Upgrading my motherboard needed?

[TLG Nehko]

A few months ago my motherboard died and i dust off my old asrock n68-GS4FX to pari with my 8320E. Ive been seeing an awful lot of FPS drops on some games and it gets unplayable sometimes. I have a gtx960 and i feel like its really dumb to be on 20fps on games like league of legends. My question is if the min atx motherboard is not enough for my system? Do i need to change my motherboard (one click from buying a MSI 970 gaming) or maybe my poor performance is due to something else im not seeing.

My specs are:

CPU: AMD Fx-8320E
MOBO: Asrock N68-GS4 FX
GPU: Asus Astrix gtx 960 2GB
PSU: EVGA 500W 80 PLUS
RAM: 8GB HyperX Savage DDR3 2133 (from previous more powerful pc)


Thanks for the advice.

 

[goerk27]

Did you hook up your monitor to your mainboard GPU? Thats how it sounds to me. The mainboard does not make that big of a difference (granted everything is supported) and a new one would not give you any noticeable better perfomance.

 

[TLG Nehko]

Yes my monitor is hooked up to my 960 not to my mobo .

 

[goerk27]

Ok, then check your drivers and BIOS. If nothing works do a BIOS Reset. Reinstall drivers (MoBo, GPU etc.) and see if the problem persists.

 

[TLG Nehko]

I just installed a fresh OS today. With new drivers. Still same problem. Ill get to the BIOS reset. See what i can find

 

[TLG Nehko]

Ok, then check your drivers and BIOS. If nothing works do a BIOS Reset. Reinstall drivers (MoBo, GPU etc.) and see if the problem persists.

I just reset the BIOS, reinstall drivers and still the same.

 

[jay_rogers]

Have you cleared CMOS RAM?

 

[hobo_fragginz]

Your CPU has no native PCI-Express support and might require updates. Check the following link for info.

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/pc-components/processors/amd-fx-8320e-review-1286287/review

 

[TLG Nehko]

Have you cleared CMOS RAM?

Yes i did reset my factory settings and forced cleared it already.

 

[TLG Nehko]

Your CPU has no native PCI-Express support and might require updates. Check the following link for info.

http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/pc-components/processors/amd-fx-8320e-review-1286287/review

Im aware of the limitations of the chip, even so, a dip on the performance on applications like lol or DOTA are not normal.