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Question

Decrease in performance, need advice

Mar 4, 2015 11:50PM PST

Hey guys, figured this would be the best place to post. I believe my computer is under performing as Ive had a massive decrease in fps in all games. my specs are:

AMD HD Radeon 6850 series (saphire) PCI-E

AMD Phenom II X 4 965 Processor @ 3.4 ghz

Hyper X Fury DDR3 @ 4gb each x2

MS-7640 VER:3.0 AMD-990FX Socket-AM3+ 32Gb DDR3-1600MHz 24-Pin ATX Motherboard

1 TB barracuda HDD

Microsoft windows 7 Home premium (64 bit)

Antec VP-450 450W ATX 12V v2.3 Power Supply


I have already attempted to clean out my pc entirely with compressed air and saw a slight increase in performance, however it is still noticeable that there has been a significant loss of fps. Do you guys think this is a hardware issue? Or is my rig just out of date? I built it about 4 years ago now and Im currently struggling to stay above 100 fps in CS:GO on the lowest settings @ 1920x1080

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Why 100?
Mar 5, 2015 12:02AM PST

Since almost all displays are at 60, going beyond what the display can do won't increase what you see on screen. Try putting a rate cap in the game to 60 (your LCD panel rate) so the engine stops there and gives more time to render the next frame.

Since this is a frame rate question, it's well known the GPU heatsink compound matters. Read an example to follow.
Bob

-> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-290x-thermal-paste-efficiency,3678.html

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How are the system temps ? Maybe the GPU is throtting back
Mar 5, 2015 6:36AM PST

sure to TEMP ?

VAPCMD

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Meant to add ....try checking the GPU temp with
Mar 5, 2015 11:33AM PST

a GPU utility or perhaps PCWizard.

VAPCMD

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Decrease in performance, need advice
Mar 9, 2015 3:16PM PDT

You have already clean your pc, well i would say install driver sweeper. Boot to safe mode. Give it a try.