I recently built a computer with an r9 290x. This computer has been giving me no problems and still isn't except for one exception. I was running Metro: Last Light with all settings cranked up on 1080p the pc was running fine. During a cut scene that had a lot of lighting and texture effects ( that cut scene after you get captured near the start of the game) my gpu went to 87 c then once the cut scene was over it dropped down again. I was having decent frame rates through this cut scene. Later on in the game after a loading screen I was in a cut scene having massive frame rate drops I checked the gpu temps and the max temp has not gone over 87 c. So I did not know how the temperature was lower then other areas but getting worse fps. I lowered the settings but that did very little to help the problem so I just got off the game. So do I need a second graphics card to crossfire or should I get better fans to suck air in quicker and exhaust air faster? I'm using the default fans on the storm stryker and cooler master 120V. Here are a few pics of the inside of my case if that helps. Also don't hate on the front cable management I know it's bad and needs to be fixed. http://imgur.com/tMPQkS9 http://imgur.com/PEjA9DK http://imgur.com/X2TTfVs . If you need more pictures or information let me know.
EDIT: Ok I did a new test and found some interesting results. I got on Metro to see if I could locate the problem. When playing I got a steam message I pressed Shift + Tab to open up the over lay and it did so slower then normal and when I went to type a message the key being pressed to showing up on the monitor was about a 2 second delay. So then I was thinking maybe it's my processor bottle necking because in that area the gpu is only at around 70 c so I can't see it throttling down because of high temperatures. The only issue I am having with this theory is I have in i7 4770k so I can't see a 4th gen i7 processor bottle necking a gpu. So then I was thinking maybe it's overheating and lagging a bit because of it cpu temps was about 60 c. So now I have no idea where to begin looking for the problem.
EDIT: Ok I did a new test and found some interesting results. I got on Metro to see if I could locate the problem. When playing I got a steam message I pressed Shift + Tab to open up the over lay and it did so slower then normal and when I went to type a message the key being pressed to showing up on the monitor was about a 2 second delay. So then I was thinking maybe it's my processor bottle necking because in that area the gpu is only at around 70 c so I can't see it throttling down because of high temperatures. The only issue I am having with this theory is I have in i7 4770k so I can't see a 4th gen i7 processor bottle necking a gpu. So then I was thinking maybe it's overheating and lagging a bit because of it cpu temps was about 60 c. So now I have no idea where to begin looking for the problem.
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