Why am I getting so low fps with a GTX 1060 on Assassin's Creed: Origins?

[Elf_Knight]

My specs are an i3 4130, 8gb of ram and a GTX 1060 3gb. I just got the GTX 1060 today and am running it on a 1080p monitor off an SSD. I should be able to get 40-60fps on high-ultra settings. But for some reason on high settings I am only getting 30fps. I am running it at 1080p settings in-game. And it's in DirectX 11. I don't want to lower the settings due to the GPU I just got which would negate the purpose of buying it. Do I need to upgrade my CPU? I Heard this game is very CPU intensive so I might need to upgrade. All I can afford at the moment is an i5 4460 but I am saving up to upgrade to Ryzen so I'd like to avoid that if necessary. Any thoughts?

 

[Bob125484]

1. Download MSI Afterbuner or use task manager to monitor CPU/GPU/RAM usage. If any runs at or near 100% consistently, that one is bottleneck your overall system.
2. What graphic card you use before GTX1060? Did you remove old driver and install new driver for GTX1060?

 

[Jesse_20]

Did you disable v-synch? I do however think the I3 is a bit underpowered for that title.

 

[greenmrt]

You are going to have to turn the settings down to very high and disable some memory intensive settings to get closer to 60fps on that processor/card combo. You can improve performance upgrading your CPU, but it won't be remarkable. 60 fps and beautiful gaming just isn't going to happen on your rig. Still, a good time to be had with less rigorous settings.

https://www.3dmark.com/compare/fs/10585633/fs/11462984
https://wccftech.com/assassins-creed-origins-graphics-card-performance/

Happy gaming!

 

[RobCrezz]

Probably the i3 to be honest, I seem to remember that game wanting 4 cores.

 

[Elf_Knight]

My previous graphics card was a GTX 1050Ti then a GT 1030 and now the 1060 3gb. I know 4 cores is necessary but I have to wait until I can save up for AMD Ryzen in a few months. I don't do enough gaming to warrant a hefty processor. But one day I will upgrade soon. I might download MSI Afterburner but I am a noob with PC software. I will check and see if Vsync is disabled. Pretty sure I disabled it. Might switch the FPS to medium and see if I get better performance. Thanks!

 

[maxalge]

My previous graphics card was a GTX 1050Ti then a GT 1030 and now the 1060 3gb. I know 4 cores is necessary but I have to wait until I can save up for AMD Ryzen in a few months. I don't do enough gaming to warrant a hefty processor. But one day I will upgrade soon. I might download MSI Afterburner but I am a noob with PC software. I will check and see if Vsync is disabled. Pretty sure I disabled it. Might switch the FPS to medium and see if I get better performance. Thanks!

if you have an i3 4130 all you need to do is upgrade the cpu

not waste a lot of money on a side-grade platform swap

 

[RobCrezz]

I agree, a i7 4770 or 4790 from a used market would be perfect.

 

[Elf_Knight]

I might try and upgrade to an i7 but I'll have to wait for a bit.

 

[RobCrezz]

I might try and upgrade to an i7 but I'll have to wait for a bit.

At least that way you wont have to change your motherboard, or change your RAM to DDR4 (which is very expensive right now).

 

[Elf_Knight]

I might try and upgrade to an i7 but I'll have to wait for a bit.

At least that way you wont have to change your motherboard, or change your RAM to DDR4 (which is very expensive right now).

Yeah I pulled 4gb of DDR3 ram from my old PC and added it to my current 8gb stick so I now have 12gb. An odd number I know but better than 8 and hopefully it should help get some extra frames. I messed around with the settings in Assassin's Creed: Origins and can get 30-50fps (mainly 30-40) on Very High settings with some things switched off and that's good enough for me now. Ultra settings was unplayable and I didn't want to play on Medium since then I may as well have stuck with a GTX 1050 or 1050Ti. I will definitely upgrade my CPU in the near future though.