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Question

Random FPS drops in games Windows 10

Aug 23, 2018 10:49PM PDT

Specs:
Intel Pentium cpu G4560 @ 3.50GHz, 3500 Mhz, 2 cores
Windows 10
4 GB of ram
Geforce GTX 1050

On most games I play, I experience over 60 fps. For instance, on Counterstrike: GO i average over 200 fps, however; I get random fps drops on just about all games. My frames drop down to unplayable for a few seconds and then go right back to being excellent.

I tried playing Skyrim on lowest settings and my normal fps was fine but i experienced many fps drops (5 seconds of like 5fps at a time) and it was unplayable. I checked task manager and disk was at 100% and memory was at 89%. I am absolutely stumped.

My drivers are all updated to the latest. I've set "Power management mode" from Adaptive to Maximum Performance in the control panel. I have disabled "Game DVR."

S.O.S. Please send help.

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Clarification Request
temperature?
Aug 24, 2018 2:36AM PDT

Did you check the temperature of the graphics card and cores?

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Run this
Aug 23, 2018 11:15PM PDT
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Speccy link
Aug 24, 2018 8:18AM PDT
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Ram
Aug 24, 2018 9:44AM PDT

You not only have a small amount of ram but it's the wrong ram.

What you want is a 2 x 4GB @ 2400.....kit.

You have kind of a low power machine for gaming so expect that fps to bounce around.

Now it depends on how much money you want to spend to bump this up.

A gtx 1050 ti would bump the graphics area..

A true 7200 rpm hdd would help your storage speed.

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Frankly I can see why.
Aug 24, 2018 8:27AM PDT

You have half the RAM of a typical game PC. Windows may have to swap and blam, lower FPS.

This machine also didn't get the 1050 Ti so you have the slower less RAM GPU. More delays as textures swap in and out of the GPU.

-> I EXPECT THIS PC to get high then intermittently slow as it has no leg room in CPU and GPU memory areas.

-> Reading your SPECCY, be sure to turn the following off as you have no spare power (RAM or CPU) to handle it. Read https://www.howtogeek.com/224981/how-to-stop-windows-10-from-uploading-updates-to-other-pcs-over-the-internet/