Got some constant lag in games!

[3nter]

Hi folks!
So basically my problem is that every game i play on my computer lags. Its like a constant lag/stuttering/low fps when large and detailed areas occur. I've had this problem for a long while now, and I got a tip from someone that my CPU would be a bottleneck in my build, so i replaced it, but still get the same old freaking stuttering. I have got my drivers up to date, i have updated the BIOS, and I've tried literally everything! I ran Prime95 to test if my CPU was stable, tried to overclock it to like 4ghz, but it was perfectly okay, and no change in the stuttering. I cant think of anything that could possibly be causing the madness! My build should be powerful enough to run all the games I have. Some examples are Hitman: Absolution, Crysis 3, Sleeping Dogs, BF3 etc. Hitman and Sleeping Dogs doesn't run smooth on higher than LOW, and even lots of lagging in Hitman, just to give you guys a perspective. My specs are:
Gigabyte GA UD3 mobo
HD 7850 DirectCU2 gpu
1tb seagate hdd
600w corsair psu
amd fx-8320 8-core cpu
2 sticks of 4 gb corsair ram
Please if anyone has any clue of what my problem could be, then please leave a comment!

 

[3nter]

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/check-your-hard-disk-for-errors same for win7

Ok just to summarize what everyone has suggested for him to do.

Check hard drives for bad sectors.
Defrag hard drives
Reset BIOS
Remove 2gb Ram pin to enable dual channel.
Update windows, directX and framework runtime like c++, .NET

Edit: further suggestions. Reseat RAM and Graphics card

I've got 2 sticks of 4gb, but why should i remove one? Isn't dual channel to make 2 sticks share the job under load, like one takes care of half the job, and the other on takes the rest?

lol ignore the ram statement. I was commenting on another similar thread and got confused with the two. Sorry about that 😛

and yes. Take them out and place them back in making sure they are in correctly. I've seen people have performance issues due to a not properly seated graphics card or RAM.

I did all the things you guys suggested, but it didn't help. Any other clues? It seems like there must be something with the cpu, cus i can run bf3 singleplayer on ultra fine, but not multi... Since multiplayer is much more cpu related, I thought that it might be the cpu. Crysis 3 though, doesjn't run smooth on any higher settings than low-medium in singleplayer... don't know if crysis is more cpu related...
Also it seems like games powered by nvidia tend to lag much more on my card. Like crysis 1 and 2 is powered bynvidia, and it lags much more than crysis 3, and crysis 3 is amd...

 

[ZionZA]

Maybe unparking your cores might help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3u9eiskM4

OR

http://forum.cakewalk.com/Windows-7-amp-Core-Parking-a-better-way-to-Turn-It-OFF-m1861804-p2.aspx

 

[3nter]

Maybe unparking your cores might help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3u9eiskM4

OR

http://forum.cakewalk.com/Windows-7-amp-Core-Parking-a-better-way-to-Turn-It-OFF-m1861804-p2.aspx

Theres 4 cores parked, and 4 in use, you think it would help then?

 

[ZionZA]

In something like Crysis 3 and battlefield 4. definitely

 

[3nter]

Is your monitor connected to the GPU and are the CORRECT AMD drivers installed for that GPU?

Test the CPU temps. This sounds like a CPU throttling issue. Run prime95 again and check the temp while running.

I ran prime again and there were no errors. The temp was stable at 45 degrees

 

[nickbachu]

if your runnnig prime on a 8 core cpu temps are supposed to be much higher at least around 50 plus
when i had the amd phenom ii x6 1075t be overclocked to 4ghz my temps were almost maxed at 59c

 

[3nter]

if your runnnig prime on a 8 core cpu temps are supposed to be much higher at least around 50 plus
when i had the amd phenom ii x6 1075t be overclocked to 4ghz my temps were almost maxed at 59c

yes, when i had it clocked up to 4ghz it was much hotter, but now that i reset my BIOS and took away the overclock, its much cooler. its running at 3,5 ghz stock speed

 

[3nter]

Maybe unparking your cores might help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3u9eiskM4

OR

http://forum.cakewalk.com/Windows-7-amp-Core-Parking-a-better-way-to-Turn-It-OFF-m1861804-p2.aspx

unparking cores did not help...

 

[ZionZA]

I read a review on your graphics card and I think that your graphics card might be a problem here.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/04/15/asus_radeon_hd_7850_directcu_ii_video_card_review/11#.Uor2upAaKUk

 

[3nter]

I read a review on your graphics card and I think that your graphics card might be a problem here.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/04/15/asus_radeon_hd_7850_directcu_ii_video_card_review/11#.Uor2upAaKUk

I don't see why its a problem... can you explain?

 

[ZionZA]

They refer to the card being quite a bit slower than a 660. Now from a GTX 660 point of view with newer games to day you tend to be able to run games on medium to high, sometimes ultra settings. Also I see that in almost all the tests that the Frames are all over the place. Very low and high etc. So it might be whats causing the stuttering. I don't know but It might be the card? Is it possible for you to test the card on another system or test a friends one on your system?

I'm just thinking of what It can be. After everything you have done and swapping out the CPU for the higher one I don't see what the issue can be except maybe the graphics card.

 

[3nter]

They refer to the card being quite a bit slower than a 660. Now from a GTX 660 point of view with newer games to day you tend to be able to run games on medium to high, sometimes ultra settings. Also I see that in almost all the tests that the Frames are all over the place. Very low and high etc. So it might be whats causing the stuttering. I don't know but It might be the card? Is it possible for you to test the card on another system or test a friends one on your system?

I'm just thinking of what It can be. After everything you have done and swapping out the CPU for the higher one I don't see what the issue can be except maybe the graphics card.

I actually tested my card o9n my friend's system, and it ran bf3 on ultra with 50-60fps. But it is quite odd, cus bf3 actually runs better than sleeping dogs and hitman absolution in my system...

 

[nickbachu]

then you might have to overclock back too 4ghz to unbottleneck your card it seems you might have a defective cpu overclock for now and call amd to start the rma process and they are supposed to pay for shipping not you

 

[3nter]

then you might have to overclock back too 4ghz to unbottleneck your card it seems you might have a defective cpu overclock for now and call amd to start the rma process and they are supposed to pay for shipping not you

the rma prosess?

 

[nickbachu]

so they can replace your cpu

 

[3nter]

so they can replace your cpu
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oh, right. I will ask a friend of mine to test the cpu on his system, and then we'll see...

 

[nickbachu]

ok good luck hopefully its not something else

 

[tiny voices]

I definitely do not think this is a CPU failure at all.

Can yu please run prime 95 for a little while and check your temps under FULL LOAD?

 

[3nter]

I definitely do not think this is a CPU failure at all.

Can yu please run prime 95 for a little while and check your temps under FULL LOAD?

yeah i will

 

[3nter]

I definitely do not think this is a CPU failure at all.

Can yu please run prime 95 for a little while and check your temps under FULL LOAD?

i ran prime for 4 hours and the temperature was at 60c max. This was offcourse with an overclock to 3,9ghz, but I ran prime for a long while with stock freq. and then it was stable at 45

 

[tiny voices]

At stock clocks, do you still experience the lag in game?

 

[nickbachu]

Thats not right because your cpu turbos too 4.0ghz why are you at 3.9ghz

 

[3nter]

At stock clocks, do you still experience the lag in game?

yes I do, all the same

 

[3nter]

Thats not right because your cpu turbos too 4.0ghz why are you at 3.9ghz

because i just didn't want to overclock it any further. 4ghz is an overkill for games. You simply don't need that high clock speed. Even 3,6ghz would do, so I just pushed it up to 3,9