Annoying FPS problem

[Khailik]

Ok so I have built many gaming rigs and I have never had such a frustrating time with one as I have with this most recent one I built. It has horrible FPS in some games that don't require anything at all to run them yet has amazing FPS in games that are graphics heavy. Example, 100+ FPS in Skyrim on ultra with all the HD mods I could use. Yet 40-60 FPS in WoW.... I don't get it. What the hell is the problem? I just can't figure it out.

Windows 7 HP 64bit
GPU - GeForce GTX 750 Ti
CPU - AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor 4.0GHz
Memory - 8g
Using Directx 11



All of my drivers are up to date and everything is optimized and nothing is even close to overheating.... So I'm at a loss here. Maybe my ram is bottle necking my performance?

Also I played ESO over the weekend with an average of 80-90 fps

[Cyrops]

Ok so I have built many gaming rigs and I have never had such a frustrating time with one as I have with this most recent one I built. It has horrible FPS in some games that don't require anything at all to run them yet has amazing FPS in games that are graphics heavy. Example, 100+ FPS in Skyrim on ultra with all the HD mods I could use. Yet 40-60 FPS in WoW.... I don't get it. What the hell is the problem? I just can't figure it out.

Windows 7 HP 64bit
GPU - GeForce GTX 750 Ti
CPU - AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor 4.0GHz
Memory - 8g
Using Directx 11



All of my drivers are up to date and everything is optimized and nothing is even close to overheating.... So I'm at a loss here. Maybe my ram is bottle necking my performance?

Also I played ESO over the weekend with an average of 80-90 fps

Your problem, bolded.

[Deleted]

WoW does not work well with AMD CPUs, they tend to run on power saving mode in that game. I don't know if there is a solution for this, but a friend of mine "fixes" it in a dirty way - running eg. a second game in the background to make a wakeup call for the CPU.

[Tonath]

WoW does not work well with AMD CPUs, they tend to run on power saving mode in that game. I don't know if there is a solution for this, but a friend of mine "fixes" it in a dirty way - running eg. a second game in the background to make a wakeup call for the CPU.

Wait what....They don't work well with AMDs? I have a Fx6100 and a gtx 650 ti and I crank this game on ultra with no problems...

But Wait, What Graphics settings are you on, Ultra? On Fair I get 100+ FPS

[megabeat]

Wait what....They don't work well with AMDs? I have a Fx6100 and a gtx 650 ti and I crank this game on ultra with no problems...

But Wait, What Graphics settings are you on, Ultra? On Fair I get 100+ FPS

Its true, AMD and mmo's are not a good combo, it works but intel is better, i drop to 25fps(8320@4ghz) in some fights all maxed out in 10 mens, overal in raids its about 55 fps, but i get 100+ in leveling zones. In cities i get around 50 depending on the time. In perspective, no pc on this earth can run 25 man raid on ultra. steady at 60fps+.

[mitbrandir]

From what I've gathered, it's that AMD cpu's have a weaker single core performance than intel cpu's, but make up for it most games, because they tend to have twice the cores of intel cpu's. However, WoW can only use 2 cpu's and thus they tend to be better for the game.

[Khailik]

It's just strange because before I put in the GPU and CPU recently I had better FPS on WoW with my old stuff than with the newer stuff. And the newer stuff is literally just better version of what I did have. I had a 650 ti and a lesser AMD fx processor before.

[Basemath]

In WoW do you have Vsync on and is your monitor's refresh rate 60Hz? If so, you're capped at 60 FPS. That's one. Two, why do you think 40-60 FPS is horrible? That's pretty good. Even if you switch to a good Intel CPU you won't get constant 60 FPS on Ultra, especially in raids and crowded cities. Dipping down to the 40s sounds reasonable.

[Khailik]

It's not that I think it's horrible FPS at all. It's just that I get FPS spikes that make my game suddenly jerk for 40 to like 120 then back down again and when it goes back down it gets jerky. And no I have Vsync off and yeah 60Hz. I'm playing on a 27" flatscreen.

[Flame6]

It's not that I think it's horrible FPS at all. It's just that I get FPS spikes that make my game suddenly jerk for 40 to like 120 then back down again and when it goes back down it gets jerky. And no I have Vsync off and yeah 60Hz. I'm playing on a 27" flatscreen.

Disable ALL addons and see if it still occurs.

[Basemath]

The jerkyness might be related to having Vsync off on a 60Hz screen, with the FPS shooting up to 120 and back down. Try it with Vsync on + triple buffering.

[Shiromar]

Try using Adaptive V-sync with your 750ti. You'll experience less of a jerky feeling because your frames will only be fluctuating between 40-60 instead of jumping up 100+ and when it drops below 60 you don't have to worry about getting knocked down to a fraction of 60.

[Tehterokkar]

From what I've gathered, it's that AMD cpu's have a weaker single core performance than intel cpu's, but make up for it most games, because they tend to have twice the cores of intel cpu's. However, WoW can only use 2 cpu's and thus they tend to be better for the game.

Comparing Intel's current flagship CPU(i5-4670k) and AMD's top CPUs, Intel is about 35-40% ahead in single core performance.

If you are building a gaming PC, there is no reason to ever buy an AMD CPU, not having money is not really an excuse, wait a month or two more for the extra $75 and enjoy better performance in 99% of games.

[Radio]

Try invidually turning your Shadows down too, the shadows in WoW are horrible performance hogs.