Game FPS problem

VanquishGaming · Feb 10, 2014

Hi guys, so when I'm running a game on max settings with no programs running in the background I get smooth gameplay but when I have chrome open or sony vegas it slows down in my game a sh*t ton. What piece of hardware is causing this??

tiny voices · Feb 10, 2014

What do you have chrome doing/ vegas doing? Just sitting there?

You build should have no problems with doing all that. What game are you playing when this happens?

VanquishGaming · Feb 10, 2014

Assassins Creed 4.

Chrome is usually just sitting there. Sometimes I stream music for youtube but thats it.

tiny voices · Feb 10, 2014

Your CPU is the thing that would cause this but yours is WAY more than powerful enough to run 20 chrome tabs and have no problem with gaming.

I have an i5 2310 (2 generations old and much worse than yours), and I game with 5+ tabs open in waterfox, CPU monitoring software, GPU temp software, and FPS monitoring software with no performance hit at all.

I don't think this is hardware related.

Lee-m · Feb 10, 2014

do you have skype running too ? it has issues with chrome that apparently impact game performance.

tiny voices · Feb 10, 2014

Sometimes sound drivers cause problems too. I definitely don't think this is a hardware problem at all.

VanquishGaming · Feb 10, 2014

No skype. Not at all

VanquishGaming · Feb 10, 2014

Then what could the issue be?

mikeblaze76 · Feb 10, 2014

how much ram are you rolling with?

tiny voices · Feb 10, 2014

Download firefox and try it with that. If it is better, then it is chrome.

Lee-m · Feb 10, 2014

maybe its the flash plug in for chrome. Thats really all I can think of.

VanquishGaming · Feb 10, 2014

8gb 1600MHz

tiny voices · Feb 10, 2014

mikeblaze76 :

8gb which is WAY more than enough for gaming and other tasks easily.

mikeblaze76 · Feb 10, 2014

damn im lost on this one. does it happen with ANY other programs?

VanquishGaming · Feb 10, 2014

Any other game?

tiny voices · Feb 10, 2014

Does it happen with things other than chrome open is the question. Also does it happen when you play other games?

VanquishGaming · Feb 10, 2014

I honestly don't really know

Atif09 · Feb 10, 2014

Try updating your audio and flash drivers

VanquishGaming · Feb 10, 2014

How would I do that.

Asus Z87-C

tiny voices · Feb 10, 2014

Go to the motherboard website. Find you board. Download all the most recent drivers. Make sure you have up t o date Java and Adobe as well.

Also make sure your BIOS is the most recent version and flash it if it is not. Then check your GPU drivers with nvidia's website and get the most recent ones.

VanquishGaming · Feb 10, 2014

But i bought my computer in january and it was built then. Why would they already be outdated?

tiny voices · Feb 10, 2014

Generally parts do not ship with the most recent BIOS installed and this in generally NOT something an online retailer will flash. Also, new drivers come out every week or two and it is good to stay up to date. The is REALLY true with GPU drivers. New ones come out every 2 weeks to a month and they usually improve performance alot. It is VERY good to stay up to date with graphics drivers.

Chances are your BIOS is NOT the most recent one. That board could have been sitting on a shelf for months before it got put in your computer.

I did a build for a friend with a motherboard that came with a BIOS version installed from 8 months ago when the board first came out.

What is your current BIOS revision and what GPU driver are you running?

Lee-m · Feb 10, 2014

given it has been over 24 hour now since you have been given lots of suggestions to help find the problem, which have you actually tried ? and what are the results.

VanquishGaming · Feb 11, 2014

Well I thought this would be a software issue and to be honest I know its not my cpu temps. My high is 45 degrees. So really I haven't tried anything. I'm really just trying to figure out if anyone else has had this problem so they can give me a straightforward answer.

I am also away from my computer and getting back on Friday so I can't test anything at the moment

tiny voices · Feb 11, 2014

Plenty of people have this issue. We listed many things to try. All of which could fix the problem.

-flash the BIOS
-update the drivers (GPU, Sound, Motherboard)
-try other games
-try running other applications during the same game

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