Terrible Performance with a GTX 660 Ti?

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Hi SteamGifts users, I have looked everywhere for a solution to this, but noone EVER has an answer, so I came here to ask.

My Specs are:
GTX 660 Ti,
Athlon II x4 640 @ 3.0 GHz (It is a quad core btw),
4 GBS DDR3 RAM,
Windows 7 64 Bit,
1 TB Hard Drive,
600 Watt PSU,
Native res: 1600x900

EDIT: My computer is actually this, but I use the 660 Ti instead of the integrated card, and I replaced the power supply with a 600 Watt one. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=c02628380

I know my ram isn't the BEST, nor my processor, but come on. I run Borderlands 2 usually 45 fps, although I can sometimes go to 10 FPS with physx on high, and even sometimes on low. I run Rise of the Triad at friggin 30 fps constantly, and will almost ALWAYS drop down to 15. I run TF2 at like 70 fps (which is very much playable, but it SHOULD run higher than that). Painkiller HD runs at 50 usually but can drop down to 25. Why am I getting such crap performance for these games? I have up to date, NON BETA drivers, I also don't have any AMD drivers from another card or anything., I also have up to date BIOS.

12 years ago*

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Sejksus

Just stop all. Please go to nvidia control panel and check if physx setting is on gpu or cpu(does physx use your gpu or your cpu). if its on cpu there is a problem with your ingame fps. Also check power ussage settings in control panel(is it adaptive,low or high),and try with high settings. put evrything you can in control panel under aplication controlled. Those are just a few ideas before any hardware changes.

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CHTonRage

Up to date drivers? Not all the drivers work best with your card. Like for example, I recently updated to the latest drivers and it made graphic lags. SO I went back to 302.49 after that.

12 years ago

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Junoh315

If you haven't fixed it then go ask on Tom's Hardware's forums.

12 years ago

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Matt211

1.) cpu bottleneck, in cpu heavy areas the performance will drop. Get a phenom II x4, they are pretty cheap now, but might be hard to come by.
2.) disable physicX
3.) disable vsync
4.) dont buy more ram. No need for that. 4 giga is almost always enough.

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TRUCKER

BF takes up 80 % on my 8 gigs of 2000 mhz ram, so 8 is really what you need, perhaps 10-12, but 4 should be just fine for older games, given it has good speed.

12 years ago

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Milan22

I don't know anything about it but this may help.

12 years ago

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Za21

I am going to try to overclock the processor in the bios by 0.1 GHz at a time in the bios until I reach a good stopping point. Do you think I should attempt this?

Remember, it uses the stock cooler. So I don't want to go too high.

EDIT: Well, of course I am going to test with HWMonitor and Prime95.

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Za21

I apparently can use AMD Overdrive with this processor. I know I can't increase the multiplier, but what do I do with the bus speeds? I don't understand what to increase or not.

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AloXX

Read this

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SeanBahamut

"My Specs are: GTX 660 Ti, Athlon II x4 640 @ 3.0 GHz (It is a quad core btw), 4 GBS DDR3 RAM, Windows 7 64 Bit"

I have the same GPU & CPU (although I have 8GB RAM) and I get poor performance on quite a few games. I think this CPU just isn't good enough any more. 4 cores @ 3GHz sounds good enough, but I just dont think this particular model cuts it these days.

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cowbell

Go for 4GHz.

12 years ago

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SWKineo

@ 85C

12 years ago

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