Sudden Low FPS, changing settings from ULTRA to LOW makes no difference

[jackgallagher2001]

Hi there,

Previously, I've received approximately 100fps with all settings on ULTRA while playing high demand games such as PUBG. Recently however, I've begun to receive around 40fps with all settings on ULTRA. What is strange about this though, is that when i turn the settings down to LOW, I see no change in FPS. I receive the same issue in a games like Radical Heights. I have a GTX 1060 6GB which is fairly new (about 3-4 months old). When playing games like Rainbow Six Siege I get 100fps with all settings on ULTRA (strange because this game is quite high demand also). When playing fortnite I get about 200 with all settings on ULTRA.

I would really like a fix to this as it frustrates the hell out of me!

ps. My GPU usage is usually 100% whilst my CPU usage is around 50% whilst playing games like fortnite, R6, etc. (not sure if this will help).

PLEASE HELP ME!

Thanks,
Jack

SPECS:

- 16b RAM
- GTX 1060 6GB
- Quad core processor 3.4ghz

 

[sourodip]

Well, it seems like the CPU is holding back your GPU's performance. In other words, your CPU is bottlenecking the GPU.
Can you mention the details of the processor? Is the usage same while playing at ULTRA and LOW settings?

 

[jackgallagher2001]

Well, it seems like the CPU is holding back your GPU's performance. In other words, your CPU is bottlenecking the GPU.
Can you mention the details of the processor? Is the usage same while playing at ULTRA and LOW settings?

intel core i7-4770 @3.4ghz

and yes the usage is the same whilst playing on low and ultra settings

thinking it might be something to do with the rendering of high demand parts of games or something idk, ive just noticed that when looking at Tilted Towers in fortnite, I go from 250 fps to about 90, hmmm....

 

[sourodip]

Its definitely not the CPU that is causing the problem. Have you got any mods running? Did you do a clean installation of the existing driver? What are the temps while running at Ultra? Are you using an aftermarket cooler?

 

[jackgallagher2001]

ok im quite the noob when it comes to pc knowledge so could you pls give me some step by step kinda stuff hahaha, my bad man

 

[jackgallagher2001]

oh, no aftermarket cooler, dont know how to check temps, no mods that im aware of, dont know how to do a clean installation

 

[RobCrezz]

install coretemp. see what temp the cpu is getting to when games are running.

 

[jackgallagher2001]

is there any way i could just completely clean my pc without uninstalling my games?

 

[jackgallagher2001]

any help?

 

[sourodip]

Dear friend, use driver cleaner and uninstall the gpu drivers completely. Reboot and install the latest one.
There are plenty of apps available for checking the temps.
You monitoring real temp, you can use real temp: http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/ and for monitoring GPU/CPU usage, voltages etc. you can use HWinfo https://www.hwinfo.com/

Try monitoring the temps whilst your PC is under heavy stress i.e.while you are running the game on Ultra settings.
Also note down the CPU/GPU usage, if possible.

 

[jackgallagher2001]

Below I have left screenshots of both RealTemp and HWinfo whilst playing Radical Heights on all ULTRA settings, I'll leave the diagnosis to you

RealTemp: https://gyazo.com/5d5f04be884bca2201c1d4dce8ee9304
HWinfo: https://gyazo.com/32d39fe23223c4406e20a2be516aaea8

 

[sourodip]

The highest attained temperature is 67C, which is within the safe range, and is therefore normal under heavy stress. TJ max temperature is way down the throttle temperature and you're good.
I am not sure whether the game you mentioned is quite intensive or not. I would recommend stress testing with other CPU intensive games like GTA V, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Prey etc. Stress testing with Prime95 would be nice. What about the GPU usage whilst playing the demanding games on ultra?
Have you done a clean installation of the GPU drivers?
Among many factors, BIOS update is a variable that affects Core temperature. So, a BIOS update would yield more accurate results.

 

[jackgallagher2001]

how do I update the BIOS exactly?
is there a way that I can sorta "reset" (for lack of better term) my CPU, similar to the way that I can uninstall and reinstall GPU drivers?

 

[sourodip]

Use Driver sweeper to uninstall the GPU drivers and then download the latest and install the same.
To update the BIOS, just download the latest for your motherboard from the vendor's website and update using a Flash drive.

 

[jackgallagher2001]

starting to think its a CPU problem, its taking me noticeably longer to load into games of CSGO, games / browsers are freezing or crashing more, etc.

 

[jackgallagher2001]

also beginning to jitter when im typing at times

 

[sourodip]

A BIOS update may be needed. Have you tried removing junk files from the PC or reset it to an earlier state ?
Have you tried at least doing a clean installation of the graphics drivers?

 

[jackgallagher2001]

yes ive clean installed the graphics drivers using driver sweeper (did it for just about all my drivers)

 

[jackgallagher2001]

im also now receiving worse fps in fortnite

 

[jackgallagher2001]

also I believe my BIOS is already updated to the latest version after checking online

 

[jackgallagher2001]

I also seem to be running around 160 processes at any one time, is this too many? im using windows 10 and barely have anything open, why are there so many processes running?

 

[sourodip]

That's seems to be a problem. Try killing all the processes that uses too much resources(usage).
I wonder if you have ever done a clean installation of windows after facing this issue.