Help getting more FPS out of my new rig

[Hitokiri420]

got a refurbished i5, GT1030, 8gb ram win10 and im only getting 20 or so frames with everything turned down/off that i can think of, have it set to borderless window, have all the spell effects turned off or simple to myself and party, btw the 20ish fps is just sitting in a residential district

[Matt & the Cat]

Try lowering your resolution from 1080p to 720p or lower.

[Hitokiri420]

Originally posted by Annie:

gpu is a bit on the low end 30s arnt really ment for gaming try to get a 60 like a 1060 or a 2060 or higher also you didnt say which i5 you have, the i5s are outdated these days so depending on which you have you might get low fps in an area with alot of people

this is the kind of needless comment i usually get, i ran ffxiv on an i3, 650 ti 6gb of ram, sure loading times werent the best, but i had decent frames, not everyone can shell out money constantly to keep updating their pc parts, i just got this comp set up and im wanting to work with it

also to which i5 it is, its an i5-4590 3.30 GHz 3301 Mhz, what i was running before was something around 2.93 ghz on my i3

[vgees]

I think the problem is that the GPU you have may be the bad version of the GT 1030 that Nvidia released after the better version. The first version had 2GB of GDDR5 memory and was decent for 1080p gaming. But in March 2018, Nvidia released some of the GT 1030 with 2GB of DDR4 memory which resulted in about a 50% drop in performance. They did not change the model numbers or anything, so there was no way to know if you were getting a slow GT 1030 or a fast one.

So you're really going to need a faster card. Try to get something on the used market. Maybe a GTX 1050Ti or an RX 480. Pretty much anything that came after the 1030 should be better. Sorry about that, but definitely check out the used market and good luck!

[Hitokiri420]

Originally posted by vgees:

I think the problem is that the GPU you have may be the bad version of the GT 1030 that Nvidia released after the better version. The first version had 2GB of GDDR5 memory and was decent for 1080p gaming. But in March 2018, Nvidia released some of the GT 1030 with 2GB of DDR4 memory which resulted in about a 50% drop in performance. They did not change the model numbers or anything, so there was no way to know if you were getting a slow GT 1030 or a fast one.

So you're really going to need a faster card. Try to get something on the used market. Maybe a GTX 1050Ti or an RX 480. Pretty much anything that came after the 1030 should be better. Sorry about that, but definitely check out the used market and good luck!

thats so messed up, if there is anything different about the product they should have to give a different product number so we can differentiate them, else its false advertising, is it not? i mean yes, technically getting 2gb of vram (as shown when i play MHW which shows the vram on the card) but if i have the worse version without even being able to tell, it means they can make a cheaper product while charging the same price without the consumers being any the wiser..

thanks for the advice and insight, ill likely have to just make due for awhile, the game seemed to run fine earlier when i ran factory with all settings turned down

[mkultrafanboy]

just play Final Fantasy 11, alrightaru? No need for a goody-woody graphics card then, oktaru? Oh, and FFXI is a far superior game.

[Mandodo]

Originally posted by mkultrafanboy:

just play Final Fantasy 11, alrightaru? No need for a goody-woody graphics card then, oktaru? Oh, and FFXI is a far superior game.

Didnt your last thread get shut down? Keep trolling.

[Mandodo]

Originally posted by Hitokiri420:

Originally posted by Annie:

gpu is a bit on the low end 30s arnt really ment for gaming try to get a 60 like a 1060 or a 2060 or higher also you didnt say which i5 you have, the i5s are outdated these days so depending on which you have you might get low fps in an area with alot of people

this is the kind of needless comment i usually get, i ran ffxiv on an i3, 650 ti 6gb of ram, sure loading times werent the best, but i had decent frames, not everyone can shell out money constantly to keep updating their pc parts, i just got this comp set up and im wanting to work with it

also to which i5 it is, its an i5-4590 3.30 GHz 3301 Mhz, what i was running before was something around 2.93 ghz on my i3

SIGH

650 TI is almost as good as a 660.

No wonder you had little to no issue with it.

