- Feb 22, 2013
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Hi everyone,
I've been posing my issue across the net for awhile now without any result so I am hoping that someone here might be able to help me so here goes.
So not so long ago, I noticed that on games such as Battlefield 3 and Black Ops 2, the fps would suddenly drop, the screen would lag and it would be accompanied by crackling audio. This would last for a couple of seconds - varied really - and then it would either return back to normal with audio or return back to normal but the audio would of dropped so I was in silence.
Oddly, I found that by plugging headphones into the tower, sound would return. In addition to that, taking the headphones out would also cause audio to return to the game. Sometimes it would stay or sometimes it would just crash out again. Furthermore, it is important to note that this problem is exclusive to games. It never happens when I am watching a movie or listening to music etc.
The games that I have had the problem with are the two mentioned above and Guild Wars 2 as well.
At first, I thought the problem was the GPU and the drivers. So I did a complete uninstall of the Nvidia drivers and did a clean install of the new ones, but that didn't work unfortunately. So I started to monitor the temperatures of the CPU and GPU. GPU was hitting around 60/70 degrees with the CPU on Battlefield 3 hitting around 73 degrees. I found this a bit worrying, mainly for the CPU so I opened it up and gave all the fans a good clean out. The temps dropped down a bit but they still remain quite high - still around 70 for the CPU. Let me note that this is just using the fans that came with the case as well as the stock intel fan. I did order an additional cooler; however, it never arrived and I never got around to sorting out a replacement.
So really I am at a complete loss as to what is causing this problem. Part of me thinks it could be something to do with the GPU, another part thinks it might have something to do with the temps I am running at and another part of me thinks it could be just network lag. We have a 20 mb broadband, but because I am using a wireless adapter I am a bit weary.
Specifications wise here we go:
Processor: Intel Core i5 3570 K
GPU: Geforce GTX 670
Mobo: ASRock Z77 Extreme 4
RAM: 8GB
OS: Windows 8 64 Bit
If any more information is required, I can happily provide. At the moment though, I have been scratching my head for too many months now. I've trawled the internet for answers, posted on Nvidia forums and just got no where. I have stumbled upon very few people who have a similar problem, but there has never been any solution.
I appreciate the help and hopefully someone has an answer to this damn thing.
I've been posing my issue across the net for awhile now without any result so I am hoping that someone here might be able to help me so here goes.
So not so long ago, I noticed that on games such as Battlefield 3 and Black Ops 2, the fps would suddenly drop, the screen would lag and it would be accompanied by crackling audio. This would last for a couple of seconds - varied really - and then it would either return back to normal with audio or return back to normal but the audio would of dropped so I was in silence.
Oddly, I found that by plugging headphones into the tower, sound would return. In addition to that, taking the headphones out would also cause audio to return to the game. Sometimes it would stay or sometimes it would just crash out again. Furthermore, it is important to note that this problem is exclusive to games. It never happens when I am watching a movie or listening to music etc.
The games that I have had the problem with are the two mentioned above and Guild Wars 2 as well.
At first, I thought the problem was the GPU and the drivers. So I did a complete uninstall of the Nvidia drivers and did a clean install of the new ones, but that didn't work unfortunately. So I started to monitor the temperatures of the CPU and GPU. GPU was hitting around 60/70 degrees with the CPU on Battlefield 3 hitting around 73 degrees. I found this a bit worrying, mainly for the CPU so I opened it up and gave all the fans a good clean out. The temps dropped down a bit but they still remain quite high - still around 70 for the CPU. Let me note that this is just using the fans that came with the case as well as the stock intel fan. I did order an additional cooler; however, it never arrived and I never got around to sorting out a replacement.
So really I am at a complete loss as to what is causing this problem. Part of me thinks it could be something to do with the GPU, another part thinks it might have something to do with the temps I am running at and another part of me thinks it could be just network lag. We have a 20 mb broadband, but because I am using a wireless adapter I am a bit weary.
Specifications wise here we go:
Processor: Intel Core i5 3570 K
GPU: Geforce GTX 670
Mobo: ASRock Z77 Extreme 4
RAM: 8GB
OS: Windows 8 64 Bit
If any more information is required, I can happily provide. At the moment though, I have been scratching my head for too many months now. I've trawled the internet for answers, posted on Nvidia forums and just got no where. I have stumbled upon very few people who have a similar problem, but there has never been any solution.
I appreciate the help and hopefully someone has an answer to this damn thing.
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