Skyrim Random FPS drops when recording, and when not! (Maybe a bottleneck?)

Nick Arno

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I would like to start out by saying that It's not a hardware issue! I'll lost my specs below-
● i7-4790k 4.4GHz (Cooled by the H100i)
● 2 GTX 970s SLI (Obviously)
● 16gb DDR3 Ram
● 1000w PSU
As for recording, I'm recording to an empty 1tb WD green drive! And I've got skyrim on one of my 3 240gb SSDs. So.. I don't believe they are crashing..
I'll explain the problem in a bit more detail. When I'm recording or playing I get HUGE random lag spikes that are only there for a split second. It happens FAR more when I'm recording. But yeah, I get these just random spikes of lag in the weirdest places.. Not even where you'd expect it.. sometimes just when walking.. sometimes when fighting, sometimes just when I'm talking to people. It will stay at a constant 60FPS for the most part.. but every little while it drops VERY significantly! I have no idea whats going on.. or why its going this.. I'm not sure if my cpu is bottlenecking.. because I'm not actually sure what a bottleneck is.. But it seems more skyrim side.. I thought It had something to do with loading cells.. But how could that be it? I've never had the problem, even on my old machine! I'm in serious need of help! Its ruining my recordings! Any advice/fixes/tips would be GREATLY appreciated!
 
Solution
SLI problem, Toms got into this a while back btw. Disable SLI, or, better, get one of the cards out of your PC physically, then test it. It should do ok.


I have tried disabling SLI it hasn't changed anything. Would taking the second card out actually help any?
 

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