RX 570 usage drops causing FPS drops/stuttering

[Dimos187]

Hey all, I am experiencing some annoying stuttering while gaming, due to GPU usage dropping, causing FPS drops.

 

My system:
Ryzen 3 2200G CPU
Asus Prime B350M-A M/B
Aorus RX 570 4GB GPU
4x4GB Crucial 2400MHz DDR4 RAM

Intel 760P 512GB SSD
WD Blue 7200RPM 1TB HDD
Thermaltake Litepower 550W PSU

 

I originally built this system on a very tight budget, not intending to game on it. I used an ASRock A320M-HDV motherboard, 8GB of RAM, no GPU or SSD and the Antec 500W PSU that was included with the Antec case. I eventually decided I wanted to do some gaming on it (mainly PUBG, which the 2200G couldn't really handle) so I found a used RX 570 to put in and that's when I began gaming and noticed the stuttering. I thought it may be due to lack of RAM, so I upgraded to an Asus Prime B350M-A motherboard (flashed the bios to the latest version 4014), so I could install 2 more sticks of RAM and be able to overclock the CPU, but the problem remained.

 

I then thought it may be the PSU as it didn't have an 8 pin PCI-E plug, only a 6. I was using a dual molex to 8 pin adaptor. So I upgraded the PSU and also threw in an SSD as I wanted to speed up the PC. I did a fresh install of Windows 10 on the SSD, formatted the HDD and started fresh. This still didn't fix the problem.

The CPU is overclocked to 3.9GHz @ 1.375V
The GPU is overclocked to 1380MHz core & 1950MHz memory @1150mV
The RAM is overclocked to 2800MHz

All temperatures are fine & all CPU cores are locked at 3.9GHz while gaming.

I have tried running the CPU, GPU & RAM at stock speeds, as well as playing at very low settings and even 720P. I have also tried various versions of AMD drivers, but I still experience the same issue.

 

The windows power plan is set to high performance.

 

I noticed I have a very large page file while gaming, around 10-12GB. I tried setting the page file manually to 3GB, I also tried removing it all together. Both make no difference and the page file still shows around 10-12GB while gaming (monitored with MSI Afterburner).

 

The only thing left I can think of is a faulty GPU?

 

This is really annoying me, any help would be really appreciated!

 

Thanks in advance
 

[Onboard87]

2 minutes ago, Dimos187 said:

I have tried running the CPU, GPU & RAM at stock speeds, as well as playing at very low settings and even 720P. I have also tried various versions of AMD drivers, but I still experience the same issue.

make sure the GPU is fully in the slot, check connection of the power pins are in all the way, if the problem remains run a GPU stress test kombuster hevan and monitor the GPU cores power. sounds like the card might be failing