all of a sudden ALL of my games have slowed down to a crawl.

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this has just happened today. no idea what i did to cause this but all my games are basically running as if its a slide show.

at first i thought this was a steam issue but then i realized it happened with the start up of league of legends. hell i even opened up roblox and only to find that wont even load either.

my steam library will function fine, but the steam store will not load anything.

heres what i tried-

ive checked my graphics card temperature (30.c)

nothing seems to be eating up my resources when i open task manager.

i cleared the browser cache for steam

when i open up these games, i can hear the music if i minimize them but when i bring them up. it skips.

so is this a graphics card issue?

[Omega]

Have you recieved the Windows 10 october update maybe?

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Originally posted by Omega:

Have you recieved the Windows 10 october update maybe?

i dont think so?
how would i check if i did?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

press WINKEY+R
type WINVER
does it say 1803 or 1809?

[Omega]

Open the start menu > type "winver"

It will show a version number such as 1709, 1803, 1809 etc..


But since you don't know you probably haven't recieve that update yet.


That GPU temperature you checked, is that an idle temperature? Check both the CPU and GPU temperature while ingame.


And you say all games have slowed to a crawl and that Roblox doesn't open. All other games do start right?

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Originally posted by Omega:

Open the start menu > type "winver"

It will show a version number such as 1709, 1803, 1809 etc..


But since you don't know you probably haven't recieve that update yet.


That GPU temperature you checked, is that an idle temperature? Check both the CPU and GPU temperature while ingame.


And you say all games have slowed to a crawl and that Roblox doesn't open. All other games do start right?

NOPE. its not that roblox doesnt start.

its just slow as ♥♥♥♥.

every game i tried

-lisa
-teamfortress
-skyrim
-new vegas

are all at a snails pace and my windows version is at 1803

it is indeed at a idle temperature i usually play game with a fan pointed at PC so usually my temperatures (at mid to high settings) sit around at 40.c - 47.c

Originally posted by Bad_Motha:

press WINKEY+R
type WINVER
does it say 1803 or 1809?

1803

[Omega]

With "slowed down to a crawl" you mean they lag, have low FPS or take very long to load?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

You sure Display is connect to GPU Card and not the Motherboard?

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Originally posted by Omega:

With "slowed down to a crawl" you mean they lag, have low FPS or take very long to load?

possibly both.

i cant even get to the start menu without the pointer moving 20-30 seconds later.

[Omega]

Originally posted by GAMERS RISE UP:

Originally posted by Omega:

With "slowed down to a crawl" you mean they lag, have low FPS or take very long to load?

possibly both.

i cant even get to the start menu without the pointer moving 20-30 seconds later.

Interesting.. If you are able to do so I would simply try to reinstall Windows to make sure it's not a software issue, if you can't reinstall it or it takes ages to do so the hard drive may very wel be dead.

But the mouse moving so slow makes me doubt it's the HDD, I don't recall ever seeing a slow to respond mouse pointer on a PC with a deffective drive.

If the computer is responsive enough to do a software check you can check the HDDs smart status with Crystal Disk Info, and also check the task manager to see if anything such as CPU or RAM is getting maxed.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

yes run some diagnostics to determine faulty RAM or Drive(s)

CrystalDiskInfo to check drive health and smart table

Command Prompt (Admin) --> CHKDSK /F /R
^ To check Disk for errors, bad sectors, and correct any if exists. However if bad sectors are found, the HDD is dying for sure. As when this starts, it only gets worse as time passes. If you have multiple drives, you can type CHKDSK /F /R Z:
"Z:" being whatever drive letter of your other drive u wish to check.

Windows Memory Diagnostic
^ It's built into your WinOS already, type it in Search bar, or go to Control Panel > Admin Tools
Then reboot your PC to enter the WMD tool. Once this launches, press F1 key.
Change options to "Extended" > "Off" > "10"
Meaning, extended tests, cache=off, 10 passes
Then press F10 key to apply and restart the test with these new options.
The mem test generally may take hours, depending on amount of RAM. So run this over-night perhaps. If it finishes and re-enters Windows on it's own, your results can be found in Event Viewer.

