Underperformance in games with my specs?

zaracake

zaracake

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i5 2500k @ 4.5ghz
MSI Twin Frozr III 6950 (850/1300) 2gb
4gb DDR3 1333mhz
750 OCZ stealthxtreme PSu
Asus P8P67

15-50 fps in call of duty black ops
15-80 in bad company 2
25 fps in world of warcraft (in 25 man raids)

all of the above are with settings maxxed out and on 1680x1050 resolution, AA is off in most cases, tried with it off and it doesn't improve much

I get lots of driver crashes, mouse freezes and games lock up, followed by black screen then driver has stopped responding and has recovered etc, after this happens my fps goes down even more before I reboot.

Also getting blue screens of death occasionaly

Bought all these parts over the past month or so, graphics card most recently, wondering if it's possibly faulty

Temps:
CPU: 55-75 with games/browsers/random stuff opened
GPU: 59-80ish, 85 on full load (furmark etc)


I'm under the impression I should be getting more fps than that, i'm wondering what people might think the best upgrade would be? or is there some crazy software issue going on here? (weird becuase it's a new system)

I have around 300 pounds to spend after I just got payed, so wondering what you guys think would be the best thing to buy? Cooling perhaps, or do those temperatures seem normal? Or another 6950 and crossfire it?

many thanks for any suggestions
 
If I were you I'd first try a torture test with Prime 95 for 6-12 hours. At first glance it seems like it might be an unstable overclock but I'm no expert :)
 
axer said:
Not really, if the overclock was unstable the system would crash not give poor FPS...
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also what card did you go from and to?
if you went nvidia to ati (or opposite) then you need to do a COMPLETE windows reinstall. removing drivers and replacing them is not good enough.

tbh just do a complete windows reinstall and start from scratch...you cant polish a turd and it seems your windows is full of turds at the moment for whatever reason. it will take 1 hour which is far less time then spent trying to sort out your driver mess.
 
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Probably a driver issue. Do Windows "judder" when you drag them around the screen?

What's your Windows Experience Index rating? If you right click on "computer" in the start menu. It will tell you. Let us know what you get for each category.... specifically the graphics rating.
 
yeah nothing is eating away at the CPU, tried closing down literally everything except the games + needed processes

went from ATI hd4800 series to this one, wiped it with driversweeper pro, but im thinking theres some kind of conflict error in there somewhere

gonna try an reinstall windows

any upgrade suggestion then? for 300 pounds ish
 
Buchanan0204 said:
Probably a driver issue. Do Windows "judder" when you drag them around the screen?

What's your Windows Experience Index rating? If you right click on "computer" in the start menu. It will tell you. Let us know what you get for each category.... specifically the graphics rating.
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will do that when I get home and let you know
 
I wouldn't be surprised if it was a driver issue. Try and use some earlier drivers and see if you're able to reproduce the problems. As suggested by others, try and do a Prime95 test for a few hours and see how that goes.
 
Reset all your overclocks and do some proper testing.

It's pointless to upgrading anything if you're having all these issues because it's not a spec problem.
 
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