Identifying my PC's bottleneck

[Leuchtrakete]

Hi guys,

I must admit that my PC specs haven't been top notch for a while, but I do find it quite strange that my FPS drops in the 10-20 bracket while playing games like League of Legends. So I wondered if you could help me identify the bottleneck in this setup:

OSX: Windows 7 64-Bit
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3
CPU: OctalCore AMD FX-8120, 4600 MHz (23 x 200)
System Memory: 16365 MB (Kingston DDR3-1333 DDR3 SDRAM)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 (2 GB)
Storage: 2x Samsung SSD 840 EVO (250 GB, SATA-III)

Any help would be highly appreciated

Cheers

Leuchti

 

[OlyAR15]

Best idea would be to monitor cpu and gpu load while in game. If you have a dual monitor setup, it is easy to do with your favourite monitoring program. If you only have one monitor, there are guides that show you how to display that info in games:
http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.ph...-fps-cpugpumem-usage-or-temperatures-in-game/

This way, you have a better idea what is holding you back. My guess is the video card.

 

[ViRGE]

League of Legends requires practically zilch on the GPU side ("Recommended" GPU is a $100 card from 4 years ago). If you're dropping that low it's either the CPU or something is just fundamentally wrong with the software environment.

 

[Ken g6]

I see you have two Samsung 840 Evos. Have you downloaded and run the Samsung SSD 840 EVO Performance Restoration Software (either v1.0 or v1.1)? If not, it might be extremely slow loading of textures or something causing brief framerate drops.

 

[inachu]

I see you have two Samsung 840 Evos. Have you downloaded and run the Samsung SSD 840 EVO Performance Restoration Software (either v1.0 or v1.1)? If not, it might be extremely slow loading of textures or something causing brief framerate drops.

^^^^^^ A thousand times over!

 

[Ketchup]

League of Legends requires practically zilch on the GPU side ...

This is your answer. The 3-year-old AMD chip is holding your back here.

 

[Cerb]

At first I thought, "stock speed FX CPU. Solved."

But, League of Legends? Unless you have the graphics maxed, it shouldn't be that bad on your CPU, and even then, that might entail sometimes dipping under 60, with a slow CPU, while streaming or something, not <20.

I'll third trying the 840 Evo firmware update.

Then, if that doesn't do it, start monitoring your CPU and GPU usage and speeds, plus memory usage, while playing, to try to find some clues.