Random quick 1 second freezes after OC

Sithire

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Ok so i overclocked my AMD FX 8320 to 4.4 MHz from 3.5 to play DayZ standalone (Wow what a difference this made so smmoothhh :) )with my gtx 660. and like i said it's AMAZINGLY SMOOTH. except the random 1 - 1/2 second screen freezes. its very frustrating to see it running so smooth but then have random screen freezes. the game doesn't crash it is like it runs for 2-3 seconds then will have a short screen puase for 1 -1/2 seconds then pick right back up. any ideas what might be causing this? i don't think it's an unstable OC. i am using AMD OverDrive to overclock BTW.

PS. if you are resonding same day im off for the night ill respond to all posts in the morning :) looking forward to seeing the help!
 
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Might be a bottleneck somewhere in the system. Monitor your CPU and GPU usage. If the CPU usage is higher than the GPU, then your CPU is holding you back. Although I highly doubt this is the case since you only have a GTX 660. If your GPU usage is almost capping (~95-100%) try dialing back the settings a little bit.

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Might be a bottleneck somewhere in the system. Monitor your CPU and GPU usage. If the CPU usage is higher than the GPU, then your CPU is holding you back. Although I highly doubt this is the case since you only have a GTX 660. If your GPU usage is almost capping (~95-100%) try dialing back the settings a little bit.
 
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Sithire

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works now. turned it down to 4.2 and its running so smooth :) thank you much!
 

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I don't feel like I helped any, but you're welcome! :) Glad to hear all is well and fixed.