bad frames with good hardware

[WickedStarfish]

Just now, skyzab said:

fluctuated about 1-5mb

damn that's a good connection (in Aus i'm lucky to get 50 down and 20 up), that rules out my theory (sometimes if the connection isn't great in a game it will fluctuate the FPS quite a lot)

 

[skyzab]

Just now, WickedStarfish said:

damn that's a good connection (in Aus i'm lucky to get 50 down and 20 up), that rules out my theory (sometimes if the connection isn't great in a game it will fluctuate the FPS quite a lot)

 

yeah i heard that from my gaming buddies but i didn't think that was the case

[NickPickerWI]

28 minutes ago, skyzab said:

do you have a program that i can use to benchmark my pc and get the logs to paste here?

Logs aren't all that important, you could take a screenshot or a picture of the results, or just tell us.

 

You can use CPUID's HWMonitor to monitor your GPU and CPU temperatures, Unigine's Heaven benchmark for the video card benchmark, and Prime95 for the CPU benchmark. All are free.

 

Temperatures are important to look at, since your hardware might be throttling due to heat. A bad cooler/misapplied cooler could result in this, as well as bad case airflow. Make sure your fans spin when they're supposed to.

 

Let us know what this shows.

[skyzab]

1 minute ago, NickPickerWI said:

Logs aren't all that important, you could take a screenshot or a picture of the results, or just tell us.

 

You can use CPUID's HWMonitor to monitor your GPU and CPU temperatures, Unigine's Heaven benchmark for the video card benchmark, and Prime95 for the CPU benchmark. All are free.

 

Temperatures are important to look at, since your hardware might be throttling due to heat. A bad cooler/misapplied cooler could result in this, as well as bad case airflow. Make sure your fans spin when they're supposed to.

 

Let us know what this shows.

ive been monitoring my temperatures while playing and it seems theyre around 60-75 while playing, ive seen it max out to 80 sometimes but thats pretty rare

[skyzab]

3 minutes ago, NickPickerWI said:

Logs aren't all that important, you could take a screenshot or a picture of the results, or just tell us.

 

You can use CPUID's HWMonitor to monitor your GPU and CPU temperatures, Unigine's Heaven benchmark for the video card benchmark, and Prime95 for the CPU benchmark. All are free.

 

Temperatures are important to look at, since your hardware might be throttling due to heat. A bad cooler/misapplied cooler could result in this, as well as bad case airflow. Make sure your fans spin when they're supposed to.

 

Let us know what this shows.

for prime95, what settings should i run the benchmark on?

here's a screenshot just in case you don't know them by heart lmao

[skyzab]

10 minutes ago, NickPickerWI said:

Logs aren't all that important, you could take a screenshot or a picture of the results, or just tell us.

 

You can use CPUID's HWMonitor to monitor your GPU and CPU temperatures, Unigine's Heaven benchmark for the video card benchmark, and Prime95 for the CPU benchmark. All are free.

 

Temperatures are important to look at, since your hardware might be throttling due to heat. A bad cooler/misapplied cooler could result in this, as well as bad case airflow. Make sure your fans spin when they're supposed to.

 

Let us know what this shows.

 

[skyzab]

13 minutes ago, skyzab said:

 

max temp on this was 76 fyi

[NickPickerWI]

19 minutes ago, skyzab said:

for prime95, what settings should i run the benchmark on?

here's a screenshot just in case you don't know them by heart lmao

I would do Blend for this, and watch your temperatures.

 

I did see your video card results. It definitely looks like your video card.

 

I would run this test for Prime95 for like a half hour and see if the CPU overheats/gets unstable. Then I would run the Heaven benchmark again in something less than full screen, and watch the GPU temperature in HWMonitor while you do it to see if the severe dip in frames is accompanied by high heat.

 

I have never seen a GPU spread that far in Heaven benchmark.

[skyzab]

1 minute ago, NickPickerWI said:

I would do Blend for this, and watch your temperatures.

 

I did see your video card results. It definitely looks like your video card.

 

I would run this test for Prime95 for like a half hour and see if the CPU overheats/gets unstable. Then I would run the Heaven benchmark again in something less than full screen, and watch the GPU temperature in HWMonitor while you do it to see if the severe dip in frames is accompanied by high heat.

