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Question

FPS drops, PC slower then usual

Mar 14, 2017 7:17PM PDT

Hello everyone, 1st time posting here, cause I tried a lot without success, so I had to register.

Everything was running smoothly on my PC for almost 8 months since I got new, no such things were happening, and suddenly it started to drop FPS in games and system seems a bit slower generally (refreshing, opening some programs etc..)

Components are not overheating, I checked, updated graphic driver, tried lower video settings in games and so on.

For example, playing League of Legends, on highest settings, average FPS is ~120, and then aprox. every 1 min or so, it drops to 30-50, stays like that for few seconds, then again 120...

It's confusing me, could it be some kind of virus, because it doesn't seem like technical problem..

I did scan PC with "Malwarebytes" and before that with norton av, and deleted some threats, but it's still happening..

I can't do clean install of windows, since I have some important data, that can't be transferred to other machine, so I'm looking for solution.

Here are the specs:

ASUS M5A78L-M LX3
AMD FX 8320E
8GB DDR3 HyperX Fury 1600MHz
GeForce 750 Ti (ASUS)
SSD SanDisc 240GB

This is SS of temps immediately after leaving game:
http://imgur.com/a/GWmtv

Speccy: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/TWjsEeOtYsPn0vvAPlOBRxt

Here is video of the situation:
https://youtu.be/b0U1m-Q-3Yo

ps: it's on lowest settings, on highest(which I usually use to play) it drops more...

Cheers!

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I'll read that speccy and reply on it's own
Mar 15, 2017 9:57AM PDT

But the complaint is not new. Changes to OS, drivers and the games seem to be the cause. In other words your 750 may not be up to the task any longer. A big nod to the 1050.

Be back in a a few minutes with a speccy read and comments.

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Speccy reading.
Mar 15, 2017 10:12AM PDT

1. Single channel RAM.
Get a second stick of same to correct that.

2. DiscSoft Virtual SCSI CdRom Device
Eject that. (Uninstall)
When working this issue, we go for a clean machine.

3. Java.
The games you noted don't use it. Uninstall for now.

4. TeamViewer
Can cause odd things. Uninstall.

5. DiscSoftBusServiceLite
Remove disc emulators.

6. imPcRemote
Another remote PC app? Remove.

7. Adobe Reader. Very optional. I'd remove.

8. Printers. Unplug for now. In fact, any USB drive or printer, leave unplugged while seeing if we can eek out or around the problem.

9. DNS server is the common 192.x.x.x
Try 8.8.8.8, 4.2.2.1 and run NAMEBENCH to find what's faster.

All in all, pretty clean but there things we can eject for now for no cost.
The single channel RAM left some performance on the table.

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8GB RAM so much problem?
Mar 15, 2017 7:06PM PDT

Hey, thanks for your answer.

I just did all of your suggestions, except adding one more RAM stick.
But I find it hard to believe that such thing could cause so much trouble for rig like this (League of Legends drops to 20-30 FPS on lowest settings? impossible..) Like I said, everything was doing very well, until I got sudden FPS drops, like 3-4 weeks ago.. Looks like only thing I can do is clean system boot, which is my last option, perhaps not option at all..

Any other suggestions?

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Remember
Mar 15, 2017 7:13PM PDT

This is a common complaint you see on the LoL boards. I only know that nothing is static on PCs, drivers and games. You could reload then find the same result (which is more common that we want to write.)

Next stop? LoL discussion boards as you have a very clean machine, but not in dual channel and a good GPU but now aging and needs a bump up.

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not only LoL
Mar 15, 2017 8:28PM PDT

I just gave for example LoL, I said that PC generally got slower at once, that's why I'm posting here, because I'm pretty sure it's issue that came from software side, but not sure how. My doubt is on some kind of virus or something, and I want to know if anyone had similar one and how to remove it.

cheers!

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When I want to scan for virus/etc.
Mar 16, 2017 9:01AM PDT
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About the dual channel effect.
Mar 15, 2017 7:16PM PDT

There are long debates on this that I will not enter into. It's a known "left performance on the table" issue and the effect can be from 10 to higher percent payoff.

My bet is on game changes that rolled in more objects, detail or "other" and the GPUs that were on the edge are now running out of texture or other resource or memory.