Dude, you are running a 1030....Hell, I didnt even knew they made those and after looking it up, yeah, it's NOT a gaming card.

Hell, you can barely play minecraft at highest settings.

Next time, before you buy a rig, do some research. It looks like you ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up. What happened to your last rig that seems far superior than the one you have now? I would have stayed with the 650ti or at the minimum a 1050ti, at least then you will get 60 FPS at medium to high settings.

[VanGoghComplex]

A 1050ti will run this game at 60fps locked at 1080p with medium graphical settings. I know this to be true because I have one in my laptop and use it to play frequently when traveling for work.

A 1050ti is about a $100 card at this point, doesn't require additional PSU connections, and comes in low-profile versions. The rest of your rig honestly sounds fine. FFXIV isn't that demanding of a game.

As others have said, that 1030 is just not a gaming graphics card. It's more of a "my CPU doesn't have integrated graphics" or a "I want to run more monitors and need more display outputs" graphics card.

Pop a 1050ti in there and enjoy!

Edit: hold up. I just looked up a benchmark comparison and while the 1030 is slower than the 1050ti, you should still be getting 30-40fps from it. Sorry to ask a dumb question but you're sure you're using your 1030 and you're not plugged into your mobo's integrated graphics port?

[Hitokiri420]

Originally posted by VanGoghComplex:

A 1050ti will run this game at 60fps locked at 1080p with medium graphical settings. I know this to be true because I have one in my laptop and use it to play frequently when traveling for work.

A 1050ti is about a $100 card at this point, doesn't require additional PSU connections, and comes in low-profile versions. The rest of your rig honestly sounds fine. FFXIV isn't that demanding of a game.

As others have said, that 1030 is just not a gaming graphics card. It's more of a "my CPU doesn't have integrated graphics" or a "I want to run more monitors and need more display outputs" graphics card.

Pop a 1050ti in there and enjoy!

Edit: hold up. I just looked up a benchmark comparison and while the 1030 is slower than the 1050ti, you should still be getting 30-40fps from it. Sorry to ask a dumb question but you're sure you're using your 1030 and you're not plugged into your mobo's integrated graphics port?

I was originally but I am plugged in through a vga to hdmi adapter if that makes a difference, my monitor doesn't have an hdmi port, just vga or dvi-d, and since I already had a vga cable I thought it'd be fine

Tho I am running into a separate issue when I load a video on crunchyroll my monitor blackscreens for a few seconds but not if plugged into the on board graphics and only that site, not youtube or any other video players

[Mandodo]

Originally posted by Hitokiri420:

Originally posted by VanGoghComplex:

A 1050ti will run this game at 60fps locked at 1080p with medium graphical settings. I know this to be true because I have one in my laptop and use it to play frequently when traveling for work.

A 1050ti is about a $100 card at this point, doesn't require additional PSU connections, and comes in low-profile versions. The rest of your rig honestly sounds fine. FFXIV isn't that demanding of a game.

As others have said, that 1030 is just not a gaming graphics card. It's more of a "my CPU doesn't have integrated graphics" or a "I want to run more monitors and need more display outputs" graphics card.

Pop a 1050ti in there and enjoy!

Edit: hold up. I just looked up a benchmark comparison and while the 1030 is slower than the 1050ti, you should still be getting 30-40fps from it. Sorry to ask a dumb question but you're sure you're using your 1030 and you're not plugged into your mobo's integrated graphics port?

I was originally but I am plugged in through a vga to hdmi adapter if that makes a difference, my monitor doesn't have an hdmi port, just vga or dvi-d, and since I already had a vga cable I thought it'd be fine

Tho I am running into a separate issue when I load a video on crunchyroll my monitor blackscreens for a few seconds but not if plugged into the on board graphics and only that site, not youtube or any other video players

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[Drakzen]

Originally posted by mkultrafanboy:

just play Final Fantasy 11, alrightaru? No need for a goody-woody graphics card then, oktaru? Oh, and FFXI is a far superior game.

If 14 is too hard for you then 11 will break you

[VanGoghComplex]

Originally posted by Annie:

the i5s are outdated these days

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Just download more RAM.