Hey everyone,
I just want to pick the forums brains about an issue I've been having lately, I'm not sure exactly what to do about it. So, a while ago I noticed my FPS in games such as Overwatch and other games I play was sort of unstable/ on the low side. I use a 144hz monitor so it's important that I maintain above 144fps in Overwatch especially. Specs: i5 4690k, EVGA GTX 970sc, 16gb 1886mhz DDR3. In theory I should be able to run Overwatch at a constant 154 fps, if I have the game set to display based, yet it keeps dipping below 144, to 120-130 something.
I've restored my PC three times in the last month and a bit trying to fix this issue but it's still present. Initially after the system restore Overwatch will run perfectly fine, how I would expect it to run. It always seems to slow down again though, and I honestly have no idea why. It could be my CPU is getting old as I believe it's something like 3-4 years old. My GPU should not be a problem as it's about 2 years old, although I recently carefully replaced the thermal paste on it not too long ago. I didn't see any immediate issues from that replacement. I'm considering buying some thermal paste remover compound and to redo the paste. Other than that I'm completely stumped, my CPU and GPU temperatures are fine and should not be causing issues.
I just want to pick the forums brains about an issue I've been having lately, I'm not sure exactly what to do about it. So, a while ago I noticed my FPS in games such as Overwatch and other games I play was sort of unstable/ on the low side. I use a 144hz monitor so it's important that I maintain above 144fps in Overwatch especially. Specs: i5 4690k, EVGA GTX 970sc, 16gb 1886mhz DDR3. In theory I should be able to run Overwatch at a constant 154 fps, if I have the game set to display based, yet it keeps dipping below 144, to 120-130 something.
I've restored my PC three times in the last month and a bit trying to fix this issue but it's still present. Initially after the system restore Overwatch will run perfectly fine, how I would expect it to run. It always seems to slow down again though, and I honestly have no idea why. It could be my CPU is getting old as I believe it's something like 3-4 years old. My GPU should not be a problem as it's about 2 years old, although I recently carefully replaced the thermal paste on it not too long ago. I didn't see any immediate issues from that replacement. I'm considering buying some thermal paste remover compound and to redo the paste. Other than that I'm completely stumped, my CPU and GPU temperatures are fine and should not be causing issues.
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