FPS drop in every game.

[jimbroski]

I've search the internet before posting this and all I found was people with overheating issues. I don't think this is my issue because I've been monitoring my computer temps for a few weeks and the temps showing are normal temps.


FX-8350 4.00Ghz (idle temp: ~40 c /// stress temp: 60 - 65 c)

R9 270x 2Gb Club 3D 14' (idle: ~30 c /// stress: ~70c) (driver: 15.7.1)

970a-g43 MSI (idle: ~50 c /// stress: 65 - 75 c)

8gb ram 1600mhz

Western Digital Blue 1Tb 7200rpm 64mb cache

EVGA 750 B2


So like I said, those temps haven't really changed. I had no FPS drops and now, all of the sudden, I'm experiencing some in every games I tried with no major change in temps, drivers, hardware, etc. And the worst thing, is that those FPS drop are random: I could look at a overpopulated without any issues, then I look at a wall or the pause menu and the FPS randomly drop.

I often clean my PC, I formatted it not long ago (went from W7 to W10 then to W7 again with clean install everytime) and I changed my PSU (Master Cooler 725 EX2).

 

[RCFProd]

The 970A-G43 is notorious for extremely poor VRM cooling. Your CPU might be throttling because of it.

 

[jimbroski]

Wouldn't the temps show if something was overheating?

I got that PC like 10 months ago and been playing on it since. Why would I only experience performance issues after all that time?

Thanks!

 

[dorsai]

If I had to guess at something based on what you've posted I would be looking at the graphics card as the culprit...2gb of memory is not really enough for current titles. What games are you running ?

What screen resolution are you gaming at and what settings are you using ?

Try turning down anti-aliasing to 2x or even OFF as well as disabling shadows in games to see if things pick up for you. Also remember that any settings in the AMD Catalyst Control panel will over ride any setting in game so you need to make sure everything is set to "Use Application Settings" under the Gaming tab in the Catalyst panel.

 

[jimbroski]

Yea I should've mentioned the games I'm playing. I noticed that issue in Dishonored, Bioshock Infinite and Shadow Warrior. These are the games I'm playing right now and all have that issue.

I've been playing on that rig for months and never had that problem before. I play with Vsync on and games at medium/high setting in 1600x900. CCC settings are all default and all set to "Use Application Settings".

My issue is weird, because I could look at a really demanding section without any, or barely, FPS drop and then I look at a wall or even in the pause menu and the fps drops to like 30-40 for a few seconds then go back to 60.