, lots of hitching and fps drops in games I used to get consistently better performance on with my 470 several years before (My 470 has been in use for over half a decade now and has been seriously degrading in performance the past few months, hence the upgrade).
Other threads I have found with similar symptoms originated from CPU bottlenecking, but according to the resources I used before purchasing the 3060, it should be at almost 0% bottlenecking. When I am getting undesirable performance in games neither the CPU or the GPU is reaching 100% usage, they stay pretty consistently matched.
I am much more experienced on the software end of things rather than hardware and parts selection so I am assuming I have bungled my build somehow with the new parts. I would massively appreciate if there is a solution that doesn't involve pumping more money into this relatively budget PC. Thank you guys so much for any help you can offer 🙏🙏🙏
Things I have already tried:
Enabling XMP on my RAM, not available in BIOS, I don't think my sticks support it but I am not sure
GeForce Experience drivers fresh install
Using Display Driver Uninstaller to clear out any old AMD drivers causing issues
Making sure I am using my 3060 and not my integrated card
Specs
MSI Ventus 2x GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6 (formerly AMD RX 470)
Intel i5-7600k
Gigabyte Z170-HD3P-CF
Thermaltake Smart BM2 550w PSU (formerly EVGA 100-w1-0430 430w)
Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4 KHX2666C16/16G 2133mHz, Crucial DDR4 CT4G4DFS8213/8G 2133mHz (two 4G sticks)
UserBenchmark run (I have no idea if this is even useful): https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/59852672