Graphics card problem - Help :(

[Greeny93]

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Hi, recently built my first computer. began playing Starcraft on it, and wasn't too impressed with the fps ( around 40fps ) Had a look at nvidea's suggested fps with the gtx580, and they say it should get over 100fps.

these are my specs -

i7 3820k 3.6ghz
Sparkle Gtx580 1.5gb
16gb corsair vengance 1600mhz
750w ******** black edition psu
asus P9x79 pro mobo
ocz 120gb ssd

I have oc'd the processor to 4.6ghz, to ensure that wasn't bottlenecking it, and it made no difference.

Temps are always sub 65c

Also tested starcraft, etc with Msi Afterburner... The GPU clock was fine, ( 772 as it shoud...) however it didn't go above 30% usage, and only around 400mb memory usage.

Oh, also to add... Bought this as an Open-Box clearance item from a legit&trusted supplier, super cheap, could this have anything to do with it? dodgy...?

-cheers-

 

[Greeny93]

Whoops, yeah - it's 1.5gb, wasn't thinking.

Haven't tried the other ports... currently in PCIe 3.0_1 x16. I believe this is the best?

also downloading Sparkle's driver atm, see if that makes any different... stupidly slow d/l speed though!! ( 23kb/s ) -_-

 

[Greeny93]

Oh really? i currently have the latest nvidia driver =/ although it is a beta...

& 1920x1080. Really should be on much better FPS.

Tested an old gpu, errm... gt 2200 something like that, and it was gettting 5FPS less -_-

 

[Greeny93]

Thanks for your support...

there wasn't a frame-rate cap, and the 3d settings were already as ^

:/ Don't understand why it is only running at around 30% mem usage, and yet settling for such low fps. Under stress tests it hits 99% though!
There is noway to manually make it go flat out for games?
seems asif the system is bottle-necked somewhere? although it shouldn't be.....

hmm.

 

[Greeny93]

Thanks again for all the help... ALL drivers are updated, inc bios.

When benchmarking the GPU, it hits 99% usage ... However!

The memory usage stays the SAME understress/idle ( around 250mb ) What does this mean?

Another thing... Just the otherday my onboard sound-card crashed. Could this be related?

cheers...

 

[Greeny93]

Hi, Thanks a lot for all your help

None of the above worked, so I re-installed windows. This solved the problem, for a day.

Turns out Windows Updater was auto-updating overnight, and the update screwed up the driver Easy fix - turn off auto-update =D

Thanks again !!