I Really Need Some Help... (BF4/BF3)

TGoSpiralDown

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Apr 19, 2013
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I have a A10-5800K CPU. I have the onboard GPU disabled and run a 7850 1GB U;tra OC Edition.

I can play the games, but even in BF3, after about 15-20mins. of playing, my FPS will spike downwards from 55-60 to 15-25 for about 10secs. at a time.

I recently reapplied thermal paste and re-sat the fan, monitored temps, which are perfectly fine...

I'm at a loss. The only thing I can think, is that possibly my CPU is bottlenecking some how. But I don't understand! I see people on YouTube demonstrating performance of BF4 and 3 with the CPU alone!

Please help. I WILL be building a new computer this Feb., so please don't tell me to just simply upgrade.

Should I try an OC of the CPU?

Frustrated.