Dual Screen lag 2x GTX 960

[Musya]

Hello everyone, my problem is that when i enter any sort of loading screen on WoW, League of legends, CS Go or any other video game and have Youtube open on my second monitor it stops the video and lags whole computer.

I would be listening to music on my 1080p 60Hz secondary monitor and my Predator XB1 would be running the game at 2560 x 1440 @ 144Hz

I have one Graphics dedicated to gaming and other is dedicated to Youtube/browsing, my cpu temp gaming would be 48-60C and GPU 1 @ 60-65 GPU 2 @ 35-40.

Also my CPU temperature spikes from 50 to 64 randomly when gaming, the cpu cooler is properly mounted and paste is applied.

I tried reinstalling all GPU drivers still no luck, tried doing full screen, windowed/border less.

Any tips, suggestions would be appreciated, thank you.

 

Computer specs:

Motherboard Msi H170 Gaming M3

CPU i7 6700k @4.0GHz

CPU Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo

Msi GTX 960 x2 (NO SLI)

16GB of ram

750Watt Power supply EVGA 80 Plus Gold

Windows 10

[shadowbyte]

quick question, why aren't you running your 960s in SLI?

[Musya]

I purchased a crossfire motherboard, waiting until sales to buy a SLI compatible Motherboard.

[shadowbyte]

2 minutes ago, Musya said:

I purchased a crossfire motherboard, waiting until sales to buy a SLI compatible Motherboard.

ah, I see

if you can only use one card, I'd suggest uninstalling the other completely from your system and running all monitors off one card. It could be causing issues with drivers and windows.

 

[Musya]

1 minute ago, shadowbyte said:

ah, I see

if you can only use one card, I'd suggest uninstalling the other completely from your system and running all monitors off one card. It could be causing issues with drivers and windows.

 

I had one card in and still had the same problem, purchased a second thinking it would fix the problem, but it did not. :\

[shadowbyte]

Just now, Musya said:

I had one card in and still had the same problem, purchased a second thinking it would fix the problem, but it did not. :\

hmmm

interesting

download and run DDU, uninstall the second card, reinstall video drivers for one card, and try again

[Musya]

4 minutes ago, shadowbyte said:

hmmm

interesting

download and run DDU, uninstall the second card, reinstall video drivers for one card, and try again

Have tried that, googled a lot of solutions nothing helped, i think it's either a Driver problem maybe wait for an update, or wait for an SLI board. 

But would this be a GPU or CPU problem?

My cpu spikes from 48-60 randomly sometimes.

[shadowbyte]

Just now, Musya said:

Have tried that, googled a lot of solutions nothing helped, i think it's either a Driver problem maybe wait for an update, or wait for an SLI board. 

strange 

very strange

[Musya]

1 minute ago, shadowbyte said:

strange 

very strange

But would this be a GPU or CPU problem?

My cpu spikes from 48-60 randomly sometimes.

[shadowbyte]

Just now, Musya said:

But would this be a GPU or CPU problem?

My cpu spikes from 48-60 randomly sometimes.

I think it's a driver issue or windows being strange

[TheGlenlivet]

Is 60 enough to cause a performance hit?

Is 60-65 enough to cause a hit on the graphics cards?  I don't think the temps are the problems, though you could switch cards and see if watching youtube on gpu one and gaming on gpu 2 does anything.

[Musya]

4 minutes ago, TheGlenlivet said:

Is 60 enough to cause a performance hit?

Is 60-65 enough to cause a hit on the graphics cards?  I don't think the temps are the problems, though you could switch cards and see if watching youtube on gpu one and gaming on gpu 2 does anything.

I have tried that as well, no luck. Thank you everyone for tips i really appreciate it.

[0x1e]

Put both monitors to 60Hz,

See if it still lags.

 

Iirc Nvidia doesn't like having different hz on different monitors.

[Musya]

3 hours ago, 0x1e said:

Put both monitors to 60Hz,

See if it still lags.

 

Iirc Nvidia doesn't like having different hz on different monitors.

Still lags, no luck.

[0x1e]

32 minutes ago, Musya said:

Still lags, no luck.

Do you lag with only 1 monitor attached? 

[Musya]

41 minutes ago, 0x1e said:

Do you lag with only 1 monitor attached? 

Yes my main monitor at 144Hz will be set for gaming, and 60hz is for youtube music. My main monitor is hooked up to GPU 1 and the 60Hz is hooked up to GPU 2 No Sli on my motherboard.

[0x1e]

9 minutes ago, Musya said:

Yes my main monitor at 144Hz will be set for gaming, and 60hz is for youtube music. My main monitor is hooked up to GPU 1 and the 60Hz is hooked up to GPU 2 No Sli on my motherboard.

Yes,

but if you remove the second monitor and only use one do you still lag?

Or does everything become picture perfect?

[Musya]

7 minutes ago, 0x1e said:

Yes,

but if you remove the second monitor and only use one do you still lag?

Or does everything become picture perfect?

Yes if i just have one plugged in. Does that mean i need better gpu or get sli set up?

[0x1e]

Just now, Musya said:

Yes if i just have one plugged in. Does that mean i need better gpu or get sli set up?

SLI might help, but I wouldn't bet on it.

 

I think this is a driver problem.

However it could also be your motherboard. The reason why it doesn't support SLI is because the second GPU port will do x4 lanes. Your first one will be x8 lanes.

So getting an SLI board might help just because you have more lanes.

ATM I'm kinda out of idea's.

[Musya]

1 minute ago, 0x1e said:

SLI might help, but I wouldn't bet on it.

 

I think this is a driver problem.

However it could also be your motherboard. The reason why it doesn't support SLI is because the second GPU port will do x4 lanes. Your first one will be x8 lanes.

So getting an SLI board might help just because you have more lanes.

ATM I'm kinda out of idea's.

Thank you for the help i will get my hands on a sli board soon and update this post.