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Random FPS drops in games

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Anything below 80 degrees C at least per GPU. At least. And yes, please do that.

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This is my problem, When I'm playing any games I get random FPS drops from 60~ all the way down to 5 or even 1. I don't know what I've done wrong or what settings I'm doing wrong. I had gotten a new graphics card(Returned mine and gotten a new 590) and the problem persisted, so i can semi rule out graphics card problem.

 

Few games I play : League of legends, Tera, Warframe, TF2, Cod4 and a few more.

 

 
My computer specs
 
CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX850 (CMPSU-850AX) 850W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Full Modular Active PFC Power Supply
 
EVGA 03G-P3-1596-AR GeForce GTX 590 (Fermi) Classified 3072MB 768-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
 
ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
 
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I72600K
 
Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
 
G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR Sniper SE 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 1.5V Memory Kit

 

 

I'll try to provide any more information needed.

 

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Drivers updated recently? If so, rollback. Even if you didn't update recently, try an older driver for your card.

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Drivers updated recently? If so, rollback. Even if you didn't update recently, try an older driver for your card.

 

Thanks for the fast reply :)

 

Drivers are updated and I've used different drivers. This problem has been going on for quite some time.

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Do you have any software in the background that monitors GPU usage, temperatures, etc?

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When playing those games, does everything seem normal?

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When playing those games, does everything seem normal?

 

 

You mean temps? or like the games it's self? I haven't tested the temps... I'm not sure what normal temps are when gaming.

 

I can try playing some games for a bit and see what the temps go upto.

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Anything below 80 degrees C at least per GPU. At least. And yes, please do that.

"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brain falls out." - Carl Sagan.

"I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you" - Edward I. Koch

"I didn't die! I performed a tactical reset!" - Apollolol

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It may be your CPU temps, are you using an aftermarket cooler? 

 

Try running RealTemps when you're playing games, if it goes above 90c then you've got a problem with the cooling. 

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It may be your CPU temps, are you using an aftermarket cooler?

Try running RealTemps when you're playing games, if it goes above 90c then you've got a problem with the cooling.

80C is generally the limit.

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80C is generally the limit.

I disagree, my cousins CPU hits 85c, and his games still work fine, once it goes over 90c, then you will start seeing lag come to play, once it hits 99c the whole game starts to lag out. 

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I disagree, my cousins CPU hits 85c, and his games still work fine, once it goes over 90c, then you will start seeing lag come to play, once it hits 99c the whole game starts to lag out. 

Not GPU clock limit, but the silicon limit.

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http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181017

 

Thats my CPU cooler ( any tips for cleaning it? other then a can of air.. it doesn't get the dust out of the radiator very well )

 

Warfame : 30 mins~ GPU - Max 77 ~ ( Didn't read CPU )

 

League of legends 15mins~ GPU 46 CPU 36

 

Cod4 30 mins ~ GPU 55 CPU 35

 

Warfame : 4 hr~ GPU - Max 78 ~ CPU 47ish

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