There is no TL;DR Sorry kids I have a crazy problem that seems totally obscure and unsolvable.
If you don't read the whole post and just tell me to buy an i7 I'll lose faith in humanity super much tons a lot.
Before I begin, here's some information about my computer.
64 bit Windows 7 Ultimate
AMD Phenom x4 945 3.0 Mhz
GTX 970
ASUS MSA99FX PRO R2.0
RAM Patriot 8 gbs
HDxxxxxx I forget it spins tho
The rest of my information is in the screenshots below.
So I have this completely unique never-before-heard-of problem which is super terrible
and due to its exclusivity and rarity I have come to tell you how helpless I am.
So my computer plays really hard games to run really, really well. GTA V? No problem Keep it to medium/high settings no biggie. Fallout 4 same deal 60FPS and medium/high, suffer a little on high settings.
METRO 2033/ CRYSIS / WARHMAMMER: Vermintide / Dota 2/ All are in the same medium/high/ sometimes even Ultra settings no problem category.
So then I load up some games that shouldn't* be so difficult to run i.e. Kerbal Space Program, Starbound, Space Engineers, Heroes of the Storm, Hurtworld, specifically Early Access games of any kind
and my framerate drops every 5-10 seconds in unplayable short bursts making things like combat impossible.
SO this next info is the most important guys. Everything USED to be fine with these games. All games. Any games. Around a year ago the fans on my old 560ti broke, and then the card overheated and around this time I started having my FPs issues.
The 560 ti still worked great, I just turned up my case fans for extra cooling. It ran hot, but wouldn't overheat. So I continued using it.
Until just recently when I bought my gtx 970. I was like yeah boi lets game. So I swept my computer of old drivers in safe mode, did a clean install, downloaded current drivers,
restarted, freaked out cuz fans weren't spinning (this is apparently normal on a gtx970), and booted up GTA v of course!
GTA v looked way better I was real nice an happy boy I tell ya. Great temperatures from my GPU, CPU, Mobo, and everything was real nice fam.
Then I booted up some of the unity games and Steam Early Access games that were giving me trouble before.
Guess what? Same stuttering unplayable behavior. Boy the gtx 970 really knows how to make 14 FPS loook good.
So Sherlock Holmes pops his head in my window and shouts "Maybe it wasn't your GPU Laddie boy!".
So I was like wow get off my lawn but deep down I knew he was right.
So I reinstalled drivers, rolled back drivers, checked for viruses/ too many processes, re seated all hardware, emptied some space on my hard drive, and many other things!
Still the problem persisted.
So I also realize my CPU is outdated. So I bought a mid-level FX series Processor and popped her in. Still didn't fix the problem. So I returned it and will try an FX 8350 soon( a slightly higher variant that the 6300)
So my Question is? What could possibly be causing these ridiculous FPS drops in the games listed above when considering my rig will play GTA V and other prettier games on high settings with minimal issues.
If you don't read the whole post and just tell me to buy an i7 I'll lose faith in humanity super much tons a lot.
Before I begin, here's some information about my computer.
64 bit Windows 7 Ultimate
AMD Phenom x4 945 3.0 Mhz
GTX 970
ASUS MSA99FX PRO R2.0
RAM Patriot 8 gbs
HDxxxxxx I forget it spins tho
The rest of my information is in the screenshots below.
So I have this completely unique never-before-heard-of problem which is super terrible
and due to its exclusivity and rarity I have come to tell you how helpless I am.
So my computer plays really hard games to run really, really well. GTA V? No problem Keep it to medium/high settings no biggie. Fallout 4 same deal 60FPS and medium/high, suffer a little on high settings.
METRO 2033/ CRYSIS / WARHMAMMER: Vermintide / Dota 2/ All are in the same medium/high/ sometimes even Ultra settings no problem category.
So then I load up some games that shouldn't* be so difficult to run i.e. Kerbal Space Program, Starbound, Space Engineers, Heroes of the Storm, Hurtworld, specifically Early Access games of any kind
and my framerate drops every 5-10 seconds in unplayable short bursts making things like combat impossible.
SO this next info is the most important guys. Everything USED to be fine with these games. All games. Any games. Around a year ago the fans on my old 560ti broke, and then the card overheated and around this time I started having my FPs issues.
The 560 ti still worked great, I just turned up my case fans for extra cooling. It ran hot, but wouldn't overheat. So I continued using it.
Until just recently when I bought my gtx 970. I was like yeah boi lets game. So I swept my computer of old drivers in safe mode, did a clean install, downloaded current drivers,
restarted, freaked out cuz fans weren't spinning (this is apparently normal on a gtx970), and booted up GTA v of course!
GTA v looked way better I was real nice an happy boy I tell ya. Great temperatures from my GPU, CPU, Mobo, and everything was real nice fam.
Then I booted up some of the unity games and Steam Early Access games that were giving me trouble before.
Guess what? Same stuttering unplayable behavior. Boy the gtx 970 really knows how to make 14 FPS loook good.
So Sherlock Holmes pops his head in my window and shouts "Maybe it wasn't your GPU Laddie boy!".
So I was like wow get off my lawn but deep down I knew he was right.
So I reinstalled drivers, rolled back drivers, checked for viruses/ too many processes, re seated all hardware, emptied some space on my hard drive, and many other things!
Still the problem persisted.
So I also realize my CPU is outdated. So I bought a mid-level FX series Processor and popped her in. Still didn't fix the problem. So I returned it and will try an FX 8350 soon( a slightly higher variant that the 6300)
So my Question is? What could possibly be causing these ridiculous FPS drops in the games listed above when considering my rig will play GTA V and other prettier games on high settings with minimal issues.
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