Framerate unexplicably went down significantly

[dukethedj]

This morning, my framerate in the games I play (TF2, CSGO, etc) was at 60 FPS maxed out, no problems. But after I restarted my PC because my mouse stopped working, I am lucky enough to get 20 FPS at lowest settings and at lowest resolution. Nothing that I know of has happened other than the mouse could effect it. What could be happening???

[Nicko_barbeque]

What graphics r u using?

[dukethedj]

12 hours ago, Nicko_barbeque said:

What graphics r u using?

Sorry that I didn't specify my system specs

Gigabyte R9 270

I am also using an AMD FX 8370 and 32 gb of RAM

[Nicko_barbeque]

2 minutes ago, dukethedj said:

Sorry that I didn't specify my system specs

Gigabyte R9 270

I am also using an AMD FX 8370 and 32 gb of RAM

All good :-) Are you crossfireing the onbord and discrete cards? If so try just using the R9 270 and see what happens...

[dukethedj]

12 hours ago, Nicko_barbeque said:

All good :-) Are you crossfireing the onbord and discrete cards? If so try just using the R9 270 and see what happens...

Nope. The only video processor is the 270. No CrossFire. Just the 270

[Nicko_barbeque]

1 minute ago, dukethedj said:

Nope. The only video processor is the 270. No CrossFire. Just the 270

ok then... have you tried taking the card out giving it a hug.... I mean giving it a dust off :-) and putting it back in

PS give it a hug from me :-)

[Nicko_barbeque]

I all seriousness tho... Give it a good dust off and rest out of the case...

[dukethedj]

12 hours ago, Nicko_barbeque said:

ok then... have you tried taking the card out giving it a hug.... I mean giving it a dust off :-) and putting it back in

PS give it a hug from me :-)

How thorough should I be.? I see no dust on the PCB. But, I just remembered that I sprayed some Febreze in my room at around that time. While I sprayed it on the other side, it still could have gotten into the case. Could the moisture have done that?

[Nicko_barbeque]

I dunno... I am not a pro obviously... Just throwing some ideas out there... I dont think it should need to be too thorough... just blow into the mobo connection to make sure there isnt dust in there too...

[HPWebcamAble]

What's your CPU usage like in game?

 

And holy mother of ram 32 gigs is almost more $$$ than your 270.

What the heck are you using it for?

[dukethedj]

12 hours ago, HPWebcamAble said:

What's your CPU usage like in game?

 

And holy mother of ram 32 gigs is almost more $$$ than your 270.

What the heck are you using it for?

CPU usage is 100%, and my FPS is actually lower after restarting. Like 10 FPS in my blank TF2 Server

And the 32 gb was purchased on Black Friday for $100. I make music and I load my samples and plugins in ram to lower latency. On bad days, I can get up to 25 GB usage.

[HPWebcamAble]

25 minutes ago, dukethedj said:

CPU usage is 100%

That would explain the low FPS, could you take a screenshot of the processes tab of task manager?

[dukethedj]

12 hours ago, HPWebcamAble said:

That would explain the low FPS, could you take a screenshot of the processes tab of task manager?

With or without a game running?

[HPWebcamAble]

Just now, dukethedj said:

With or without a game running?

With

[dukethedj]

12 hours ago, HPWebcamAble said:

With

Got a maximum of 11 FPS. CPU was stuck at 99% and GPU usage bounced anywhere from 1% to 23%

[HPWebcamAble]

Try closing origin

[dukethedj]

12 hours ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Try closing origin

DId. No change.

[dukethedj]

IGNORE ME

[HPWebcamAble]

Well clearly your CPU is doing something. It's bottle necking your GPU.

 

After you close origin, you've got an extra 25.1% of your CPU. Where does that go?

[dukethedj]

18 hours ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Well clearly your CPU is doing something. It's bottle necking your GPU.

 

After you close origin, you've got an extra 25.1% of your CPU. Where does that go?

The 25.1% goes to WMI Provide Host. I even closed all programs except for Steam and windows processes and I still have a low (But higher) framerate in TF2 (20 FPS). Task Manager said there was a 80% CPU usage after closing everything.

[HPWebcamAble]

This suggests that a virus called 'search conduit' is causing the problem

 

Do you have a program in your program list called 'search conduit'?

[dukethedj]

15 hours ago, HPWebcamAble said:

This suggests that a virus called 'search conduit' is causing the problem

 

Do you have a program in your program list called 'search conduit'?

Nope. I recognize everything installed.

But its kind of funny that the very demanding games like Battlefield 4 can get 72 FPS on Ultra while TF2 cant even get 20 at minimum.