Hey everyone! I'm having some serious issues with my Intel Arc A770 graphics card. No matter what game I play—Fortnite, Rainbow Six Siege, or The Finals—I'm stuck at a hard cap of 120 FPS, which just isn't cutting it for a competitive FPS player like me. My setup includes an ASRock Intel Arc A770 Phantom Gaming GPU, an AMD Ryzen 5 5600x CPU, 32GB of DDR4 RAM, and I'm gaming on an ASUS ROG Strix XG259CS monitor that supports 180Hz refresh rate.
I've already checked some settings: V-Sync is turned off, I've removed any undervolting, and my drivers are freshly installed. I'm also using DX12 for the games that support it. All of this makes it feel like I'm hitting some kind of software or hardware bottleneck that I can't quite figure out. Could there be hidden settings in BIOS or Intel Arc Control causing this frame rate issue? Also, is my B550m HDV motherboard possibly holding back my performance? I'm on the verge of switching to Nvidia or AMD due to the frustration with Intel's drivers, but I would love to resolve this first. Any advice from fellow Arc owners or PC builders would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
2 Answers
Have you checked what resolution you’re playing at? If you're using HDMI and running at 4K, it might not be a 2.1 cable, which could cause limitations. However, if you're on 1080p, that should be fine.
It sounds like your CPU might be holding back the GPU a bit due to overhead. While the Ryzen 5 5600x is a decent match for the A770, Intel GPUs tend to perform better with CPUs that can really push them hard. This is especially true in some games where the CPU may not be utilized fully, causing the GPU to bottleneck instead.
That's interesting! In The Finals, I actually saw my GPU constantly at 100% while the CPU was around 60-70%. It's odd because that game is known to be CPU-intensive.
I get it! Upgrading to AM5 isn’t in the cards for you, but even moving to a Ryzen 7 5800x on AM4 might not yield a huge performance leap.
I'm actually playing at 1080p with the DisplayPort cable that came with my ASUS ROG monitor, so it should be good quality.