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  1. R

    Question Periodic CPU drop frames while gaming ?

    Hello , i have this problem for months , i didn't find anything to fix it. When i play games, i have drop CPU utilization for a second, i try many things to fix this, i search for weeks, tweaks and optimizations...... without succes. Temps are good, 60-70 CPU while playing intense games, GPU...
  2. A

    Question ASUS B650M-PLUS WIFI Realtek 8852BE Ping Spikes

    Hi, I'm having a problem with my ASUS B650M-PLUS WIFI motherboard, it's as follows: It comes equipped with an onboard Realtek 8852BE Wireless LAN WiFi 6 PCI-E NIC network adapter that is installed on version 6001.15.145.0 (Win 11 Home). Whenever I play CSGO, every 60 seconds or so, the ping...
  3. Flamesa

    Question RTX 4080 sudden spikes in clock speeds and usage

    Hello, I noticed that even when doing minimal stuff like discord sharing or even doing nothing at all My gpu clock speed and usage spikes so hard for a sec as you can see in the image below https://imgbox.com/MF7Jdt7Y and I think this is why I'm getting fps drops even in light games like...
  4. DomacTeJebooo

    Question Slow internet, and random spikes ?

    Hello, I got some spikes randomly, I have totally optimized my router. My packet is like 11,2mb max on speed test its look like locked, ping is high. What should i do. I have ADSL net.
  5. B

    Question Random GPU 100% usage spikes ?

    My laptop is a Lenovo Legion 5. Hiya, I just got a new gaming laptop today and I'm noticing on the task manager my gpu (nvidia 3070) keeps randomly spiking to 100% usage for copy for a fraction of a second, before dropping back down again. I noticed this while playing minecraft as I had the...
  6. Makoto47

    Question Ryzen 7 5800H - CPU clock speed spikes/fluctuations when idle

    Hi, My brand new Legion 7's Ryzen 7 5800H CPU clock speed is constantly going up and down when idle, as can be seen in the MSI afterburner hardware monitor below. The values are somewhat consistent, at 2525 and 3675 MHz, so the graph almost looks like a thick line. I do not have iCue...
  7. L

    Question Im getting random ping spikes while playing online games

    For years ive had the same issue, my ping randomly spikes to 500~ and fluctuates between 700 and 150 for 10 minutes or so. This appears to happen more frequently when ive downloaded a few dozen gigabytes worth of games but it will increase in frequency for a few days after the downloads and then...
  8. badinternethaver

    Question Internet spiking to huge pings because of 1 device?

    So whenever my brother watches netflix or youtube ping in game spikes to sometimes 2000, why is it like that? When other family members watch netflix, twitch or anything else it does not do that, only when he watches. He has a cable from the router to his PC, could the cable be defect? Maybe his...
  9. Gushigang

    Question Rare GPU and CPU usage spikes ?

    Hello, I don't speak English so please excuse for the translator. I recently changed my 1070 for a ROG Strix 3060, the problem is that when I check the usage in MSI afterburner there are usage spikes that didn't happen to me before, even having all programs closed and being on desktop, even now...
  10. ez4tec

    [SOLVED] Powerline ping spikes when brother watches videos & streams

    This isn't an issue with powerline reliability. I don't need to know that powerlines are less than ideal - I know, I wouldn't use them if I had another choice. So, my powerline adapters work perfectly, I have 0 complaints with them generally. My network consists of 4 nodes. One for the router...
  11. L

    [SOLVED] Temperature spikes on my Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro

    Hey, while running on battery (not plugged in) the temperature is completely fine at about 30-55 degrees celsius (even when playing games like League of Legends). But when plugged in the temperature spikes up to 95 degrees celsius, but only for like 10-20 seconds and then instantly goes down...
  12. shadowcat777

    Question gpu spikes

    I have a rtx 3070 with ryzen 5 5600x and 32gb ddr4 3600mhz ram and i am getting gpu spikes from 0 to 100 now and then even if i am not playing (just using the desktop.) it usually goes many minutes between them. Is this normal behavior? Also some games I run have stutters, usually just small...
  13. M

    How To If you use Discord and facing FPS stuttering. Turn this option OFF!

    Hello everyone , I was suffering from stuttering during games even though I have a strong card 3080, and before 1080 .. it was very annoying I discovered that Discord was the cause of this problem, there is an option to use the GPU while using Discord even if it is in minimize mode! After...
  14. ToniMalrs

    Question MSI Afterburner shows insane voltage spikes, is this normal?

