Thermalthrottling?

[hkeatmy]

Was playing rise of the tomb raider for an hour, suddenly everything became a slide show, fps around 20-30. My guess is that something is thermal throttling but I'm not sure what. Had realtempGT turned on in the background, gave me a max reading of 61 celsius core temp. Any ideas on what to do? or is this actually normal? CPU overclocked to 4.6ghz

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($306.25 @ Vuugo) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($187.95 @ Vuugo) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($138.98 @ DirectCanada) 
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Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.85 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($365.98 @ NCIX) 
Case: Thermaltake View 27 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($81.99 @ NCIX) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ NCIX) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM  120mm Fans  ($33.98 @ DirectCanada) 
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF120 Quiet Edition (2-Pack) 39.9 CFM  120mm Fans  ($33.98 @ DirectCanada) 
 

[Ya_Mi]

What about the gpu temp?

cause 61'c is still cool

[genexis_x]

Driver problem?

[hkeatmy]

8 minutes ago, Ya_Mi said:

What about the gpu temp?

cause 61'c is still cool

 

7 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Driver problem?

Never really checked it, driver updated to latest. But I did overclock my GPU thou,

[EPPHO]

GPU might be overheating BUT also it could be windows doing something in background

[hkeatmy]

5 minutes ago, frozeNNN said:

GPU might be overheating BUT also it could be windows doing something in background

any ideas on how to find out for real?

[EPPHO]

Just now, hkeatmy said:

any ideas on how to find out for real?

Install some in-game monitoring software like MSI afterburner and see GPU temps while playing. For the other thing " windows doing something in background ",you can check this only by alt-tabbing while gaming and checking task manager OR just by playing games (if it doesn't happen again then windows was causing the problem).

[hkeatmy]

3 hours ago, frozeNNN said:

Install some in-game monitoring software like MSI afterburner and see GPU temps while playing. For the other thing " windows doing something in background ",you can check this only by alt-tabbing while gaming and checking task manager OR just by playing games (if it doesn't happen again then windows was causing the problem).

this is when the lag starts, any ideas?

[EPPHO]

21 minutes ago, hkeatmy said:

this is when the lag starts, any ideas?

Hmm temps seem to be fine. It's really strange. Have you checked task manager when it's happening? Some strange processes? Do you run Chrome or something else in the background?

[hkeatmy]

2 hours ago, frozeNNN said:

Hmm temps seem to be fine. It's really strange. Have you checked task manager when it's happening? Some strange processes? Do you run Chrome or something else in the background?

My graphic card has only 3GB vram thou, might that be the issue?

[EPPHO]

Oh yes it could. Actually it's almost maxed out. Try lowering texture options a little bit