Recent FPS Drops On New PC

[Fenwren]

Hey Everyone,

I had a quick question about fps. Recently I got a new computer (specs below) and, at first, was able to play games at max settings with decent frame rates (they were the optimized setting that Nividia applied). For example, BDO on max had an fps of about 110, and Apex was a little over 200 fps. Then, out of nowhere, my frames have gone down to 72 fps for BDO and it jumps around a lot in Apex while playing between 100-130 (makes it difficult to play honestly jumping around). I was wondering if anyone here would have a ballpark explanation of why this might have happened? Any help is appreciated.

PS Everything on my computer is updated and can confirm the issue is not temperature related. I also went into windows setting and have things like power mode set to AMD Ryzen high performance and am still experiencing the issue.

SPECS:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6GHz [4.4GHz Turbo] 8 Cores/ 16 Threads 36MB Cache 65W Processor

CPU / Processor Cooling Fan: CyberPowerPC MasterLiquid Lite 120mm ARGB CPU Liquid Cooler with Dual Chamber Pump & Copper Cold Plate

RAM / System Memory: 16GB (8GBx2) DDR4/3200MHz Dual Channel Memory (ADATA XPG Z1)

Video Card: GeForce RTX™ 3060 12GB GDDR6 Video Card (Ampere) [VR Ready] (Single Card)

Power Supply: 600 Watts - EVGA 600Watts 80 Plus Gold high-efficient Power Supply

Motherboard: MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS ATX w/ Realtek LAN, 2 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 6 SATA3, 2 M.2 SATA/PCIe

[emoticorpse]

probably new software installed that's affecting performance

[Fenwren]

引用自 emoticorpse：

probably new software installed that's affecting performance

I am not sure what I would have downloaded that would affect the performance. Is there a way to check, should I delete things that have been installed around the time the drops have started, or reset the computer?

[emoticorpse]

引用自 Fenwren：

引用自 emoticorpse：

probably new software installed that's affecting performance

I am not sure what I would have downloaded that would affect the performance. Is there a way to check, should I delete things that have been installed around the time the drops have started, or reset the computer?

some dude a couple minutes ago said his internet was slow and turns out he had installed a program called "netlimiter" lol. I don't know what or if you installed something, but if it's that obvious do yourself a favor and pinpoint it before you waste time you'll never get back troubleshooting.

If you really can't tell what it is, start by limiting your startup items. Use Task manager to see what's on there and then disable things you don't think you need. It's a good idea to post pics or screen captures (nobody really doe though) so people here can look and help.

[Fenwren]

引用自 emoticorpse：

引用自 Fenwren：

I am not sure what I would have downloaded that would affect the performance. Is there a way to check, should I delete things that have been installed around the time the drops have started, or reset the computer?

some dude a couple minutes ago said his internet was slow and turns out he had installed a program called "netlimiter" lol. I don't know what or if you installed something, but if it's that obvious do yourself a favor and pinpoint it before you waste time you'll never get back troubleshooting.

If you really can't tell what it is, start by limiting your startup items. Use Task manager to see what's on there and then disable things you don't think you need. It's a good idea to post pics or screen captures (nobody really doe though) so people here can look and help.

So I checked start up and there is nothing out of the ordinary and deleted everything I have downloaded recently (just school PDFs, PowerPoint, and Spotify). Played a game of Apex and was still all over the place with frames from 100-160 (although it really didn't feel like I was dropping 60fps when it happened).

Other things I have done recently is download Split gate (which gives me like 3k fps on start up which Apex did the last time 2xs I started it), revert my default text size instead of having it a bit larger, I tried to put a PFS limit on Apex that didn't work and reverted it because capping it wasn't really needed in the first place, and try setting my laptop as a second monitor through HDMI and wireless display (which neither worked). The laptop one was before the fps drops I am just trying to walk everything back.

[emoticorpse]

引用自 Fenwren：

引用自 emoticorpse：

some dude a couple minutes ago said his internet was slow and turns out he had installed a program called "netlimiter" lol. I don't know what or if you installed something, but if it's that obvious do yourself a favor and pinpoint it before you waste time you'll never get back troubleshooting.

If you really can't tell what it is, start by limiting your startup items. Use Task manager to see what's on there and then disable things you don't think you need. It's a good idea to post pics or screen captures (nobody really doe though) so people here can look and help.

