Low FPS/High End PC
Low FPS/High End PC
Hi there - hoping someone can give me some advice. I'm by no means an expert here but know enough to build a PC. Pieced together over the last year or two but here's what I have -
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX3080
ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-E
Intel Core i9 12900K
Samsung 980 PRO 1TB SSD for my OS, 3TB
Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000
for basically just my steam games
G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 2x16
Corsair RM 850x (99% sure on this - at least that its 850W, I may have the model wrong)
Corsair iCUE H150i Elite Capellix Liquid CPU Cooler
(probably not relevant)
My issue is the FPS in a lot of games feels way lower than it should be. Rockstar in particular - GTAV best case around 40 but on my ultrawide samsung odyssey it's more like 15-20. And thats with most settings turned closer to normal. Not much different with RDR2 though more consistently in the 40's (again, with "medium" graphic settings). Other games are better - Cyberpunk, for example, 50-60 with high/ultra settings. All in all though, it just feels like with my PC specs, which I think are generally pretty strong, I should be able to play games with reasonably high graphics settings and way better FPS.
I have no idea if there's certain tweaks that need to be made in the BIOS, I have no clue what I'm doing in that department and too afraid to screw something up without direction.
Generally - any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. Just feels like I'm missing something obvious here.
Thanks in advance!
Welcome to the forums, newcomer!
Are you using the newest BIOS for your motherboard? Is X.M.P turned on in your BIOS? Have you attempted reinstalling your GPU drivers after removing them with DDU?
Corsair RM 850x (99% confident this is the model - at least it's 850W, though I might be mistaken)
If this is the correct model, how recent is it and did it run another discrete GPU before the RTX3080?
It seems your BIOS is quite old—0604 x64—and the ASUS site shows several updates since then. It makes sense to begin here. I did come across some warnings about updating the BIOS, though they seemed rare. I just want to confirm I’m not taking unnecessary risks.
I haven’t used DDU before; I usually keep my game drivers updated via the GeFroce Experience app but never completely removed them and reinstalled.
The PSU was bought at the same time as the GPU, so it’s been connected there. Other components like the motherboard, CPU, and RAM were added later. The PSU was purchased because I realized I needed more power for the new RTX3080.
If the outdated BIOS is the main issue, I’ll focus on that first. Thanks!