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September 29, 2014 4:29:30 AM

Whenever i play games my fps goes up and down from 75 to about 5, it goes up and down and my game lags making it unable to enjoy.
Here are my specs: intel i5 4430 3.0ghz, nvidia geforce gtx 770 and 4gb ram

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September 29, 2014 4:41:50 AM

What are your max temps when gaming as reported by HWmonitor?
It's normal for FPS to fluctuate, but it shouldn't go down to 5.
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September 29, 2014 5:53:43 AM

Are you running 32bit or 64 bit windows? Is your 4gb of ram one stick or two? If only one then you are not even running dual channel. What power supply are you running? What are your temperatures like for your CPU and GPU? This issue could be caused by throttling due to heat as well.
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September 29, 2014 8:37:05 AM


Sorry got that wrong, that was on a game called planetside2 that is known to cause this sort of problem with fps but on battlefield 4 it was going between 30 and 90 fps but still causing annoying lagging. Here are the maximum temperatures certain components reached after 10 minutes of playing.
cpu - 69 C
Mainboard(whatever this is) - 112 C
gpu - 82 C
these seem high to me, and when i feel my pc its very warm.

oh and yes my RAM is one 4gb stick
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September 29, 2014 9:25:52 AM

Mainboard temp usually refers to the chipset (although not always), and 112 degrees for that is quite high...
CPU/GPU temps should be (at least) 10-15 degrees lower as well.

Feels pretty much a thermal throttling issue, as both sin and alex hinted at. Is the PC clean from dust? Is the airflow ok?
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September 29, 2014 9:47:32 AM

ok, ill give it a clean out see if that helps. If not do you think i should invest in a fan, at the moment i just have the regular one that came with the cpu.
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September 29, 2014 10:07:12 AM

Cleaning out dust, and adding a couple of fans to your case will help with ventilation :) 
Those temps are too high, it's throttling.
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September 29, 2014 10:12:04 AM

Joe Breden Hardman said:
ok, ill give it a clean out see if that helps. If not do you think i should invest in a fan, at the moment i just have the regular one that came with the cpu.


Cleaning out all the dust will help, and I don't think you need an aftermarket cooler since your chip can not be overclocked. Your CPU temp is probally high because either A: there is too much thermal paste, and it is insulating instead disapating the heat, or B: the cooler isn't installed properly. This would be caused by the centering being off a bit, causing uneven contact. Check both of these points. If part of your motherboard is getting that hot, you may need to look at a chipset fan/cooler. It really does look like a throttling issue of some sort.

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September 29, 2014 10:26:05 AM

An aftermarket cooler is always a nice investment, either if you have an overclockable CPU or not. Had to disable TurboBoost, decrease clock by 300 mhz and voltage by 0.15 to keep my previous i5-2500 stable on the stock cooler...
In your case, however, you should look towards a thorough cleanup (removing dust and replacing your heatsink's thermal paste, as sin suggested) and, in an extreme case, buy system fans, if your case has space for them and your motherboard enough power pinouts for them.

Also, if cables are just attached without any criteria and are left hanging in the middle of your case, some cable management wouldn't hurt either.
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September 30, 2014 11:31:45 AM

ok, I looked inside my pc, its pretty new so there wasn't much dust at all. I didn't actually use thermal paste as I thought you didn't have to have it but will applying it possibly resolve this issue. Also anybody reckon I should get some more RAM?
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September 30, 2014 11:53:56 AM

Joe Breden Hardman said:
ok, I looked inside my pc, its pretty new so there wasn't much dust at all. I didn't actually use thermal paste as I thought you didn't have to have it but will applying it possibly resolve this issue. Also anybody reckon I should get some more RAM?


Yes thermal paste is required and yes it should solve your issues. Thermal paste fills in all the microscopic holes, and creates a tight seal between the cpu and cooler. It also help to transfer the heat to the cooler. You should never install a cpu without using a small amount of thermal paste. Just make sure to only use a very small amount. I usually just have a cloud of paste on the cpu and on the coolers surface.

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September 30, 2014 11:55:54 AM

No thermal paste... Ohhhhh man. It should have come with the cooler, but if you aren't using it, that would explain your issues.
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October 6, 2014 11:57:15 AM

Ok so, I checked for thermal paste and it turns out there was some on there, somebody i know told me that it must of come with it. Anyway, there was next to no dust in there at all. Should I add more thermal paste? Also my motherboard is reaching temperatures of 114 degrees c, while only running chrome?
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October 6, 2014 9:44:14 PM

Do you have any case fans?
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