AMD upgrade or is something wrong?
Posted by polodrizzawls@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 30 comments
My build right now is the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 processor with the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics card.
I don’t know much about PC builds, so I don’t know where to start.
I am having trouble keeping consistent frames on games like Fortnite on minimum graphics settings. I get 120 fps for the most part, but there are a LOT of times where it stutters and my frames drop to 30 fps.
What should I do? Should I upgrade my cpu or graphics card or both? Or am I missing something about PCs that is causing these framerate drops?
Westsidetezz@reddit
I have the exact same build and the exact same problem except in apex legends. Fortnite runs fine 180fps.
FrontRequirement169@reddit
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CombatDork@reddit
You really shouldn't have that much trouble on Fortnite Low.
What are your system specs?
polodrizzawls@reddit (OP)
CPU: ryzen 5 5500 Graphics: Radeon RX 6500 xt RAM: 2x8gb 3000mhz
CombatDork@reddit
Are you sure that the game is using the graphics card and not the iGPU?
polodrizzawls@reddit (OP)
How do I check for that?
CombatDork@reddit
https://www.quora.com/How-do-you-make-sure-your-GPU-is-being-used-instead-of-the-on-board-video
polodrizzawls@reddit (OP)
I couldn’t find the “switchable graphics” section, but it says that my display is using the graphics card.
CombatDork@reddit
Are you running Fortnight on a HDD? Are you multitasking or have multiple monitors with windows open?
Locke357@reddit
5500 has no integrated graphics
CombatDork@reddit
when he said "5500 Graphics" I thought he meant 5500g
Locke357@reddit
Lol no worries
Locke357@reddit
Well the 5500 only has a 16mb l3 cache, which could cause some drops/stutters, but we need more info.
- has it always been like this or did the performance decrease recently? If so was there a change in your components at the same time?
- do you play at 1080p or a different resolution?
- how much ram do you have and at what speed?
polodrizzawls@reddit (OP)
It’s always been like this, I play on 1080, and I have 2x8gb 3000mhz RAM
Locke357@reddit
Probably the GPU then, it's pretty slow and only has 4gb vram. The cpu should be decent for low settings 1080p. Ram is a little low and slow, but not terrible. Have you enabled the full speed of the ram in bios?
But yeah weakest part is the GPU. Cheapest decent upgrade would be RX 6600 8gb.
polodrizzawls@reddit (OP)
I believe I have. I followed a YouTube video to enable the RAM when I added the second one.
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll definitely be looking into that!
Locke357@reddit
Ok good! Yeah you may want to upgrade your ram as well, to something like 2x16gb 3200 cl 16, those kits are cheap these days, but GPU is the more important upgrade to prioritize first.
polodrizzawls@reddit (OP)
Is there a good site to look at GPUs?
Locke357@reddit
Tom's hardware GPU hierarchy
polodrizzawls@reddit (OP)
Awesome, thanks for all your help
Locke357@reddit
No problem!
Naerven@reddit
The rx6500xt is a 4 lane GPU that fits best in laptop usage. In a desktop it can be flat out horrible since it pretty much self bottlenecks. Something like the rx6600 would give you noticeably better performance when paired with the r5-5500.
polodrizzawls@reddit (OP)
So I could just upgrade the graphics card and be good? I’ve seen a lot about “bottlenecking” if you upgrade one without the other but I’m not sure what specific upgrades would cause this.
Naerven@reddit
Generally speaking if you are pairing parts that are around the same age then don't worry about bottlenecks. That's mostly something the marketing teams came up with to scare people into spending money.
Locke357@reddit
If you get a really expensive GPU but have a cheap and slow CPU it could hold back your performance, that's all that means. R5 5500 is well balanced to a RX 6600
Specific_Ad_6522@reddit
How much vram are you using
polodrizzawls@reddit (OP)
I’m not sure how to check that :/ where could I find that information?
Specific_Ad_6522@reddit
When you're gaming, open task manager, go to performance, click on the GPU tab, and check the number shown under Dedicated GPU Memory. It would also be helpful to know your motherboard's brand and model.
polodrizzawls@reddit (OP)
It says 0.9/4.0 GB in that section. And I am using an ASUS B550 motherboard
SilverKnightOfMagic@reddit
best value is trying to find a CPU 5700x3d or 5800x.
GPU you can probably go between 6700xt to 7700xt. any higher you probably need to upgrade power supply.
another cheaper upgrade is to upgrade your ram from 16gb to 32gb.