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Games Under-Performing, Unknown Culprit, Proves to be a Challenge

What do you think is the probable Cause?

  • Cpu

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  • Bios Configurations

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  • Drivers

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  • Graphics Card

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Motherboard

    Votes: 1 8.3%
  • Ram

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  • Power Supply

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • OS-Software Related /Non-Hardware

    Votes: 1 8.3%
  • Some Setting or Option /Non-Hardware

    Votes: 1 8.3%
  • Other

    Votes: 9 75.0%

  • Total voters
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This is Odd, I used the reply button and then pressed reply again to get x2 quotes on a post, then replied to each individual, can you clarify?
Maybe it is more technical than what I perceived.
Is the post #349 the right way to do it?
There has to be a misunderstanding of some sort as I suspected.
 
I did not say anything and should not apologize for this specific statement.
I personally saw into thanking members that kept supporting me, that has nothing to do with the above statement of the other member. To short it, I did not say anything offensive to the community.
ps: I saw a pm(personal message) there, and an "if". I know for a fact that this is not the case.


you did say it, you (or a mod) may have deleted it later but the proof is there to see. Have a look at post #348 where @dorsetknob copied your post.

TwinDenis said:
check the post again, is this what you want?
it is simply ridiculous getting banned for just posting on a thread.
If the forum is unfriendly towards new members it is non of my problems.
 
you did say it, you (or a mod) may have deleted it later but the proof is there to see. Have a look at post #348 where @dorsetknob copied your post.

TwinDenis said:
check the post again, is this what you want?
it is simply ridiculous getting banned for just posting on a thread.
If the forum is unfriendly towards new members it is non of my problems.
Nope, I did not. He could also make it on purpose to blame me, quoting is code. Proof or not I did not say anything in this forum or blamed the public :lovetpu:. Changing the subject to the initial one.
That is great, so moving on to the main subject^ :toast:
 
Off topic, but I have stopped offering help to newbie members, due to an influx of trolls (one in particular) that keep creating new accounts across many popular computer forums, and pretending to have various PC problems. This poster is just dragging you guys around in circles ...

Seriously, someone needs to write a "how to debug common PC performance issues" page, and THEN after the poster has worked through the page, seek forum help.
 
He could also make it on purpose to blame me, quoting is code

That is, quite frankly, ridiculous.

There is an option missing from the poll
PEBCAK
 
Off topic, but I have stopped offering help to newbie members, due to an influx of trolls (one in particular) that keep creating new accounts across many popular computer forums, and pretending to have various PC problems. This poster is just dragging you guys around in circles ...

Seriously, someone needs to write a "how to debug common PC performance issues" page, and THEN after the poster has worked through the page, seek forum help.
Why would I do that per say?
Is there any reason to spend weeks trying to solve a problem that is a ghost? seriously, are you trying?
I see people usually troll around in posts but since it is a realistic problem, how can I drag them in cycles when they are smart enough to know there has to be an explanation to my problem.
You just come here posting only offending comments from what I see.
Your reasons?

From what I have been trying to accomplish since a year now is pretty obvious, to make it work properly, guys like @Aquinus are trying to help and I admire the effort.
Why it is very simple, there cannot be a case where there is a set fix for everyone, there are many situation where the solution varies,
thus I indeed agree with the tutorial suggestion, but for generic stuff only. In my case there is a different problem.
 
Nope, I did not. He could also make it on purpose to blame me, quoting is code. Proof or not I did not say anything in this forum or blamed the public

I DID NOT MAKE THAT UP IT WAS TAKEN FROM PM'S YOU SENT ME YOU WERE DISRESPECTFUL TO THE MEMBERS HERE

Because you were disrespectful to the members who were trying to help you i included it in the post on the forums

logs are available to the mods who can confirm what you said " if they so chose to look "
 
