GPU 550 to 750: nothing happened

[lupedelupe]

Have (this is old, so please don't laugh):
Quad-core 2.83 CPU with 8 GB of RAM and Nvidia GTX 550 Ti, on Win 7 64.

Then bought:
Nvidia GTX 750 Ti.

I use the PC for flight sim (FSX) and 3DS Max 2016 (only). Zero performance increase, actually 2 seconds slower on a test render. FSX framerate the same. Drivers up to date.

Is my ageing CPU the throttle?

If yes, recommend a sub 10K upgrade for MB, CPU and suitable amount of RAM please ...

Thank you.

 

[bromster]

Fsx is very CPU intensive. It is probably still your bottle neck.

I am using an i5 3570k at stock speed and my frame rates with a gtx670 were still not where I would have liked them to be. Try installing x-plane 10 and give it a bash. It's a lot prettier than fsx at similar frame rate.

If you want to upgrade, get a cheapo MB and ram. They make very little difference. Use most of the money on CPU.

 

[HavocXphere]

Fsx is very CPU intensive. It is probably still your bottle neck.

If it was the bottleneck then the scores would have shifted

 

[Johnatan56]

Have (this is old, so please don't laugh):
Quad-core 2.83 CPU with 8 GB of RAM and Nvidia GTX 550 Ti, on Win 7 64.

Then bought:
Nvidia GTX 750 Ti.

I use the PC for flight sim (FSX) and 3DS Max 2016 (only). Zero performance increase, actually 2 seconds slower on a test render. FSX framerate the same. Drivers up to date.

Is my ageing CPU the throttle?

If yes, recommend a sub 10K upgrade for MB, CPU and suitable amount of RAM please ...

Thank you.

Where are you located? Gtxgaming has this: http://www.gtxgaming.co.za/index.php?route=product/product&path=63&product_id=109, MyBB thread.

I am sure some other forumites can recommend better builds.

If it was the bottleneck then the scores would have shifted

He swapped out the graphics card, not the CPU, if the CPU is the bottleneck it would have stayed so.

 

[lupedelupe]

Thanks.

I understand that FSX is CPU intensive. But hell I expected SOME improvement from a 1GB GPU to a 2GB GPU. Likewise with 3DS Max: a test render completed in much the same time, but in all fairness a better GPU may only give me better re-draw performance on a complicated mesh.

As mentioned I am considering upgrading the socket 775 CPU and MB ... if I absolutely have to. This machine is only used for 3D and FSX, so I am reluctant to spend money on it.

Thanks for the link to GTX Gaming: will take that into consideration.

Anyone in the Cape Town area with an i7 setup needing a caring home? ;-)

 

[Johnatan56]

Thanks.

I understand that FSX is CPU intensive. But hell I expected SOME improvement from a 1GB GPU to a 2GB GPU. Likewise with 3DS Max: a test render completed in much the same time, but in all fairness a better GPU may only give me better re-draw performance on a complicated mesh.

As mentioned I am considering upgrading the socket 775 CPU and MB ... if I absolutely have to. This machine is only used for 3D and FSX, so I am reluctant to spend money on it.

Thanks for the link to GTX Gaming: will take that into consideration.

Anyone in the Cape Town area with an i7 setup needing a caring home? ;-)

Well, Gtxgaming's in Cape Town. Why don't you post an add in the wanted section?

 

[airborne]

Thanks.

I understand that FSX is CPU intensive. But hell I expected SOME improvement from a 1GB GPU to a 2GB GPU. Likewise with 3DS Max: a test render completed in much the same time, but in all fairness a better GPU may only give me better re-draw performance on a complicated mesh.

As mentioned I am considering upgrading the socket 775 CPU and MB ... if I absolutely have to. This machine is only used for 3D and FSX, so I am reluctant to spend money on it.

Thanks for the link to GTX Gaming: will take that into consideration.

Anyone in the Cape Town area with an i7 setup needing a caring home? ;-)

Sent you a pm

 

[lupedelupe]

Thanks airborne!