Poor gaming performance and cant figure out why

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  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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       #11

    Thanks for all the info, as for the resolution I've tried it on different resolutions and nothing seemed to drastically change the frame rate, for an example on path of exile on the lowest setting and lowest res my frame rate hovers between 12-15 fps and that just doesn't seem right,i will look into the driver when I get off work
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  2. Posts : 1,962
    Windows 7 x64 (Ultimate)
       #12

    I am still using an old GTX260 + a 9600GT for PhysX but I am with those that say that the bottleneck could be cause by your graphic card.

    First thing I found while googling it was this... Up for review today is a low-end NVIDIA Fermi graphics card, the GeForce GT 520. The low-end graphics processor it uses, the GF119, was released back in April. The graphics card only has 48 Stream processors and uses DDR3 memory with a 64-bit bus, except the cost on this creation is just around $60 USD.

    You can't expect much from it.
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  3. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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       #13

    thanks for the info i bought it from a buddy for 20 bucks so im not complaining just hoping to get some use out of it
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  4. Posts : 1,962
    Windows 7 x64 (Ultimate)
       #14

    xxxbuggyxxx said:
    thanks for the info i bought it from a buddy for 20 bucks so im not complaining just hoping to get some use out of it
    We never said you were complaining (at least I didn't) ... just showing you the reviews so you don't expect much

    As I said, I am still using a GTX260. Hell... I am still using a PC with DDR2 Ram!
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  5. Posts : 2,588
    Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
       #15

    The GT 520 is a VERY low end card. See this chart: GeForce GTX 550 Ti | Performance | GeForce

    Not really for gaming mate, but hope you do get some fun out of it.

    Admittedly, I would assume that 500's would be better than 400's, and so forth, but Nvidia doesn't do that. They release a single card and tweak it for lower and higher end graphics performance (ie the 500 series). This is a way to make more money off it, so those who pay less get less, and those who pay more get more.
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  6. Posts : 133
    windows 7 x64 pro sp1
       #16

    i also bought the gt520 and it heats up way to fast playing games. going for at least the 550ti next time. i do have a temp solution tho. bought a small usb powered fan and put it next to the 520 to help keep it cool. my temps stay about 60-65C when its on so it helps.
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  7. Posts : 2,588
    Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
       #17

    w1dpc said:
    i also bought the gt520 and it heats up way to fast playing games. going for at least the 550ti next time. i do have a temp solution tho. bought a small usb powered fan and put it next to the 520 to help keep it cool. my temps stay about 60-65C when its on so it helps.
    Now that the 600 cards are out, consider aiming for a 670 or similar.
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