Question I need SERIOUS HELP

[OkVibez]

Gamers…Nerds… I need your serious help. Last couple of weeks Ive been getting massive lag spikes in my favorite game, Escape From Tarkov. Over the last couple of years I have upgraded my pc to handle this poorly optimized game and I think I did ok. It’s been great until a couple weeks ago.

PC Specs:
MSI B550 Mag Max Wifi (replaced from B550 Rog Strix)
Ryzen 7 5800x3D
RTX 3090 FTW3 (Replaced with 2060s during testing)
32gb (2x16) Corsair Vengeance Pro (Swapped to another of the same set)
Corsair h150 AIO
Corsair 1000e PSU (Had a thermaltake 1200w PSU before the troubles)
WD Blue M.2 500gb (2500mb)
Samsung M.2 (7000mb)

This is what is currently installed, and I have listed some parts I had when this issue started then I started rapidly changing parts with no success.
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I have logged my issues with HWINFO and can clearly see all the dips. I have yet to figure out what the cause of them is though.

Whenever I put in the 2060s, it no longer stuttered like it did, BUT I was getting a lot of crashes in the game. However the 3090 did not crash, it just stutters. Almost like it can handle whatever is happening to it, but the 2060s couldn’t and would result to crashing.

The first part I replaced was the ram, switched channels, only used 1 stick, still happened.
I got a new Samsung m.2 and reinstalled windows, same issue.
I returned the drive, however I do have another m.2 already in my system so I went ahead and installed windows there just incase. Still the same issue.

Now I’ve known I had a bad power supply for a while now because when I first got my 3090, when it would draw max power it would shut off when using the 1200w Thermaltake Psu. All I did was undervolt the card and it has been fine for half a year until this new problem.

With that said, I was hoping, maybe the PSU really is bad now so I went out and got a new one.
Now I can use the full potential of the card without the PC shutting off, however, I still get my frequent lag spikes where my fps gets cut in half and my usages spike down.

Now I am further down the rabbit hole, yesterday I decided to go out and get a new motherboard because maybe just maybe mine has become faulty over the last 2 years. I installed it and the issue persists.

I am mind blown. The system has been underclocked it’s entire life. Heat is no issue here.

I do not have another system that can handle the 3090 to completely rule that out.
With the random crashes with the 2060s installed leads me to believe something else is causing this chaos.


NOW I am going into the stress testing phase.


After numerous windows installs, updates, and new hardware I have no idea what it could be.

I have ran OCCT on each test for hours with no errors. I even ran the power test it OCCT OFFERS AND everything can run at 100% no problem.
I ran MemTest64 for 2 hours with no errors.
Corecycler has been currently running for the last 12 hours with no issues.

The only test I have noticed something in is LatencyMon.
Whenever I have this program open and the stutters happen, I get a disable CPU throttling message. Which makes no since because my CPU is pegged at 4450 in game unless it drops a little bit do to the system lag spike.

I have also tried fresh installing windows, downloading gpu driver ONLY and running my game to see if any programs I did have were the issue, nope, no fix.
I went back to old drivers, even went back to windows 10 with no success. If anyone has any information, PLEASE help me.

 

[OkVibez]

Clearing CMOS afterward is key there. Make sure to try it, then check again.

You will know if it's cleared as you will be presented with a different screen than usual at next boot, which will prompt you to go to the bios and reconfigure it.

I will give it a go!

 

[OkVibez]

Here is a video of what my issue looks like.

 

[OkVibez]

Is your network adapter driver up to date?

What you described could be attributed to a network issue. The on-board Realtek 2.5 Gbps network adapter could be the root of the problem.

Switch to your wireless adapter and compare performance results.

Here is what it looks like in game. Not a perfect video but you can really tell something is up.

View: https://youtu.be/7Gmo685W2d4?si=LI2OU7On8wD9r0QZ

 

[Kona45primo]

DDU Driver uninstall, after that confirm Chipset drivers & Bios are up to date. Chipset drivers can be found directly through AMD

 

[COLGeek]

Here is what it looks like in game. Not a perfect video but you can really tell something is up.

View: https://youtu.be/7Gmo685W2d4?si=LI2OU7On8wD9r0QZ

Wired or wireless? Any difference?

 

[OkVibez]

DDU Driver uninstall, after that confirm Chipset drivers & Bios are up to date. Chipset drivers can be found directly through AMD

Whenever I look up drivers for a 5800x3d. It is prompting me to download Ryzen Master. That’s why did it that way

 

[COLGeek]

Whenever I look up drivers for a 5800x3d. It is prompting me to download Ryzen Master. That’s why did it that way

Okay. Not an issue. Typically, you install the chipset drivers, video drivers, and then Ryzen Master. In that order.

 

[OkVibez]

Wired or wireless? Any difference?

No sir, no difference. I think Network driver is good.

 

[OkVibez]

DDU Driver uninstall, after that confirm Chipset drivers & Bios are up to date. Chipset drivers can be found directly through AMD

Yes. 100%

 

[COLGeek]

No sir, no difference. I think Network driver is good.

On your router, are you using and QoS settings? If so, stop. They do nothing to help typical users.

If not, then ignore this recommendation.

Is your CPU setup to use all of its cores/threads or have you modified that in anyway?

 

[OkVibez]

On your router, are you using and QoS settings? If so, stop. They do nothing to help typical users.

If not, then ignore this recommendation.

Is your CPU setup to use all of its cores/threads or have you modified that in anyway?

I am in my advanced router options and I do not see QOS. But no I did not turn it on previously.

When it first started I was undervolted and had SMT DISABLED for Tarkov. So it should have been using as much as it can.

 

[COLGeek]

I am in my advanced router options and I do not see QOS. But no I did not turn it on previously.

When it first started I was undervolted and had SMT DISABLED for Tarkov. So it should have been using as much as it can.

If configured that way now, undo the settings. No undervolt, enable SMT.

Looking for changes. Regardless, this is not a well optimized game. There may be little that can be done to overcome all performance issues, bit I think you know that.

Are you running any other applications when gaming, by the way?

 

[80251]

You might try limiting the framerate either in game or using NVCP. This is a fix that has been recommended for GTA V, so I'm not sure if it'll help you w/your situation. The common rule of thumb is to set the framerate limit to two or three FPS below the maximum refresh rate of your monitor.