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Originally posted by Omega:

Originally posted by GAMERS RISE UP:

possibly both.

i cant even get to the start menu without the pointer moving 20-30 seconds later.

Interesting.. If you are able to do so I would simply try to reinstall Windows to make sure it's not a software issue, if you can't reinstall it or it takes ages to do so the hard drive may very wel be dead.

But the mouse moving so slow makes me doubt it's the HDD, I don't recall ever seeing a slow to respond mouse pointer on a PC with a deffective drive.

If the computer is responsive enough to do a software check you can check the HDDs smart status with Crystal Disk Info, and also check the task manager to see if anything such as CPU or RAM is getting maxed.

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:

yes run some diagnostics to determine faulty RAM or Drive(s)

CrystalDiskInfo to check drive health and smart table

Command Prompt (Admin) --> CHKDSK /F /R
^ To check Disk for errors, bad sectors, and correct any if exists. However if bad sectors are found, the HDD is dying for sure. As when this starts, it only gets worse as time passes. If you have multiple drives, you can type CHKDSK /F /R Z:
"Z:" being whatever drive letter of your other drive u wish to check.

Windows Memory Diagnostic
^ It's built into your WinOS already, type it in Search bar, or go to Control Panel > Admin Tools
Then reboot your PC to enter the WMD tool. Once this launches, press F1 key.
Change options to "Extended" > "Off" > "10"
Meaning, extended tests, cache=off, 10 passes
Then press F10 key to apply and restart the test with these new options.
The mem test generally may take hours, depending on amount of RAM. So run this over-night perhaps. If it finishes and re-enters Windows on it's own, your results can be found in Event Viewer.

will attempt. will try and post result.

[Joshohoho]

update drivers, check settings and restart.

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both of you guys are heroes of mankind.

thank you.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

So wait, whats the results?
Everything working ok now?
What if any errors and such were there?

[Ghaleon4]

Good morning, Gentlemen!

If your games are suddenly performing poorly, the first thing is to try and make observations about how your *hardware* is actually performing.

Is your game running at the Refresh Rate that you think it is?
If it's not and you enjoy vsync, you'll either experience skipping -or if operating under double-buffering, the frame-rate will be completely halved.
There are several bootstrap utilities (like special K) that will spit out this information for you. What's reported in-game may not necessarily match your display because sometimes the game (or windows) doesn't trigger the appropriate switch between display modes -so check that too.

Is the GPU or CPU fully 'spinning up' under load?
I find that GPU voltage is a good indicator, but it helps to know how it normally behaves beforehand. For example, I know that my GPU's voltage should jump to 1.275 under appropriate load. If my video driver has recently crashed, it may invoke a power state that interferes with full operation until you either reboot the machine or restart the display driver. To check this, I just fire up Kombustor for a few seconds to see if my GPU completely springs to life or not.

In line with the previous paragraph, does your CPU kick into full gear? If you check MSI afterburner (or the performance tab in Task Manager), does it boost up to your configured clock speed? If not, can you get any other applications to bring the CPU to life?

Is the game evenly distributing work between all of your cores?
Games like Assassins Creed IV or Far Cry 3 require that many users disable and then re-enable a CPU core (Affinity). Check MSI Afterburner, or your Task Manager.

Try turning HPET (High Performance Event Timer) on or off. Especially, I think, since the last Windows update. I think Microsoft is fiddling with CPU timing/queuing in their updates, what with all this talk of their silly 'Game Mode'. I just finished experimenting with HPET on my own machine. Made stuff WAY worse, but taught me a lot about timing behavior and its consequences on not only video performance (framskipping), but also audio streaming (pops and clicks if things aren't running smoothly).

To wrap things up for now, in my experience things like SFC, DXDiag, and other attempts to root out a software issue *first*....are a bad way to start. It's too much to sift through. If it's a software issue, your hardware's performance will point you in the right direction first.