Huge FPS drops in games even at lowest settings and resolution

PaulieVideos · Jun 16, 2016

Hello there, I have this problem with HUGE FPS drops in games like GTA V, Crysis, DayZ, CSGO, PAYDAY 2 for example. The worst part of it is that it happens on all graphical and resolution settings or in GTA V, some textures are loading slowly an sometimes they don't even load.

Here are my hardware specs:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2,4 GHz (tried OC to 3,2 GHz but didn't add much performance)
GPU: GTX 750 Ti 2 GB VRAM
RAM: 4x1 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 (5-6-6-18) at 800 MHz from Trascend
MOBO: Gigabyte P35-DS3L
PSU: Forton FSP400-PNF 400 W
HDD: Seagate ST1000LM014 (Took it from my older Lenovo laptop, usually laptop drivers are not really fast)

I have all drivers up to date, I did updat my BIOS to the newest version and also tried overclocking CPU, GPU, RAM but that didn't help at all. I ran MemTest via USB drive and RAM modules are completely fine.

Task manager says that my HDD is usually at 100% workload and RAM usage is almost at 3,6 GB in most games.
Could faster drive help, or even SSD? I can get up to 8 GB of DDR2 ram at 1066 MHz with this motherboard but I am not sure, when I have FPS drops even older game like Crysis wich should be fine with 4 GB of RAM.

Sorry for my horrible english, I hope you didn't suffer too much.

Zebedi1 · Jun 16, 2016

Hi there, I have experienced this before. You get large freezes in your game because you HDD is too slow. It can't keep up because they are not that great for gaming. One good idea I would suggest is getting some SSD and hopefully this should improve your performance. I'm not 100% about this but pretty sure. Oh and finally, DDDR 3 Ram is better than 2 so in your next build get that. Not much need to buy it now you have DDR2

PaulieVideos · Jun 16, 2016

Zebedi1 :

That's weird, I had this HDD in my laptop before and Crysis was running fine without any FPS drops (cheaper office laptop)
Like really right know I have like 90 FPS and sometimes it drops to like 5 FPS for few seconds.

Zebedi1 · Jun 16, 2016

Hmmmm, that is strange. The fact you said that your HDD is at 100% workload does suggest it is struggling to keep up with everything else. It can't write fast enough. I'm not really sure, all I can really suggest is SSD which is very inexpensive. Sorry. How much RAM is the game using on average while gaming?

PaulieVideos · Jun 16, 2016

Zebedi1 :

Mostly arround 3,6 GB.
Here I provided benchmark results of my HDD: http://prntscr.com/bhain2

Zebedi1 · Jun 16, 2016

Ok thanks but what do you mean by 3,6 gb? Do you mean3.6? Or 3 to 6

PaulieVideos · Jun 16, 2016

Zebedi1 :

Games+windows 10 are mostly using arround of 3,6 GB of ram when I have closed all other applications.

Zebedi1 · Jun 16, 2016

No what I mean is the "3,6" I though you only had 4gb of ram so do you mean 3 to 6 or 3 point 6 sorry

PaulieVideos · Jun 16, 2016

Zebedi1 :

Oh sorry man, I am from middle europe I meant 3 point 6 GB or 3.6 GB if you understand.

Zebedi1 · Jun 16, 2016

Ohh ok no problem! So your Ram is nearly maxed but ok. I don't think your RAM is the problem.

Zebedi1 · Jun 16, 2016

You might want to still consider some new DDR3 RAM that should help but I will think about it and get back to you tomorrow. (I live in England. Then time is 22:57pm)

PaulieVideos · Jun 16, 2016

Zebedi1 :

Ok man, thanks for making me sure, that new drive would help me out.

PaulieVideos · Jun 16, 2016

Zebedi1 :

Yes but my motherboards supports only DDR2 and this is my second rig so I don't want to spend to much cash on it.

Zebedi1 · Jun 16, 2016

Aaah ok. Yeh RAM is not the problem. I reckon it is your HDD but I will do a little research and get back to you later,

Zebedi1

Zebedi1 · Jun 16, 2016

Actually one last suggestion. It could be your internet. I recommend doing a speed test(there are plenty of apps for this) and telling me what your download speed is in Mbps and your ms. Thanks,

Zebedi1

Zebedi1 · Jun 17, 2016

So these are my ideas: 1) It could be your internet connection if you are playing online. I suggest running a speed test to check the download speed in Mbps and also the ms. The other idea I had may sound a bit far fetched but it's all I can think of. It could be you CPU throttling. This means when it gets too hot when the thermal margin hits zero, when it throttles it lowers its frequency and voltage to try and cool down. I might be this I'm not sure. I use a program called AMD overdrive to check the thermal margin so you could try that whilst in gameplay and say what the thermal margin is when it freezes. But only do that at your own risk. Before you try that, can you tell me what your CPU cooler is? Thanks/b]

Zebedi1 · Jun 17, 2016

Also, you said you over locked your CPU. Did you upgrade from the stock cooler to an aftermarket cooler because if not, the reason may well be the CPU overheating?

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