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I built a computer way back in January, and I should be able to get high-ultra settings in 1080p on most of my games. My friend has almost the exact same PC as me (4GB less RAM, same GPU, different MB/CPU) but I lag a lot on higher settings. I updated my drivers and everything, anybody able to tell me what's wrong?
The parts I used:
Sapphire Radeon HD 6770 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102940
XFX Radeon HD 6770 (Connected to above with Crossfire) http://www.amazon.com/XFX-Radeon-677.../dp/B005C31FJU
ASUS M4A88TD-V http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131646
AMD Athlon II X4 640 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103871
Rosewill HIVE 650 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817182132
I do not know what model/brand my RAM, HDD, or Optical Drive are. I didn't buy them.
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What exactly is it not handling?
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I can't run games on higher settings. Doing so will result in terrible stuttering.
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How hot are you GPU and CPU getting?
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My GPUs don't go above 65 Degrees. Haven't checked my CPU
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What games?
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You said your friend had a different Motherboard and CPU.
Do you know what CPU he has?
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Some i3. It's a dual core with 3.1 GHz instead of 3.0
Battlefield 3 on Ultra is just a case of low FPS, but Skyrim lags like a bitch.
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The Intel i3 far outstrips your CPU in performance.
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Even if that might be so, I should technically be able to pull off high-ultra settings with this set-up.
This could be dxdiag being a piece of shit, but instead of 2048 MB of RAM, I only have 1748. And the clock speeds of my second GPU sink down to 2D levels when in Crossfire use.
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If you're using a 32 bit OS, it makes sense. Windows doesn't use PAE, so you have a 4 GB memory window shared by all memory mapped devices in the system.
Your two GPUs eat 2 GB of that memory window, leaving 2 GB. And it looks like your motherboard eats another 300 MB for motherboard resources (bus controllers, RTC, sound, network, USB, SATA, PCIe/PCI slots, etc.)
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I use 64-bit Windows 7.. that's not an issue.
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http://www.piriform.com/speccy
Download it and tell us your temps. Could be you need to reapply your thermal paste or it was a bad application the first time.
Agree x 2