PLEASE HELP!!! games not working as well as they previously did after getting a new hard disk and windows

[AnujNyoom]

Okay so, a few days ago my WD 500 gb (blue) hard disk gave up on me, so I got a new WD hard disk (500 gb blue) and got genuine windows 7 professional x64 installed on it (previously had windows 7 professional aswell but I think it was pirated) Anyways so I installed the latest drivers for my GPU and stuff and downloaded and installed FIFA 15 from origin that I had previously purchased and was playing it on the previous OS and Hard Disk but the thing is that I'm not getting a stable 60 fps now (keeps dropping to 58-56-52) even though my GPU's core clock doesn't go beyond 1050 MHz while playing (its clocked at 1200 MHz) the temps are fine aswell and I used to get a constant 60 fps on my previous OS and HD. So, can anyone PLEASE tell me why this is happening?
(Note : I am playing on the same settings)

Specs - CPU -Intel Core i3-2120 @3.30 GHz
RAM - 8 gb (1333 MHz)
GPU - Sapphire R7 260x 2gb oc
OC - Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Mobo - Intel DH61WW
PSU - Cooler Master Thunder 450w

 

[AnujNyoom]

Have you downloaded all the windows updates yet as well? it can take a few days to get up to date.

yeah I have downloaded all the updates, infact I just checked for updates now and it says that my windows is up to date

 

[AnujNyoom]

i guess your updated driver is a poorly optimized one try switching back to old drivers...

by old drivers do you mean just the gpu drivers or does that include mobo drivers as well?

 

[James Mason]

What Power Plan are you using? (it's under control panel) try High Performance and see if it helps.

 

[blacksheep123]

check if you have installed your hard drive on the propper sata port(6gbps) and not the older (3gbps)

also run a complete disk defragmentation.. it wil take a while..

report back

thanks for replying. I don't think my motherboard (DH61WW) has 6gb/s sata ports
and I have scheduled defragmentation on which defrags every wednesday

have you tried shortstroking your hard disk? it might help!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toLYV7th0L8

are you sure that the problem causing the unstable fps has something to do with the hard disk

well, you said that you havent changed anything but the hard disk in the entire system, and your fps dropped... so it might be

well then how can I check if the HDD is causing it?

this is a link to Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic :http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=613&sid=3&lang=en

download this and check for errors

I did that earlier and ran the extended test and it didn't show any errors

then it must be the cpu.... run speedfan.. its a temp monitor,play a game for 15mins, go back and check the temps

I use realtemp to monitor that and I did what you said and the temps seem fine to me

how high did the cpu go?

 

[AnujNyoom]

check if you have installed your hard drive on the propper sata port(6gbps) and not the older (3gbps)

also run a complete disk defragmentation.. it wil take a while..

report back

thanks for replying. I don't think my motherboard (DH61WW) has 6gb/s sata ports
and I have scheduled defragmentation on which defrags every wednesday

have you tried shortstroking your hard disk? it might help!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toLYV7th0L8

are you sure that the problem causing the unstable fps has something to do with the hard disk

well, you said that you havent changed anything but the hard disk in the entire system, and your fps dropped... so it might be

well then how can I check if the HDD is causing it?

this is a link to Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic :http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=613&sid=3&lang=en

download this and check for errors

I did that earlier and ran the extended test and it didn't show any errors

then it must be the cpu.... run speedfan.. its a temp monitor,play a game for 15mins, go back and check the temps

I use realtemp to monitor that and I did what you said and the temps seem fine to me

how high did the cpu go?

53°C

 

[blacksheep123]

check if you have installed your hard drive on the propper sata port(6gbps) and not the older (3gbps)

also run a complete disk defragmentation.. it wil take a while..

report back

thanks for replying. I don't think my motherboard (DH61WW) has 6gb/s sata ports
and I have scheduled defragmentation on which defrags every wednesday

have you tried shortstroking your hard disk? it might help!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toLYV7th0L8

are you sure that the problem causing the unstable fps has something to do with the hard disk

well, you said that you havent changed anything but the hard disk in the entire system, and your fps dropped... so it might be

well then how can I check if the HDD is causing it?

this is a link to Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic :http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=613&sid=3&lang=en

download this and check for errors

I did that earlier and ran the extended test and it didn't show any errors

then it must be the cpu.... run speedfan.. its a temp monitor,play a game for 15mins, go back and check the temps

I use realtemp to monitor that and I did what you said and the temps seem fine to me

how high did the cpu go?

