PC has been throttling badly in bf4

[StealthBlade]

Hi guys, please help me.

My PC was working well till the past few weeks. Out of a sudden, i'm getting super duper FPS fluctuating problem in BF4 and other games. I thought its my GPU problem and i sent it for check and repair but now im using my old GPU but im still experiecining the same issue. When im in BF4 for example, everything is smooth till sometimes few mins later or few hrs later, my FPS will drop and up, drop and up and it will stay like this till i restart my PC. My Comp also experience some lag too.

PC Specs,
Window 8.1 Pro 64bit
Intel i5-3470
8GB RAM
GPU 5770

Things i have tried,
Cleaning and reapplying thermal paste a few times and cleaning my computer and such.
Defrag, ccleaner.
Also, i just reformatted my PC and its still having such issue so i doubt its my software.

Attached below is an example

Please help Im at my wits end already. What used to be a perfect computer has suddenly becoming a problem to me I dont overclock or anything too. Also, i notice a stable FPS drop in bf4. It used to be ~110FPS but now in avg i got 60-70FPS.

Hope someone here can help me thanks!

 

[atheus]

So that blip in the middle there - what exactly was going on in the game at that point? It's very noticeable that the CPU usage is substantially higher after the first blip. I'm assuming the end bit where the graph goes all over the place is you tabbing out to shoot the screen shot?

It may be worth taking a look into event viewer and see if there is any strange activity that corresponds to that blip in your gameplay.

 

[StealthBlade]

So that blip in the middle there - what exactly was going on in the game at that point? It's very noticeable that the CPU usage is substantially higher after the first blip. I'm assuming the end bit where the graph goes all over the place is you tabbing out to shoot the screen shot?

It may be worth taking a look into event viewer and see if there is any strange activity that corresponds to that blip in your gameplay.

Here's a better view i guess. i guess i lag cause of my CPU putting it at high and low load inbetween.
Sigh. For this picture, nothing is going on at the back maybe just the skype itself but even still, when i restart my comp and just on BF4, i will experience such problem too.
I'm using RealTemp 3.70 to monitor my temp and my distance to TJ max is LOWER than my temperature in game.

 

[StealthBlade]

I restarted my computer and use Prime95 to stress test my CPU. I got no issue at all but then might be cause i restarted my computer.

I only got throttling issue after a while of using the computer or BF4.

 

[StealthBlade]

Someone please help me?

 

[Devildjinn]

Just bf4? Or all games?

 

[StealthBlade]

Just bf4? Or all games?

When it start to throttle in BF4, i open other games and i experience same issue too. And my PC will have a lag feeling too.

 

[Pownderosa]

Have you updated your drivers and checked all your parts for failure?

 

[StealthBlade]

Have you updated your drivers and checked all your parts for failure?

All updated. BIOS and such.
How do i check parts for failure? I have tried stress testing it and no problem at all.

 

[StealthBlade]

Another picture.

 

[StealthBlade]

Someone anyone please help?

When im throttling in bf4, i ALT TAB but my ASI afterburner shows my frequency is still at high load frequency as shown above but then theres abit of throttling here and there.

 

[StealthBlade]

Anyone??? =( It's getting frustrating day by day in bf4 for me sigh. Really need some experts help here.

 

[StealthBlade]

Someone help me please??? Should i maybe reformat my comp again?

 

[Devildjinn]

Your specs you listed say your graphics card is a gpu 5770.
Thats quite vague, whats that? Hd 5770? Gtx 570?
Who the manufacturer? What drivers are you using for your card? Are they beta drivers or not?

 

[StealthBlade]

Your specs you listed say your graphics card is a gpu 5770.
Thats quite vague, whats that? Hd 5770? Gtx 570?
Who the manufacturer? What drivers are you using for your card? Are they beta drivers or not?

ATI RADEON HD5770.
Im using the latest available driver. And not the beta drivers.

 

[Devildjinn]

well, i have news, ands its all bad sorry.
looking at your gpu :
http://graphics-cards.specout.com/l/69/ATI-Radeon-HD-5770
your card is rather weak in todays standards. it has a 650 mhz core, probably overclockable to 850.
the main problem here is your memory bandwidth is 128 bit as opposed to the norm of 256/384. On top of all that your vram is 1gb.
what i think is happening is that as your playing bf4, your vram is slowing being filled with textures and such, until it hits its capacity of 1gb. After capacity is reached, your performance will degrade, as your computer resorts to slower hardware to process new textures.
Unfortunatly theres nothing can be done other than buying a new gpu. The good news is and upgrade to this card wont cost you much.
Edit : you may want to upgrade to a new card anyway with directx 12 around the corner. Any radeon card with GCN architecture will be able to run dx12.

 

[st3v30]

Yea your card is rly low end here.Try to clean and change thermal paste at your graphic card also.What motherboard do you have?
Try to use High Performance Mode when you play games.
Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Power Options

 

[StealthBlade]

well, i have news, ands its all bad sorry.
looking at your gpu :
http://graphics-cards.specout.com/l/69/ATI-Radeon-HD-5770
your card is rather weak in todays standards. it has a 650 mhz core, probably overclockable to 850.
the main problem here is your memory bandwidth is 128 bit as opposed to the norm of 256/384. On top of all that your vram is 1gb.
what i think is happening is that as your playing bf4, your vram is slowing being filled with textures and such, until it hits its capacity of 1gb. After capacity is reached, your performance will degrade, as your computer resorts to slower hardware to process new textures.
Unfortunatly theres nothing can be done other than buying a new gpu. The good news is and upgrade to this card wont cost you much.
Edit : you may want to upgrade to a new card anyway with directx 12 around the corner. Any radeon card with GCN architecture will be able to run dx12.

I see. Cause this is my old GPU. The one im using all along is the power colour 7870 myst edition till i have throttling issues. I thought its my GPU problem therefore i send it to repair (needa wait 2 mths) and i resort to using my old GPU.

Im afraid is my mobo problem but i stress test it and check it and everything is fine. Might be now my mobo is okay just that my old GPU cant keep up with it?

 

[StealthBlade]

Yea your card is rly low end here.Try to clean and change thermal paste at your graphic card also.What motherboard do you have?
Try to use High Performance Mode when you play games.
Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Power Options

I'm using P8Z77-V LX.
Im actually having the same issue on my 7870 myst edition power color but then i sent it for repair already. I'm having the same problem on my old GPU which is this too.
Already and always done that setting ><

 

[st3v30]

Ok try to reset BIOS settings to Default one.
When you doing nothing(when you PC idle) check CPU usage or processes in Task Manager.Maybe you have some malware or bitcoin miner on your pc that is taking your CPU and GPU.

 

[StealthBlade]

Ok try to reset BIOS settings to Default one.
When you doing nothing(when you PC idle) check CPU usage or processes in Task Manager.Maybe you have some malware or bitcoin miner on your pc that is taking your CPU and GPU.

Done that already.
Also, i have done malwarebyte scan and AVG scan. It just happen suddenly might be in few mins time or few hrs time after on-ing my comp. Really frustrating.