random lag spikes

Drkalinium · 2 Mar 2012 at 03:07

While playing certain games I keep getting random lag spikes I've checked my grfx temps and my cpu temps and im fairly sure its not a heat issue. I am also confident that it is not a driver issue as I've updated my gfx drivers regularly causing nothing to change. the two games I notice this problem in are crysis 2 and bf3 im not sure but i think it might happen in others just havent got round to checking yet when im playing in either game i get above 60 fps on max but then i experience huge fps crashes down to 10 fps or lower sometimes 1 or 0 then it recovers BF3 is slightly worse than crysis and is unplayable were the crysis 2 lags are more of a minor nuisance.

specs
CPU i7 230 oc'd
GPU 2x 5870s
RAM 6GB RAM
750 Watt PSU

valkynaz · 2 Mar 2012 at 03:36

Is this issue when you are playing online or single player?

BF3 for example, is a lot more demanding when playing online on maps such as 32/64-player Caspian Border.

FloppyPoppy · 2 Mar 2012 at 03:46

also at my friends house his pc has huge lag spikes when playing games online however when he uses my conection with his pc hes clear of the spikes. if its happening in single player then im not sure, however in my friends case his internet causes his lag spikes

Drkalinium · 2 Mar 2012 at 16:08

nah its offline as well as online it also happens in skyrim ive just found out

Cupra · 2 Mar 2012 at 16:17

what happens if you take 1 card out or disable 1 card?

Drkalinium · 2 Mar 2012 at 22:25

Ive given it a go and it seems to improve it slightly but its really hard to tell with out a while to play test, I now know its not a heat issue ive monitored the CPU temps and put the GPU on a 20 min stress test and they were fine. I've had 3 suggestions from friends that it could be a HDD, RAM or MoBo problem how good are these ideas?

Drkalinium · 4 Mar 2012 at 02:14