System not performing well

[SethKnows]

I do not know, I've tried playing in Windowed mode before but didn't notice any dips. I'll try it again to see.

 

[SethKnows]

In windowed mode, I did not notice any dips or stutter. The load went up to about 90 and stayed around the 70s or 80s.

 

[RCoon]

In windowed mode, I did not notice any dips or stutter. The load went up to about 90 and stayed around the 70s or 80s.

There were no dips at all in windowed mode?! Turn off Vsync in full screen mode and test with and without VSync.

 

[SethKnows]

I have already done that. I get the same result but with screen tearing. The FPS is around 80 to 100 and then randomly drops down to 50 or so and lags/stutters.

 

[RCoon]

If you were running SLI, and windowed mode fixed your dips in FPS then I'd immediately say it was one of the GPU's as SLI doesn't work in windowed mode (neither does Xfire). But that's just plain strange. I'm not equipped with the knowledge to provide you with an answer, somebody more in the know will have to help you out from here.

 

[SethKnows]

I am not running in SLI. I usually run in fullscreen. Thanks for your help man, I am at a loss, same as you.

 

[SethKnows]

Could it possibly Windows 7 and DirectX 11? Maybe there was a Windows update that messed everything up? I'm not sure, I feel like just throwing the damn thing away. It's extremely frustrating to put that much money into something that just fails. How would I test to make sure the Mobo is functioning correctly? CPU?

 

[SethKnows]

I honestly think there was an update that may have not been the most compatible with my pc or something. The 18th of February is when I started to notice it, during the Titanfall beta, which played extremely smooth the day before. Should I just upgrade to Windows 8.1 to see if that fixes it?

 

[m&m's]

What is your CPU usage when it lags? Does it ever hit 99%? Is there an other program eating all your CPU? What is your anti-virus? Do you have McAfee or other crap like that installed?
Find the drivers needed to correct this: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77 Extreme4/?cat=Download&os=Win764

I honestly think there was an update that may have not been the most compatible with my pc or something. The 18th of February is when I started to notice it, during the Titanfall beta, which played extremely smooth the day before. Should I just upgrade to Windows 8.1 to see if that fixes it?

You could try, but I don't believe that a Windows 7 update made you lag. What I think is happening is that your CPU goes into power saving mode when it's not supposed to.

 

[SethKnows]

I disabled the power saving option a few days ago, it did not fix it. I've went to that website and downloaded all available drivers with no luck. Is there a program I can download to monitor ALL of my temps and usage while gaming fullscreen?

 

[SethKnows]

What about my ram or the ram slots on my Mobo? I did receive several blue screens one day but it came out of it. I'm going to go get a CD so I can burn memtest on it and run the test for both sticks. I don't see my ram usage exceed 4GB, could there still be a problem with it?

 

[FX-GMC]

I disabled the power saving option a few days ago, it did not fix it. I've went to that website and downloaded all available drivers with no luck. Is there a program I can download to monitor ALL of my temps and usage while gaming fullscreen?

MSI Afterburner or EVGA Precision X will show you any gpu stats you want. IF you have a second screen you could use just run hwmonitor or something similar on the second screen.

Something is wrong with windows if that many device drivers will not load.

 

[m&m's]

I disabled the power saving option a few days ago, it did not fix it. I've went to that website and downloaded all available drivers with no luck.

Power saving options in Windows or BIOS?

Is there a program I can download to monitor ALL of my temps and usage while gaming fullscreen?

You can download GPU-Z and check "Log to file".

 

[SethKnows]

I do not have a 2nd screen. Didn't see any power saving options in Bios, although I didn't look that hard.

 

[SethKnows]

It has to be something that failed or turned on or off randomly, since the computer ran fine for weeks before.

 

[m&m's]

1. Set your BIOS to Factory Defaults.
2. Lets find all the drivers you need. Download all the drivers that are available there: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77 Extreme4/?cat=Download&os=Win764. Extract all of them in one folder, open Device Manager, right click one of your "Other devices", click "Update Driver", choose "Browse my computer" and select the folder created previously. Repeat these steps until you no longer have any "Other Devices".

3. Monitor your gaming with GPU-Z "Log to file" function and attach the created file to this thread.

 

[SethKnows]

I will do that tomorrow morning. I did figure something out today though, my ram is running in single channel mode, even though the Mobo supports dual channel. Could this cause the issues?

 

[SethKnows]

Well, I put in a new motherboard and processor, still having the same issues. My CPU load on my other i5 would go up to 100% sometimes, bottlenecking. The only things that aren't brand new are the HDD, SDD, and the ram. I don't know what else to do. I put in an Asrock z77 OC Formula and an i7-3770k. Windows 8.1 is coming today, which I'll install. I'm so desperate right now.

 

[FX-GMC]

I will do that tomorrow morning. I did figure something out today though, my ram is running in single channel mode, even though the Mobo supports dual channel. Could this cause the issues?

Did you install the ram into the correct slots for dual channel mode? Is this even an issue with the new Mobo?

Hope the clean install helps.

 

[SethKnows]

Dual channel works with the new Mobo, the old one had a bent socket pin for the CPU. I installed windows 8.1, I'm about to start downloading a game and hopefully tonight it'll be fixed.

 

[SethKnows]

Windows 8.1 is installed as well as Crysis 3, still having the same issues. Somebody suggested that the games need to be stored in Program Files instead of Program Files (x86). In Origin, I set the games to be installed in Program Files but it still shows up as the other one. I am not sure if I should try installing Battlefield to see if it is put in the correct folder or not. Why would this be a problem, considering I never messed with those settings before the problem started occurring?

 

[SethKnows]

I get this message.

 

[FX-GMC]

Windows 8.1 is installed as well as Crysis 3, still having the same issues. Somebody suggested that the games need to be stored in Program Files instead of Program Files (x86). In Origin, I set the games to be installed in Program Files but it still shows up as the other one. I am not sure if I should try installing Battlefield to see if it is put in the correct folder or not. Why would this be a problem, considering I never messed with those settings before the problem started occurring?

Battlefield will be fine in Program Files (x86). Are you running any monitoring programs in the background when you play? (cpuz, gpuz, hwmonitor, core temp etc.) If so try playing the game without them running.

Also, did you start your testing by only installing necessary drivers (chipset, nvidia, network) and only installing origin and the games you were testing? If you went ahead and installed all the same software you had on Windows 7 it will be hard to tell exactly what may be causing it.

Also, take a screenshot like this (with the same items expanded):

 

[RCoon]

It's a long thread and CBA to read the past. But have you loaded BIOS defaults and turned off cool n quiet mode etc? Also check your GPU in BIOS to see if it's running in x16 or x8 mode.

 

[SethKnows]

I have only installed the necessary programs to run the game. I've almost given up on it. $2000 dollar piece of junk.