Is my 1080 to old?

[pinky33]

I don't game to much these days, but one game I have been playing is Deep Rock survivor. I usually hold 60fps consistently @1440. I use a dell U2515h, so no freesynch or anything higher than 60hz.

Recently as more and more stuff is going on in the game (more enemies) I will have pretty sever fps drop. 40-50's with drops into the 20's. My GPU is only at 50% load with less than half load on any other metric I can see on GPUz. Not sure what else to check.

I tried changing resolution to 1080 and no gain in FPS. Also the image looks very fuzzy and just plane poor. I thought 1080,1440 & 4k where all same aspect ratio and getting a 1440 monitor would somewhat future proof me with the ability to drop to 1080 if needed to in some games, like first person shooters.??

My dated 1080 can't play most new games at 1440 and screen tearing/lack of free synch is starting to get to me. I am thinking of getting a new 1080p monitor to help my dated 1080 gfx card. But if my card is just to damn dated I might bee looking at a new gfx card and monitor which is much more $$$$$


Thanks for all your help.

 

[EarthDog]

Maybe check your vRAM use (GPUz) and see if you're hitting 8GB...es[ecially at 2560x1440. Check CPU use too. 5600X is 6c/12t CPU, but check to see if you have heavy CPU use.

While they are the same aspect ratio, there isn't a 1:1 pixel drop from your native 2560x1440. A 4K monitor is 4:1 so running 1080p on those look better/not as fuzzy as native (as good as 1080p look on ~32" with the monitor hands length away).

I'd get a better GPU for sure. Run that on your current monitor at 1440/60Hz until you can get a monitor.

 

[JLK03F150]

5600x stock (No reason to OC or water cool)
16GB 3200 cl16

Seems to me if you see no FPS improvement dropping from 1440p to 1080p, the bottleneck in your system might be somewhere other than the GTX-1080.
Is PBO enabled for your CPU and are you actually running your RAM at DDR4-3200 cl16?
How about posting CPUz screenshots with CPU, motherboard, Memory and SPD. Also include a GPUz shot.

 

[pinky33]

Seems to me if you see no FPS improvement dropping from 1440p to 1080p, the bottleneck in your system might be somewhere other than the GTX-1080.
Is PBO enabled for your CPU and are you actually running your RAM at DDR4-3200 cl16?
How about posting CPUz screenshots with CPU, motherboard, Memory and SPD. Also include a GPUz shot.

Will do. It just hit me to check and update drivers. Been a year, lol. Like I said I have not gamed much, kids, life, work.

Post magically merged: Aug 21, 2024

Maybe check your vRAM use (GPUz) and see if you're hitting 8GB...es[ecially at 2560x1440. Check CPU use too. 5600X is 6c/12t CPU, but check to see if you have heavy CPU use.

While they are the same aspect ratio, there isn't a 1:1 pixel drop from your native 2560x1440. A 4K monitor is 4:1 so running 1080p on those look better/not as fuzzy as native (as good as 1080p look on ~32" with the monitor hands length away).

I'd get a better GPU for sure. Run that on your current monitor at 1440/60Hz until you can get a monitor.

CPU usage is like 30-50% It is not a energy intensive game, or so I thought.........Will play and take some screen shots.