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
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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 Or is my rig just out of date?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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