whats holding me back ??

[flo420]

i just got the gtx 780ti but performance wise is not a big jump just the price so i was thinking some of my components is bottle necking.

any ideas?

 

[Deus Gladiorum]

i just got the gtx 780ti but performance wise is not a big jump just the price so i was thinking some of my components is bottle necking.

any ideas?

you might want to post your specs and what you upgraded from. Otherwise, we obviously can't tell you what's holding you back if we don't know what you have.

 

[InvalidError]

There is no obvious problem with your setup based on what is in your signature.

 

[Martell1977]

What GPU did you have before? What programs are you running? What resolution and settings?

Having the new GPU you should be able to turn up the graphic quality settings without much of a performance hit.

 

[flo420]

There is no obvious problem with your setup based on what is in your signature.

then i just dont understand why im not even getting battlefield 4 or 3 to run at a stable 60fps and i have win 8.1 witch is meant to improve performance in bf4 and i have installed all the latest drivers

 

[flo420]

What GPU did you have before? What programs are you running? What resolution and settings?

Having the new GPU you should be able to turn up the graphic quality settings without much of a performance hit.

gtx 660 ti before i had this and running in 1920x1080

 

[Martell1977]

What GPU did you have before? What programs are you running? What resolution and settings?

Having the new GPU you should be able to turn up the graphic quality settings without much of a performance hit.

gtx 660 ti before i had this and running in 1920x1080

I'd try reinstalling the GPU driver. Remove it, run CCleaner to completely clean it out, reboot, then reinstall.

Where did you hear 8.1 was a performance boost? I haven't heard anything about a performance upgrade in there, just UI changes mostly.

 

[flo420]

What GPU did you have before? What programs are you running? What resolution and settings?

Having the new GPU you should be able to turn up the graphic quality settings without much of a performance hit.

gtx 660 ti before i had this and running in 1920x1080

I'd try reinstalling the GPU driver. Remove it, run CCleaner to completely clean it out, reboot, then reinstall.

Where did you hear 8.1 was a performance boost? I haven't heard anything about a performance upgrade in there, just UI changes mostly.

win 8.1 improves performance on games that use directx 11.1 such as battlefield 4 so i have been told

 

[jessterman21]

You're not going to get 60+fps at all times, if that's what you're looking for... Remember, your minimum framerate is determined by your CPU IPC - and since you cannot overclock your CPU, you may be seeing drops below 45fps here and there - nothing you can do about those. Also, draw-distance is completely CPU-bound in all games, so if you're sick of those drops, just lower your draw-distances.

 

[flo420]

You're not going to get 60+fps at all times, if that's what you're looking for... Remember, your minimum framerate is determined by your CPU IPC - and since you cannot overclock your CPU, you may be seeing drops below 45fps here and there - nothing you can do about those. Also, draw-distance is completely CPU-bound in all games, so if you're sick of those drops, just lower your draw-distances.

thanks for the info so i would need a better cpu like an i7? also is it worth going to 1150 or just better to stick with 1155.
are there any games that take advantage of hyper threading?

 

[jessterman21]

You're not going to get 60+fps at all times, if that's what you're looking for... Remember, your minimum framerate is determined by your CPU IPC - and since you cannot overclock your CPU, you may be seeing drops below 45fps here and there - nothing you can do about those. Also, draw-distance is completely CPU-bound in all games, so if you're sick of those drops, just lower your draw-distances.

thanks for the info so i would need a better cpu like an i7? also is it worth going to 1150 or just better to stick with 1155.
are there any games that take advantage of hyper threading?

Nah, an i7 will not provide a noticeable improvement, but if you're willing to get a Z-series motherboard and K-series i5 or i7, you will get a noticeable improvement in your minimum and maximum framerate, especially if you overclock past 4GHz.

 

[flo420]

You're not going to get 60+fps at all times, if that's what you're looking for... Remember, your minimum framerate is determined by your CPU IPC - and since you cannot overclock your CPU, you may be seeing drops below 45fps here and there - nothing you can do about those. Also, draw-distance is completely CPU-bound in all games, so if you're sick of those drops, just lower your draw-distances.

thanks for the info so i would need a better cpu like an i7? also is it worth going to 1150 or just better to stick with 1155.
are there any games that take advantage of hyper threading?

Nah, an i7 will not provide a noticeable improvement, but if you're willing to get a Z-series motherboard and K-series i5 or i7, you will get a noticeable improvement in your minimum and maximum framerate, especially if you overclock past 4GHz.

what motherboards would you recommend me as i dont have the experience with this and will probably end up getting the wrong thing thanks

 

[jessterman21]

You're not going to get 60+fps at all times, if that's what you're looking for... Remember, your minimum framerate is determined by your CPU IPC - and since you cannot overclock your CPU, you may be seeing drops below 45fps here and there - nothing you can do about those. Also, draw-distance is completely CPU-bound in all games, so if you're sick of those drops, just lower your draw-distances.

thanks for the info so i would need a better cpu like an i7? also is it worth going to 1150 or just better to stick with 1155.
are there any games that take advantage of hyper threading?

Nah, an i7 will not provide a noticeable improvement, but if you're willing to get a Z-series motherboard and K-series i5 or i7, you will get a noticeable improvement in your minimum and maximum framerate, especially if you overclock past 4GHz.

what motherboards would you recommend me as i dont have the experience with this and will probably end up getting the wrong thing thanks

What's your budget? And you may want to open a new thread for recommendations in Motherboards.