new build causing fps problems - i5 4690k

Smooth262

Smooth262

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hey guys, ive only just updated my old amd phenom II x4 955 BE.

My new updated system is:

i5 4690k 3.5ghz
ASUS Z97-A motherboard
asus gtx 670 directcuii 2gig (from old system)
Samsung 840 evo ssd 120gig (os and world of warcraft installed)
corsair rm 650
corsair vengeance 8gig 1600mhz ram (from old system)
corsair h100i cpu cooler
Windows 7 ultimate 64bit

The problem is, I mainly play World of Warcraft and my fps is spiking everywhere from 50-30(and never a stable 60 with v-sync, which i am surprised, shouldn't it be much better than my old CPU performance?).

My old Phenom x4 played at 60 fps with no spikes what so ever. The graphics are all stuttering and not smooth at all, that's with v-sync enabled.

Ive updated all drivers for my graphics card and even the bios.

I'm new to the UEFI bios, will there be anything throttling my cpu performance?, i did a test on Intel Proccesor Diagnostic. Everything passed, under the CPU frequency test it gave me a message

"CPU Frequency Test Passed with Warning!!!

The processor frequency could be affected by power management features. In order
to ensure the processor frequency is not affected by a power management setting,
enter BIOS, load defaults, and disable any 'Over-Clocking' or power
management features that may affect processor frequency. Also, set any
software applications which control power management features to default.

I have enabled high performance in "power options" and still no change, i did play around with the Asus Suite 3, 5 way optimization auto over clock, this made no difference. My bios is set to optimized defaults.:confused::(

This is really frustrating me.
All help is much appreciated guys.
 
yes i did on the ssd, everything else is really fast and my CPU temp is 22c idle, the ssd is super fast, just as it should be.
 
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actually, i installed the drives from the cd with the motherboard. i only updated the bios from the asus website. Ive not played any other games yet.
 
hmm, i installed the chipset update from website, it was really smooth 60fps no stuttering and now its gone back to fps drops
 
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Smooth262 said:
Reaperguy, you are an absolute saint!. ive just updated the chipset from the website and its running super!. cant thank you enough :)
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:), glad it's all working.

Normally for issues that concern a upgrade, the common things are either a fresh windows install or to use the updated drivers, drivers on the disk are never up to date and with new hardware, causes all sorts of problems.

EDIT: Your comment changed, what's broken? :p
 
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im playing it in window mode and fps is now 60. very strange :s
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Did you play it in window mode on the old phenom set-up, or full screen? Playing in window mode is a bit more memory and processor hungry than playing in full screen for some games, and could account for your performance drops.
 
Smooth262 said:
your still a saint!, its not as bad as it was. but not as good as it should be.
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If you drop your settings to the lowest, do you see these spikes?
GPU drivers up to date, latest version of GeForce installed etc?

Could be a variety of reasons, does seem driver related somewhere down the line.
 
i never use to play in window mode, i was just testing to see what it was like the difference in performance.

I dropped the settings to lowest and it doesnt spike really, fps is 60 constant.
geforce experience and nvidia drivers are all up to date. ive even uninstalled and installed again.
 
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Would try running Prime95 to see how the CPU performs when it's stressed, see if passes or throws issues. Could be the CPU heatsink is overtightened causing the problems.

Would try a stress test and monitor its temps and volatge etc
 
did you update the fw on the evo ssd? very low read figures over time unless you install latest fw

cant think whatelse would cause any performance loss tbh
 
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