Display lag? :C

SomethingRoyal

SomethingRoyal

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Hey guys,

Just wanted to know if anybody had any idea why I get display lag from my PC. It's literally brand new, all components are brand new but the display just lags tremendously.

On a game over 60fps on my monitor it looks more like 10fps, even dragging windows around like music, itunes and chat boxes is just so tremendously laggy, even the response from me typing is laggy. I have no idea what it is...

Can anybody help shed some light? I've used so much money to build this and now it's feeling wasted :/

CPU: Intel™ Core i5 3570K (Ivybridge) @ 4.6GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth Z77 (LGA1155)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB (4x4GB) @ 1600Mhz
SSD #1 (Boot Drive): Corsair Force 3 120GB
SSD #2: OCZ Agility 3 60GB
HDD #1: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
HDD #2: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 6GB/s
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 660 Ti OC 2GB
PSU: Corsair HX850W Modular 80+ PLUS Silver Certified
Optical Drive: LG 22x DVD/RW
Case: Corsair Carbide 500R
 
DennisColes said:
Have you/are you able to try a different monitor?
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I have two 24" monitors and it does it on both of them. I tried taking my GPU out and running on the integrated graphics and it wasn't as bad but it was still there. I tried both monitors individually whilst on integrated but it was just the same.

I RMA'd the last 660 Ti I had thinking that it was the cause of the problem and I got my new one today but the problem is still there. I honestly have no idea what is causing it. I've defragged and benchmarked my HDD's but they seem fine, my CPU is at stock speed, not OC'd and my RAM is also at stock.

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Tried reinstalling drivers? Just sounds to me like what used to happen with XP when you didnt install the drivers using on board graphics :D

Probably a stupid question but yeah! Worth a shot.
 
Try removing some of the memory, maybe just try 2x4GB in channel 1 and see how that goes.

Also dont defrag SSD's, they dont need to be as they dont work in the same way as mechanical drives.
 
jwink86 said:
Try removing some of the memory, maybe just try 2x4GB in channel 1 and see how that goes.

Also dont defrag SSD's, they dont need to be as they dont work in the same way as mechanical drives.
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I've never defragged SSD's and I know that you aren't supposed to so all safe there, and I can try removing some of the RAM and see how it goes. I'm guessing you'd fill the two DIMM's closest the CPU? Or the Closest, leave one and then another.

e.g.

x= fill
o= empty

X X O O
X O X O
O X O X
O O X X

Thanks.
 
My monitors are;

2 x Samsung S24B300HL - 1920x1080 LED 24"

Both use HDMI cables, one plugs into the card with the other end of the HDMI, the other uses a HDMI to DVI adaptor and plugs into the card.

EDIT: I tried a reformat, no success. I also looked into if it could have been Intel Speedstep but that was also not the cause of the issue. Starting to get really confused.
 
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