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help! low fps on games

Feb 17, 2015 7:35PM PST

Hi guys!
Well im having some probs with my current comp specs and in my opinion i have computador for a lot more, so i will ask for your help to see if i have something to change or maybe to know wat is causing it.

i7 860 2.8
12gb King Hyperx 1666
Asus sabertooth 55i
MSI r9 280 gaming
Cooler master 700w
WD 1T 7200RPM
Windows 8.1

Well the recomendations for my graphic card on bf4 and the crew is ultra and i only can run it at medium cus i have low fps and some fps drops when i got to much movement on my screen. i already tought to buy a new network adapter cus both the games r online. im going crazy and sad at the same time cus i bought the r9 280 and i cant take the best of it... if u guys give me some recomendations i will apreciate. ty for your time

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Sounds right.
Feb 17, 2015 9:18PM PST
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Unfortunately
Feb 17, 2015 10:46PM PST
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Reviews found 30ish FPS
Feb 17, 2015 10:52PM PST

You want more so my thought here is that you have to pull back from Ultra settings.

Again, point blank. I don't expect 60 FPS with this card on Ultra. Your link got close to 60 but with FXAA on low and then you know that FPS rates vary. Tomshardware has written much on that!

https://www.google.com/#q=tomshardware+fps+varies+site:www.tomshardware.com

So that's a fact. FPS varies depending on what's on screen. Some new to gaming rigs explode over this and more.
Bob

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Medium
Feb 17, 2015 11:06PM PST

Tanks for all dat information. But my problem here is dat im playing it on medium and i still have some fps drops. With the benchmarks and some you tube videos i saw, my graphic card can handle the 60 fps on ultra maybe not at its best... but i only do 60fps with normal(medium) configs with v-sinc off! I was really dissapointed with the graphic card, but then i spoke with a friend dat haves the 270x and he told me he could play bf4 on ultra.... so i just dont know wat to do!

Even with The Crew when im playing it on normal i get fps drops on cities... a game dat its suppose to run on ultra having low fps on normal pls i really want to belive there is something wrong with my pc. Hard to belive such a graphic card is just dat bad...

Some1 knows any program to analyze if there is something wrong!?

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medium ?
Feb 17, 2015 11:15PM PST

The link you gave had FXXA on low.

It's very complicated today with not only game basic settings of low, medium, high, ultra, but then FXAA settings and dozens of other settings, driver versions and the list seems endless.

However the first hit on the web for BF4 FPS numbers and this card landed me a solid 30 FPS on 1,920 x 1,080 displays.

You can see why I didn't agree that it should get 60. Maybe your link and site should explain more about how they got 60?

-> Time to explore reducing effects, FXAA and such.
Bob

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I understand!
Feb 17, 2015 11:54PM PST

i understand the point u r saying and it's very crucial some definitions on performance! One thing i discover with all the search i done is with direct x 11 it goes worst than mantle and i tink i have direct x 11 selected. But in overall in your opinion its all ok with my pc specs right?!

i just tought i could have a solid 60fps at normal definitions and dat doesnt happen.

On the website it says at 1920.1080 4x MSAA 16xAF, highest playable in game settings, with max oc with r9 280 dat is 1000Mhz

But ty for the advice i will try taking off some effects.

If we go to the other pages on the website i gave, it shows some reviews and graphs on testing with other games.

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For this round, I stuck with BF4
Feb 18, 2015 12:04AM PST

Each game can move the needle to another range of FPS results.

https://www.google.com/#q=optimizing+for+bf4 is an example where folk share about optimizing BF4. Mind you there are folk that go for FPS, lag, best possible scenery and other areas. Frame rate once it gets above 60 is usually lost as the usual displays are 50 or 60Hz fixed rate things.
Bob