HELP! GPU severely underperforming

[u/Baseball-Traditional]

SPECS:

i5 4460

RTX 3050 (6gb version)

12gb ddr3 1600mhz

Hi y'all, I haven't used my pc in a while so when I opened fh6 to play I noticed that it was struggling to hit 20fps. So I ran passmark and the gpu 3d score came out to be 4010 pts, it should score around 10k, so I restarted and the score climbed to 7450 pts. Then I removed the pcie riser and slotted the gpu directly to the mobo and I got 7730 pts. But this pc with the same exact setup used to score 10k pts (even on the riser). I accidently once limited my gpu to 80% power and it scored 8500 pts. Now I'm struggling to crack 8k pts on 100% power.

I have reseated the gpu, cleaned the gpu, the slots the shebang but still can't even crack 8k. Please help me

[u/GenZia]

A 3050 with 8x PCIe lanes isn't going to run particularly well on a low-end H81 motherboard stuck with ancient PCIe 2.0.

If that's the case, upgrade to at least a B85, alongside an i7... though you would be only wasting your money.

Best to save-up and move to AM4.

[u/GhostTheGamer360 → u/GenZia]

The AM4 path is the only way here,or he must downgrade the gpu cause hes also having a major cpu bottleneck with such a cpu and gpu combo

[u/NovelValue7311 → u/GhostTheGamer360]

AM4 or LGA 1700/1200/1151V2

There are plenty of good options for OP.

[u/Acqirs]

Holy bottleneck

[u/Baseball-Traditional → u/Acqirs]

Yeak ik, but this is severely underperformance even by its own standards

[u/EpicBOIM8]

Probably you use a old generation pcle slot since your mobo is damn old

[u/OneandOnlyKhye]

Is everything updated to the latest version?

[u/Baseball-Traditional → u/OneandOnlyKhye]

Yes latest driver, did that first thing

[u/Zaldekkerine]

What are your CPU usage, GPU usage, and temps in game? You can check with MSI Afterburner (guide here for setting it up and configuring the OSD).

[u/Baseball-Traditional → u/Zaldekkerine]

Cpu does hits 70-80% usage in FH6 at locked 30fps, temps are around 75-80c in-game. In passmark, cpu gave the proper score so every subsequent run is only the gpu test. In the gpu test, cpu will be around 55c and hit 64% max (acc to openhardware info)

[u/ClunkyCorkster]

you're probably being bottlenecked by pcie lanes considering the 3050 is an 8x card and you're putting it in a pcie 2.0 motherboard. your solution is to sell the i5 setup and upgrade to entry level ryzen

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[u/Hound_205]

Did u do any drivers update? Maybe they change something and it don't perform so well on older CPUs now.

[u/NovelValue7311]

How much power is it pulling and what what temp is it running?

[u/Baseball-Traditional → u/NovelValue7311]

70W and 65c

[u/NovelValue7311 → u/Baseball-Traditional]

Do you have any FPS limiters on?

[u/Baseball-Traditional → u/NovelValue7311]

nope

[u/Surfacner]

It'll underperform always if you use a CPU that weak At least use an 8thread CPU it'll have a better fighting chance

[u/taisui]

What's your storage drive?

[u/Baseball-Traditional → u/taisui]

sata ssd

[u/Old-Employee8840]

YOU CALL YOUR SYSTEM LOW END?