Suddenly low framerate on good gaming computer (That had great framerate).

[Rhyfel]

In order to not waste anyone's time.
I am writing on a forum which means I have done literally (Maybe not which is why I am posting but assume every default solution was tested) everything aside from disabling the entire computer and or reinstalling Windows.

This computer ran things like Titanfall and any other game just fine with near max / Ultra settings on 1080p at 60FPS. I NEVER had to mess with the resolution with this computer. Suddenly tho framerate dropped in all gaming and the only thing that seems to fix it is to treat the graphic card as a 2003 machine and put the resolution on stuff like 800x600.

So what the.
I could run everything fine.
Then I couldn't get 60FPS on L4D2
Now with a new (700w) PSU the framerate is better but still way worst (Not 60) like it USED to be in the damn first place.

I ran a full scan. It's not overheat.
It might be dust but if so you need to make a case as to why and where EXACTLY dust could have an affect on FPS like that cause it's dirty but I cleaned it a bit and had no difference.
No viruses. No extra weird programs. No changes to the computer.

 

[Rhyfel]

Spiking to 100 can be considered normal as well as dropping down. What's not to consider normal is that rate staying at 0~30% under load, unless you're running a very old game. Just try doing all the aforementioned things again, it never hurts to check again.

I also forgot to mention...is there any particular reason on why you keep shadowplay on? Are you mirroring/streaming the game somewhere else? If it's unneeded, disable it. You too stated you had an increase in performance when it was disabled. It also helps by stressing the gpu less and keeping a more clean environment for troubleshooting.

What if it stays at 100%? While the game is on the screen at 15FPS it doesn't seem to go down.
I record footage and edit things a lot. It's not enabled right now but I do need it to work. Also I know this computer runs ShadowPlay just fine so it's something I want to use as a test.

 

[Vynavill]

See edit above. This post is just to trigger a notification.

 

[Rhyfel]

See edit above. This post is just to trigger a notification.

Maybe dirt in the GPU? Please say it's dirt in the GPU (Cause that would not be so impossible to fix).
I was testing on Payday 2 so it shouldn't be at 100% nor 15FPS.

 

[Vynavill]

100% load isn't dirt in the gpu unless temperatures spike over 90~95 degrees (Celsius) and stay so or even increase. You stated more than once it's constantly around 35~55 degrees. We can rule out thermal throttling and dust build-ups at this point.

I know you said you checked those already, but please, try going through everything I suggested above thoroughly and with patience (save the cleaning part, although it never hurts).

 

[Rhyfel]

100% load isn't dirt in the gpu unless temperatures spike over 90~95 degrees (Celsius) and stay so or even increase. You stated more than once it's constantly around 35~55 degrees. We can rule out thermal throttling and dust build-ups at this point.

I know you said you checked those already, but please, try going through everything I suggested above thoroughly and with patience (save the cleaning part, although it never hurts).

Nvidia doesn't seem to have anything. Power settings high performance.

Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit ServiceP 1.
Direct X 11.
Driver 304.87 (I tried to update so left like this for now).
Direct X Support 11.1
CUDA Cores 1344.
Graphics clock 915MHz.
Memory data rate 6008MHz.
Memory interface 192-bit.
Total available graphics memory 4095
Dedicated video memory 2048 MB GDDR5.
System video memory 0MB.
Shared system memory 2047MB.
Video BIOS version 80.04.4B.00.60
IRQ 16.
Bus PCI Express 16 Gen3.

Would you recommend this.
"Just played another 5 hours today and it functions flawlessly. My max temp only hit 53 degrees all day. For anyone else with a messed up GTX 660 Ti, my MSI Afterburner settings are:

Core Voltage +12
Power Limit 100
Core Clock -32
Memory Clock -33
Fan Speed Auto

I have an ASUS model, so the clocks are slightly different on most 660 Ti variations. DON'T overdo the voltage, but a slight tick DOES help massively".

 

[Vynavill]

Power limit, core clock, memory clock and fan speed are ok settings for starters. You might want to play a bit with core and memory clocks later on, so you can achieve the desired results and keep a good temp.

I don't know where you've taken that but it looks OK, although if you don't have an Asus gpu as well, you might not get 50-60 fps until you increase clocks a bit. Be extremely careful with voltage although, as it's a very delicate setting; set it too low, and the gpu will not work correctly, set it too high and you'll make the gpu run too hot or even risk frying it.

 

[Imon750]

I don't think this is the best solution, but it's worth a try. Can you send the GPU for an RMA? Make them think this is the GPU's problem. You should still have warranty left. Send along with it a benchmark of your game, a test with Unigine Heaven and FurMark 2.0. Those are good things to fry your GPU and will make the problem REALLY show, if there is one. I believe, there's something we have missed. Believe me you have tried EVERYTHING possible for you to do at your home. Right now, at least I cannot say anything unless I see your PC up front. So the RMA guys may be able to help out.

 

[Rhyfel]

I don't know anymore.
Not overheat, not new hardware aside from a new PSU that was installed after the issue on the old PSU so not the cause.
Clean hard drive and windows install fixed for a few minutes then framerate dropped to shit again (and for ever).
System Restore fixed again but dropped again after a few minutes.
Some of the game files were still in the computer after system restore "Detecting existing files Steam Install".
System Restore didn't seem to do anything this time.
Updating shit does nothing.
Downgrading does nothing (Haven't tried with NO gpu driver install tho don't see a point to do that).
Can't find a straight answer about if NOT having a Surge Protector could affect performance, like if thee PSU could possibly be getting less power or something.
Didn't tried cleaning the GPU Fan cause its a lot of work and its not overheat.
While gaming the usage of the CPU and stuff its at 100%. Dont know why its causing it or how to fix it.
The Windows Experience IndexRating started (On clean install, and after System Restore) as it should be.
imgur.com/yZCotnT,6P3gw8r.
But then after a while/installing new drivers and shit it says "Need to update" and goes to this or lower.
imgur.com/yZCotnT,6P3gw8r (Second Image).
Tried setting the BIOS to Turbo Power Thingy. Seems to do nothing.
Tried leaving at Normal, nothing. Havent tried Power Saving.
Computer's settings is at high Performance.
Framerate and loading times are longer (And were back to normal for those few moments after clean install).
While trying to redo the Windows Experience IndexScore Thingy got a blue screen.
http://imgur.com/xhhmIj8.

