Hi all,
So I was merrily playing BF4 yesterday (and have fine for many, many months) when i witnessed a drop in FPS for a short while with no explainable trigger. The FPS climbed to a more manageable condition and I carried on. It then started a cycle, every 30 or so seconds my FPS would drop quite significantly.
I'd be happily playing at 70-90 fps then suddenly it drops to 30-40 for a few seconds then back again. Tried a few other games and the drop is now present in all of them too.
Since this problem started I've tried a few things;
Opened PC and reseated CPU with new thermal compound, cleaned out all dust too.
Complete reinstall of graphics drivers
Reset BIOS and reinstated overclock settings
Checked CPU throttling and park settings
This is all to no avail, the FPS drops still occur. More interestingly, I've noticed it doesn't immediately do it, I have to be playing for a few minutes before it begins. I'm becoming more concerned that due to the sudden appearance of this problem and the fact the game has to be running for a few minutes that it may be a hardware problem.
My system temps all seem acceptable, hottest my graphics gets is 87 degrees centigrade whilst the hottest CPU core is 67 degrees.
PC:
CPU: I5 2500K (Scan bundle - overclocked by their engineers to 4.5 gHz with memory and mobo)
RAM: Corsair DDR3 1600Mhz
GPU: XFX 7970 Black Edition
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V LE
CASE: Coolermaster Elite 330U
I have owned the overclocked bundle for around 3 years now, and the GPU for less than a year but bought second hand.
So I was merrily playing BF4 yesterday (and have fine for many, many months) when i witnessed a drop in FPS for a short while with no explainable trigger. The FPS climbed to a more manageable condition and I carried on. It then started a cycle, every 30 or so seconds my FPS would drop quite significantly.
I'd be happily playing at 70-90 fps then suddenly it drops to 30-40 for a few seconds then back again. Tried a few other games and the drop is now present in all of them too.
Since this problem started I've tried a few things;
Opened PC and reseated CPU with new thermal compound, cleaned out all dust too.
Complete reinstall of graphics drivers
Reset BIOS and reinstated overclock settings
Checked CPU throttling and park settings
This is all to no avail, the FPS drops still occur. More interestingly, I've noticed it doesn't immediately do it, I have to be playing for a few minutes before it begins. I'm becoming more concerned that due to the sudden appearance of this problem and the fact the game has to be running for a few minutes that it may be a hardware problem.
My system temps all seem acceptable, hottest my graphics gets is 87 degrees centigrade whilst the hottest CPU core is 67 degrees.
PC:
CPU: I5 2500K (Scan bundle - overclocked by their engineers to 4.5 gHz with memory and mobo)
RAM: Corsair DDR3 1600Mhz
GPU: XFX 7970 Black Edition
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V LE
CASE: Coolermaster Elite 330U
I have owned the overclocked bundle for around 3 years now, and the GPU for less than a year but bought second hand.