FPS problem with GTX 1060

[Cryosec]

My friend upgraded some time ago from a 760 to a 1060, but he has a recurring problem with almost every game he launches. What happens is that after 5 to 15 minutes in game, frames drop to 15-20 with no apparent reason. He tried reinstalling drivers (using DDU) and games, but still nothing has changed. The only thing that "fixes" this is closing Discord (which we use to talk), but we kinda need it.

 

Has anyone ever had the same problem? How could he fix it?

[Walt]

That sounds strange.

What maybe can help:

- try a clean install of discord

- check temps of the gpu/cpu (and utilization) in msi afterburner

- clean install of the gpu drivers

[Cryosec]

1 minute ago, Walt said:

That sounds strange.

What maybe can help:

- try a clean install of discord

- check temps of the gpu/cpu (and utilization) in msi afterburner

- clean install of the gpu drivers

all three already tried, temps are always below 65 and drivers had been clean installed multiple times

[Walt]

1 minute ago, Cryosec said:

all three already tried, temps are always below 65 and drivers had been clean installed multiple times

how much cpu/ram usage does discord have when he gets low fps?

[Cryosec]

10 minutes ago, Walt said:

how much cpu/ram usage does discord have when he gets low fps?

can't tell you now as he's not at home to test. will update as soon as possible

[Walt]

Some more things to look at:

- Does it happen with discord only or also with other communicate software (Teamspeak, Skype etc.)

- NVIDIA control panel - set to performance

- Disable Xbox app in windows

- What is his mobo? Maybe try updating it

- Power Options from windows 10 and check if it's on High Performance

 

Thing from the internet (No idea if it works or even what it does)

- If it's an older mobo try switching HPET off

 

[Cryosec]

On 2/12/2017 at 1:59 PM, Walt said:

Some more things to look at:

- Does it happen with discord only or also with other communicate software (Teamspeak, Skype etc.)

- NVIDIA control panel - set to performance

- Disable Xbox app in windows

- What is his mobo? Maybe try updating it

- Power Options from windows 10 and check if it's on High Performance

 

Thing from the internet (No idea if it works or even what it does)

- If it's an older mobo try switching HPET off

 

sorry for taking so long, but I might have an answer. Discord wasn't taking up any resources, so I made him check with malwarebytes after joking that he might have a bitcoin miner. Turns out he had multiple instances. I'll update again if this was the problem after all

[RollTime]

15 minutes ago, Cryosec said:

sorry for taking so long, but I might have an answer. Discord wasn't taking up any resources, so I made him check with malwarebytes after joking that he might have a bitcoin miner. Turns out he had multiple instances. I'll update again if this was the problem after all

Wow, that's scary. Glad you found them though.

[Cryosec]

Just now, RollTime said:

Wow, that's scary. Glad you found them though.

that stuff was quite advanced. not the crappy javascript miner from coinhive, not even a blatand .exe running in background and visible in the task manager. This stuff was inside windows registry, sneaky little fucks hiding behind windows defender and task scheduling stuff.

[RollTime]

2 hours ago, Cryosec said:

that stuff was quite advanced. not the crappy javascript miner from coinhive, not even a blatand .exe running in background and visible in the task manager. This stuff was inside windows registry, sneaky little fucks hiding behind windows defender and task scheduling stuff.

oof.