GPU issue?
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Interesting mainboard temp is still high, however, if this was the real temperature motherboard should cut off at 100C anyway. PSU holds seems to hold its voltage well and if you have a quality 550w psu it should be enough for rx 380 and your cpu as it should pull more than 300W.
Your temps would suggest that your pc is relatively clean and with good enough airflow. Have you tried to reinstall drivers using DDU? Ill back to you later as I'm due to leave to work.
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Your memory usage is also high as 90%?
Your temps would suggest that your pc is relatively clean and with good enough airflow. Have you tried to reinstall drivers using DDU? Ill back to you later as I'm due to leave to work.
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Your memory usage is also high as 90%?
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I noticed that memory usage also. If he takes a screen print of the same temps when not under load we can rule out that high motherboard temp as I am assuming it is going to read the same even when not gaming so erroneous. I cant see why that would be over 100 degrees when everything else is less than half that. My guess is something is throttling, perhaps even for a reason other than temps ie RAM usage reaching 100% and the GPU picking up the slack.
This is your issue OP...
I had this issue before when I has 1 stick of 8Gb running in Single Channel playing PUBG...massive lags all of a sudden.
Are you running 2x4Gb or 1x8Gb?
If 1x8Gb you need to upgrade or reduce the amount of apps running in the background (look at Tasks/Processes under TaskMgr and try to disable non-essential ones in there).
If 2x4Gb, firstly check you're running the RAM in Dual Channel and not Single Channel.
That high amount of RAM with definitely cause the stuttering you are experiencing.
Time for a RAM upgrade, or to try playing the same games at a lower resolution or or lower Texture Level/Detail
Can you, OP, try the same game but at 720p Resolution with Medium preset? See if you still get the issue?
Sorry, what am i looking for and what exactly is it you need and ill do it once im back?
Ah so you think its a RAM issue? i have 2x4GB sticks atm my motherboard only allows 2 sticks. My brother has just built a new PC with 2x8GB sticks would i be able to try them in my pc and see if it still occurs?
Also i play most games on Low/Medium settings, however at 1920x1080, but ive never had a problem till the past month or so.
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Is the game using more than the 2Gb of video memory?
If he builds a new pc now it is ddr4 and your motherboard needs ddr3 so if that is the case it wont fit. When you're playing do you have any internet tabs opened or other programs? I only got another 8gb of ram as AAA titles started using it but 8gb should be plenty for cs go and most of the other games. When I played cs go it was completely fine with 8gb of ram. It is worrying that you have 90% usage as it can cause issues of stutters you are experiencing as @JCLDJB stated.
Also as I mentioned above you may have a memory leaked caused by bad driver i.e. in the past when I had z87 mobo it had an ethernet driver causing the leak. Of course, if you don't have anything opened other than the game. Further does your computer crash after x hours, similar to when in games or is it fine?
I would lunch task manager and see what you got opened and if ram fills up without a reason which would indicate a leak. Usually, with leaks, it will eat 1-3mb every few seconds.
Will something like GPU-Z tell me this? i can check once im back
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Ahhh yeah his is DDR4 damn, and i make sure i close everything tabs unused programs ect. i've been in device manager and checked for updates on everything they're all up to date apparently.
My computer never crashes that im forced to restart, like i can still use it if i close the game after the stutters and still use it for interent ect, however sometimes when i watch youtube videos or twitch it does the same just not to the extent of the game stutters like twitch will sometimes desync audio and be 'slow' in a way if ive been watching it for a while. Like i say sometimes. Also now and then after i close a game or minimize it sometimes my screen will go black and an AMD notification will pop up saying: 'Default Raedon WattMan has restored due to an error'. Ill check the task manager once im back should i load a game up and when stutters occur check it or just check immediately? Thanks
Driver Crashing can occur due to lack of VRAM or bad/damaged drivers or hardware itself. You can try to uninstall them with Display Driver Uninstaller from guru and installing the latest. I'm unsure if this will solve the problem as your RAM usage is in high 80s/ low 90s%. I cannot imagine 90% usage for cs go when only running the game so this can be a memory leak or software you got installed on your pc or applications running
You never had a problem until now cuz as time goes on..you install more and more things on ur pc.