53°C

everything is so normal,.. . its hard to pinpoint something suspicious

 

[AnujNyoom]

What Power Plan are you using? (it's under control panel) try High Performance and see if it helps.

I tried high performance and I still experienced the same problem

 

[AnujNyoom]

check if you have installed your hard drive on the propper sata port(6gbps) and not the older (3gbps)

also run a complete disk defragmentation.. it wil take a while..

report back

thanks for replying. I don't think my motherboard (DH61WW) has 6gb/s sata ports
and I have scheduled defragmentation on which defrags every wednesday

have you tried shortstroking your hard disk? it might help!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toLYV7th0L8

are you sure that the problem causing the unstable fps has something to do with the hard disk

well, you said that you havent changed anything but the hard disk in the entire system, and your fps dropped... so it might be

well then how can I check if the HDD is causing it?

this is a link to Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic :http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=613&sid=3&lang=en

download this and check for errors

I did that earlier and ran the extended test and it didn't show any errors

then it must be the cpu.... run speedfan.. its a temp monitor,play a game for 15mins, go back and check the temps

I use realtemp to monitor that and I did what you said and the temps seem fine to me

how high did the cpu go?

53°C

everything is so normal,.. . its hard to pinpoint something suspicious

I know right? and thats what makes it super annoying.
and idk why but I feel like its more of a software problem than a hardware problem

 

[blacksheep123]

check if you have installed your hard drive on the propper sata port(6gbps) and not the older (3gbps)

also run a complete disk defragmentation.. it wil take a while..

report back

thanks for replying. I don't think my motherboard (DH61WW) has 6gb/s sata ports
and I have scheduled defragmentation on which defrags every wednesday

have you tried shortstroking your hard disk? it might help!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toLYV7th0L8

are you sure that the problem causing the unstable fps has something to do with the hard disk

well, you said that you havent changed anything but the hard disk in the entire system, and your fps dropped... so it might be

well then how can I check if the HDD is causing it?

this is a link to Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostic :http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=613&sid=3&lang=en

download this and check for errors

I did that earlier and ran the extended test and it didn't show any errors

then it must be the cpu.... run speedfan.. its a temp monitor,play a game for 15mins, go back and check the temps

I use realtemp to monitor that and I did what you said and the temps seem fine to me

how high did the cpu go?

53°C

everything is so normal,.. . its hard to pinpoint something suspicious

I know right? and thats what makes it super annoying.
and idk why but I feel like its more of a software problem than a hardware problem

i am frustrated ,dude.. i am sorry , i give up.. i tried my best

 

[AnujNyoom]

Because it is a new install I suspect it is a driver problem. Maybe the settings were set lower before? Maybe a newer driver is performing worse than an old one. As James said above, the hdd will not affect fps, only loading times.

thanks for replying and no, the settings are exactly the same as they were before.
Do the drivers that you're talking about include mobo drivers as well? bc if so, I have tried both the latest and the ones from the installation disc and it didn't help.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Maybe what bootcher suggested was that the latest drivers are causing your problems. I came across a similar your your case where the user solved the issue through installing older GPU drivers(not the latest ones). It is just a guess.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[AnujNyoom]

Maybe what bootcher suggested was that the latest drivers are causing your problems. I came across a similar your your case where the user solved the issue through installing older GPU drivers(not the latest ones). It is just a guess.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

mkay thanks for the suggestion, I'll give it a try..

 

[AnujNyoom]

Maybe what bootcher suggested was that the latest drivers are causing your problems. I came across a similar your your case where the user solved the issue through installing older GPU drivers(not the latest ones). It is just a guess.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

I tried older GPU drivers and sadly it didn't help ):

 

[bootcher]

When trying different drivers have completely uninstalled the previous ones? Because simply installing newer/older ones over an existing install can cause alot of problems. You might even try display driver uninstaller: http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

Also, looking at your psu, it is one of poor quality. It also might be causing you problems.

 

[AnujNyoom]

When trying different drivers have completely uninstalled the previous ones? Because simply installing newer/older ones over an existing install can cause alot of problems. You might even try display driver uninstaller: http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

Also, looking at your psu, it is one of poor quality. It also might be causing you problems.

Yes, I used DDU before installing and I tried previous versions but it didn't help

But the weird thing is that I recently got 3dmark and did some benchmarking and surprisingly enough I got the highest scores when compared to other users with the same specs

 

[bootcher]

Is there any program running in the background that is slowing your system down?

 

[AnujNyoom]

Is there any program running in the background that is slowing your system down?

No, I don't think so..