- Dec 9, 2017
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So basically about 3-4 weeks ago I started to notice that in all of my games my framerate would periodically drop by 50ish FPS every 5 seconds, remain that way for 5 seconds, and then return to normal for 5 seconds. This is most apparent in newer games which I run at almost dot on 60 FPS, meaning these drops bring me down to 10 FPS for 5 seconds, making games near unplayable.
Specs:
CPU - AMD FX-8350
GPU - Geforce GTX 970 (4GB VRAM)
Motherboard - Asrock 970 Pro3 R2 AM3+
RAM - 16GB DDR3
PSU - Silverstone ST85F-GS (850W)
I have found a few other people on Tomshardware, and other tech sites around the internet who have had similar issues, however for most of them the fix was applying new heatsink to their CPU's (Due to overheating). I have done this, and seen no difference in performance, my CPU temp is idle at 35 degrees Celcius, and gaming at 55 degrees Celcius. Keeping in mind room temp is about 25-30 degrees (I'm in the southern hemisphere so it's summer).
Any idea's what's happening? Thanks!
Edit: I did testing whilst playing a more intensive game and task manager showed that my CPU usage would build up to 99%, the game would then start to lag and the CPU usage would drop back down to about 40%, the game would then return to normal FPS, and CPU usage would again rise. Almost as if something is throttling the CPU when it reaches full capacity, yet my core temperature remains a steady 60 degrees. Maybe there's a setting in my BIOS or windows I'm missing?
Specs:
CPU - AMD FX-8350
GPU - Geforce GTX 970 (4GB VRAM)
Motherboard - Asrock 970 Pro3 R2 AM3+
RAM - 16GB DDR3
PSU - Silverstone ST85F-GS (850W)
I have found a few other people on Tomshardware, and other tech sites around the internet who have had similar issues, however for most of them the fix was applying new heatsink to their CPU's (Due to overheating). I have done this, and seen no difference in performance, my CPU temp is idle at 35 degrees Celcius, and gaming at 55 degrees Celcius. Keeping in mind room temp is about 25-30 degrees (I'm in the southern hemisphere so it's summer).
Any idea's what's happening? Thanks!
Edit: I did testing whilst playing a more intensive game and task manager showed that my CPU usage would build up to 99%, the game would then start to lag and the CPU usage would drop back down to about 40%, the game would then return to normal FPS, and CPU usage would again rise. Almost as if something is throttling the CPU when it reaches full capacity, yet my core temperature remains a steady 60 degrees. Maybe there's a setting in my BIOS or windows I'm missing?
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