Dxtory causing lag spikes

[Laggy]

Hey all

 

So I got Dxtory a while ago and everything recorded fine. I then upgraded several things, including my graphics card (from a 6670 to a R9 270), PSU and case etc.

Everything now runs perfectly at 60fps on ultra (especially Battlefield 4, which I use to have to run on medium at 15fps). However, whenever I have Dxtory open, it causes a large amount of lag spike, even when I'm not actually recording.

I have only ever noticed it with Battlefield 4, as it's the most demanding game I play (with the exception of Alien Isolation), and it keeps dropping my frames from 60fps to 1fps, and then back to 60fps again. It does this every 2-3 seconds, and makes the game near unplayable as it is quite fast paced and if I can't shoot/move/aim, I can't win in a firefight. If anyone has any tips or ideas on how to prevent me having to close Dxtory everytime I want to play Battlefield, it'd be much appreciated.

 

According to Dxtory the write speed to my harddrive is 75mb/s (Which may be a problem, as it use to be 109mb/s)

 

(I'll include screenshots of my settings for Dxtory and Battlefield 4, as well as my computer specs)

 

Thanks all!

[CoolaxGaming]

Dude, the FPS you SHOULD get with a 270 is 38.3. 

 

Source: Anandtech and Toms Hardware

[Laggy]

Dude, the FPS you SHOULD get with a 270 is 38.3. 

 

Source: Anandtech and Toms Hardware

 

I get on average 45-50 fps with a maximum of 60 in empty places. 

Check Bit-tech.net for the R9 270 Battlefield 4 benchmark, which seem very similar to mine.

[FellTheSky]

open up task manager when it happens, probably 100% of cpu usage as the 2310 has a very low stock clock. If only happens when recording i would say:

1- cpu usage

2- hard drive speeds

3- vram usage

Test for those things