I'm Sorry But I really need help with gaming FPS drop

[Thomas Lee]

So I play many titles from CoD to Borderlands, H1Z1, BF4... and all my games it seems to run fine at whatever fps it is... say 180 for BF4... but then every so often it drops to 14-20 fps for about 10-30 seconds. and it kicks back into 180 fps.

this happens for all games... and I'm even on the lowest settings.

I tried all the .CFG settings in BF4, the same thing still happens. I close all task during my gaming sessions... I have everything updated in terms of drivers.

I run my Games off a SSD, I tested it on all my HDD as well 7200rpm and SSD HDs

I am literally butt hurt on what is happening

It happened before I OC my Graphics Card, and after OC it is still happening...

Specs

MB:GA-970A-D3
GPU: Radeon 7970
CPU: AMD Fx-8350
Patriot: 16gb 1600hz

 

[smorizio]

if the gpu memory gets full or the frame buffer you have spots where it slow down. also on some games if there a lot of people and there moving and shooting a gaming rig can start to crawl trying to redraw all of the players. one thing to try and do is stop trying for the 180 fps. try setting the games so the max fps is 60. then the extra video ram and frame buffer and the gpu can keep up with the action on the screen.

 

[PunishedSnakeGr]

There is a chance this is a result of thermal throttling.Check your system temps with HWinfo.
Have you overclocked the CPU?
GA-970A-D3 has 4+1 VRM phase power delivery and its not recommended for 8 core FX.
Rev 1.0/1.1 especially have no heatsink at all.If u have any other revision try to put a fan blowing air on the VRM heatsink next to the cpu.

 

[Thomas Lee]

There is a chance this is a result of thermal throttling.Check your system temps with HWinfo.
Have you overclocked the CPU?
GA-970A-D3 has 4+1 VRM phase power delivery and its not recommended for 8 core FX.
Rev 1.0/1.1 especially have no heatsink at all.If u have any other revision try to put a fan blowing air on the VRM heatsink next to the cpu.

yes, I normally have a fan blowing towards the VRM. Also, the motherboard was a random purchase during black friday for 25 dollars. it held up and did it's job. I do want to upgrade it. what would be a good mobo for myset up if I'm looking towards pushing my system to be a good gamer and video production.

 

[PunishedSnakeGr]

well for am3+ there are not so many options.To pull some more performance you need to overclock the cpu.
Good Mobos for that are
970 chipset:
GigabyteGA-970-UD3P(8+2vrm ,has llc)
Asus M5A97 R 2.0

990FX chipset
Asus 990FX Sabertooth R2(great for OC)
Asus Crosshair V Formula (as good as it gets in am3+)
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7

with the 970's mobo you can get to 4,5 depending on your cooling
these 990fx mobos can push 8350 to its limits,also depending on your cooling

 

[Thomas Lee]

well for am3+ there are not so many options.To pull some more performance you need to overclock the cpu.
Good Mobos for that are
970 chipset:
GigabyteGA-970-UD3P(8+2vrm ,has llc)
Asus M5A97 R 2.0

990FX chipset
Asus 990FX Sabertooth R2(great for OC)
Asus Crosshair V Formula (as good as it gets in am3+)
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD7

with the 970's mobo you can get to 4,5 depending on your cooling
these 990fx mobos can push 8350 to its limits,also depending on your cooling

Sorry, but can you educate me a little on the difference between a 970 vs 990?

 

[PunishedSnakeGr]

The basics are:
970: cheaper,cant SLI/Crossfire,HT up to 2400mhz
990:expensive,can SLI/Crossfire,better overclocking capabilites,performs slightly better.

990 FX is recommended for 8 core FX cpu