FPS Drops, Frametime Spikes All Games

[rosalina]

Problems:
- FPS drops in all games.
- Micro stuttering when scrolling in a browser or a window.

Tried:
- 2 times GPU changed. Same model, 3 different new GPU.
- SSD changed. Same model.
- Connected anoıther monitor.
- HDMI/DP cables.
- FreeSync on/off.
- V-Sync on/off.
- Change Hz. 144,120,119
- Temps max. 80 C.
- CPU usage not higher than %90.
- Power plan High Performance
- In Radeon Software tried every single settings.
- Installed Windows 1903, 1909 and 20H2
- All drivers updated.
- Tried old GPU drivers.
- Updated BIOS.
- XMP on/off.
- CPB on/off.
- Install games SSD/HDD.
- Install Windows and games HDD.
- Unplug HDD. Only SSD installed Windows and games.
- Another mouse.
- Graphics settings ultra/very low
- Change resolution.
- FPS limiter on/off.
- With Malwarebytes virus scan.
- Memtest RAM test. No problem.
- Latencymon test. No problem.
- Game bar on/off.
- Game mod on/off.
- Intelligent standby list cleaner tried.

Notes:
- When fps drop GPU usage drop to minimum 88 then 99.
- Didnt see unusual thing in Afterburner.
- When drop there in NO problem with sound. Sound is good.
- Fps drops even on fixed screens like lobby in games. Like 144 to 70 fps.
- When there is a lot of enemies, the frequency of fps drops increases.
- Frametime graph shows extremely high values.
- I'm not sure, but it doesn't seem to drop in Benchmark tests.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600.
Case: Corsair Carbide series Spec-Delta 550W 80+
RAM: GeIL 8x2GB Evo Spear AMD Edition 3000MHz CL16.
MB: Gigabyte B450M S2H 3200MHz(OC)
SSD: Kingston 480GB'a400.
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB.
GPU: Sapphire Radeon RX 5600XT Pulse 6 GB.
Monitor: AOC 24G2U 144 Hz 1ms.

 

[P4-630]

Try DDU and install latest graphics driver after that.

 

[rosalina]

Try DDU and install latest graphics driver after that.

I tried many times. Installed:
- 20.11.1
- 20.9.2
- 20.7.1
- 20.5.1
- 20.4.2
- 20.2.2 versions

 

[ne6togadno]

can you make a picture of the label of your psu like this one https://www.techpowerup.com/review/super-flower-leadex-iii-argb-gold-650-w/images/psu_side.jpg

 

[rosalina]

I couldn't take a picture because it was on the bottom of the case, but I found the same model on the internet.

can you make a picture of the label of your psu like this one https://www.techpowerup.com/review/super-flower-leadex-iii-argb-gold-650-w/images/psu_side.jpg

 

[ne6togadno]

ok so it is indeed vs550.
can you borrow from anyone gold rated psu and try if your problem is fixed.
rx5000 cards are quite sensitive to ripple and lower grade pus might be not good enough to provide stable power to the graphic card.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

use GPUZ and log the sensor bars, check the times when there was a stutter and then compare to any events in the windows Event Viewer. Likely there is something there to help point you in the right direction.

 

[rosalina]

There is nothing in Event Viewer when Fps drop.

use GPUZ and log the sensor bars, check the times when there was a stutter and then compare to any events in the windows Event Viewer. Likely there is something there to help point you in the right direction.

 

[Vayra86]

Its almost as if the card is running in a lower power state. GPU clock is all over the place and utilization is below 100%.
Scratch that. I see you're running with a framerate limit @ 144 or at your monitor refresh rate.

I'd also suspect the PSU at this point. There is little else... its not temps, not clocks or general performance...

 

[haofeng93]

Sorry to update a month old post, but @rosalina , did you try a new PSU and did this help? I'm currently suffering the exact same thing, with a 5600 XT and a Corsair VS 550 PSU. Feel like I've tried everything to eliminate the frametime spikes and would be curious to know if it is indeed the PSU!

 

[rosalina]

I cannot send the computer to warranty because I have online exams. I will send it to warranty after 3-4 weeks.

Sorry to update a month old post, but @rosalina , did you try a new PSU and did this help? I'm currently suffering the exact same thing, with a 5600 XT and a Corsair VS 550 PSU. Feel like I've tried everything to eliminate the frametime spikes and would be curious to know if it is indeed the PSU!

 

[Chrispy_]

I've seen this exact problem loads of times before.

It's not ALWAYS a system-tray monitoring utility, but it often is. Also, don't run MSI afterburner on AMD cards - you have the driver's own overclocking fighting with a third-party app that's doing the same thing.

What systray utilities are you running?

 

[milewski1015]

I've seen this exact problem loads of times before.

It's not ALWAYS a system-tray monitoring utility, but it often is. Also, don't run MSI afterburner on AMD cards - you have the driver's own overclocking fighting with a third-party app that's doing the same thing.

What systray utilities are you running?

Is this a thing? I've been running MSI Afterburner daily with my 5700 XT and haven't had any stuttering issues. To be fair, I'm not trying to OC the GPU with either software - mainly just have Afterburner running for the RTSS overlay

 

[haofeng93]

I've seen this exact problem loads of times before.

It's not ALWAYS a system-tray monitoring utility, but it often is. Also, don't run MSI afterburner on AMD cards - you have the driver's own overclocking fighting with a third-party app that's doing the same thing.

What systray utilities are you running?

I obviously can't speak for OP, but at least in my case, running any kind of monitoring software (particularly RTSS) causing weird slow down and exacerbates the stuttering issue. Even if I have the Radeon overlay open its more likely to happen.

I changed my graphics card a few weeks back from an RX 580 to a 5600 XT. Everything else in my rig is identical, but on the 5600 I get frame time spikes quite frequently regardless of I play with my FPS capped, with it uncapped, graphics on low, high, etc. It also seems to coincide with when games need to load in new assets, such as going into a new zone. This also shouldn't be related the storage, since I run my games off a Samsung Evo SSD and it still happens.

Thats why I wonder if it might be PSU related (even though I can't see anything strange on hardware sensors such as the GPU voltage fluctuating). Especially if, as someone earlier in this thread mentioned, 5600s are impacted by ripple. I know the Corsair PSU I'm using isn't great, so... I'm just not sure if I want to throw down money on a new PSU when it might not even be the issue

 

[Chrispy_]

Is this a thing? I've been running MSI Afterburner daily with my 5700 XT and haven't had any stuttering issues. To be fair, I'm not trying to OC the GPU with either software - mainly just have Afterburner running for the RTSS overlay

It's a thing if you apply an OC or undervolt via the AMD drivers, since Afterburner will try and interfere with clocks/voltages/power limits the instant you apply any profile. Using Afterburner just for monitoring is probably okay as long as you don't apply any settings changes and leave it on the default profile.

 

[milewski1015]

It's a thing if you apply an OC or undervolt via the AMD drivers, since Afterburner will try and interfere with clocks/voltages/power limits the instant you apply any profile. Using Afterburner just for monitoring is probably okay as long as you don't apply any settings changes and leave it on the default profile.

Interesting, I was undervolting for a while through Radeon Software but don't recall having any noticeable issues then either. Maybe I'll do some testing later today.