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So I'm thinking my new PC is not pulling its weight based on what other people are experiencing with a similar PC setup...

my specs:

Intel Core i7 2600K

Asus P8P67 PRO V3 MB, Socket 1155, IntelP67 Chipset

Asus Geforce GTX590, 3GB GDDR5

PC-12800(1600MHz) DDR3, Vengeance Series (16gb)

Antec TPQ-1000 1000W

I installed and ran Crysis 2 with the DX11 patch and hi-res texture pack. On 'ultra' settings it runs between 25 to 45 FPS at 1920x1200. From my understanding it should run at near 60fps constantly with that game on those settings with a GTX 590.

Any ideas why and how I could fix it or is it not an issue and this is the expected performance of the card?

I think it's a power management issue but the computer is set to 'high performance', the Asus BIOS is set to 'performance' too and in the nVidia control panel I've set it up to 'maximize graphics performance'.

Any ideas what's up with this?

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Have you tried something BESIDES Crysis 2? – Shinrai Aug 19 '11 at 16:19
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It's not a power management issue. – Breakthrough Aug 19 '11 at 16:22
@Shinrai I also tried GTA4, ArmA2 and Dirt 3. They all gave fairly mediocre results. Crysis 2 is the one that sticks out to me since it can barely stick to 40fps while other people suggest it should be managing almost 60fps most of hte time. – meds Aug 19 '11 at 16:24
@Breakthrough What makes you think that? If not pwoer management then what do you think it is? – meds Aug 19 '11 at 16:24
@meds - I think the question is, why do YOU think it's power management? – Shinrai Aug 19 '11 at 16:32
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Whilst the speed of the other components will have a small baring on in game speeds, by far the majority of the FPS are to do with the graphics card.

If you are sure others are able to get a lot more on the same (or lesser) cards, all I can suggest is to try update or try a different version of the graphics drivers.

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Yeah, it's probably driver related. Unless the card is getting too hot and downclocking, that's a possibility! – Shinrai Aug 19 '11 at 16:32
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Edit - Edited link to point to High Res Textures benchmark

Those are the numbers I would expect. TomsHardware did a review of Crysis 2 and it is a very demanding game. They used a i5-2500K overclocked to 4.0 Ghz (which would be significantly better than your i7-2600K if you left it at stock speeds) and in order to get any better fps you would need 2 video cards in SLI/crossfire

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They're showing 70 FPS on SLI GTX 580s at 1920x1080. The GTX 590 is essentially two 580s in SLI on one board, slightly downclocked so as to stay at reasonable thermal levels, so by this logic I would /also/ expect roughly 60FPS (unless the game is CPU bound which I expect it's not) so these numbers are not convincing at all. – Shinrai Aug 19 '11 at 16:31
@Shinrai - Look at the next page that benchmars High Res Textures. Its only using resolution of 1680-1050 and its averaging at 46 – Aducci Aug 19 '11 at 16:36
I assumed 'highest detail' included textures. However, those show ~45FPS on SLI GTX 460s. The 590 is fast enough that even at the higher resolution I'd expect better. – Shinrai Aug 19 '11 at 16:40
Actually, @Shinrai, two GTX 580's are not quite the same as a 590... That being said, I agree that it should get at least 60 FPS in this case. – Breakthrough Aug 19 '11 at 16:42
@Breakthrough - That's why I mentioned that they're downclocked. The point is, though, you shouldn't expect orders-of-magnitude differences because the underlying hardware is largely the same. – Shinrai Aug 19 '11 at 16:53
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What apps have you installed on the computer? Are there any programs running on system start up that ought not be? Have you disabled unnecessary system services (using the lists from Black Viper)?

You've got sufficient hardware, but is your software hampering you?

I personally found a properly configured software setup can get you a 10% or larger increase in performance.

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It's a fresh install of WIndows 7, there's nothing by way of services of apps running. – meds Aug 19 '11 at 17:40
So no apps, but what about unnecessary services? If you're planning on using this system as a gaming machine primarily, there should be quite a few services you can disable or modify their start properties to maximize available system resources. I'd give that Black Viper list a look in any case because the potential benefits are pretty good. – music2myear Aug 19 '11 at 19:36
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