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Waam214

Waam214

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May 31, 2022
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Games Lagging on High End PC​

So pretty much every game that i play lags and stutters. Ive recently replaced my GPU and PSU because of problems that i was convinced was due to my GPU being faulty. I had issues such as blue screens, screen tares, computer completely freezing forcing me to restart with power button, usually the screen would be covered in strange pixels (space invaders). This only happened when i was playing games (it would usually happened after like 5-10min of gameplay). It would last for a few days and then it would be back to normal, constantly reacurring. It seemed like it was only getting worse over time so recently i decided to replace my GPU to see if that fixed the issue. So far i have not gotten any of the crashes, but instead my fps have decreased drastically. Im running games like V Rising on 40-50 fps with stutters, i have ran tests on other games aswell and get a similar result.

I have done some temp checks and nothing seems out of the ordinary, CPU reaches around 60-70 max while GPU around 50-55. CPU sometimes jumps to 100% usage whenever it stutters.
If you have any ideas on what I could try, I would appreciate your feedback

Notes:
Old GPU:
ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 ROG Strix Gaming
Old PSU:
Corsair TX550M, 550W PSU

PC SPECS:
CPU:
Intel Core i7-8700 Prosessor

GPU
ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 Ti TUF OC V2 LHR - 8GB GDDR6

RAM
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666MHz 4x

PSU
ASUS ROG STRIX 750G (PSU) - 750 Wat

Cooler:
Cooler Master Hyper TX3i

Mother board:
ASUS ROG Strix B360-F Gaming, S-1151

SSD:
Samsung PM961 SSD 256GB M.2 NVMe

HDD:
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5'' HDD
 
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#8
Please look in the computer and tell your exact model of PSU along with the Speccy scan.
Look for the model, wattage, and efficiency rating^
 
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Noo, i meant mb as in "my bad", my apologies. Im not sure if i want to try replacing more parts of the computer yet. But the cooler is acting a bit off, making strange noises from time to time. I have tried cleaning the cooler but it doesn't appear to have helped. Could the cooler be bad even if the temps are fine?

Im also thinking of checking the thermal paste on the cpu but i need to repaste if i remove the cooler right? If so, i would have to order some paste. Also is it possible the mother board is getting too old? Im just not sure where to go from here, im completely lost.
 
#17
I've used Noctua's NT-H2 thermal paste, if you're repasting I would recommend this with no hesitations, otherwise you could get away with any name brand really. Repasting is a good thing to do along with normal system maintenance (repasting can be done once every couple years or so). Please not, you must use thermal paste and a good one at that, there is no secret household concoction that does the job better, and the use of improper substances can wreak havoc on a computer.

I see you have a custom power plan setup, I would set it to Balanced.

Any over/underclocking you have done should be undone, all of your BIOS settings should be set back to the default settings, here is my default response detailing how to do these things and a few other good practices:



1. Clear up system space, try deleting some old files/programs and running the following programs, try to keep at least 20-25% of your disks as free space.

Run Disk Cleanup (check all the boxes) this will delete things such as your recycling bin, so make sure you don't have any files you want to keep.

Run Defragment and Optimize Drives, run this on your drives.


2. Disable any overclocking or changes to power/performance settings

Turn off XMP/any overclocking you may have done (if any)

Settings > System > Power and sleep > Additional power settings
Make sure your power plan is set to balanced, anything else could tamper with the wrong settings and cause issues.


3. Check for Operating System Corruption

Right click on the Windows logo in the bottom left and select Windows Powershell (Admin)
Run these three commands separately:

sfc /scannow

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

These will take a while to run, do not close out of Powershell while they are running, if one fails then move onto the next and then loop back around.

Note: It doesn't hurt to make a system backup before you make all these changes, save any important files of folders. While these changes shouldn't cause any issues, better to be safe than sorry.

4. Unplug unnecessary devices.
If you have a gamepad, extra monitor, external hard drive/flash drive, or anything that is not essential to using the computer plugged in, unplug it. You should be left with your monitor, mouse and keyboard.


Once you have completed all of these tasks, restart it (using the restart option in the power menu) and re-test.
 
#18
Thanks for your reply! I have disabled the overclocking on my ram, all bios back to default. I also cleaned up as much system space as i could (40-50%), power plan is now set to balanced as well. I ran all the listed commands in Windows Powershell (admin), and unplugged all unnecessary devices. Issue still remains after reset sadly :(
 
#19
I ordered some Noctua's NT-H2 thermal paste, i also ordered a display port to dvi adapter for my monitor, because my new gpu does not have any dvi display ports. So im currently only running 60hz.
 
#20
I would stay away from adapters, if you need to change outputs, buy an actual cable that has two different ends. It eliminates some failure points. :)

Have you tried using only one monitor? Having different monitors can cause a slew of issues, try each one on their own and see if that makes a difference.

On top of this, mess around with having V-Sync on and off, does that change anything?
 
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