So I checked start up and there is nothing out of the ordinary and deleted everything I have downloaded recently (just school PDFs, PowerPoint, and Spotify). Played a game of Apex and was still all over the place with frames from 100-160 (although it really didn't feel like I was dropping 60fps when it happened).

Other things I have done recently is download Split gate (which gives me like 3k fps on start up which Apex did the last time 2xs I started it), revert my default text size instead of having it a bit larger, I tried to put a PFS limit on Apex that didn't work and reverted it because capping it wasn't really needed in the first place, and try setting my laptop as a second monitor through HDMI and wireless display (which neither worked). The laptop one was before the fps drops I am just trying to walk everything back.

what resolution are you running it at? changed monitors?

also can you run a userbenchmark? If you don't know what it is, google it and then go to the site and download their free program then run it.

[Fenwren]

引用自 emoticorpse：

引用自 Fenwren：

So I checked start up and there is nothing out of the ordinary and deleted everything I have downloaded recently (just school PDFs, PowerPoint, and Spotify). Played a game of Apex and was still all over the place with frames from 100-160 (although it really didn't feel like I was dropping 60fps when it happened).

Other things I have done recently is download Split gate (which gives me like 3k fps on start up which Apex did the last time 2xs I started it), revert my default text size instead of having it a bit larger, I tried to put a PFS limit on Apex that didn't work and reverted it because capping it wasn't really needed in the first place, and try setting my laptop as a second monitor through HDMI and wireless display (which neither worked). The laptop one was before the fps drops I am just trying to walk everything back.

what resolution are you running it at? changed monitors?

also can you run a userbenchmark? If you don't know what it is, google it and then go to the site and download their free program then run it.

Is userbenchmark fine? I have seen things that they aren't the best website for bench marking when looking it up.

Same monitor from the start running at 1980x1080 resolution. PS I changed the graphics settings for apex to focus more on performance then graphics and I am still getting lower fps then on max graphics a week or two ago.

[shiel]

Do yourself a favour and don't use GFE to automatically set your ingame settings.

[Fenwren]

引用自 shiel：

Do yourself a favour and don't use GFE to automatically set your ingame settings.

I know it doesn't fully optimize games but I was getting decent frames on max visuals. I am more concerned on the recent drop.

[𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓱𝓵𝓮𝔂]

A friend of mine with a similar pc to yours started having the same issue and he found out that his BIOS automatically changed PCI-E speed from x16 to x4. I am not sure what caused it, if it was a BIOS update or any motherboard software he may have installed, nevertheless he said changing back to x16 fixed it. Maybe you should take a look at your BIOS settings to check if the same happened to you.

[Fenwren]

引用自 Cris Ronnie：

A friend of mine with a similar pc to yours started having the same issue and he found out that his BIOS automatically changed PCI-E speed from x16 to x4. I am not sure what caused it, if it was a BIOS update or any motherboard software he may have installed, nevertheless he said changing back to x16 fixed it. Maybe you should take a look at your BIOS settings to check if the same happened to you.

My pcie: PCIe x 16 4.0 @ 16 1.1

[[☥] - CJ -]

GFE itself has long been known to cause problems

DDU in safe mode, reinstall drivers WITHOUT GFE and see what happens.
Not everything likes being controlled by GFE

[Agent]

Check for faults. Do you hear any unusual noises coming from your pc? Have you had random crashes? You’ve got to think of every little thing here.

[emoticorpse]

引用自 Fenwren：

引用自 emoticorpse：

what resolution are you running it at? changed monitors?

also can you run a userbenchmark? If you don't know what it is, google it and then go to the site and download their free program then run it.

Is userbenchmark fine? I have seen things that they aren't the best website for bench marking when looking it up.

Same monitor from the start running at 1980x1080 resolution. PS I changed the graphics settings for apex to focus more on performance then graphics and I am still getting lower fps then on max graphics a week or two ago.

Userbenchmark is better than nothing

[His Majesty's strawberry cart]

I>m getting this opens his desktop up and says "why is my gpu a casio when I've never noticed this before" vibe from op

[[☥] - CJ -]

OP, if you havent checked your temps i would..
That 120mm RAD seems a bit weak for that CPU to me so id make sure its still working properly.

But as i mentioned before its probably GFE related.