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masked106
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Hi Guys

 

I have a GTX 970 that I bought brand new in early 2016 and it has been serving me okay the past few years. IN the last couple of months I will be playing Smite ( A MOBA) and sometimes my FPS will suddenly drop down to 10fps instead of the 100-150fps I'm running at normally. It usually hangs like that until I have to reboot Smite. All my drivers are up to date recently it drops to 15fps for about 15-20 seconds then climbs to about 30-60fps but will never reach the 100+FPS it used to.

 

I have tried some Overclocking in the past and my G1 Gaming is not very good overclocking, other than its default overclock.

 

Any help would be appreaciated.

 

P.S my latency also jumps through the roof when this happens. to about 60ms

 

Thanks!

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sounds like its the game or some other background software causing shenanigans. it's not your GPU

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Seems like a driver issue. Use DDU and reinstall the Nvidia driver. For me the closest thing I've experienced to this is when G-Sync decides to lock to a low FPS because it's being triggered by something that isn't the game I'm trying to play. I would also check for software that might be conflicting and causing issues. Stuff like MSI Afterburner can sometimes cause issues so check everything that runs in the background.

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I'd start with running DDU and reinstalling latest GPU drivers, but honestly Hirez are just garbage devs so it might just be them. I get dips into the single digits with my 1080 playing Paladins

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