 

[Vynavill]

Ouch...As for all I know that bsod is painful...VERY painful...
That's directly stating something's wrong with "a chip", the main problem is which one...
It could literally be anything, from the cpu to any embedded chip on your motherboard's chipset.

Some people managed to fix that by updating their bios drivers, but most either RMA-d their cpu/motherboard...

 

[Rhyfel]

Ouch...As for all I know that bsod is painful...VERY painful...
That's directly stating something's wrong with "a chip", the main problem is which one...
It could literally be anything, from the cpu to any embedded chip on your motherboard's chipset.

Some people managed to fix that by updating their bios drivers, but most either RMA-d their cpu/motherboard...

It could also be the Power Settings in Bios. Cause setting Normal fixed the BSOD.
Not the FPS tho.
Cause why logic when you can computer x-x.

 

[Vynavill]

Glad I don't know everything then. But at this point I've literally no idea what it may be related to, I'm sorry.

Perhaps you'll be lucky enough to find someone more knowledgeable than me...

 

[Rhyfel]

Glad I don't know everything then. But at this point I've literally no idea what it may be related to, I'm sorry.

Perhaps you'll be lucky enough to find someone more knowledgeable than me...

I decided to play Halo 2, I noticed the framerate was at 300 or 400, JC2 and Defiance was also at 60 or over it. While running Halo 2 it disables Aero, I decided to be stupid and close Halo 2, it brought the framerate down and auto enabled Aero, disabling Aero didn't fixed tho. So what the fuck did Halo disable that one time? What are other options I could disable like Aero.

 

[Vynavill]

This would be the first time I hear desktop composition slows down everything so much...

I'm currently not in front of a computer right now, and can't recall the exact place, but there should be a list of options under System properties to enable/disable various desktop composition effects. Try getting them all off.
I have my doubts, but it's worth a shot.

 

[Mottamort]

I may be fumbling in the dark but what are the odds someone is using a mining malware on his machine? Making GPU go to 100% seems fishy to me...and it would trigger with certain games being played (hence halo 2 was fine until he played something else).

Just an idea...

 

[Vynavill]

I don't think this is the case, although even if that's a bit sci-fi, it's still very remotely possible. To reap decent rewards on the long term, someone behind that kind of attack would have to infect way more PCs than just one and would want to be as stealthy as possible, not to mention he'd have to infect people with decent connections and latencies.

Even so, unless it's a just released malware, any decent free antivir will detect it and remove it with a scan. If it's something running in the background as a service, he might want to use HijackThis and post a log for us to identify it.

Seen the amount of trial and error we did here, anything's worth a shot, but if it was that it would affect both current gen and old games the same identical way, as bitcoin mining is a very intensive process and needs to literally hog the gpu to work decently.

 

[Kyrotix]

Ram issue pretty sure, or maybe you have a windows 7 pre-activated thing with remove wat or something. Might be ram though.

 

[Rhyfel]

I may be fumbling in the dark but what are the odds someone is using a mining malware on his machine? Making GPU go to 100% seems fishy to me...and it would trigger with certain games being played (hence halo 2 was fine until he played something else).

Just an idea...

I don't think it is due to scans and empty hard drive. The framerate did affect all games tho, just in different ways. Halo wouldn't run at SOLID 60, and Defiance couldn't reach 30. (And when framerate went back to normal for what ever reason, Halo was at the normal 300's and Defiance was at SOLID 60).
And Halo didn't go down when I opened other games, having JC2 + Defiance + Halo 2 still ran evrything at over 60FPS (As it should). Closing Halo 2 (To try to manually disable Aero, see if that was the issue) caused the framerate to die again.

I did a scan and posted the log before I did a clean install of the Hard Drive, the only thing I was asked to delete was "Pando Booster" which was installed with games, but I guess it was a corrupted software that used to work.

Previous scan : http://pastebin.com/G3WsdCMK.
New scan: http://pastebin.com/C8kYfXk5.

 

[Rhyfel]

Ram issue pretty sure, or maybe you have a windows 7 pre-activated thing with remove wat or something. Might be ram though.

And what would "Ram Issue" exactly be? Broken, Corrupted, Dust? Cause I have 8GB's that are functional and detected by the system (It seems).
And I had this issue before the pre activated stuff, but I do have a not yet activated Windows 7 (with a few days to go I believe) cause I lost the box where the CD Key was. Pretty sure there are still days left so it shouldn't limit anything, but I would have to figure out a way to hack stop the activation period or something, cause the CD key is gone, and I did pay for it but had to reinstall the HD.

 

[Rhyfel]

This would be the first time I hear desktop composition slows down everything so much...

I'm currently not in front of a computer right now, and can't recall the exact place, but there should be a list of options under System properties to enable/disable various desktop composition effects. Try getting them all off.
I have my doubts, but it's worth a shot.

And yeah setting to "Best Performance" which disabled everything didn't seem to affect anything :/.
So it might have been nothing to do with Halo 2 or Aero after all.
But what? The computer just decided to function normally for a few minutes?
I saw Defiance at 60FPS, it was so good :/.
I had to play the entire The Crew Beta with lower resolution and kinda 30FPS.
I miss actually playing games.