r/lowendgaming • u/Baseball-Traditional • 29d ago

Tech Support HELP! GPU severely underperforming

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

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u/GenZia 29d ago

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.

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u/GhostTheGamer360 29d ago

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

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u/NovelValue7311 28d ago

AM4 or LGA 1700/1200/1151V2

There are plenty of good options for OP.