PC not performing

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Wulfonce

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Hello,

I upgraded my PC last year, and I feel its not performing as good as it should be. Although I did notice a small graphical improvement, I was expecting a lot more.

Operating System - Windows 7 home premium / XP SP3 duel boot
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
CPU - AMD FX-4100 Quad core 3.6GHz
RAM - 8 Gigs
Graphics - Nvidia GeForce GTX-560

3D Benchmark 05 score = 19036



My dads PC, the one I'm using for a comparison...

Operating System - Windows XP SP3
Motherboard - ASRock 870 Extream3
CPU - AMD Phenom II x4
RAM - 2.87 GB (think its 3GB but XP only allows 2.87)
Graphics - ATI Radion HD 5700

3D Benchmark 05 score = 23000



I've looked at ratings from websites like Toms Hardware.


The GTX 560 got a score of 3091
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GTX+560&id=71


the HD 5700 got a score of 999
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=Radeon+HD+5600/5700&id=604


Even my CPU out performs my dads. All things considered, I should be getting a much higher 3D Benchmark score right? There seems to be a bottle neck somewhere, or maybe something isn't set up right. How would I go about finding out what my problem is? :confused:

Thanks.
 
Dont worry too much about benchmarks, however your 4100 is pretty low end and will be bottlenecking your system if anything. Try and overclock the 560ti if you can and see if that helps.
 
Plus get yourself a good cheap CPU cooler, something like a Hyper 212 Plus/EVO. That 4100 should do 4.2/3 pretty easy.
 
Well your system isn't a whole lot faster than your Dad's anyway to be perfectly honest.

Yes, your GTX 560 is faster than your Dad's 5770 (I am assuming it's a 5770), but your CPU isn't a whole lot faster.

I wouldn't lose sleep over PassMark scores. Overclock your CPU if you're worried.
 
Wulfonce said:
Is there a safe cut off point when overclocking a CPU? How would I know when I've reached it?
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When your temperatures sky-rocket because the voltage is too high and you get blue screens every 5 minutes because the OC is too high. ;)
 
Wulfonce said:
Is there a safe cut off point when overclocking a CPU? How would I know when I've reached it?
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Research your CPU, motherboard, do the hard yards, take it slowly, do it in incremental small steps, do it systematically so you know what is having which effect. Make sure your PSU is quality, make sure you can monitor your temperatures, make sure you understand how to recover from a bonked bios. Take a back up of your BIOS, and data.
 
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