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Hi all,
Apologies for incomplete title, I forgot to change it before posting and that this thread has been posted in the wrong part of the Forums and it being rather long winded however, I have just upgraded my motherboard and PC to an AMD FX 8350 CPU & Gigabyte 970 Gaming Motherboard.
I have noticed that every so often when in game, namely GTA 5 as I've not tested any other games as of yet other than Forza Horizon 3 & CoD Black Ops 3, I get sudden framerate drops from 50 - 60 fps down to around 10 - 15fps.
This does not tend to happen on Black Ops 3 or Forza Horizon 3, and it is almost as if the CPU is throtting, even though according to Speccy & HWMonitor the CPU is maxing out at 50 - 56 Degrees C under load when playing games and only seems to happen in GTA 5.
I understand that these boards are known for VRM issues regarding heat, however, I have a heat spreader on the VRM, on the left side of the CPU and that does not seem to get overly hot, just warm to the touch where as the Northbridge is stupidly warm could this be the reason why I am receiving frame rate drops?
Just for added information if it is useful at all is that the CPU cooler i'm using the Coolermaster Neption 240 AIO, and there are two intakes on the case as well as the rear exhaust fan, plus the two for the AIO water cooler. the case is the Corsair 330R Titanium and the GPU is the Sapphire R9 280x Dual x OC. The CPU also at idle sits at around 36 Degrees C.
Would there be any way for me to rectify this, without having to RMA the Motherboard? Will Screenshots of bios settings be useful.
Kind Regards,
Shane
Apologies for incomplete title, I forgot to change it before posting and that this thread has been posted in the wrong part of the Forums and it being rather long winded however, I have just upgraded my motherboard and PC to an AMD FX 8350 CPU & Gigabyte 970 Gaming Motherboard.
I have noticed that every so often when in game, namely GTA 5 as I've not tested any other games as of yet other than Forza Horizon 3 & CoD Black Ops 3, I get sudden framerate drops from 50 - 60 fps down to around 10 - 15fps.
This does not tend to happen on Black Ops 3 or Forza Horizon 3, and it is almost as if the CPU is throtting, even though according to Speccy & HWMonitor the CPU is maxing out at 50 - 56 Degrees C under load when playing games and only seems to happen in GTA 5.
I understand that these boards are known for VRM issues regarding heat, however, I have a heat spreader on the VRM, on the left side of the CPU and that does not seem to get overly hot, just warm to the touch where as the Northbridge is stupidly warm could this be the reason why I am receiving frame rate drops?
Just for added information if it is useful at all is that the CPU cooler i'm using the Coolermaster Neption 240 AIO, and there are two intakes on the case as well as the rear exhaust fan, plus the two for the AIO water cooler. the case is the Corsair 330R Titanium and the GPU is the Sapphire R9 280x Dual x OC. The CPU also at idle sits at around 36 Degrees C.
Would there be any way for me to rectify this, without having to RMA the Motherboard? Will Screenshots of bios settings be useful.
Kind Regards,
Shane
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