Sign in with
Sign up | Sign in
Your question

Intermittent lag spikes (Nvidia GTX 970)MSI

Tags:
  • Graphics
  • MSI
  • Lag
  • FPS
  • Nvidia
  • Gtx
  • Graphics Cards
Last response: in Graphics & Displays
Share
October 5, 2014 3:13:45 PM

Good Evening, a few days ago I had purchased a MSI GTX 970. now it can run pretty much anygame I throw at it with a solid FPS. E.G Running Skyrim with an ENB and graphical mods at 50 fps. However no matter what game I play, at some point I will run into a lag spike, lasting about 10 seconds and cutting the fps down by half or more. These spikes are intermittent and continue to plague me until i close the game.

I have noticed that my Cpu usage would sky rocket to 100 % when these spikes occur, for no apparent reason.

Specs: Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD FX-8350

RAM
8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 669MHz

Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. M5A78L LE (AM3R2)

Graphics
G246HL (1920x1080@60Hz)
4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (MSI)

More about : intermittent lag spikes nvidia gtx 970 msi

October 5, 2014 3:17:55 PM

I am going to guess it is a software issue. What other applications are running while you game ?
m
0
l
October 5, 2014 3:52:24 PM

bare minimum. Also as it happens with every single game, i'm starting to believe it is a hardware issue..
m
0
l
Related resources
October 5, 2014 3:58:59 PM

What are the temps during the lag spikes ?
m
0
l
October 5, 2014 4:42:08 PM

around 45 degrees Celsius cpu and 50 odd for the gpu.
m
0
l
October 5, 2014 5:16:33 PM

i think i have found the problem, or at least a symptom. The MSI 970 is supposed to have its fans off til 65 degrees. Now, my pc lagged, alt-tabbed, turned out my gpu was a t 65 degrees. It's either the act of the fans turning on, or too much power draw that is causing my pc to lag under stress?
m
0
l
October 6, 2014 3:57:30 AM

Turns out that was not the issue, Even with my GPU running at 30 degrees, the lag spikes still come forth
m
0
l
a b U Graphics card
October 6, 2014 4:57:58 AM

It could be due to bottleneck.

Try overclocking the CPU a little more.

Also, I've read a lot of articles stating that Skyrim would be smoother on an intel based platform.

This could be why.
m
0
l
October 6, 2014 5:15:34 AM

as of late, the CPU usage stays around 60% when these spikes occur, and the CPU is already running at 4.2Ghz. Therefore I don't think the CPU is bottlenecking. I just do not understand why this is happening, the fps is solid immediately before and after the spikes.

Also,this issue arises with every single graphically demanding application (games, 3D mark. etc) , so I do not think Skyrim is to blame/ the instigator :) 
m
0
l
!