[SOLVED] Random Fps drops in all games After restart

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This problem started occurring about a week ago but it was random. Fps in games drop drastically sometimes after restart in all games. For instance in ac Odyssey where i was getting 65 fps with med to high setting i get 30fps..

In csgo where i was getting 200+ fps i get 60 fps with stuttering.

This problem is not fixed always by restarting but fixes itself randomly sometimes. My cpu and gpu temps don't exceed 70 C. I also cannot replicate the issue as it is random.

This did not happen to me before. This problem was seen in several games such as Hitman 2 and Rise of the Tomb raider

My specs:

GPU: Galax gtx 1070 ex(NOT overclocked)

Cpu: i5 8400

Ram: 8gb*2 (One at 2400mhz and other

at 3000mhz)

Storage: 128Gb ssd(Games are stored on 2tb hard disk)



What I tried:

Uninstalling the graphics driver using ddu and reinstalling

Resetting windows

Running a scan using malwareBytes and defender

Turning off xbox dvr

Turning off geforce overlay

Disabling xmp

Power options already set to performance

Turn off fast boot: This seemed to help but after a few days the problem returned so looked and it was enabled again so i disabled but this time it didn't fix it

Disabling all startup programs from task manager

In nvidia control panel turning on prefer max performance



I looked at many threads and tried the things mentioned there but none seem to permanently fix the problem. I don't know what to do now so any help would be appreciated.

 

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Update: I checked in gpuz and it showed that the GPU was running in PCIe x1 instead of x16 so I removed my GPU and found a dust on the pcie slot .. I cleaned that and now GPUs correctly shows that you is using pcie×16 so the problem seems to be fixed now!