Hi guys recently i have been having an issue where my Frame rate drops by allot while playing games like skyrim and borderlands 2. i have all settings on high and the majority of the time i get frame rates of about 100 its just every now and then whether its during some battles or even some random exploring ill get a random HUGE drop in fps like itll go from 120 to 40 then right back up again.
at first i thought it was my cpu (because it was at stock settings) so i overclocked it to a stable 3.6 (tested 24 hours using prime)
but even then it didnt fix a thing, so i downloaded msi afterburner and used riva tuner along with hwinfo to see my specs ingame and monitor my system to know whats happening when i get these huge fps drops.
so far what i have noticed is that for the majority of the time borderlands 2 runs my cpu usage is at about 20 to 30 percent, my gpu hovers anywhere from 30 to 98 percent, the temperatures remain below 61 degrees. and my fps is in the high 100's like ill start the game walk around and ill have around 130 to 170 fps.
and now the weird part when i shoot everything goes crazy. ill instantly lag and drop to about 80fps no problem i keep shooting and dropping a couple of turrets lag atrocity again and this time it goes down to about 40 fps the lowest itll go is about 23 fps.
now when this hapens my gpu usage goes wayyy down like 50 percent to 30 and my cpu usage goes up just a little around 37 to 40 percent.
and now for the even weirder part it only hapens in certain areas of the game, other areas could be jam packed action with stuff blowing up and online with coop and i wont get a single bump in lag, sure ill lose allot of fps but i will not notice it because i get zero lag in between the spikes of fps drops.
now to my question is my cpu bottle-necking my gpu? and only certain areas make it more obvious than others?
the huge fps drops are getting on my nerves even in battlefield 3 when i use fraps itll go from 100 fps in game drops to 30 during certain situations then shoots back up again
ps i have lowered phys x in borderlands 2 and still i get a huge lag bump when i shoot in the dlc area that i dont get in the majority of other similarly built areas. and even when i do shoot and suffer fps drops i dont get lag in those areas so what is going on with the huge fps drops?
heres my rig
Cpu: Intel Core i7-920 oc 3.6
GPU: GTX 680 sc
Ram: CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB)
Mobo: Asus's P6x58d Premium
i play on 1080p lcd tv
at first i thought it was my cpu (because it was at stock settings) so i overclocked it to a stable 3.6 (tested 24 hours using prime)
but even then it didnt fix a thing, so i downloaded msi afterburner and used riva tuner along with hwinfo to see my specs ingame and monitor my system to know whats happening when i get these huge fps drops.
so far what i have noticed is that for the majority of the time borderlands 2 runs my cpu usage is at about 20 to 30 percent, my gpu hovers anywhere from 30 to 98 percent, the temperatures remain below 61 degrees. and my fps is in the high 100's like ill start the game walk around and ill have around 130 to 170 fps.
and now the weird part when i shoot everything goes crazy. ill instantly lag and drop to about 80fps no problem i keep shooting and dropping a couple of turrets lag atrocity again and this time it goes down to about 40 fps the lowest itll go is about 23 fps.
now when this hapens my gpu usage goes wayyy down like 50 percent to 30 and my cpu usage goes up just a little around 37 to 40 percent.
and now for the even weirder part it only hapens in certain areas of the game, other areas could be jam packed action with stuff blowing up and online with coop and i wont get a single bump in lag, sure ill lose allot of fps but i will not notice it because i get zero lag in between the spikes of fps drops.
now to my question is my cpu bottle-necking my gpu? and only certain areas make it more obvious than others?
the huge fps drops are getting on my nerves even in battlefield 3 when i use fraps itll go from 100 fps in game drops to 30 during certain situations then shoots back up again
ps i have lowered phys x in borderlands 2 and still i get a huge lag bump when i shoot in the dlc area that i dont get in the majority of other similarly built areas. and even when i do shoot and suffer fps drops i dont get lag in those areas so what is going on with the huge fps drops?
heres my rig
Cpu: Intel Core i7-920 oc 3.6
GPU: GTX 680 sc
Ram: CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB)
Mobo: Asus's P6x58d Premium
i play on 1080p lcd tv
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