    My specs: Ryzen 7 2700x RTX 2070 Super OC 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport 250GB SSD 1TB SSHD ROG Strix B450-F Gaming 550W Evga I don't know much about CPU's or how to configure them, but whenever the CPU is under load the voltage will spike from the lowest it can be to the highest it can be. This...
  15. ForgottenMythz

    Question GPU usage fluctuating causing shuttering/lag spikes in games

    I brought My PC last year on the 1st of January 2020, however, since then I wasn't really able to play games properly on the pc due to exams and other problem recently I have started playing heavy games on my pc and have noticed severe lag (I have posted a video exhibiting the lag) Link:- GPU...
  16. N

    [SOLVED] Unable to solve packet loss/ping spikes

    Hey guys, I've been experiencing ping spikes and packet loss for about 2 years now and I'm at a loss for what to do. I have had countless tech visits and they always say we fixed the issue, I tell them no you didn't, they say my levels look good and their reading looks fine, then they try to...
  17. F

    [SOLVED] Spiking, freezing and FPS drops with RX 570 ?

    So, my pc started having some problems, i usually use it to play games (csgo, rocket league), some weeks ago my fps started to go down, i thought that it was because of some windows/game update, then my pc started freezing while playing, it would freeze and lost connection to the display for a...
  18. DirtySZN

    [SOLVED] Packet loss for over 10+ MONTHS!

    So as the title says, I have literally been struggling/dealing with packet loss for over the last 10+ months.. I am not going to sit here and complain to you guys on how mad and frustrated I am at my home networking situation as I can’t do my competitive gaming or stream and make extra income...
  19. N

    [SOLVED] Slight lagging in FPS games

    In fast FPS games like Apex Legends and Valorant I will have small spikes of lag and it will shift my movement and completely throwing me off which makes it hard to compete. I did a ping test through my router and google through cmd and everything seemed fine with nothing going over...
  20. InfurnoHD

    [SOLVED] CPU Temp spikes and fan ramping up every 5 seconds ?

    So I've buildt a new pc and i cant help but notice that the CPU temps keep jumping up and down, as well as the fan speed. (See picture below) I've checked the bios and i cant manually tune the fan curve. I get a visual graph of the fan curve but i can only set modes and its currently set to...
  21. Siru15

    Question Every device in my house is stuttering. Even with a NEW PC

    So for awhile now I've been getting these stutters while my PC is somewhat under load. For example when I am scrolling down the comments, when I watch a video with a high resolutiuon, or when I play games(also offline games). I firstly though it was my PC, because it started a few hours after I...
  22. Beckyj47

    Question My CPU usage has been spiking like mad, do I need to replace it?

    Hi, I have a Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core Processor running at 3.8-3.8 GHz. I haven't overclocked it myself, but I believe the base clock should be 3.6 GHz. Over the last week or so, my PC has struggled on games I usually run easily. I tried playing the Forest with my friends and recorded it, which...
  23. S

    [SOLVED] Small Packet Loss/Ping Spikes

    tl;dr is at the bottom ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For awhile now I've been experiencing very small spikes in pretty much all games I play. I'm using a wired connection to my PC. As for what kind of...
  24. I

    Question GPU Spiking to 100%

    I recently bought a used card, it is an RTX 2070 Super WINDFORCE OC 8 GB. Ever since then, I have been noticing it hit 100% at random times, whether it be browsing google or even playing a small game. I had to get a new PSU(650W Corsair Bronze Edition), I got a new SSD as well(870 EVO NVME 1TB)...
  25. E

    [SOLVED] Overclocking stability help, VID and Vcore knowledge and overall clocking/temps

    First post here, a year and a half after building my first PC. Late at the party if you want my honest opinion. I wasn't really paying much attention to my CPU/RAM clockspeed, overall voltage, safe temps, etc. After a while I noticed temps over 85 degrees and put a "band-aid" on it with the help...
  26. Mista Krank

    Question HDD spikes

    I am gonna leave this post short and sweet because there isn't alot. I had my pc for 3 months and my HDD has started to act up. Its been spiking like crazy for no reason. I don't play no games on it, all of my games are on 500gb external SSD (Disk D) until I buy an SSD to go into my pc. It is...
  27. W

    [SOLVED] GPU spikes from 0% to 80/100% when Idle and 100% while gaming

    so I got a new gigabyte radeon rx 580 8GB yesterday and since I checked the AMD software for the first time I noticed that It was having random spikes to around 50 to 100 every 10 seconds without any games on (I only had steam and discord running) and It gets worse while gaming. I tried...
  28. A

    [SOLVED] Ping spikes to thousands.

