Card problem or something else?

Nehkro · Oct 21, 2016

So basically I have a couple other threads more about CPU issues, trying to figure out what my problem really is. So 3 games for examples, I can play League of Legends, perfectly fine, no frame drops, nothing. When I launch Overwatch, sometimes it'll give me these frame skips (freezes for a quarter of a second or so) every 2-3 seconds. Does it for battlefield as well. So my average CPU temp on Battlefield 1, is around 90. My GPU usage % is basically always at 100 and then drops, goes right back to it. So is it a cpu or gpu issue?

Animus3D · Oct 21, 2016

well what's your cpu and gpu? If your cpu is 90C, then you might want to get a better cooler. I usually keep mine around half that. And your GPU usage % won't really tell us anything without knowing your GPU. RAM amount would also be nice to know

Nehkro · Oct 21, 2016

Animus3D :

R9 290
16gb Ram
i7 4790k

13thmonkey · Oct 21, 2016

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Nehkro : "Stable Temps CPU"

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heavyartillary9 :

13thmonkey · Oct 21, 2016

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Nehkro : "Frame drop/skip issue"

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JustCallMeAllen :

13thmonkey · Oct 21, 2016

Please don't keep creating new threads for the same issue, as people won't know what's been suggested or tried.

13thmonkey · Oct 21, 2016

Your CPU is too hot and probably throttling. Try tracking the CPU core speed to see if this is the case.

Nehkro · Oct 24, 2016

13thmonkey :

Okay well so what I've done that has somewhat fixed it, I replaced the thermal paste on it, and I dusted out the GPU fan the cooling fan, basically as much of it as I could and the temps are sitting around 50 each at startup and like 60 idle after some gaming.

During gaming however, the CPU is around 85-93 and the GPU sits at 89-92, all in Celsius.
The frame dropping has stopped but I think I still need to drop my temps a bit, so I was gonna replace my card and get some better cooling, was looking into a 1080 and a some corsair liquid cooling "Hydro series H100i v2". Think that'll drop my temps? Also, why is my GPU so high? Most temps I see are around like 20-30 but I'm really sure how much I can do for GPU cooling.

heavyartillary9 · Oct 24, 2016

its not super uncommon for cards to get real hot like that after some heavy gaming, gpu's get hotter then cpu's in general, and yes, a h100 will do significantly more cooling then any air cooler could wish to do

Nehkro · Oct 24, 2016

heavyartillary9 :

Okay thank you, is there anything I can do about a card heating up that much though? Since they both idle around 50C I don't think its a good thing, but I'm not sure.

heavyartillary9 · Oct 24, 2016

what card model do you have I known its a 290, but what 290 ?

Nehkro · Oct 24, 2016

heavyartillary9 :

This is it I think.

https://www.amazon.com/PowerColor-AXR9-290-4GBD5-TDHEV2-OC/dp/B00TKFD56W/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1477299558&sr=1-2&keywords=powercolor+r9+290

heavyartillary9 · Oct 24, 2016

ok, download msi afterburner and set up a custom fan profile so it spins faster at lower temps, that should help that, just try to keep the temps for gpu under 95

Nehkro · Oct 24, 2016

heavyartillary9 :

How would I do that? I've never used afterburner, I get my temps from speccy.

heavyartillary9 · Oct 24, 2016

so download afterburner, then after that open it up and you should see a fan bar, and a settings wheel by it, click the settings wheel and raise the curve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBXFN0AT0YM

Nehkro · Oct 24, 2016

heavyartillary9 :

Sweet appreciate it, thanks!

heavyartillary9 · Oct 24, 2016

no problem!, like i said, gpu's will run hotter then cpu's, your gpu temps is slightly high, your cpu temp is skyrocketed

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