Regular Pauses

[Cramer]

I am getting regular graphics pauses (a bit faster than once per second) while gaming. Sound is not affected, but the pauses are significant and noticeable. It happens in multiple games, such as CS:GO, Satisfactory, and Eldenring. Recently it just started in VTOL VR after I got the heli DLC which made me feel sick where previously it ran fine. FPS can be high, sitting on a solid 60FPS+ but the pauses still happen.

 

Lowering settings reduces the pause time (or eliminates it), but the frequency of the pauses is unchanged.

 

PC is an old workhorse from a company I worked for with a graphics card added in. I am aware that it's older and might need replacing, but with the FPS often remaining high I feel like the raw power is there.

 

Win 10 Pro 10.0.19044 Build 19044

Bios American Megatrends 1204

Boot drive: Samsung 840 Evo 250GB

Other drives: Samsung 860 EVO 500GB, Intel SSDPEKNW512G8

i7-6700K

2x16GB RAM 2666 (CMU32GX4M2A2666C16)

ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING (Nuvoton NCT6793D)

RX 480 (Sapphire Radeon RX480 Nitro+ 8GB)

Corsair 650i

Dell Ultrasharp 34 (U3421WE)

 

Some old speed fan logs attached. Pauses significant on high, pauses gone on low (but butt ugly).

SatisfactoryHighSettings.CSV SatisfactoryLowSettings.CSV