Gaming FPS Spikes

Roxen000

1226 Posts

April 20 2009 11:50 GMT

Hey there TL.

I'm having an issue with my pc and wondering if anyone can help me out.
Every 1 - 2 minutes or so in pretty much any game I play, my computer will have these really bad fps spikes (like, 5 frames per second) for about 5 - 10 seconds. It has never happened before until recently and will happen in about every game, even extremely old games such as Quakeworld D:

Here are my specs, keeping in mind I'm not that great with computers and this info is just from my system properties.
- WinXP
- AMD ATHLON 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ 3.01GHz
- 2GB of RAM
- Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT
- I have a 'Usicase' brand PSU and I'm thinking that is the issue.

If anyone can give me any help at all that would be greatly apreciated, thanks.

GTR

51487 Posts

April 20 2009 11:56 GMT

Give your case a clean, blow out dust and check if the fans are working properly.
Spikes usually happen when a computer is overheated somewhat.

-slo.m1ke-

Slovenia352 Posts

April 20 2009 11:59 GMT

prioritize the app to a single core

nataziel

Australia1455 Posts

April 20 2009 12:47 GMT

Delete system 32

Disregard

China10252 Posts

April 20 2009 15:55 GMT

On April 20 2009 21:47 nataziel wrote:
Delete system 32

Does this usually lead to temp bans?

Durak

Canada3684 Posts

April 20 2009 16:26 GMT

On April 20 2009 20:59 -slo.m1ke- wrote:
prioritize the app to a single core

I had the same problem a while back and I also heard this advice as well. I tried it and it didn't help. I changed hardware before I ever found the solution so I can't help you there.

If it helps, I had a similar rig with a 7950GT, X2 3800+, and 2GB dual channel OCZ. However, I had a OCZ PSU and I know it wasn't causing the problem. Therefore, it might be something other than your PSU.

Roxen000

1226 Posts

April 21 2009 07:02 GMT

I've tried cleaning out my case and checking fans etc, hasn't seemed to help. I downloaded a program called SpeedFan to test the temperatures. Here's some results.

So I guess some of these are too hot, specifically the GPU? Is there anyway I can cool down my case? =S If anyone has any ideas, please share.

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