Hello, guys!
I'm new here, and I see that you guys are good helpers, so I'm here to ask for help. Also, sorry for my bad English.
I had a GeForce 9500GT 1GB and it was running games just fine... until the day Windows 8 came out. When I rebooted my PC to install Windows 8 64-bit, I realized my GPU was automatically shut down. As my monitor was blacking out for quite a while, I decided to open the case and take a look inside. The GPU's fan had stopped working for some reason (and it wasn't only that day; it was automatically shutting down due to overheat for the past 2 months and I didn't know what was causing it). I fixed it and installed Windows 8.
While on Windows 8, I noticed a HUGE performance drop. Games like Portal 2 and Half-Life 2-based mods used to run at ~60FPS or more, and it was now running at ~16 FPS with weird lag spikes. At first I thought the problem was Windows 8, so I moved back to Windows 7 64-bit. But it didn't fix it. Lag spikes were also present.
So I thought that the overheat caused permanent performance loss, so I bought a new GPU.
I now have a GTX 550Ti 1GB 192bit GDDR5, and instead of fixing all that lag spike stuff, it didn't. Well, in fact, the Source Engine games are running quite a bit better, but there are some strange lag spikes, freezing the game for about 1 sec at random times (2 seconds on average, maybe).
For instance, here's a benchmark test, according to Fraps 3.5.1:
So, only at the menu, it ranged from 0 to 63.
I've also tried Black Ops II, at the lowest settings possible. Here's what I got at the very first singleplayer mission:
A few notes:
Drivers are up-to-date;
The CPU, GPU, RAM, HD temperatures are all normal;
Ran a MemTest, everything is normal;
Ran a HD defrag;
Closed all the unnecessary processes;
Reinstalled DirectX.
Windows 8 AND 7 had this issue, so I don't think it's OS-related.
TL;DR:
My old GPU overheated, everything started to lag. Bought a new GPU and it didn't fix. Temperatures are normal, Windows and drivers are updated.
Pleeeease, if someone can help me, I'll be extremely grateful and give you a virtual hug.
I'm new here, and I see that you guys are good helpers, so I'm here to ask for help. Also, sorry for my bad English.
I had a GeForce 9500GT 1GB and it was running games just fine... until the day Windows 8 came out. When I rebooted my PC to install Windows 8 64-bit, I realized my GPU was automatically shut down. As my monitor was blacking out for quite a while, I decided to open the case and take a look inside. The GPU's fan had stopped working for some reason (and it wasn't only that day; it was automatically shutting down due to overheat for the past 2 months and I didn't know what was causing it). I fixed it and installed Windows 8.
While on Windows 8, I noticed a HUGE performance drop. Games like Portal 2 and Half-Life 2-based mods used to run at ~60FPS or more, and it was now running at ~16 FPS with weird lag spikes. At first I thought the problem was Windows 8, so I moved back to Windows 7 64-bit. But it didn't fix it. Lag spikes were also present.
So I thought that the overheat caused permanent performance loss, so I bought a new GPU.
I now have a GTX 550Ti 1GB 192bit GDDR5, and instead of fixing all that lag spike stuff, it didn't. Well, in fact, the Source Engine games are running quite a bit better, but there are some strange lag spikes, freezing the game for about 1 sec at random times (2 seconds on average, maybe).
For instance, here's a benchmark test, according to Fraps 3.5.1:
So, only at the menu, it ranged from 0 to 63.
I've also tried Black Ops II, at the lowest settings possible. Here's what I got at the very first singleplayer mission:
A few notes:
Drivers are up-to-date;
The CPU, GPU, RAM, HD temperatures are all normal;
Ran a MemTest, everything is normal;
Ran a HD defrag;
Closed all the unnecessary processes;
Reinstalled DirectX.
Windows 8 AND 7 had this issue, so I don't think it's OS-related.
TL;DR:
My old GPU overheated, everything started to lag. Bought a new GPU and it didn't fix. Temperatures are normal, Windows and drivers are updated.
Pleeeease, if someone can help me, I'll be extremely grateful and give you a virtual hug.
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