Temporary lag problems

[masonitte]

Ok so I fixed my other problem with games crashing, it was because one of my fans on my graphics card fell out. Anyways, when playing games such as Team Fortress 2 and Skyrim, my game will run fine but sometimes drop to 20-25 fps temporarily, and then shortly after, go back to perfect. The computer i'm on is very capable on not lagging on games. If anyone knows why this could occur, I would love a response.

Thanks!

GPU: GTX 550 Ti
CPU: AMD FX-6100 6-core 3.3 GHz
Motherboard: N68 VS3 FX
Power Supply: 700 Watts

 

[clutchc]

One of your card's fans? I didn't know any GTX 550ti had more than one fan.
But to your point... The 550ti is a mid range card. What resolution are you gaming at? Have you cleaned your system of junk files, resource wasting crap, and registry errors lately? Try CCleaner. Do the Clean and Registry both. Let's start with a cleanup...

 

[popatim]

Heck anything can cause that. internet lag, walking into an area tha requires data be loaded from the hdd, a/v scan kicking off...

 

[Viking2121]

Make sure nothing is running in the background and check temps to be safe while playing the game.

And clutchc some GTX 550's do come with a dual fan setup, depends on the brand.

 

[clutchc]

And clutchc some GTX 550's do come with a dual fan setup, depends on the brand.

After I posted, I did a quick search to see if I could find one. To my surprise I found a Gigabyte GTX550ti that had two fans. Amazing. Do folks O/C the 550ti to the point the 2 fans are necessary?