[SOLVED] Gradually getting less frames and a lower performance ?

[amjedfiras]

A while back i was playing csgo and after hitting my disk my game crashed and i had to replace my hard drive. After i installed everything on my hard drive everything seemed normal and the game was running normally with some stutters. I did some benchmarks and the results were average for my gpu in vulkan, opengl and dx12. After a while i started getting more stutters in csgo and suddenly i could not get over 60 fps and it dropped to 40 at points, i usually get about 100 fps and more. Since then every time i open the game the frames get lower and now i cant get over 30. Even when i lower my game graphics the frames do not change.

I tried benhmarking again and this time i got normal results for vulkan but really low results for opengl and dx12. I even got scores as low as 1000, then they would spark up to 9000 when the normal is supposed yo be about 15000 to 17000. I keep getting corrupt files on csgo and i have to validate too (in case this info might help). I tried taking everything out of the pc and putting it back, but nothing changed.

I have a dell optiplex 390 mini tower, 8 gb ram ddr3, gtx 750 ti 2gb gigabyte windforce, 500 gb hdd, core i7-2600
My temperature for both cpu and gpu are normal, and there is not an overheating problem.
What could my problem be, is it with the gpu, the hdd or the motherboard. Or is it something with the game or something else. I would really appreciate any help, thank you

 

[amjedfiras]

Well, nice job, but I'm confused. You say you have a mobo graphic section. But you couldn't get the video card out because the screw was too tight or something. The you said you plugged in the old video card. Did you have two video cards in there at one time? The old one and the new one. And the intel hd 2000 is the old card. I'm lost, but I can tell you this, it's possible the computer capacitors are causing stability issues. Here's how to find out. Turn the computer on and run a complete system test for a week or two. Do not turn off the computer but work it with a mild self repeating stress test. This procedure effectively revitalizes old capacitors that haven't been used much and have been stored for a while. I'm not sure I your computer sat around for a long time or not. If it did then leave it on and work those capacitors. After a week or so they can run a long time. However you have the opposite scenario. It get worse with use which is a sign of aging capacitors. Something is unstable and is gets worse after time, You have a new hard drive, so that's probably not it unless it's defective. You have an old video card which works better than the newer one as the newer one cause the computer to crash and the system thought it was ram. But the oldest video card works good and tests ok even though it's limited. If I have this right, I agree, the newer video card seems on its way out. I had one that lasted 4 years, it was getting longer and longer to turn on after boot and finally quit. I bought a new one and all is well. Maybe it is your video card. I'd try to get that screw out with a drop of penetrating oil. Let is set a while, turn the screw inward first until it moves then back it out. I use Kroil oil for that, but any penetrating oil can work, You may have to get another video card and try it out. I was hoping it wasn't the card, they are expensive. But if you can get one used from someone who just wanted to upgrade it should be pretty cheap. Just ask to be sure you can return it if it doesn't work. It's possible someone is trying sell one in the same shape as yours but not necessarily. Any friend where you live who will let you try their card in your machine? That's a great thing there....

I see where the confusion comes from. The screws that i could not remove where the ones that held the fan over the CPU, so it has nothing to do with the graphics card. Now i have a gtx 750 ti and an intel hd 2000. The intel hd 2000 is an integrated graphics driver, which means it comes with the CPU and is not something i can put in a pci express port. Now the gtx 750 ti is an external gpu on the other hand that i can plug in. The crash i mentioned last time was when i was testing the hd 2000 and it seems like the test was too much for it or something. Thats when the pc crashed and the warning lights indicated that it was ram. When i plugged in the gtx 750 ti again the pc turned on fine. My pc got worse with use until a certain point then it stopped there and it has been stuck on that point for over a week now. I don't think i can get someone to give me a gpu to test right now but i will try. So should i try a week long stress test or not? And if i do will it fix the capacitors or test if they get worse?

 

[amjedfiras]

I see where the confusion comes from. The screws that i could not remove where the ones that held the fan over the CPU, so it has nothing to do with the graphics card. Now i have a gtx 750 ti and an intel hd 2000. The intel hd 2000 is an integrated graphics driver, which means it comes with the CPU and is not something i can put in a pci express port. Now the gtx 750 ti is an external gpu on the other hand that i can plug in. The crash i mentioned last time was when i was testing the hd 2000 and it seems like the test was too much for it or something. Thats when the pc crashed and the warning lights indicated that it was ram. When i plugged in the gtx 750 ti again the pc turned on fine. My pc got worse with use until a certain point then it stopped there and it has been stuck on that point for over a week now. I don't think i can get someone to give me a gpu to test right now but i will try. So should i try a week long stress test or not? And if i do will it fix the capacitors or test if they get worse?

Hello again. Today for some reason everything went back to normal. Im getting 100 fps and almost no stutters. I have no idea why this happened or what i have done for this to happen. Im sorry if this wasted alot of your time since the problem was not identified. It was probably fixed after i was cleaning the desktop and changing wires while trying to see if the motherboard was okay. It is probably because i only tested the intel hd 2000 gpu after the cleanup but not the gtx 750 ti. I really appreciate your help and the time you spent with me. You actually taught me alot about computers in the process from software, like the page file, to hardware, like capacitors. I wish you a great day and good luck!

 

[Alan Alan]

Hello again. Today for some reason everything went back to normal. Im getting 100 fps and almost no stutters. I have no idea why this happened or what i have done for this to happen. Im sorry if this wasted alot of your time since the problem was not identified. It was probably fixed after i was cleaning the desktop and changing wires while trying to see if the motherboard was okay. It is probably because i only tested the intel hd 2000 gpu after the cleanup but not the gtx 750 ti. I really appreciate your help and the time you spent with me. You actually taught me alot about computers in the process from software, like the page file, to hardware, like capacitors. I wish you a great day and good luck!

Gee that's great to hear, it was a tough one. It was just another case of loose connections of oxidation build up on the contacts. If the problem come back is a few weeks or so get a can of De-Oxite D5 and rub the contacts with a Q tip that's been sprayed with the contact cleaner. D5 works on gold plated contacts. I guess pure gold is the only gold that doesn't oxidize as these gold plated contact eventually do. But don't forget the let it dry for 15 or so minutes before turning the computer back on. Talk later, you can be my apprentice now. lol That was fun. Haven't talked shop in a few years.
Good luck with it.