FPS Random Drops during gaming

Alexandre Souza

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Hi, all.
I hv been hving random FPS drops, from 86 to 8 during playing games.
I monitor my temps and everything seems to be normal (according to AMD Overdrive, never been under 20ºC on thermal margin) and my GPU aswell (hitting 51ºC ~ 56ºC during rly heavy load).

~~~However I had issues with temperature at the very begining of this computer usage. The TURBO CORE option is disabled once many people claim this option for this setup is not good and leads to high temps.~~~ I talked about this issue on this topic:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2466649/6300-asus-m5a78l-temps-fine.html

SOMETIMES these FPS drops are fixed when i alt tab. Which suggested me it was a temp problem, like whenever things cooldown they come back to work properly. Sometimes that doesnt work at all.
This is my system:

CPU: Amd FX 6300
RAM: 1 Stick DDR 3 Ram (Kingston) 8gb 1600
MOBO: Asus m5a78l-m lx/br
HD: 1 Hard Drives (Sata 3)
VGA: Saphiretech Radeon R7 250 (1gb DDR5)
CPU Cooler: Hyper Tx3 EVO (Coolermaster)
2 Fans: 80 mm and 120mm
PSU: CX 500 Plus Bronze (Corsair)

I read that using afterburner to increase my power limit could help with my r7 250. So I downloaded and started at 7% and had the issue, so I increased it to 11% (it can be increased to 20%) and during one night it didnt hv any problem, but just now I had the same issue on 11%.

I'd like to know how safe this tool can be, the "Power Limit" on Afterburn, however this is not my main reason for this topic.
The thing is, any idea on what could fix those random fps drops?

Also i'm kinda worried bout my RAM.
Using CPU-Z the SPD tab returns me these results:

Module Size: 8192 MBytes
Max Bandwith: PC3-12800 (800MHz)
Manufacturer: Kingston
Part Number: KVR16N11/8


I am sorry if I am talking bout too much stuff in one single topic, but thats what I thought it could be. CPU or GPU OR RAM.

I hope u guys can help me out with this annoying sh1t.
I used as many combinations I can with AMD Catalyst software. Nothing seems to help. NOTHING.
The game i play the most is Archeage, however i had this issue on Dragon Age Inquisition aswell.

Thank you, guys.

I dont understand about ram, but I went on BIOS Clock timings and I didnt find the option for my 1600 DDR3 RAM. Its on AUTO.

 

Alexandre Souza

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During heavy load it never goes higher than 65ºC
Most of the time between 61ºC and 62ºC
Im saying during heavy load.
I already mailed AMD and they told me those temps are fine, that I should use AMD Overdrive to monitor temps only and as long as I hv a thermal margin positive I should not worry about it.
My thermal margin NEVER got under 20ºC

Thank you for ur reply, mate.
I hv stutering problems with Dragon Age like everyone, but my problems seems to be different, once they are pretty much the same on Archeage and other games. Randomly FPS goes down. Sometimes alt tabing helps, sometimes it doesnt....Its so annoying.