- Mar 19, 2014
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I had built this PC a while back , (2013 March) , it's specs are-
Intel i5
Gigabyte GTX 650 OC 2GB
8GB RAM
600W PSU
Windows 8
It had no problems running games like Mirror's Edge, DmC, Far Cry 3, Battlefield at High to Highest settings at around 50-60 FPS generally. But after some time , I started experiencing lag spikes in all of my games. Naturally, I assumed that a virus had infected my PC and after a lot of scanning for viruses, nothing was found. I proceeded to reformat my HDD and install windows 8( now 8.1 ) on it. For a while it was fine. Then again, just around Christmas , I started encountering extreme audio and video lag in all my applications . (Surgeon simulator ran at 18 FPS at lowest settings at resolution 1360x768) . Thus I took my PC apart and cleaned out all the dust on it. This did not help . So finally , I resetted the BIOS by taking out the CMOS and putting it back in again. I also fully reformatted my HDD and updated the BIOS. However , after the install of Windows and (naturally) all my games, I am experiencing more lag than ever. All games run at an average of 5 FPS. Audio is also extremely laggy and distorted . Which part of the PC is the cause of the lag? Could it be the PSU?Can anyone suggest any other solution or method which will help prevent lag? Thanks in advance!!
BTW, if you need more info about the specs of the PC especially about the motherboard and PSU, I will post info on other parts of my PC.
P.S- I can update any part of the PC I have to.
Intel i5
Gigabyte GTX 650 OC 2GB
8GB RAM
600W PSU
Windows 8
It had no problems running games like Mirror's Edge, DmC, Far Cry 3, Battlefield at High to Highest settings at around 50-60 FPS generally. But after some time , I started experiencing lag spikes in all of my games. Naturally, I assumed that a virus had infected my PC and after a lot of scanning for viruses, nothing was found. I proceeded to reformat my HDD and install windows 8( now 8.1 ) on it. For a while it was fine. Then again, just around Christmas , I started encountering extreme audio and video lag in all my applications . (Surgeon simulator ran at 18 FPS at lowest settings at resolution 1360x768) . Thus I took my PC apart and cleaned out all the dust on it. This did not help . So finally , I resetted the BIOS by taking out the CMOS and putting it back in again. I also fully reformatted my HDD and updated the BIOS. However , after the install of Windows and (naturally) all my games, I am experiencing more lag than ever. All games run at an average of 5 FPS. Audio is also extremely laggy and distorted . Which part of the PC is the cause of the lag? Could it be the PSU?Can anyone suggest any other solution or method which will help prevent lag? Thanks in advance!!
BTW, if you need more info about the specs of the PC especially about the motherboard and PSU, I will post info on other parts of my PC.
P.S- I can update any part of the PC I have to.
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