Massive fps and gpu usage drops in games

lisjak · Jul 1, 2018

Hello everyone,

for the last week or so I started getting some massive fps drops in games. It happens very randomly, sometimes several times in a few minutes and sometimes once in 10 minutes. When it happens the fps drop very low and the whole game creeps to a halt for a few seconds (sometimes the sound as well).

This occurs the most in overwatch and quake champions. Until today it did not occur in BF1 but today it did with a massive freeze that lasted several seconds.

The things I tried so far:

- Deleted drivers with DDU and reinstalled the newest ones
- Updated windows with the latest updates
- Monitored temperatures while playing (never above 60°C) and
- opened the side panel when stutters occured to test if it was temperature related
- Changed the power settings in windows as well as nvidia controll panel to performance mode
- Increased the power and temperature limit of the GPU
- Closed all other applications while playing
- Disabled the iGPU (using it for my second monitor)
- Disabled DVR
- Ran numerous malware and adware scans including a full antivirus scan (found a few things but didn't help)
- Tried fixing game files in battle.net (for overwatch)
- Ran a memory test (did not find any problems)

I also ran an AIDA64 and FurMark stress test at the same time to see if it could be PSU related. The CPU didn't dip once during testing while the GPU usage did. Not sure what to think about that.

Here are some screenshots from MSI afterburner:

My pc specs:
i7 4790k
GTX 1060
8GB ram
Asus Z97 Pro Gamer mobo
sata ssd for windows
M.2 ssd for overwatch
HDD for quake
650W corsair PSU

lisjak · Jul 3, 2018

Bump...

stefan291214 · Jul 13, 2018

I had a similar issue where the fps drops to like 5-20 in games i should be running perfectly and the gpu usage aswell though my problem is 99% due to overheating cus it goes into the 80s-90s when the drop happens and when it cools down it runs normally (at least for lower end games for higher end games the frames are always horrible).If the issue was overheating i would be able to help and tell u what others have told me but in this case i have no clue.

lisjak · Jul 15, 2018

Thanks for your reply stefan, but I triple checked and it's not overheating. I did however buy an additional 8gb of RAM for a totall of 16gb and that seemed to have fixed the issue, kinda. The fps drops are now much less frequent but they do still happen. If I come up with a solution I will post it here but for now I am clueless.

tylermoffatt55 · Aug 14, 2018

I had the same issue. What worked for me was going into Nvidia control panel by right clicking on desktop and under manage 3D settings, go to program settings and add this program(it’s not going to show up unless you copy and paste). C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.LockApp_cw5n1h2txyewy

Once you add this you will now see a power management mode where you can chance the level of performance on the right in the scrol down box. Choose the prefer maximum performance to get the best results. I hope this helps

tylermoffatt55 · Aug 14, 2018

I had the same issue. What worked for me was going into Nvidia control panel by right clicking on desktop and under manage 3D settings, go to program settings and add this program(it’s not going to show up unless you copy and paste). C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.LockApp_cw5n1h2txyewy

Once you add this you will now see a power management mode where you can chance the level of performance on the right in the scrol down box. Choose the prefer maximum performance to get the best results. I hope this helps

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