Hello 4D1,

 

Two months ago I bought GTX560Ti Sonic 1GB. My friend bought 640GT a month ago. He runs every single game at maximum settings (Most Wanted, Assassin's Creed III, Far Cry 3, Hitman Absolution). When I run any of these games it lags. We both have the same hardware only difference in the GPU. The only 2 games that runs smoothly on Ultra Settings are FC3 and Hitman Absolution. The other 2 games lag at whatever settings they are set. I am pretty sure that 560 is a lot better than 640, several people told me that too, I even wrote on other 2 forum they said the same thing. Any idea why this is happening?

 

And by the way my specs are:

GPU:GTX560Ti Sonic 1GB (he has GT640 2GB)

CPU: AMD Athlon X2 640 REAL QUAD CORE

HDD: 1TB

Motherboard: M4A7LT-M

RAM: 8GB (he has 6GB)

update bios, reinstall os maybe?, update gpu drivers etc.

try his gpu in your pc and see if you get better, worse or same fps

or try yours in his

I'd start with installing nvidia drivers, check if you have them On my MSI 560ti Hawk I run everything on max settings with 60+fps

update bios, reinstall os maybe?, update gpu drivers etc.

try his gpu in your pc and see if you get better, worse or same fps

or try yours in his

Tried everything No luck.

I'd start with installing nvidia drivers, check if you have them On my MSI 560ti Hawk I run everything on max settings with 60+fps

I have the latest nvidia drivers. What is your CPU ?

Tell him to use a higher resolution than 800x600.

Tell him to use a higher resolution than 800x600.

He plays at 1440x900, I am 1600x900

Tell him to use a higher resolution than 800x600.

He plays at 1440x900, I am 1600x900

 

That can make quite a difference actually.

 

And you GPU is bottlenecked by that shitty Athlon.

Tell him to use a higher resolution than 800x600.

He plays at 1440x900, I am 1600x900

 

That can make quite a difference actually.

 

And you GPU is bottlenecked by that shitty Athlon.

I know but I cannot afford new CPU at the moment. What CPU do u recommend me? Is the AMD F-4300 good?

Tell him to use a higher resolution than 800x600.

He plays at 1440x900, I am 1600x900

 

That can make quite a difference actually.

 

And you GPU is bottlenecked by that shitty Athlon.

I know but I cannot afford new CPU at the moment. What CPU do u recommend me? Is the AMD F-4300 good?

 

No. I's suggest to go Intel, i3 or i5 will be good, and they're not so expensive anymore.

Hmm, actually he has Intel Pentium G860. I think this CPU is a lot better than mine

Hmm, actually he has Intel Pentium G860. I think this CPU is a lot better than mine

For gaming, it is.

Hmm, actually he has Intel Pentium G860. I think this CPU is a lot better than mine

 

Yes. You may have a stronger GPU, but it's bottlenecked by your bad CPU.

Try to OC your CPU for start, untill you can afford a better one.

Go for Intel i5 master race !

Go for Intel i5 master race !

 

Pretty much any new gen Intel would suffice.

 

Even Sandy Bridge Celerons beat Athlon X2 in gaming, barely, but they do.

"CPU: AMD Athlon X2 640 REAL QUAD CORE"

I'm an idiot or X2 is mean two cores? oh wait you wanted to say Athlon II... Athlon II and X2 are not the same!

get an i5(though it's quite old but you cant go wrong with the 2500K for that cheap nowadays) and a decent board then it would be night and day.

"CPU: AMD Athlon X2 640 REAL QUAD CORE"

I'm an idiot or X2 is mean two cores? oh wait you wanted to say Athlon II... Athlon II and X2 are not the same!

 

Yeah, I think he got it wrong.

But I think it's Athlon II X4 after all. Still, any decent Sandy Bridge Intel is better than that.