Huge FPS drops

[Lindsans]

Hello everyone,

I have an i3-3250 CPU, a GTX 650 Ti Boost, and four sticks of 4gb corsair RAM. 

 So for about two months now my computer has been having some major FPS issues. It started with playing GTA V PC when my computer would start dropping to 13 FPS when I would enter or exit a game mode

or building and stay there indefinitely until I restarted the game. After a while the issue would start happening more and more as I played and even started happening during random points in the middle of the lobby.

After about a month of this happening it started effecting the rest of my games as well, only the issue would happen from the very start. A constant 12-14 FPS but it never crashes. My Temp is good at about 53

degrees C. so I'm not running hot or anything. My computer is in great condition dust-wise; No residue. I did a clean install for my driver and it worked for about a day or so and then this issue returned. The only other

program running when I play games is Windows Task Manager so I can max my capability so I don't know what else could interfere. I'd also like to note that I played all my games a year ago without any issues. 

The only games I can play normally are Undertale and Hotline miami now due to the issue. Please help. Thanks.

[Darth-Marius]

i think its just because your system cant handle gta V, sorry, but imho those components haven't held up well and in certain more intensive situations, it might not be able to keep up. 

[HPWebcamAble]

Download MSI Afterburner (if you don't  have it) and keep it open while you play. When the issue occurs, take a look at the graphs, and let us know what is maxed out

 

EDIT: 4 GB of ram is cutting it close but the rest of your system should be able to handle GTA V with no problem (at 1080p)

[The Flying Sloth]

4 minutes ago, Darth-Marius said:

i think its just because your system cant handle gta V, sorry, but imho those components haven't held up well and in certain more intensive situations, it might not be able to keep up. 

Totally agree. Also OP, have you attempted to clean your GPU or CPU recently? if no, please apply thermal paste and clean, if yes, reapply thermal paste

[Lindsans]

11 minutes ago, Darth-Marius said:

i think its just because your system cant handle gta V, sorry, but imho those components haven't held up well and in certain more intensive situations, it might not be able to keep up. 

It's been handling it on medium and high settings for a year now. It can handle GTA V. Like I said, this is a recent issue.

[Lindsans]

13 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Download MSI Afterburner (if you don't  have it) and keep it open while you play. When the issue occurs, take a look at the graphs, and let us know what is maxed out

I've done benchmarking and everything is good. Nothing seems to be maxing out.

[HPWebcamAble]

1 minute ago, Lindsans said:

I've done benchmarking and everything is good. Nothing seems to be maxing out.

When your FPS drops?

[Lindsans]

2 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

When your FPS drops?

Yep. Several times. My CPU will go to 99% sometimes in extreme cases but only for a hundredth of a second or so. It's not bottlnecking.

Everything else Is as should be. 

[HPWebcamAble]

3 minutes ago, Lindsans said:

Yep. Several times. My CPU will go to 99% sometimes in extreme cases but only for a hundredth of a second or so. It's not bottlnecking.

Everything else Is as should be. 

There should be some graphs maxed out all the time.. for example GPU usage. Maybe take a screenshot of em? Might require more than 1 screenshot to get them all

[Lindsans]

7 hours ago, HPWebcamAble said:

There should be some graphs maxed out all the time.. for example GPU usage. Maybe take a screenshot of em? Might require more than 1 screenshot to get them all

My core clock goes to 800 mhz when it happens.

[HPWebcamAble]

12 hours ago, Lindsans said:

My core clock goes to 800 mhz when it happens.

Without seeing the all the graphs, I can't be sure but it sounds like your CPU is bottlenecking your GPU

[Lindsans]

2 hours ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Without seeing the all the graphs, I can't be sure but it sounds like your CPU is bottlenecking your GPU

Ok I'll see what I can do. I downloaded the latest driver yesterday and my computer was running gta V today for two hours without encountering the problem I've been having. It also played a few other games that have been having the same issue so for now the problem has subsided. Last time I did a clean install of my previous driver it worked for about a day so I'm by no means at ease at this point. If the problem strikes again I'll get that screen cap for you. I'm going to give it a week before declaring it solved.