Frame drop - YouTube and games.

infernox · 5 Dec 2016 at 15:13

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?

Danny75 · 5 Dec 2016 at 17:02

infernox said:
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?

How about limiting your frames to 60. Then play a youtube song video or something. If FPS still drops from there, then something other than lack of CPU grunt is probably the cause. Vice versa, if there is no further drop, then it should mean that your usual high frame rate is taking up nearly all the CPU, in which case i7 would probably help.

Can also try LatencyMon. I don't know the ins and outs of all the data it generates but any obvious high latency cause is usually easy to spot with it.

Also, monitor your Total CPU usage and Physical Memory Load (ignore the latter if you have 16GB+ as it's highly unlikely to be a problem).

What are the specs of your system?

infernox · 5 Dec 2016 at 17:10

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.

Kreeeee · 5 Dec 2016 at 17:17

Try disabling gpu acceleration in your web browser too.

keaneo · 6 Dec 2016 at 08:27

does it do this with other games and also is it only you tube or have you tired other media streaming sites as a test

andicole0 · 6 Dec 2016 at 08:34

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

infernox · 6 Dec 2016 at 10:21

andicole0 said:
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.

andicole0 · 6 Dec 2016 at 12:11

I see, I tend to go the other way with as much as possible at Ultra.
Andi..

terley · 6 Dec 2016 at 12:13

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.

infernox · 6 Dec 2016 at 12:48

terley said:
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.

terley · 6 Dec 2016 at 16:34

infernox said:
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.

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?

infernox · 6 Dec 2016 at 16:35

terley said:
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.

iakhtar · 6 Dec 2016 at 18:27

could be your gpu/mem clocks dropping when youtube kicks in