Why do i get fps drops in games?

jamesthegreat · May 22, 2016

I keep getting fps drops in all games. I first noticed it in cs go when i would get random drops to about 50 fps from about 250. Then i noticed it is happening in most of the games im playing. I cleaned my pc of dust and i am getting a new cpu fan (cooler master hyper 212 evo) as i am still using the one you get in the box (its super loud and awful). i have tried fixes like messing around with the game files but that didnt fix anything so i noticed its probably a hardware issue. Also tried unparking cores on my cpu but that also changed nothing.

My pc specs;

CPU: AMD FX 8320
GPU: nvidia geforce gtx 950
RAM: 8gb hyper x fury
hard drive: 1tb wd blue
Mobo:ASUS M5A78L-M LX3

Thanks in advance.

HEXiT · May 22, 2016

reset your nvidia control pannel back to default. then open up GF experience and turn off game optomization's

if that doesnt help use ccleaner and clear out any startup entries you dont need.
leave your mouse, keyboard, gfx, headset drivers and antivirus. everything else disable.(delete 1s you know there not needed).
use ccleaner to clean the registry (save any changes before there made or just fix and delete, i prefer the latter)
reboot and try gaming.

jamesthegreat · May 22, 2016

HEXiT :

ok i will try that

bignastyid · May 22, 2016

Monitor your CPU frequency. VRM throttling is very common on those boards when paired with a 125w CPU like the 8320. Likly the cpu is getting throttled to ~1.4Ghz and causing the fps drops

HEXiT · May 22, 2016

^that was gonna be my next suggestion along with setting the games affinity to use another core rather than core 0/1

Spencer_10 · May 22, 2016

Hi James,

What temps are you getting during the game?

You can leave something like HWmonitor running in the background or play game in window.

Also check GPU temps, as it sounds like somethings being throttled down

jamesthegreat · May 29, 2016

bignastyid :

how would i monitor my cpu frequency i have checked the temps and they seem fine and btw i got a new cpu fan hyper 212 evo

bignastyid · May 29, 2016

jamesthegreat :

HWinfo or cpu-z would work. The 212 will direct air away from the vrms which will make a problem with overloaded and overheating vrms even worse.

jamesthegreat · May 29, 2016

bignastyid :

jamesthegreat :

HWinfo or cpu-z would work. The 212 will direct air away from the vrms which will make a problem with overloaded and overheating vrms even worse.

so basically i should get a new mobo

Spencer_10 · May 29, 2016

No..
Play a game or benchmark in in a window mode and with hwmonitor running, after 10 mins make screenshots of all the temps during the game or benchmark.

It may be even be the northbridge heatsink needs new paste, or one of the parts is failing to fully utilize, becuase of the PSU, but we cant say unless you post some screenshots please.

bignastyid · May 29, 2016

jamesthegreat :

bignastyid :

so basically i should get a new mobo

If it's VRM throttling, then yes a better motherboard should resolve the issue.

jamesthegreat · May 29, 2016

Spencer_10 :

http://imgur.com/pSdjqRV
http://imgur.com/6Y3mp7S

jamesthegreat · May 29, 2016

bignastyid :

jamesthegreat :

If it's VRM throttling, then yes a better motherboard should resolve the issue.

is this mother board good for gaming then
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4717#ov

bignastyid · May 29, 2016

Yes that's a much better board, and what I usually recommend for a budget board with a 125w am3+ cpu.

jamesthegreat · May 29, 2016

bignastyid :

ok i will get that then, thanks alot for your help

Spencer_10 · May 29, 2016

Um something is wrong ... have you over clocked your CPU? max cpu showing 29,734 MHZ! 29 GHZ
maybe reset your motherboad and clear the CMOS

bignastyid · May 29, 2016

Try using HWinfo to verify the results, hwmonitor isn't as reliable as hwinfo.

jamesthegreat · May 30, 2016

Spencer_10 :

no i havent overclocked my cpu. how do i reset my motherboard and clear the cmos?

jamesthegreat · May 30, 2016

bignastyid :

i dont know what i should be looking at, should i just play a game and screenshot the results?

bignastyid · May 30, 2016

When you run HWInfo check sensors only, you should get a screen similar to HWmonitors. Run a game for a bit then post a screen shot of HWinfo that includes the core clocks.

jamesthegreat · May 30, 2016

bignastyid :

http://imgur.com/q4gKL2x

bignastyid · May 30, 2016

Try minimizing the game when the fps drop and see what the clock speed core 0 is reporting or minimize the game then start hwinfo to make sure we are not just seeing the cpus lower idle speed. You may also want to enable multi-core rendering as it seems to only be using 1 core and that could be hindering performance aswell. Do you have a 2nd monitor?

jamesthegreat · May 30, 2016

Spencer_10 :

bignastyid :

ok i will try that now

jamesthegreat · May 30, 2016

bignastyid :

i dont have 2 monitors

bignastyid · May 30, 2016

Another way to test would be to open hwinfo and run prime95 and watch the current core clock section and see if it drops while prime is running.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/prime95.html

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