- Jul 24, 2012
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I have been trying to fix this problem for days and I'm at wits' end. I'm not an advanced user so bear with me.
Specs are:
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 595MHz
Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-S2 (Socket M2)
GeForce GTX 570 (Gigabyte)
932GB SAMSUNG SAMSUNG HD103SJ ATA Device (SATA)
Thermaltake litepower 700w
The problem is terrible frame rate dipping at an almost constant rate. My frame rate during most games will consist of 1 - 2 seconds of decent framerate followed by half a second or so of complete stuttering. It will generally keep following that pattern but will vary so and so. A thing I have especially noticed is that the hard drive will make a loading noise during this, i.e when the hard drive is making a spinning noise, the frame rate will be fine. When the hard drive stops making it's noise is when the fps dips severely. Keep in mind the noise sounds normal, not scratching like it's dying (although it may very well be). The game is usually not too bad for a few minutes when started, but then it all goes to crap.
This is not a new card. It's about a year old. It's hard to tell if this problem was sudden or gradual because I took a bit of time off and then played only online games like Diablo 3, which stuttering framerates are very common with most Australian users due to latency. My point is it was working fine at one stage.
Here are 2 short imgur albums showing my performance and temps during these frame rate spikes
TF2 - http://imgur.com/a/bk2ma
Arkham City - http://imgur.com/a/nqweW
Also, here is a GPU-z screenshot http://imgur.com/Ssvvp
Important thing to note, is that the GTX 570 is getting abysmal benchmark scores. Really, really low. It's weird, because the games themselves run quite well when they aren't stuttering. I actually tried swapping the GTX 570 for my old card, a Radeon 5770 HD. First thing I did was load up Furmark, and the old card absolutely crushed the 570's score. I was actually cheering, thinking that I'd finally found what the problem was, that this expensive card was dying. Sure enough, I try TF2 out, lower the settings a bit so the frame rate is playable, and a few minutes later, I get the roller coaster fps dipping again. Just another spanner thrown in the works. Are my 570 low benchmark scores related or is that a seperate problem? arghhh. It's things like this that drove me away from pc gaming years ago. I really don't want that again.
HD Tune pro lists a bad sector http://imgur.com/7Ondj. Hard disk sentinel says it's nothing to worry about though.
Things I have tried:
Multiple format and reinstalls.
Drivers all updated
Updated bios and flashed
Defrag
Changed from IDE to AHCI
Swapped old ram in
dskcheck
Dust cleanout
Used driver sweeper when swapping cards
I'm sorry if that's overkill or a wall of text, I'm just trying to be as thorough as possible. The last week has been frustrating as hell, and any help would be greatly appreciated.
Specs are:
MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 595MHz
Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-S2 (Socket M2)
GeForce GTX 570 (Gigabyte)
932GB SAMSUNG SAMSUNG HD103SJ ATA Device (SATA)
Thermaltake litepower 700w
The problem is terrible frame rate dipping at an almost constant rate. My frame rate during most games will consist of 1 - 2 seconds of decent framerate followed by half a second or so of complete stuttering. It will generally keep following that pattern but will vary so and so. A thing I have especially noticed is that the hard drive will make a loading noise during this, i.e when the hard drive is making a spinning noise, the frame rate will be fine. When the hard drive stops making it's noise is when the fps dips severely. Keep in mind the noise sounds normal, not scratching like it's dying (although it may very well be). The game is usually not too bad for a few minutes when started, but then it all goes to crap.
This is not a new card. It's about a year old. It's hard to tell if this problem was sudden or gradual because I took a bit of time off and then played only online games like Diablo 3, which stuttering framerates are very common with most Australian users due to latency. My point is it was working fine at one stage.
Here are 2 short imgur albums showing my performance and temps during these frame rate spikes
TF2 - http://imgur.com/a/bk2ma
Arkham City - http://imgur.com/a/nqweW
Also, here is a GPU-z screenshot http://imgur.com/Ssvvp
Important thing to note, is that the GTX 570 is getting abysmal benchmark scores. Really, really low. It's weird, because the games themselves run quite well when they aren't stuttering. I actually tried swapping the GTX 570 for my old card, a Radeon 5770 HD. First thing I did was load up Furmark, and the old card absolutely crushed the 570's score. I was actually cheering, thinking that I'd finally found what the problem was, that this expensive card was dying. Sure enough, I try TF2 out, lower the settings a bit so the frame rate is playable, and a few minutes later, I get the roller coaster fps dipping again. Just another spanner thrown in the works. Are my 570 low benchmark scores related or is that a seperate problem? arghhh. It's things like this that drove me away from pc gaming years ago. I really don't want that again.
HD Tune pro lists a bad sector http://imgur.com/7Ondj. Hard disk sentinel says it's nothing to worry about though.
Things I have tried:
Multiple format and reinstalls.
Drivers all updated
Updated bios and flashed
Defrag
Changed from IDE to AHCI
Swapped old ram in
dskcheck
Dust cleanout
Used driver sweeper when swapping cards
I'm sorry if that's overkill or a wall of text, I'm just trying to be as thorough as possible. The last week has been frustrating as hell, and any help would be greatly appreciated.
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