FPS drops down to 15 every 4 minutes in every game

itgreed · May 5, 2016

Hello everybody,

as the title says, I'm having a huge problem which occures in every game. My FPS drop every 2 - 3 minutes for 10 seconds, to 15 fps ! Usually they go from around 60-70 (depending on the game) to ~15, every game behaves like that.

This only seems to happen since I've gotten a brand new r9 270 (asus). I don't think the that the card is faulty. I'm using a secondary monitor with a dvi to d-sub cable but again I don't think that is causing it.

When I touch the case it's pretty got but my GPU is at 50° Celcius max, CPU is under 57 according to Core Temp

I am using an FX8320 and 8GB of RAM and a Seasonic s12ii 520W
Windows 10, tried all kinds of drivers

Rogue Leader · May 5, 2016

What motherboard do you have and is your processor overclocked?

itgreed · May 5, 2016

No OC, only the GPU fan is set to 100% because I wanted to see if it solves the problem but it didn't.
Mobo is ASRock 970 Extreme3 r2.0

Rogue Leader · May 5, 2016

itgreed :

Ok and I am assuming stock fan cooler that came with the processor? What case and how many fans?

burdenbound · May 5, 2016

Monitor your CPU and GPU core clock when this happens. It sounds like your CPU is being throttled or another application is hogging resources.

itgreed · May 5, 2016

I don't have stock cooler, I have a Hyperx tx3 evo

Rogue Leader · May 5, 2016

itgreed :

I removed it.

So the problem you might be having is your VRMs are overheating, these are what supplies power to the CPU. There really isn't any cooling on them on your board, and with a TX3 really no air goes over them. Your board is only a 4+1 which while yes it is "compatible" with your 8320 it is not enough to drive it hard. This is a common issue with AMD systems, as manufacturers cheaped out on this, not realizing the final draws of these processors at 125w.

I suggest downloading MSI Afterburner, it comes with Rivatuner statistics, what you wan to do is monitor your GPU usage as well as CPU usage and temperature. If you see your temperature remaining the same throughout while your CPU usage or clock drops significantly you are experiencing throttling due to the VRMs overheating.

How many case fans do you have? what case?

itgreed · May 5, 2016

burdenbound :

That 'Pick as solution' button is so confusing I don't really get why they had to make it this big, always misting it for the reply button

Back to the topic, I am always keeping an eye on it and didn't notice anthing in particular, what should I be looking for?

itgreed · May 5, 2016

Case is CM K380 and I only have 1 fan on it in the front

should I try putting my fan (not the computer fan, just a normal fan for cooling down the room) next to my open case and see if it cools down the overheated stuff and solves the problem?

burdenbound · May 5, 2016

itgreed :

You will want to see if your CPU and/or GPU core clock is dipping lower than it should be when you encounter these fps drops. Or if CPU/GPU usage spike during these points.

Rogue Leader · May 5, 2016

itgreed :

Ok you definitely wan to add at least 1 fan on the back. The best scenario would be to add 1 exhaust fan to the back and 1 exhaust fan on top. Then add an additional intake either to the front or the bottom (if available) or the side if not.

While your processor is cool there is nothing to pull that excess heat out of the case and its sitting right over those VRMs

itgreed · May 5, 2016

should I try putting my fan (not the computer fan, just a normal fan for cooling down the room) next to my open case and see if it cools down the overheated stuff and solves the problem?

Rogue Leader · May 5, 2016

itgreed :

That could definitely help. I would go ahead and run the data logging I mentioned and see what its doing. Then set up the outside fan and do the same thing and see what the results are.

Then buy yourself some case fans.

itgreed · May 5, 2016

http://imgur.com/L4HjlNf
this is what afterburner shows is this normal? (not playing anything right now)

Rogue Leader · May 5, 2016

itgreed :

Yeah thats normal for not playing anything but you need to monitor these things under load.

itgreed · May 5, 2016

I can definietly feel btw the top of the case (which was preeetty hot few minutes ago) cooling down, not sure if the air reached the vrm though as I don't know how it looks

Rogue Leader · May 5, 2016

itgreed :

VRMs are those little chips between the processor and the back panel connectors on your motherboard.

There is a black heatsink on them

itgreed · May 5, 2016

I'll try to play something with this new fan installed next to my rig should I be looking at the afterburner or is there a better program?

Rogue Leader · May 5, 2016

itgreed :

Afterburner and then go into the options for the logging and turn on data logging (may be on already), Make sure you are monitiring CPU clock speed, CPU usage, CPU Temperature, and same with GPU usage, clock, and temp.

burdenbound · May 5, 2016

itgreed :

I personally use windows task manager to look at CPU usage/ core clock. Sometimes will use cpuz and gpuz. MSI afterburner in conjunction with rivatuner (think they come bundled) will allow you to put all these measurements overlaid while you play if you don't have a second screen to monitor them.

nitrium · May 5, 2016

It just might not be getting consistently enough juice. Try this, and see if it helps at all:

1. Right click anywhere on your desktop and select AMD Radeon Settings.
2. Click the "Gaming" tab
3. Click "Global Settings" tab
4. Click "Global Overdrive" tab
5. Adjust "Power Limit" slider to +20% (don't adjust "GPU Clock" slider).

itgreed · May 5, 2016

played a lol match (preivously fps drop 15 ever 4 mins) everything worked perfectly, moving onto cs:go

i also did that 20%+ thingy

Rogue Leader · May 5, 2016

itgreed :

This is with the fan correct?

You should drop that power limit back down as we want to try one cure at a time.

itgreed · May 5, 2016

honestly I'm just happy to finally solve this issue, but if you are curious I can try one cure at a time to see which one solved it but only tomorrow as it is 0:47 AM here and I'm really tired

nitrium · May 5, 2016

itgreed :

I'm curious to know. The problem you describe is exactly what happens when these AMD GPU's aren't getting quite enough power (my old AMD HD7950 had exactly same symptom and eventual solution).

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