New PC problems

[Liam]

Hi,

Does anyone have experience with FPS drops and high CPU (usually on certain games)?

Trying to run Fortnite. Warzone is the same, but CSGO isn't too bad.

Specs:
Processor - Intel® Core™ i3-9100F Processor
Quad-core
3.7 GHz / 4.4 GHz
8 MB cache
RAM 8 GB DDR4 (2400 MHz)
Graphics card - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
- 4 GB GDDR5
Storage - 1 TB HDD (7200 rpm)
- 256 GB SSD

Granted, probably isn't the best, but I wasn't really aware with it being my first as I thought I can always upgrade in the future.

 

[RastaLulz]

What graphics settings are you using (in-game)? Does it get better if you set them to low? Those specs seem relatively low-end (especially the CPU), so I wouldn't be surprised if that's the cause.

 

[Liam]

What graphics settings are you using (in-game)? Does it get better if you set them to low? Those specs seem relatively low-end (especially the CPU), so I wouldn't be surprised if that's the cause.

On Fortnite, I'm using low/off.

Just reset the settings in-game (which is epic), CPU has gone down a bit and memory is still fairly high. I think this will require a lot of playing around with... D:

 

[Sledmore]

Those specs are quite limiting, so it's kind of difficult to suggest improvements without changing the core components. The only thing I could suggest is checking if you're on the latest drivers? It may help a little, albeit it not a great deal though.

See here for drivers (alternatively, if you have GeForce Experience, check in there):

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[Liam]

Those specs are quite limiting, so it's kind of difficult to suggest improvements without changing the core components. The only thing I could suggest is checking if you're on the latest drivers? It may help a little, albeit it not a great deal though.

See here for drivers (alternatively, if you have GeForce Experience, check in there):

You must be registered for see links

Thanks, I'll give it a go.

I have also been told to make sure Fortnite is on the SSD. Thoughts?!

Post automatically merged: Dec 13, 2020

You live and learn!

Got this coming tomorrow:
Processor

• Intel® Core™ i7-10700 Processor
• Octa-core
• 2.9 GHz / 4.8 GHz
• 12 MB cache

RAM

• 16 GB DDR4 (2666 MHz)
• 64 GB maximum installable RAM

Graphics card

• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 - 6 GB GDDR6

Storage

• 1 TB HDD (7200 rpm) - 512 GB SSD

 

[RastaLulz]

Got this coming tomorrow:

Glad to see upgraded; you should be much more happy with this.

 

[SwollenGrapes]

Could be your internet , i have i only have issues if its the the wifi , thats requirements for cyber punk 2020

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VIDEO CARD

Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon RX 470 You Have: GeForce RTX 2070 with Max-Q Design You must be registered for see links You must be registered for see links Features: Minimum attributes of your Video Card Required You Have Pixel Shader 5.0 5.1 Vertex Shader 5.0 5.1 Dedicated Video RAM 3 GB 8.0 GB	You must be registered for see links

CPU

Minimum: Intel Core i5-3570K or AMD FX-8310 You Have: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz

RAM

Minimum: 8 GB You Have: 16 GB

OS

Minimum: Windows 7 or 10 64-bit You Have: Windows 10

F DISK SPACE

Minimum: 70 GB You Have: 278 GB

 

[Liam]

Could be your internet , i have i only have issues if its the the wifi , thats requirements for cyber punk 2020

• You must be registered for see links
• You must be registered for see links
• You must be registered for see links

VIDEO CARD

Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon RX 470 You Have: GeForce RTX 2070 with Max-Q Design You must be registered for see links You must be registered for see links Features: Minimum attributes of your Video Card Required You Have Pixel Shader 5.0 5.1 Vertex Shader 5.0 5.1 Dedicated Video RAM 3 GB 8.0 GB	You must be registered for see links

CPU

Minimum: Intel Core i5-3570K or AMD FX-8310 You Have: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz

RAM

Minimum: 8 GB You Have: 16 GB

OS

Minimum: Windows 7 or 10 64-bit You Have: Windows 10

F DISK SPACE

Minimum: 70 GB You Have: 278 GB

That was before I upgraded. All good now!

Post automatically merged: Dec 24, 2020

Does anyone suggest changing any settings in NVIDIA? And if so, what and why?

I have heard a lot of things, but I'm not too sure what is best, tbh.

 

[Shxrty]

Depends on how your computer is handling it, i perfer not to but everyones different.

 

[Macemore]

That was before I upgraded. All good now!

Post automatically merged: Dec 24, 2020

Does anyone suggest changing any settings in NVIDIA? And if so, what and why?

I have heard a lot of things, but I'm not too sure what is best, tbh.

I highly suggest NOT changing settings in nvidia's control panel unless you're running a relatively unoptimized (old) game, or a "small" game that might not have official recognition by nvidia and you know what you're changing. Not saying you'd hurt something, just that you might lose FPS or make the game look worse with no benefit. nvidia updates their drivers regularly, and with these they add new optimizations for each card and each game, that help them run better and this data is collected over time from their drivers. newer cards run better after a little updating here and there, so I highly recommend instead of tweaking nvidia settings for possible FPS boosts, update your drivers frequently, keep background tasks to a minimum (game boosters usually just close everything running in the background, so learn how to see and turn off unnecessary running services and turn off programs autoloading with your system), and if you're still not getting 60fps research game tweaks, you should be able to rock medium settings with your new system on everything(ish).