Question Good GPU, bad FPS - help!

[wilus23]

Hello guys, I'm having an issue with my PC. My FPS is lower then I expect. When I play e.g. Valorant the FPS on highest settings is avarege 80-90. When I set it to lowest, it's about 90-100 (so it's not a big diffrence). I have same situation in other games. Do you have an idea why I have this issue?

My spec:

GPU: GTX 1070
CPU: Intel i7-4790

RAM: 16GB

Memory: SSD 512GB, HDD 2000GB, HDD 500GB

3 monitors: Gigabyte 1440p (main), Samsung 1080p and ASUS 768p (I thought that 3 monitors are the reason of this issue, but when I unplugged nothing changed with FPS).



Sometimes I see guys on YT with 140fps on 2k monitors with a worse GPU. This is why I'm asking about it.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Hi and welcome!

Sounds like a classic CPU bottleneck. The guys you're seeing on Youtube probably have newer and faster CPU's.

I think if you want significantly improved FPS you're going to need a new CPU, motherboard and RAM.

The good news is that at this point its cheaper to upgrade those then it is your GPU, which as you say is still decent.

 

[wilus23]

Hi! 🙂
So it's the time for updating my PC. Many thanks guys for your answer!

 

[RizaB0llong]

Hi..
I think if you want significantly improved FPS you're going to need a new CPU, motherboard and RAM

My suggestion is to try upgrading to RAM 32 DDR4 first

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Hi..
I think if you want significantly improved FPS you're going to need a new CPU, motherboard and RAM

My suggestion is to try upgrading to RAM 32 DDR4 first

Its an I7 4790, which is going to be using DDR3 and therefore incompatible with DDR4.

@wilus23

I believe that's the case unfortunately.

Its worth checking your operating temperatures on CPU and GPU, giving everything a dust out if it needs it and making sure drivers are up to date. But I dont think it will make much difference from what you describe.

 

[RizaB0llong]

sorry that was my mistake, i thought today i learned something new about I7-4790

Thanks...