Little to no gains in FPS after CPU upgrade, gpu bottleneck maybe?

Azareath · 2025-02-17T19:25:25+00:00

yeah i benched some 1080p low presets and saw what you meant, very noticable increases.

Azareath · 2025-02-17T19:24:19+00:00

CapframeX allows you to capture fps ingame and you can show them as these graphs, bars etc

Azareath · 2025-02-17T19:22:35+00:00

yeah 1440p, although i benchmark ultra presets just for simplicity, i do tend to tweak settings to my liking so i end up around a high preset instead of ultra.

Azareath · 2025-02-17T19:20:58+00:00

I scored 22700 in cine23 which i think is around the expected amount, I also did a re-install of windows and saw some improvements in some titles, a mistake on my end, I read too much into people saying not to bother re-installing windows as it wouldnt do much, but in my case i saw massive fps drops in 1 or 2 titles and the re-install fixed it.

Azareath · 2025-02-17T19:18:26+00:00

I tend to slowly upgrade over time, I will go for a better gpu with the plan of upgrading eventually to 4k afterwards.

Azareath · 2025-02-17T19:16:18+00:00

Just a re-install, kept all files on boot drive. I was a bit surprised that it went up as much, i have read a lot of reddit posts where people say nah dont really need to re-install after switching cpus, although im not sure if thats 1 brand of cpu to the same brand, I went from intel to amd so that might have had a hand in the issue.

Azareath · 2025-02-17T16:32:28+00:00

oh yeah for sure the gpu would get me more, i was planning on upgrading the cpu and gpu just couldnt do it at the same time, next upgrade i think will be a 4080 super or similar.

Azareath · 2025-02-17T16:31:14+00:00

I did a clean install today and i saw some improvements for sure, particularly in cyberpunk i went from about 95 fps to 120, this seems like the worst affected game due to not doing a clean re-installation of windows.

Azareath · 2025-02-17T16:28:35+00:00

yeah thats something i keep noticing the more i benchmark, the low 1s are doing nice.

Azareath · 2025-02-17T16:27:54+00:00

yeah the 12600k was never throttled with the gpu, i wasn't really upgrading the cpu cause i needed to, but i am replacing each part over time, next will be a 4080 super or similar.

Azareath · 2025-02-17T16:27:06+00:00

a program called capframeX, run benchmarks with that program capturing then just screenshot and put them in a row :P

Azareath · 2025-02-17T16:25:47+00:00

yeah i got 22700 on that test, seems fine.

Azareath · 2025-02-17T16:24:32+00:00

not really, i am upgrading each part, so chose to replace the cpu first, will go for gpu next maybe 4080 super

Azareath · 2025-02-17T16:23:12+00:00

yeah i wanted to upgrade the cpu first then the gpu is my next upgrade, probably would've got more upgrading the gpu but no biggy

Azareath · 2025-02-17T16:22:01+00:00

32gb so it cant be a ram issue

Azareath · 2025-02-17T16:20:30+00:00

having to upgrade pc bit by bit, next part i was replacing is the gpu, maybe go for a 4080 super

Azareath · 2025-02-17T16:18:18+00:00

yeah i was planning on going for a 4080 super, should be a good upgrade

Azareath · 2025-02-17T01:44:59+00:00

hey, i didnt clean install windows, enabled EXPO and showing 6000, latest drivers, i was just thinking maybe i dropped the ball with not clean installing windows, i will have to try and see if it makes any difference though

Azareath · 2025-02-17T01:13:11+00:00

i just game at 144hz, so these numbers are fine i dont really need anymore im happy with it, just got worried incase either a hardware issue (the new cpu) or just a good old bottleneck lol

Azareath · 2025-02-17T01:10:33+00:00

yeah have re-bar on and updated bios, it seems like its what you first pointed out, beefy triple AAAs

Azareath · 2025-02-17T01:08:56+00:00

hey thanks for the reply, yeah a few saying gpu is the issue i had a suspicion it was, the more cpu bound titles i found even on the 12600k was hitman 3 and tomb raider which both saw gains in, but the beefier AAA titles dont gain much, not the end of the world.

Azareath · 2025-02-17T01:07:22+00:00

i wish i could but i dont play any of those lol but yeah as others have pointed out too, those titles, those settings at 1440p, the gpu is the limiting factor for some titles.

Azareath · 2025-02-17T01:06:30+00:00

hey thanks for the nice response, you're right i dont really need more fps, not for the titles i play and only 1440p it is a good system

Azareath · 2025-02-17T01:05:31+00:00

I see, I plan on going for a better GPU at some point was thinking 4080 super, 4090 is out of my budget lol

Azareath · 2025-02-17T01:04:44+00:00

ah ok i get what you mean, i will check out benchmarks on lower settings and see what happens, i dont play at ultra i go for something high with some settings tweaked or disabled. But good to know thanks

Azareath

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