Keep Getting FPS Drops.

BeadyRoller · 16 Jun 2013 at 14:13

Hi, I built my own PC last month and it runs greatly but when I play games it will keep dropping from a steady 60FPS down to a 30 which makes it lag out and stutter a lot, why is this?

My Specs are:

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivy Bridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
GIGABYTE WindForce Radeon HD 7850 OC 2GB GDDR5 Graphics Card [GV-R785OC-2GD]
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)
GIGABYTE GA-Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) ATX Motherboard
1TB Seagate Barracuda ST1000DM003 3.5" SATA III Hard Drive - HDD
550W XFX Pro Core Edition 80PLUS Bronze Power Supply [P1-550S-XXB9]

Any help would be appreciated, cheers.

BeadyRoller · 16 Jun 2013 at 14:19

I've just completed Batman: Arkham Asylum which overall maintained 60FPS but did now and again lag out. I have just started playing Dishonored and every other minute it keeps lagging out, it goes from a 60FPS down to a 20-30 all of a sudden?

I think I am using the latest drivers, how do I check?

Cheers.

BeadyRoller · 16 Jun 2013 at 14:33

Just checked and apparently my GPU driver is up to date?

BeadyRoller · 16 Jun 2013 at 14:54

Catalyst Version: 13.4

That's up to date right?

BeadyRoller · 16 Jun 2013 at 15:33

Just installed the driver again, will check if that made a different in a bit. What do you mean by VM? probably being really thick here.

BeadyRoller · 16 Jun 2013 at 16:24

How do I check that mate?

BeadyRoller · 16 Jun 2013 at 17:49

The CPU seems to be doing nothing?

BeadyRoller · 16 Jun 2013 at 17:55

Look at the post above mate.

BeadyRoller · 16 Jun 2013 at 21:36

howayman said:
Yeah sorry about that, my screen hadn't refreshed so didn't see it. That is strange, there should be something running. Everyone has something.

Click on performance and let me see that.

Also if you press ctrl alt delete what does your task manager say its running.

Do it in game though to see if anything is kicking in when you are playing

The CPU usage goes from like 0-4% but no more?

How do I check if vsync is enabled as well?

Cheers for the help lads.

BeadyRoller · 17 Jun 2013 at 15:19

My PC is more than capable of running Dishonoured smoothly though, it's really annoying. So you're all saying it's probably the game, not my PC?

Cheers.

BeadyRoller · 17 Jun 2013 at 18:21

Just gone in to game and the problem is still there, it keeps at 60FPS but then it keeps dropping all of a sudden to 20-30 and lags out a lot, does it every minute or so.

I went to task manager in game and my CPU usage went up to like 30%, Dishonoured isn't using the intel CPU graphics as the default for this game by any chance? How do I check if it's definitely using my GPU? That might be the case.

BeadyRoller · 18 Jun 2013 at 19:18

Cheers for the help mate, I haven't got a laptop, just a PC that I built myself, posted the specs in the opening post.

The game lags even in the opening menu, how do I actually check if the game is using my GPU or the interrogated graphics on the CPU?

Cheers.

BeadyRoller · 20 Jun 2013 at 18:20

Anyone?

Cheers.