[Solved] Intel Core i7 CPU spiking to 0% Use when playing games.. Causes stutte

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Hi All,

Basically, when I'm playing PC games, I'll get a perfect 60 FPS, but for some reason, the Intel i7 processor I have will spike to 0% use for a second and then continue to run.. This causes major FPS lag for around 1 to 3 seconds.

Here is a screenshot of me playing a game:

Information about my rig:

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/ [...] 30597.html

Had it about a year, haven't cleaned it once, runs at about 80C, 90C when playing games.

Is this a dust issue? Any ideas?

Reply to BradBrad

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I have one idea. The temperture. While the CPUs Tjunction is set to 100c, meaning it will operate at up to 100c, the laptop maker probably set their safe guard at a lower temperature.

When the CPU reaches that temperature, it will downclock itself according to the BIOS till it reaches that temperature or lower.

I would suggest getting a decent cooling pad for it for when you play games. There are some nice ones with big 200mm fans that will help cool it down.

That or get a desktop for gaming as laptops are not well suited for it, even when they are designed for it. I am not a laptop fan due to them shoving extremley hot components into a small space with inadequate cooling.

Reply to jimmysmitty

Temperature might very well be the issue. Notice though that only some of the cores drop to 0%, not all of them. Depending on the game, some of the cores may not be doing any work.

Reply to Herr_Koos

do something about the temperature, take heatsink off ,clean all dust, reapply some good thermal paste, turn cpu fan up. After this try a game and see if prob persists

Message edited by dhicks19 on 06-07-2011 at 12:35:40 PM

Reply to dhicks19

Try doing some cleanup too, there might be a program....or malicious type process running. Run Malware-bytes for that. Close up any unnecessary start up programs.

Lastly, try updating your GPU drivers.

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Reply to lucuis

"runs at about 80C, 90C " <------- theres your problem.

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Reply to iam2thecrowe

Alright guys, thanks for the help. I had thought this would be the problem, but it's great to see a general consensus.

Will clean it up soon.

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