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MightyZarquon
10 years ago

Low FPS due to CPU?

Hi everyone,

when playing BF4 my FPS sometimes drop to about 25-35. This happens regardless of what graphics settings I'm using (even on low).
I think my CPU might be the bottleneck here but I just wanted to check back so I don't end up spending money on a new CPU and then get low FPS anyway.
So here's my setup:

CPU:  AMD Phenom II x4 965 BE (@ 3.4GHz)

GPU:  Gigabyte Radeon R9 290
MB:     Asus M5A97 Evo R2.0
RAM:  2x4GB Corsair XMS3


I know the CPU doesn't meet the requirements for high settings on BF4 but when I check the task manager while playing the CPU isn't maxed out to 100% and that makes me wonder if the CPU is really the problem:

Thanks in advance
Blekmetla

battlefield 4

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    MightyZarquon
    10 years ago

    Ok I looked up some info about HW tweaking like core unlocking etc. and found out that my MB does not support core unlocking. The only tweaks regarding the GPU included overclocking and I don't want to do that. I also think my GPU is not the limiting factor because it's quite a good one and it's already stock OC'ed.

    Moving the game to the SSD helped reducing loading times between rounds but it did not improve the FPS.
    So I guess the only way to get a steadily high framerate is to buy a new CPU. I'll probably get the FX 8350 when my budget allows it.

    Thanks for your support!

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