Why am i getting massive fps drops?

[smetsmathias7]

I'm a pc noob and i just build my first pc. Im getting fps drops from a 100/180 fps to 1/15 fps. I don't know why.

specs:

GPU: Geforce gtx 1070ti
CPU: amd ryzen 5 2600
Ram: 8GB ddr4 2600mhz

Can someone please help me cause its so annoying when im gaming.

 

[2sidedpolygon]

What are your temps while playing? Also, what's the game?

 

[rgd1101]

1 stick of ram?

 

[smetsmathias7]

I have 2 sticks of ram

 

[smetsmathias7]

I have to problem when im playing fortnite, Ring of elysium

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

You have 8gbs of system ram. For a lot of games now, it's simply not enough. Once you start hitting the 8gbs limit, your system will use the swap file/page file and this can butcher performance and cause FPS drops.

 

[smetsmathias7]

But my old system runs fortnite without lagg. In my old pc i also have 8gb ram ddr4 2 stick, Gpu: amd r9 200series and an intel I7 3770

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

fortnite isn't so demanding. It doesn't use that much system ram. Running something like BF V/COD BO4 is a different story.

 

[rgd1101]

and cpu/gpu the temp and usage?
make and model of the psu?

 

[2sidedpolygon]

You have 8gbs of system ram. For a lot of games now, it's simply not enough. Once you start hitting the 8gbs limit, your system will use the swap file/page file and this can butcher performance and cause FPS drops.

Nah, 8 is fine in the vast majority of titles. If he's getting over 100FPS before the drops then it's probably pretty light, as well.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Vast majority of titles from 3 years ago. I'm sorry friend. Just look at the specs for nearly every AAA games coming out. For most 16gb is recommended (as opposed to min requirements), and there's a reason for that. Once you turn up the graphics and textures the amount of data to load increases, and more ram is needed. I'm happy to illustrate with a screen shot. Games like BF1/BF V/COD WW2/COD BO4 among many others, all use upward of 8gbs at 1080p. It's just gonna keep going like that. 8gbs used to be the sweet spot. The sweet spot is now 16gb.

To the OP, you can set up MSI afterbuner, to monitor both system ram usage and GPU vram usage. DO that. Then you can judge yourself if your games are maxing out the ram.

 

[hassan.moh.ibrahim]

I'm a pc noob and i just build my first pc. Im getting fps drops from a 100/180 fps to 1/15 fps. I don't know why.

specs:

GPU: Geforce gtx 1070ti
CPU: amd ryzen 5 2600
Ram: 8GB ddr4 2600mhz

Can someone please help me cause its so annoying when im gaming.

did u just update ur GPU driver?
for all you guys dont update the GPU drivers to 417.22 its so bad. it causes FPS drops and a 99% GPU usage. i faced fps drops in all games after updating to 417.22, then i downgraded to the older version now it works fine as it used to be.