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Hello, I've been playing some games on my new rig which my friend and I put together, and this is something which I also found with my old computer.

 

Playing the game, and can be running at 200 fps+ and never dropping below 60, but my game will act like I've lost a lot of frames and act like it's running on 30, even with an abundance of FPS. 

 

System specs: i7-4790k, GTX Geforce 980 TI 6GB Both with no overclocking what so ever. 2TB hard drive 2x, 120 SSD.

 

Has anyone got any idea what this could be, possibly my monitor?

 | CPU: i7 4790k 4.0 GHz | GPU: GTX Geforce 980 TI x2 Superclocked SLI | SSD: 240GB Kingston SSDnow, 120GB Kingston SSDnow | HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda 3x | Mobo: MSI  Z97S SLI Krait Edition | RAM: 16GB White HyperX 1600 Mhz | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750 Airflow Edition | Cooler: Corsair  H100i  AIO |

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Stupid question - is VSync on?

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Stupid question - is VSync on?

 

Vsync is not normally on, could that be an issue?

 | CPU: i7 4790k 4.0 GHz | GPU: GTX Geforce 980 TI x2 Superclocked SLI | SSD: 240GB Kingston SSDnow, 120GB Kingston SSDnow | HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda 3x | Mobo: MSI  Z97S SLI Krait Edition | RAM: 16GB White HyperX 1600 Mhz | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750 Airflow Edition | Cooler: Corsair  H100i  AIO |

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Vsync is not normally on, could that be an issue?

No, leave it off. Does this happen with every game?

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No, leave it off. Does this happen with every game?

 

Not every game no, but League of Legends and CS GO is what I've found to be a problem.

 

GTA 5 and Battlefield I haven't seen an issue and I thought those would be the kind of game that would happen. I've also noticed some strange, lag when moving normal Windows explorer windows such as moving it to another monitor. and when watching YouTube videos and doing work on the other monitor.

 | CPU: i7 4790k 4.0 GHz | GPU: GTX Geforce 980 TI x2 Superclocked SLI | SSD: 240GB Kingston SSDnow, 120GB Kingston SSDnow | HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda 3x | Mobo: MSI  Z97S SLI Krait Edition | RAM: 16GB White HyperX 1600 Mhz | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750 Airflow Edition | Cooler: Corsair  H100i  AIO |

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Not every game no, but League of Legends and CS GO is what I've found to be a problem.

 

GTA 5 and Battlefield I haven't seen an issue and I thought those would be the kind of game that would happen. I've also noticed some strange, lag when moving normal Windows explorer windows such as moving it to another monitor. and when watching YouTube videos and doing work on the other monitor.

well if it is only LoL and CSGO than the problem probably is your internet are you using wireless?

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well if it is only LoL and CSGO than the problem probably is your internet are you using wireless?

 

I'm wired to my router.

 

Could having internet issues make my game seem like it's running at less than 30 FPS?

 | CPU: i7 4790k 4.0 GHz | GPU: GTX Geforce 980 TI x2 Superclocked SLI | SSD: 240GB Kingston SSDnow, 120GB Kingston SSDnow | HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda 3x | Mobo: MSI  Z97S SLI Krait Edition | RAM: 16GB White HyperX 1600 Mhz | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750 Airflow Edition | Cooler: Corsair  H100i  AIO |

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Not every game no, but League of Legends and CS GO is what I've found to be a problem.

 

GTA 5 and Battlefield I haven't seen an issue and I thought those would be the kind of game that would happen. I've also noticed some strange, lag when moving normal Windows explorer windows such as moving it to another monitor. and when watching YouTube videos and doing work on the other monitor.

Is the monitor refresh rate set to the correct setting?

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Is the monitor refresh rate set to the correct setting?

 

The max refresh rate is 60. Unless it changes for some reason throughout the game I'm not sure what it could be. 

 | CPU: i7 4790k 4.0 GHz | GPU: GTX Geforce 980 TI x2 Superclocked SLI | SSD: 240GB Kingston SSDnow, 120GB Kingston SSDnow | HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda 3x | Mobo: MSI  Z97S SLI Krait Edition | RAM: 16GB White HyperX 1600 Mhz | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750 Airflow Edition | Cooler: Corsair  H100i  AIO |

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I'm wired to my router.

 

Could having internet issues make my game seem like it's running at less than 30 FPS?

yes, lag spikes can make it feel like its running 10FPS contact your isp and ask for a router update (thats how it works in Turkey might not be the case for you tho)

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yes, lag spikes can make it feel like its running 10FPS contact your isp and ask for a router update (thats how it works in Turkey might not be the case for you tho)

 

Currently I am actually waiting until tomorrow for fibre to be ready and I will be getting it by the 30th. 

But I've been through 2 routers, with my old computer and I had the same issue.

 | CPU: i7 4790k 4.0 GHz | GPU: GTX Geforce 980 TI x2 Superclocked SLI | SSD: 240GB Kingston SSDnow, 120GB Kingston SSDnow | HDD: 2TB Seagate Barracuda 3x | Mobo: MSI  Z97S SLI Krait Edition | RAM: 16GB White HyperX 1600 Mhz | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750 Airflow Edition | Cooler: Corsair  H100i  AIO |

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