980 issue

[peter tron]

hi,

i have a 980 with an i3 2130 and 8gb of ram.

i am using a 2560 144hz g-sync monitor.

i was playing dishonored at 144fps, and i see frame drops down to 80fps, usually in outdoor areas with lots of detail and distance.
this isn't random, as it is always the same objects or group of buildings.

i was told by someone that has the same gear (apart from owning an i5 not an i3) that dishonored should run consistently smooth at 144fps on a 980.

i though it might be bottlenecked by the cpu, so i ran hwmonitor in the backgound after playing for about 30mins.

the cpu temp seems to peak at around 56c and the gpu at 69c.

this does not appear to be bottlenecking, does it?

 

[peter tron]

cpu total looks around 75-80.
cpu 0:
around 90
cpu 1:
80
cpu 2:
50
cpu 3:
75.

this was before i took a screenshot.
i don't know why these where so high.
i had the game loaded up in windowed mode with the menu screen.

i took two pictures, one menu screen and the other in-game.

menu screen


in-game [5mins]

 

[peter tron]

it doesn't really give an accurate representation, this screenshot.

cpu usage on cores 2 and 4 can deviate from 10 to 60.

1:

2:

 

[peter tron]

i have maximum performance set in the dishonored program settings.

btw, this is the first dishonored, so a 980 should, from talking to other people who have similar gear, run it it maxed out at 144fps no problem.

i played bioshock infinite a few weeks back, and i was getting similar frame drops (144 down to 80).

again, this 980 should be able to run that game without any frame drops, as far as i know.

 

[peter tron]

i realise i was advised. i just though my 980 would be able to handle four year old games, maybe not your witcher 3 and fallout 4 titles.

i was just trying to find out for sure.

i have just recently used ddu to wipe and reinstall the most recent nvidia driver.

i do have a new pc ready to build. the cpu is an i7 6700.

maybe i should use this as my backup pc?
i could put back my 660 into it, as that is more suited to the i3?

 

[peter tron]

the issue remained.

i'll find out this saturday when i build the new one [fingers crossed].