Low FPS in certain games?

[Crosshair32]

Hello there.

I am getting low FPS in certain games and I do not have a clue why? I exceed all the requirements for these games. Dirt 3 and Grand Theft Auto 4 for example. 25 - 40 FPS at times if not lower. Too me, this is not acceptable for the system I am running.

Here are my system specs.

Motherboard: Asus Crosshair V
CPU: AMD FX 8150 running at 3.6ghz.
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 16GB running at 1600.
GPU: AMD Radeon 7970 3GB
HDD: Kingston SSD.
Power Supply: Thermaltake 1500 watts.

Could this be a driver fault? Motherboard? GPU? Or even CPU? I think I have all the updated drivers, but I could be wrong. Serious replies only please. I would appreciate the help . Thank you.

[mmettin]

Hello there.

I am getting low FPS in certain games and I do not have a clue why? I exceed all the requirements for these games. Dirt 3 and Grand Theft Auto 4 for example. 25 - 40 FPS at times if not lower. Too me, this is not acceptable for the system I am running.

Here are my system specs.

Motherboard: Asus Crosshair V
CPU: AMD FX 8150 running at 3.6ghz.
Ram: Corsair Vengeance 16GB running at 1600.
GPU: AMD Radeon 7970 3GB
HDD: Kingston SSD.
Power Supply: Thermaltake 1500 watts.

Could this be a driver fault? Motherboard? GPU? Or even CPU? I think I have all the updated drivers, but I could be wrong. Serious replies only please. I would appreciate the help . Thank you.

Welcome to the forums.

Are you running Win 7 ?

What resolution are you running ?

What kind of "eye candy" do you have enabled ?

[Crosshair32]

Thank you for the reply. I am running Win 7 64 bit. Resolution is at 1920 x 1080. Eye candy is cranked all the way up. I dont see why I cant have a high resolution and the eye candy cranked all the why up with the system I have?

[mmettin]

Are you using fraps to see the framerate ?

And yes, you should be able to turn up some of the details...

Can I get a little bit of history of your rig ?

New OS install ? Driver cleaner, etc.

[Crosshair32]

No, I am not using FRAPS. I have been using the in game bench marking tools.
I just got this PC back In April of this year. I have had no problems with my rig what so ever. All I am using is a registry cleaner and Avira for virus scanner.
I bought my rig through Ibuypower. Came with new OS install.

[mmettin]

I'd lean toward drivers at this point.

do you know what version if the video card drivers you are using at present ?

[Crosshair32]

I am using 12.6 drivers at the moment. I do believe 12.6 is the most recent drivers from AMD. I will give the games another shot again and see what they are like.

[Crosshair32]

Alright, I tested out Dirt 3 and Grand Theft Auto IV out again. I got about 70 fps in Dirt 3, and I got about 40 fps in Grand Theft Auto IV. I am happy with Dirt 3's performance, but not so much with Grand Theft Auto IV's. I get a lot of lag and slow downs with that game. I would say I am running about 25 fps on average if not lower. I am not even using half of my video memory according to the game menu settings. Could it be just the game itself perhaps?