    Ping keeps spiking to thousands every few seconds when gaming. My laptop is a HP da-2017nx, 64-bit operating system My router is Nokia G-240W-B. My other laptop barely spikes and not to the extent that it reaches thousands. Ethernet is not available. I tried to run a ping test to google and...
  29. T

    [SOLVED] Windows 10/system doesn't load correctly & lag spike issue

    Hello! Recently got myself a new PC, but I've been experiencing some weird issues. First one happens while turning on my PC. For some reason my PC skips the entire loading process if the PC has been turned off for a while (couple hours). I see a short MSI splashscreen (the moment you can...
  30. TBlazeWarriorT

    [SOLVED] 9400F instantly jumping from 67ºC to 58ºC on games?

    So, I built my first PC a while ago, but as I started playing my first CPU-intensive game since then (Far Cry 3), things became a bit unstable, with usage spiking from 20% to 80% and my temperature once instantly jumped from 67ºC to 58ºC according to MSI Afterburner. The spike isn't as quick...
  31. M

    [SOLVED] Ryzen 2600 oc temp spikes

    I do not know if this is normal but there are temperature jumps of 10c at rest every 20-30 seconds when I overclock it in 4ghz 1.35v I tried other parameters but it is the same. (I am in high performance min cpu state 5% and max 100%) I do not know if it is normal at rest however it is stable...
  32. S

    Question Intermittent "Request Timed out" Google Ping Lines up with getting kicked from games, Discord lag.

    Hello all. I am on an ethernet wired computer running a 2800x, 32 GB Ram and a 1080 GPU. I Intermittently run into ping spikes at random intervals, sometimes multiple times a minute, sometimes once every 5 minutes. When I ping google I find the results line up with when I experience these...
  33. Thomazzimo

    Question Why does my ssd not work properly?

    Hello! I'm having problems with my SSD where it goes up to 100% but the read and write speeds are at 0. This causes for example windows explorer and the games I have installed on that SSD to not work properly, freeze or just straight up crash. Does someone know what might cause this problem...
  34. Bixmox

    Question Game stuttering after 45 minutes of stutter free gaming

    Hello. I have been experiencing some major stutters or small freezes in games after 45 minutes of problem-free gaming on my decently specced laptop. My specs are: Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8400 CPU @ 2.80GHz Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (The one I am using obviously) Video Card #2...
  35. B

    [SOLVED] Spikes, Stutters On All Video Games...

    Hello I've been getting spikes and stutters in all video games about a month ago on Windows 7.It was unplayable, blue screen every day (bootmgr is missing), then after that i got more problems and my PC would blue screen 5 minutes after turning it on.I reinstalled Windows (switched to Win10)...
  36. N

    Question PC LAG SPIKES HELP

    Hello so about a month ago i replaced my HDD with a new one and after that in every game i would get massive lag spikes that i never got before so again i replaced that HDD but the same issue presits i never got these lag spikes before so i need help is it my HDD causing this? Or did i damage...
  37. C

    Question Gpu Usage Spikes from 0% to 100%? (sapphire rx 580 8gb) How can i fix this?

    Im having spikess what should i do??? Any setting i should turn off from amd radeon software? I tried installing msi afterburner and turn on unified usage monitoring but that didnt quite work. I ran fortnite (yes) to screenshot the spikes for you Is this normal? I also sometimes have spikes when...
  38. C

    [SOLVED] Netgear C6250 Wifi Lag

    Hey, I currently am using the Netgear C6250 Modem here. I play CSGO, and I have had ping spikes for an eternity, I know that using wireless can cause ping spikes, so I decided to get a wifi extender( I cannot use a direct ethernet cable to my modem, as I live with my family and would have to...
  39. Arymist

    [SOLVED] Ping Spikes, But Ping Tests on CMD show normal results

    Basic Information: • I have tracert google.com in cmd, pinged the first three IP addresses (IN CMD), and all have come up fine. • I have switched ISPs a day ago and still have had this problem. (Switched to Local ISP) • I currently have no modem/router at the moment, except for my old one. The...
  40. A

    Question Overclocking RX 470 Causes Rapid FPS Drop Every Few Seconds

    Hey guys! I'm trying to overclock my RX 470 to get some extra performance using Radeon Wattman but there seems to be a problem with this otherwise-stable overclock that I got. During gameplay I get massive FPS drops from 60 to 12 - 18 FPS for a few seconds and then it jumps right back to the...