Sudden FPS drop.

[catalean]

So... i just got my new PC, installed every driver, everything is up-to-date.
When i try to play CS, the FPS is stable ( 100 ) and when i see an enemy or... it happens random... the FPS drops. I need some help :(..

I got and ATI Radeon HD 6670 video card.

It doesn't happen just in Counter Strike 1.6... in other games too. :(

[catalean]

No, that's not the problem. In CS i have 100 fps constantly. But when i see a group of enemies or a large portion of the map... or sometimes it's random, the FPS starts to drop to 60 for 1 second and it comes back.

[catalean]

But i can play other games quite well.

That's the only problem i have, and my drivers are up-to-date... i can play Battlefield 3 and games like that on high settings... what's the deal ?

I got a quad-core processor...

[Tev]

Just a question, why do you play with Vsync off? If your display outputs 60Hz, there's really no gain in 100fps. Infact, the jumpy FPS itself harms your performance, when you could stabilize it.

[catalean]

It's 75Hz.

[Tev]

So a Cathode Ray Tube monitor?

Fred eredeti hozzászólása:

But there is not an issue. Running a game on sixty frames per seconds is fine? I do not really know why you are complaining.

There is an issue, a jumpy FPS is noticeable regardless.

[catalean]

Noo... i got 100 fps, and then it drops suddenly when i really don't want.
I was at a LAN and because of that FPS drop i lost.

[Tev]

Fred, it's really up to the game. Try playing Dead Island and tell me you don't notice a difference between a jump from 120fps to 60fps, it's because there's a minor stutter usually from GPU side because of it. Also, you'll notice the difference even better if your display does MORE than 60Hz, so don't ignore those possibilities. Even the person in this case uses a 75Hz monitor, probably a CRT therefore, so a drop to 60fps is noticeable, probably due to that 15fps area above 60fps.

[Marble]

There are 75hz monitors (usually smaller ones) and BF3 would probably work if run on a smaller and thus low-res monitor.

[Tev]

I'm with Canti. If the person is really on CRT as it sounds like, the native resolution is most likely around 1024x768.

[catalean]

No, sorry. But even with my older graphic card i could run Counter Strike 1.6 with 100 FPS stable with no FPS drop. That's really a problem for this new graphic card. Is there no solution for this ?

[Marble]

I am using a 1280x1024 display at work which is set to 75hz. It's not a CRT display. I believe this refresh rate is common among small displays. Regardless, we have no way of finding out what the issue is.
Also, I have a 6670 in my HTPC at home, it is infact quite capable. I'd be more inclined to believe that the slowdown that happens when a lot new stuff appears is probably related to slow memory or a slow disk, but again there's no way to tell without having the system properly diagnosed.

[Tev]

b3c eredeti hozzászólása:

No, sorry. But even with my older graphic card i could run Counter Strike 1.6 with 100 FPS stable with no FPS drop. That's really a problem for this new graphic card. Is there no solution for this ?

You could, of course, analyze your HDD to see if a defragment would be needed.

[catalean]

I got 8GB RAM DDR3
AMD phenom x4 b55 quad core 3.2 GHz
ATI Radeon HD 6670 ...

Why should it be a problem for me to run CS 1.6 perfectly fine ?!

[catalean]

Teutep eredeti hozzászólása:

b3c eredeti hozzászólása:

No, sorry. But even with my older graphic card i could run Counter Strike 1.6 with 100 FPS stable with no FPS drop. That's really a problem for this new graphic card. Is there no solution for this ?

You could, of course, analyze your HDD to see if a defragment would be needed.

I just re-booted. It's running like that since i installed CS..

[Marble]

"Why should it be a problem for me to run CS 1.6 perfectly fine ?!"

Because there is an underlying issue with your PC. It could be something as simple as needing a driver update or DirectX update, but again there is no way to tell, you need to be asking someone who can actually be physically at your system and diagnose it properly, if you are unable to do so yourself.