 

I have never seen a GPU spread that far in Heaven benchmark.

quick question, does msi afterburner monitor gpu temp or cpu temp

[NickPickerWI]

1 minute ago, skyzab said:

max temp on this was 76 fyi

That should be fine for a GPU temp.

 

Man...something is seriously wrong with that card/drivers. Since you said this has been going on for like 2 years, I don't think it's the drivers.

[NickPickerWI]

Just now, skyzab said:

quick question, does msi afterburner monitor gpu temp or cpu temp

MSI Afterburner monitors GPU temp. It is an overclocking app for video cards, it doesn't care about the CPU.

[skyzab]

1 minute ago, NickPickerWI said:

MSI Afterburner monitors GPU temp. It is an overclocking app for video cards, it doesn't care about the CPU.

gotcha thanks, i started up p95 about 5 minutes ago so i'll keep you updated

 

currently sitting at 70c

 

also, what amount of heat should i be looking out for? i believe the frame drops were occurring even during the beginning of the test when my temps were ~40-50

[skyzab]

it's been sitting at 70c for a good 25m, so i think its safe to believe that it's not going to climb any further than that

[skyzab]

what's next?

[NickPickerWI]

4 minutes ago, skyzab said:

what's next?

I would say the next test is to put in a different video card and see if you have the same kind of framerate fluctuation.

 

I know you might not have access to another one. But it really seems like you have a defective card, and this would be the easy way to be absolutely sure.

[skyzab]

Just now, NickPickerWI said:

I would say the next test is to put in a different video card and see if you have the same kind of framerate fluctuation.

 

I know you might not have access to another one. But it really seems like you have a defective card, and this would be the easy way to be absolutely sure.

i do have another one but as i said in an earlier post my 1080 barely fits in my case so i'd rather use that as a last resort alternative

[WickedStarfish]

2 minutes ago, NickPickerWI said:

I would say the next test is to put in a different video card and see if you have the same kind of framerate fluctuation.

 

I know you might not have access to another one. But it really seems like you have a defective card, and this would be the easy way to be absolutely sure.

what about using the IGPU ?

 

[skyzab]

1 minute ago, WickedStarfish said:

what about using the IGPU ?

 

how would i get the benchmark to use it?

[WickedStarfish]

1 minute ago, skyzab said:

how would i get the benchmark to use it?

switch to the motherboard with the display cord i would think

[skyzab]

2 minutes ago, WickedStarfish said:

switch to the motherboard with the display cord i would think

gotcha

[NickPickerWI]

5 minutes ago, WickedStarfish said:

what about using the IGPU ?

Ehh, that would be taxing the CPU. The point of using a different video card is to make sure it isn't anything else in the system causing the issues. If you see no issues with a different video card, you have a bad card. If you see the same issues with a different card, it would be something else. Using the iGPU doesn't really do this for you - it could be the slot on the motherboard, for instance.

10 minutes ago, skyzab said:

i'd rather use that as a last resort alternative

Hate to say it, but I think you're at your last resort, bud.

[skyzab]

2 minutes ago, NickPickerWI said:

Ehh, that would be taxing the CPU. The point of using a different video card is to make sure it isn't anything else in the system causing the issues. If you see no issues with a different video card, you have a bad card. If you see the same issues with a different card, it would be something else. Using the iGPU doesn't really do this for you - it could be the slot on the motherboard, for instance.

Hate to say it, but I think you're at your last resort, bud.

is there a way we can keep in touch without using a forum? i dont think ill be able to get another gpu card for about a week or so

[WickedStarfish]

3 hours ago, skyzab said:

is there a way we can keep in touch without using a forum? i dont think ill be able to get another gpu card for about a week or so

if you click on someones name and go to their profile it gives you the option to direct message them (i'm generally on once or twice a day i don't know about others though)

[NickPickerWI]

For posterity:

 

OP figured it out while doing a check of their system. Turns out, the RAM was in slots 3 and 4, not running in dual channel mode.

 

After putting it into slots 1 and 3, it appears to be working as it should be.