Hi there,
The past few months I have been having performance issues with my PC. Just in general, a lot of games that should feel "smooth", don't (examples: QL, TF2, Overwatch). All of these games I run at extremely low settings. I feel it doesn't run some 'newer' games as well as it should, either. Note: All of these games I have on my SSD(s), so read/write speeds are definitely not a problem.
My specs
i5 4690k @ 4.4ghz (gets to around 60 degrees max in Overwatch)
EVGA GTX 970 FTW ACX 2.0 4GB (forgot the speeds of this - not at home - temp sits around 70-75)
DDR 3 RAM 2x4GB (forgot speeds) default timings
2x 120GB SSDs RAID 0
EDIT: PSU is a Corsair AX 750
I can't really describe the feeling well, but when I was checking out termo's PC on the weekend with similar specs (only difference is he has a 4790k which is clocked about 200mhz more than my i5) his PC just felt WAY smoother in general with all of these games. His FPS didn't fluctuate in QL, while mine kind of does (only between 200ish-240 VERY RAPIDLY by the looks of things, but it feels WAY worse than this).
Hi there,
The past few months I have been having performance issues with my PC. Just in general, a lot of games that [i]should[/i] feel "smooth", don't (examples: QL, TF2, Overwatch). All of these games I run at extremely low settings. I feel it doesn't run some 'newer' games as well as it should, either. Note: All of these games I have on my SSD(s), so read/write speeds are definitely not a problem.
My specs
i5 4690k @ 4.4ghz (gets to around 60 degrees max in Overwatch)
EVGA GTX 970 FTW ACX 2.0 4GB (forgot the speeds of this - not at home - temp sits around 70-75)
DDR 3 RAM 2x4GB (forgot speeds) default timings
2x 120GB SSDs RAID 0
EDIT: PSU is a Corsair AX 750
I can't really describe the feeling well, but when I was checking out termo's PC on the weekend with similar specs (only difference is he has a 4790k which is clocked about 200mhz more than my i5) his PC just felt WAY smoother in general with all of these games. His FPS didn't fluctuate in QL, while mine kind of does (only between 200ish-240 VERY RAPIDLY by the looks of things, but it feels WAY worse than this).
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I've already done a clean windows install, power options are on high performance, latest drivers.
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I've already done a clean windows install, power options are on high performance, latest drivers.
The only major difference between the i5-4690K and the i7-4790K is that the i7 has hyperthreading. Even still, an i5-4690K should be more than enough to power through QL and TF2. I can't vouch for OW because I don't know it's required specs, but I've heard they aren't too bad.
The only major difference between the i5-4690K and the i7-4790K is that the i7 has hyperthreading. Even still, an i5-4690K should be more than enough to power through QL and TF2. I can't vouch for OW because I don't know it's required specs, but I've heard they aren't too bad.
ViperThe only major difference between the i5-4690K and the i7-4790K is that the i7 has hyperthreading, which basically gives it double the amount of cores to work with (the i5 has 4 cores available to use while the i7 is capable of using 8). Even still, an i5-4690K should be more than enough to power through QL and TF2. I can't vouch for OW because I don't know it's required specs, but I've heard they aren't too bad.
Yeah I have NFI what it is. The only thing I think it could be is just one of the pieces of hardware is just dying. I remember hearing not so good things about the EVGA's GTX 970's, so it COULD be that.
[quote=Viper]The only major difference between the i5-4690K and the i7-4790K is that the i7 has hyperthreading, which basically gives it double the amount of cores to work with (the i5 has 4 cores available to use while the i7 is capable of using 8). Even still, an i5-4690K should be more than enough to power through QL and TF2. I can't vouch for OW because I don't know it's required specs, but I've heard they aren't too bad.[/quote]
Yeah I have NFI what it is. The only thing I think it could be is just one of the pieces of hardware is just dying. I remember hearing not so good things about the EVGA's GTX 970's, so it COULD be that.
Try actually logging the temperatures, clock speeds and frametimes. MSI Afterburner can do all of that (no CPU clock speeds though).
Try actually logging the temperatures, clock speeds and frametimes. MSI Afterburner can do all of that (no CPU clock speeds though).
Alright. I'll have a look when I get home today and post some results. Do you want some from some benchmarks? Or just when I'm gaming?
I only have linx and furmark installed, but they're a little bit on the excessive side for stressing hardware I think
Alright. I'll have a look when I get home today and post some results. Do you want some from some benchmarks? Or just when I'm gaming?
I only have linx and furmark installed, but they're a little bit on the excessive side for stressing hardware I think
Just from the games you said you're having issues running.
Just from the games you said you're having issues running.