Try this: press the windows key on your keyboard then immediately type [MSCONFIG].
Locate the Boot and Services or Startup TABS.
Then disable any app you don't use regularly (and by regularly, I mean daily).
This will disable a lot of clutter at startup and could free up a lot of RAM.
Then when you are playing a game, make sure you always have at least 10-20% free.
See if it helps with the stutters.
Could i just buy a new GPU to sort the problem or do you think its more than that?, i was on CSGO a little earlier and my GPU VRAM usage kept shifting from like 15% to 90%+ i didnt play it long enough so the stutter occured which is what im going to try next then record the findings, once im home.
Already disabled the majority of things all i have on start up are: Realtek, Steam, AVG, Java, Dropbox, Catalyst Control Centre, Intel USB 3.0 Monitor and Steam rest of my programs are disabled.
I completely missed out the gpu vram usage, but stutter wont occur until 100% ussage in most games. You can test the gpu in your brothers pc if you like. My sister recently got a 750ti 1gb and i played cs go on it with vram usage mid 90s and it didnt stutter after 2 competative matches at all. (She has i7 4790, 8gb ram). What i found generally as you fill up normal computer ram above 85% computer begins to slow down as system paging starts occuring when near the limit.
Few questions
Could you take a screenshot of task manager
sorted by amount of ram used when stuters occur and when pc runs for few minutes??
Did you reinstall the drivers using ddu??
If it helps i can skype with you to guide etc if needed.
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Also device manager updates wont get you the latest drivers. Your best bet is manufacturer motherboard website
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Will probably be Monday at the earliest ill be back gaming as im seeing family this weekend, but yes anything im unsure about id be happy to. Also thanks a lot so far for your help!
OP, You can go round in circles all day or you can try doing what I have already suggested to figure out where the issue lies. Download MSI afterburner, close ALL applications including web browser and launch Afterburner only. On the graph add anything that you can to monitor including anything that monitors temperatures, clock speeds, usages etc for both the GPU and CPU as well as RAM usage. Let it log for 15 mins and then make a note of everything. Once that's done launch the game you are having issues with leaving afterburner running in the background, minimised if need be. Now play the game until the problem occurs then keep playing for another 2 minutes. After that close the game and look at the graphs on afterburner, look for anything that changed when the problem occured. The extra two minutes is to make it easier to spot what exactly changed, if your fps dropped look to see if your RAM usage maxed out, or if the clock speed of the GPU OR CPU dropped. If one of your clock speeds dropped then look at the temperatures at the moment it dropped and make a note of them. Their are so many things that it could be, we could make guesses all day. The best way is to rule out Hardware first then move onto Software issues.
Yes sorry i forgot to check, i did however take a SS of my MSI screen and wondered if these values meant anything (core clock & mem clock) These were set as default. : https://gyazo.com/fe1fc9c93095f27fc2d94d08d1bf1efc
I will log my temps and speeds once im back Monday and report back with findings!, Also thank you for your help too!
Before gaming: CPU & GPU - https://gyazo.com/1f270766d42c4f725a575ca6e947e60a https://gyazo.com/285e09b86e66d685ebbc1dee9e80ec73
Stutter: CPU & GPU - https://gyazo.com/bca3fa2e6722649fd93af3938e1f7eba https://gyazo.com/2274b8bbaafeb55b788c205d4b83abaf
This is basically before, just Netflix loaded up nothing load heavy ect: https://gyazo.com/a2efbe16997e2a6297d32f1156c9246e
Stutters: https://gyazo.com/c04783e4ca08c698482408d909fb24e8
I have rivatuner up ingame and most of the time my VRAM was maxed and my GPU Usage would fluctuate to max frequently.
Also says it uses 5GB+ Ram just for csgo is that normal?