Hey,
I apologise if this is the wrong forum, please feel free to move it.
I'm trying to get to the bottom of a particular problem that occurs in various games in that, when the game transitions between zones, scenes or sometimes in combat the game will free for a moment (between 3-8 seconds depending on the title) and then carry on. There is no one game in particular where this happens but there are some titles that it's really bad. It seems (without any ferensic investigation) that any loading of data that's required by the game on the fly seems to have a direct affect on this situation.
So, there are some things that need to be considered such as, the games in question, are they just badly optimised and graphical settings.
On to my rig then, I'm by no means running a beast of a system I run a system that works for me and what I play. I also never run games at max because my card is a 1080 and I know she's getting on a bit.
Thanks for reading
I apologise if this is the wrong forum, please feel free to move it.
I'm trying to get to the bottom of a particular problem that occurs in various games in that, when the game transitions between zones, scenes or sometimes in combat the game will free for a moment (between 3-8 seconds depending on the title) and then carry on. There is no one game in particular where this happens but there are some titles that it's really bad. It seems (without any ferensic investigation) that any loading of data that's required by the game on the fly seems to have a direct affect on this situation.
So, there are some things that need to be considered such as, the games in question, are they just badly optimised and graphical settings.
- Overwatch 2
All graphical settings at max, game never misses a beat.
- Fortnite
The very first match I play after login takes a very long time to load, when it does let me in the map and assets are all at their lowest LOD and stuttering occurs until everything loads in. After that initial match the game runs fine but that first one is a soul destroying mess.
- Diablo 4
Game runs really well, graphics settings are high, full on combat with masses of enemies doesn't cause an issue. Moving between zones causes the game to freeze for a moment and then eventually it sorts itslef out. Freezes can be between 5-10 seconds
- Alien Fireteam
This game is known to be badly optimised but again, it demonstrates the freezing issue nicely. Moving between zones the game freezes for 5secs until data is loaded
On to my rig then, I'm by no means running a beast of a system I run a system that works for me and what I play. I also never run games at max because my card is a 1080 and I know she's getting on a bit.
- CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K (Comet Lake) @ 3.80GHz
- Mainboard: MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Carbon Wifi
- RAM: X2 Corsair 3596 8GB 1798MHz (16GB total)
- GFX: NVidia Geforce GTX1080
- Storage:
- OS - Samsung 970 EVO Plus V-NAND M.2 1TB SSD
- Games - Samsung 850 EVO 250GB (SATA)
- Power: 650watt Corsair (getting on now, around 8 years old)
- Cooling: AIO NZXT Kraken
- Could moving the games to the same drive as the OS help?
- What could I monitor that could give me some insight into what is going wrong?
- Has anyone had this problem or similar and how did you fix it?
- Could an old PSU cause strange issues like this?
- Is there anything here outside of the GPU that could be a bottleneck or hinder performance?
Thanks for reading