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Question

FPS Problems with New 2080Ti

Oct 7, 2018 10:23PM PDT

I recently purchased a Zotac RTX 2080Ti AMP! but am having issues running games at a solid 60 fps even at 1080. I'm wondering if there is something wrong with the card, or if perhaps the other componenets of my computer are not strong enough:
Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz
8.00GB DDR3 RAM
Corsair CS850M

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Need to know more.
Oct 8, 2018 10:52AM PDT

What is "solid 60 fps"?

The reason I ask is that new gamers are put off by the variable FPS rates that is normal for games today.

I'm going to pause here since many games like CSGO have many long discussions about FPS jumps around. I found it best to just cap the FPS and reduce settings if it feels sluggish.

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Whoops?
Oct 8, 2018 7:16PM PDT
https://youtu.be/5Vri6IbT0Ew and right off the bat the comment about not as fast as the Titan V.

Hope you can get back to this thread to talk about "solid 60 fps."
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FPS Problems with New 2080Ti
Oct 17, 2018 3:56AM PDT

The 2080Ti should have absolutely no problem achieving 60 fps for any game at 1080p.

It is slightly possible that it is the cpu and or amount of ram you have.

I remember when I upgraded from a 4790K to an 8700K that the one thing it did was remove some small drops in fps in certain games. Obviously these were cpu intensive tasks and in the main this was in mmo's in areas with lots and lots of people. So yes, I am wondering whether it could be your CPU. Make no mistake there is a lot of rubbish about cpu's going around that there is little point in upgrading. To some extent that's true because money is always best spent on a GPU, but there is also no doubt in my mind that the cpu does make a noticeable difference in "some" games and in "some" situations. Incidentally, even if you don't replace the cpu then I would add more RAM.
One good thing you could do is monitor performance using something like MSI Afterburner while you are playing. Take a look and see what your CPU load is when the fps drops appear.

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I can go along with more RAM
Oct 17, 2018 8:04AM PDT

But the i7-4790K should be able to handle anything a gamer throws at it . I can't find the link but R.Proffitt shows where the upgrading from i5 to i7 doesn't show much improvement for gaming with a good GPU

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I can go along with more RAM
Oct 18, 2018 2:43PM PDT

Don't listen to people who say there is no difference! There is. I mean I directly compared the 4790K to an 8700K and there was most certainly a difference. Not in all games, of course. I mean it's true to say most of the time the 4790K was just fine. But in some games at certain times the 1080 fps dipped far less with the 8700K than with the 4790K.

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That's a lot of generations there.
Oct 18, 2018 3:29PM PDT
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8700K-vs-Intel-Core-i7-4790K/3937vs2384 puts them head to head and the overall gain can really help in the new complex scenes.

I did not supply links to the old i5 i7 slugfests. However I continue to find it very important to know your PC end to end and remove/fix areas that are mismatched. I continue to encounter gamer builds where the builder opted for a single stick or RAM leaving a lot of CPU to GPU transfer speed untapped. Or my favorite, a HDD with high values in 01 and 07 smart values which dings performance in very unexpected ways. Sometimes the owner just can wrap their head around why this matters.
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Oct 18, 2018 11:06PM PDT

The 8700 will give a nice bump in perf.
However you also need a different mobo and ram.
So it might be better to say the 8700 pkg will give better perf than the 4790 pkg.
The OP needs to review the machine they have for hardware software bios setup.
It can be a little tough to get all the pieces aligned for best perf.

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Have to disagree.
Oct 17, 2018 9:37AM PDT

Some of the new games have very complex scenes and push the 1080 and the new 2080Ti to the max even on 1080p 60Hz displays. This is usually controllable with game settings.

BUT WHAT I AM SEEING TODAY are owners that don't want to cut back on the settings. This is a REAL PROBLEM since games arrive set for MAX EYE CANDY and the FPS are going to drop to say 30 which game makers seem to think is OK.