Frame drop - YouTube and games.

[infernox]

I have a question.

My computer is solely used for overwatch nowadays. ( haven't found other games I like)

I can hold solid 165fps at 1440p. Which matches my screen hz. But the second I open YouTube and play a song or something (music in the background) my FPS gets hammered hard...

What do I need to do to fix this? Been thinking about getting an i7 to drop in. Would this help?

 

[infernox]

Hi. Thanks for the response.

Specs are:

Intel i5 4670K @ 4.8Ghz
16Gb Crucial DDR3 1600
ASUS Maximus Gene VI
EVGA Classified 980Ti
EVGA G2 Supernova 750W
OS is on a Samsung 850 evo
Game is on a Raid 0 ssd setup. OCZ something or rather.
Monitor is a AOC Agon AG271QG.

I'll check CPU Usage when I get home in an hour.

 

[infernox]

Wow how much detail do you turn down to get 165fps on a single 980ti?
Andi.

Its on medium ish graphics with 120% render draw. Runs real good and looks OK. More fussed with fps than the game looking good. My 980ti is clocked quite well though. Its no slouch.

 

[infernox]

Your gameplay performance is just fine, as it should be with a 980ti

I'd imagine that your issue is because of the lack of hyperthreading on the i5.

Guessing there isn't much point going for Kaby Lake. Need to find a decent clocker 4790k then.

I tried the GPU rendering thing. That didn't help.

 

[infernox]

Just out of sheer interest, if you lock your frame-rate to say 60fps do you still get stuttering while watching youtube in the background?

No because the fps never drops below like 145 even with YouTube open. But I get frame skipping and it just becomes a juddery mess.