I've recently replaced my GTX 660 TI PE, and bought my self a Gigabyte GTX 970 reference card, but I've noticed that the performance jump isn't as big as i expected, or as projected by benchmarks. I then started to watch numerous benchmark videos of different games, and only to find out i'm not squeezing out the same performance of my card.
CPU
I5-3570k
Motherboard
MSI GD-80 z77a
RAM
16GB DDR3 Vengeance 1600 Mhz
GPU
1x Gigabyte GTX 970 (non G1)
Case
Cooler Master Haf 922
Storage
256gb Sandisk SSD | 160gb WD Blue 7k 16mb Cache
PSU
Antec 750 watt (80+ bronze)
Display(s)
Samsung 720p 42' TV|LG Flatron e2250 (1920x1080)|Nivdia shield
Cooling
Cooler Master LED 200mm fans 2x|Cooler Master 120mm fan| Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Keyboard
Cooler Master CM Storm ($30) red
Mouse
Razor Naga Blue & Cooler master CM Storm mouse
Sound
Siberan v2 Headset & B&W fronts, infinities in the back, and energy 10' sub woofer
Operating System
Windows 7 & Android
I've benchmarked a series of games, but stills struggle to find out the issue.
Games I've bench marked:
Far Cry4 30-45fps (hits 50 rarely, and never goest to 60) Reference video for the benchmark:http://www.youtube.c...h?v=dqiOX-4fjdw
Arma III 15-high 20's
3d Benchmark (skydiver default) my score was:
http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4839575 22029
Others got higher scores, but i don't know why? I feel like my PC ins't pushing what it's suppose too.
http://www.3dmark.co...0&cpuName=Intel Core i5-3570K Processor&gpuName=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
I didn't replace my GPU solely for getting better frames, but i also had issues with my PC, and i suppose i still do now, which leaves me to wonder: what part is bad? The problem is usually a desktop problem, but it tends to happen when i leave my PC on for long periods of time. The task bar form time to time will glitch out, and icons won't show, as shown in the pictures. During the time that this bug is active, my PC is prone to lock ups, and blue screens, and some times it would notify me that my Nivdia drivers had failed, but that has yet to happen on this card, nor the blue screen, but lock up in a black screen did, and it forced me to restart my PC.
The third photo with the bad resolution is when uninstalled the Nivdia drivers, and the problems persisted
I've also received a debug code:03 a few times during lockups, and blue screens, so what does this mean? I've had a post about it before
http://linustechtips...and-hangs-help/
My orignal thread is here
http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/257194-something-is..., but i received no help, perhaps this forum can help me.
