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Hi. So I recently got a new rig:
Intel i5 4430 @ 3.2ghz (Haswell)
NVIDIA GTX 560Ti
8GB 1600mhz RAM
Gigabyte Z87-D3HP
500GB HDD
I've had it for about 2 weeks now. It runs a lot of games on what I would expect it to, e.g.
Saints Row The Third on Ultra at 40-60FPS
Hitman Absolution on Med/High at 45-60FPS
Minecraft on Ultra at 180FPS
Borderlands 2 on Ultra (ex. NVIDIA effects) capped at 60FPS
PAYDAY: The Heist on Ultra capped at 60FPS
Garry's Mod/HL2 on Ultra capped at 60FPS
You get the picture.
However, there are 3 games that for some reason are running rather badly.
First, there's Planetside 2. On Ultra I can get 30 FPS in battles, but on Medium I still get around 35-45 and even when I go down to the lowest settings I barely get 65 FPS. I want to play PS2 at a solid sixty, and I know that I shouldn't need to run it on the lowest settings.
Second, there's ARMA 2, playing DayZ. On Ultra I get about 25 FPS. Have to turn the settings right down to Low to get a solid 60.
And finally, there's Darksiders 2. On Ultra, the game keeps have visual glitches like the animations flickering and the FPS stuttering. However, I think this might just be Darksiders 2, as it is a bad port.
EDIT: Darksiders 2 seems to be running fine now, if I have VSync enabled.
I thought these games were running unusually slow, seen as my Dad used this GPU in his PC 3 weeks ago and could run PS2 on High at 60 FPS and ARMA 2 on High with 60 FPS. He has an i7 920 in his machine with 6GB of RAM. Surely if I have 8GB of RAM and a new Haswell that should perform the same if not better than the 920, I should get higher framerates?
I've heard people talking about your CPU being "parked", and games only using one core of it, making them run slowly, but then I've also heard that "unparking" your CPU can cause it to overheat, get damaged, and/or give you a BSoD.
Is there anything I can do?
Thanks, Will.
Intel i5 4430 @ 3.2ghz (Haswell)
NVIDIA GTX 560Ti
8GB 1600mhz RAM
Gigabyte Z87-D3HP
500GB HDD
I've had it for about 2 weeks now. It runs a lot of games on what I would expect it to, e.g.
Saints Row The Third on Ultra at 40-60FPS
Hitman Absolution on Med/High at 45-60FPS
Minecraft on Ultra at 180FPS

Borderlands 2 on Ultra (ex. NVIDIA effects) capped at 60FPS
PAYDAY: The Heist on Ultra capped at 60FPS
Garry's Mod/HL2 on Ultra capped at 60FPS
You get the picture.
However, there are 3 games that for some reason are running rather badly.
First, there's Planetside 2. On Ultra I can get 30 FPS in battles, but on Medium I still get around 35-45 and even when I go down to the lowest settings I barely get 65 FPS. I want to play PS2 at a solid sixty, and I know that I shouldn't need to run it on the lowest settings.
Second, there's ARMA 2, playing DayZ. On Ultra I get about 25 FPS. Have to turn the settings right down to Low to get a solid 60.
And finally, there's Darksiders 2. On Ultra, the game keeps have visual glitches like the animations flickering and the FPS stuttering. However, I think this might just be Darksiders 2, as it is a bad port.
EDIT: Darksiders 2 seems to be running fine now, if I have VSync enabled.
I thought these games were running unusually slow, seen as my Dad used this GPU in his PC 3 weeks ago and could run PS2 on High at 60 FPS and ARMA 2 on High with 60 FPS. He has an i7 920 in his machine with 6GB of RAM. Surely if I have 8GB of RAM and a new Haswell that should perform the same if not better than the 920, I should get higher framerates?
I've heard people talking about your CPU being "parked", and games only using one core of it, making them run slowly, but then I've also heard that "unparking" your CPU can cause it to overheat, get damaged, and/or give you a BSoD.
Is there anything I can do?
Thanks, Will.
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