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Lag Spikes = Bottleneck?

ceriumin

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So after a few threads of me being paranoid for getting the gtx 1050 with a fx4300, i finally got it and it works great on esport titles. On fortnite i get around 100fps on high but i get terrible lag spikes every 5 seconds and they are pretty large. Is it my cpu being bottlenecked or some other reason. A
 
Solution
A bottlneck wouldn't cause a lag. Some part always runs at 100% common causes are something overheating, internet issues (someone else using the internet), or driver issues


what do you mean by some part always runs at 100%? What do you mean
 


I noticed that my fps drops from 80 down to 10 and thats when the lag spike appears. Any other game is fine and its only fortnite