FPS Drops Almost Every Game

Jamli · Mar 9, 2015

Hey!

I've been playing many different games now like: Arma 3, DayZ, LoL, Wolfenstein ET (hell yeah!) and i have FPS issues in almost every game i play.

Example: normal FPS in Arma is ~30-40fps and then bam! drops to ~5-10fps for about 5-10 second and then goes back to 30-40fps. I've searched something about this from google, and i think issue is my CPU. But i have tried to overclock it, but didn't help much (probably nothing).

So any advice's to get my FPS going stable?

PC Specs:
CPU: AMD FX-8120 (3.1-3.5Ghz) i have different cooler for it.
GPU: ASUS GTX 670 (Base clock)
Some Asus motherboard (dont remember it now)
8GB Ram 1600Mhz
250gb SSD & 1TB HDD
Windows 7 Ultimate

Thanks already for any help!

LucoTF · Mar 9, 2015

sounds like your CPU could be throttling. Need to know your exact motherboard model, download CPU-z and let me know what it says under 'mainboard'

Arno8 · Mar 9, 2015

Is ur mobo made to overclock? give us the specific mobo model.

herrwizo · Mar 9, 2015

LucoTF :

I second this. Download Open HW Monitor and report back with "max" CPU temperatures while gaming. Overclocking does not help in your situation, actually it most likely makes things *worse* (more heating, more voltage).

This specific CPU is designed not to work over 61C, so if you are at this or above temperature, you need to:

- check whether the CPU fan is spinning
- clean the cooler from dust
- reapply thermal paste

If nothing helps, get a better cooler.

Arno8 · Mar 9, 2015

herrwizo :

I doubt any of these will help.

herrwizo · Mar 9, 2015

And your doubts, sir, are based on...?

Undying89 · Mar 9, 2015

Its just a CPU bottleneck. 8 slow bulldozer cores at 3.1ghz just cant keep stable minimum fps. All games hes playing are quite CPU heavy.

Arno8 · Mar 9, 2015

Well, maybe my answer wasn't correct

Try blowing out the dust, but if you do re-apply thermal paste then make sure you do this the right way. Because there;s many ways to do this but only a few ways to do this correct.

herrwizo · Mar 9, 2015

Without checking the temps, he can never be sure.

Jamli · Mar 9, 2015

LucoTF :

Yeah, so my motherboard is ASUS M5A78L

Jamli · Mar 9, 2015

herrwizo :

I have cleaned whole PC 3 days ago, didnt help. Thermal paste i have never changed, but I did read that it's not necessary to change them. I might be wrong. While gaming CPU temperature is around ~57C but under 60C.

herrwizo · Mar 9, 2015

Did it happen again while you were testing? I am asking because this temp is fine, and if it did happen, this means something else is the culprit. But if it didn't, you might need to test more. Maybe half an hour or so, until you see the issue and then report back the temp again.

Jamli · Mar 9, 2015

herrwizo :

I have Cooler Master Hyper 212, and I have read that it's possible to overclock my cpu up to 4ghz with this cooler. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Arno8 · Mar 9, 2015

Sir, your trying to overclock a mobo that doesn't support overclocking.

LucoTF · Mar 9, 2015

That board has no VRM heatsinks, without proper cooling in your case it could the vrms throttling if it's not the cpu

Jamli · Mar 9, 2015

Arno8 :

Well... There is overclocking possibilities in BIOS, so are you sure about it ? This might be very stupid question, but I'm not very good with these

Arno8 · Mar 9, 2015

Sorry it can be overclocked. Read this topic.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1756522/asus-m5a78l-usb3-motherboard-overclock-amd-8350.html

LucoTF · Mar 9, 2015

It's a very cheap motherboard with a 125w CPU. I think the max TDP of that board is 140w? (someone help me here)

You may even have trouble running that CPU at stock, depending on how much airflow you have in your case

Jamli · Mar 9, 2015

Arno8 :

So there is nothing to do? I just have to play with these FPS drops and deal with it, without spending any money ?

LucoTF · Mar 9, 2015

Download HWinfo64 and leave it running while you play a game, then have a look at the max temperatures on your motherboard sensors.

Jamli · Mar 9, 2015

LucoTF :

Case is Antec Three Hundred Two, I haven't changed any coolers.

LucoTF · Mar 9, 2015

Jamli :

Ok so all you're using is the two exhaust fans that came in the case, you haven't added any intake fans at all? The default setup on that case (one rear exhaust one top exhaust) isn't very good for cooling really. I suggest you monitor your motherboard temperatures to see if any of the sensors are getting hot under load

Jamli · Mar 9, 2015

LucoTF :

Yeah I havent added anything to that case. Here are some screenshots about temps :
http://gyazo.com/6172e0f82580b07cd26837c8a03578df
http://gyazo.com/5732fab54a209c6aa08f97b5ffb8512e
http://gyazo.com/a0cc7694cf8b5050d8b48ff119807220

I played about 40 minutes League of Legends, and PC is running about 2 hours now. Graphics are at high, FPS around ~100-120 and then it suddenly drops down to ~30fps (just like in any other game fps drops over half).

Edit: Also here's screenshot whats CPU-Z says about my CPU :
http://gyazo.com/85289434a0d7c55cf662c9c68f387da9
(so i was wondering about that core speed)

helpstar · Mar 9, 2015

1st, undo your overclocking. Load default settings

Which BIOS version is your on your board? (never flash in windows!) update in BIOS with USB thumb drive

check temps with prim95 (smallfft) + coretemp -> does the frequency of the 8120 drop while testing? test for about 10minutes

furmark (burnin) temperature after 10min?

3dmark (firestrike) do basic benchmark and post the link which comes up in the end of it

benchmark with tool "as ssd" do a screenshot of it, upload to any imagehoster and post the link

Jamli · Mar 9, 2015

helpstar :

Could u please tell me again what I need to download ? I didn't understand a shit

. Well yea I can undo my "overclocks", but I didn't understand that "Which BIOS version is your on your board? (never flash in windows!) update in BIOS with USB thumb drive". Is temperature checking ok with HWMonitor ?

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