I DID NOT MAKE THAT UP IT WAS TAKEN FROM PM'S YOU SENT ME YOU WERE DISRESPECTFUL TO THE MEMBERS HERE

Because you were disrespectful to the members who were trying to help you i included it in the post on the forums

logs are available to the mods who can confirm what you said " if they so chose to look "
It is not a forum post, so what the other guy said is irrelevant, Disrespectful? as of how? I did not post or say anything like that. The commend that I sent you over your own answer was "if" which is for "
it is simply ridiculous getting banned for just posting on a thread.
If the forum is unfriendly towards new members it is non of my problems.
"
It is simple, first it was hypothetical conversation, it is really the basics. If someone does that then they are this or that, but since this is not the case, they aren't.
That along with the fact that it is not post but Pm asking for something, instead you prefer to tag it as post. In public forums as if I said anything disrespectful to the public, which I did say the exact opposite in the public forums.
"Appreciate the support".
Yeah so I did not say that specifically you made it up, but that it was not a thread post, it was personal message (PM). And in the middle of the converstation I told you that it would be bad if someone got banned for just posting, in case a forum is unfriendly this has nothing to do with me.
But that is not the case since it is a "what if" and hypothetical scenario, so why dont you just stop posting for this matter, If you take it so personally I will say sorry.
Moving on.
Thanks.
 
i have the biggest bloody headache trying to follow this thread... :banghead:
 
i have the biggest bloody headache trying to follow this thread... :banghead:
tl;dr: Feels like an issue with possibly unstable memory.

I'm honestly running out of ideas.

Also folks, keep it civil. Keep the arguing in private. I get enough whining from my daughter and my wife. I personally don't really care to see it here as well. ;)
 
I really would love to see the OP s problem solved, but at some point you just gotta cut your losses. If he's had this PC for two years with these problems, I'd just move on at this point.
 
i have the biggest bloody headache trying to follow this thread... :banghead:

OP could update the latest summary / findings in the first post -- might help a bit?
 
i have the biggest bloody headache trying to follow this thread... :banghead:
Believe me... me too...

tl;dr: Feels like an issue with possibly unstable memory.

I'm honestly running out of ideas.

Also folks, keep it civil. Keep the arguing in private. I get enough whining from my daughter and my wife. I personally don't really care to see it here as well. ;)
I agree and hate being insulted, but considering this is a place we focus on solving technical issues, I would also pretty much like to avoid that, so I just replied as appropriate and moved on.
ps: got family under you? blessed be :)
OP could update the latest summary / findings in the first post -- might help a bit?
I will below.
You and me both. This escalated quickly :eek:

Problem:

I get choppy/non-smooth fps, frame-skipping when something enters my screen, or when for example in league of legends a minion/ai spawns,
before that I have no issues, when minions spawn or effects that unpredictable take place I get fps issues. It happens also when I do not move the camera but instead a player enters my view,
when they are on the sides they are skipping frames for a moment, in heroes of the storm I get constant fps drops from the point the minions spawn and all the way till the end,
when battles occur I get worse fps skip.
It is kinda like playing in 30 fps or less. In the start of the game before the minion spawn or many effects like smoke take place I get no issues and everything runs butter smooth.
Kinda happens in all my games, but this description will help you trace the problem.

What I tried(some might be missing but this is summary):

If I am not mistaken,
Here are some things I have done so far:
Clean install of Windows (7 and 10) and drivers, latest drivers on all devices.
No processes that could interrupt my game or the system in a negative way, even without antivirus.
Played a lot with nvidia control panel and in game settings as suggested, as well as power options of windows and bios configurations as well (eg: disabled speedstep, hyperthread, c-states etc.)
Contacted ISP for assistance, no issues with my connection, it is pretty fast actually and with big bandwidth.
Changed PcieGen2 to PcieGen3 using a patch for my MotherBoard/ChipSet.
Repaired Corrupted files of windows
Checked temps of all components and even played at high fan speed for extreme cool temps.
Checked if PSU is able to feed the GPU card.
Checked for cpu/gpu usage to see if it is normal while in game.
Clean Installed Nvidia Device Drivers as recommended by nvidia.
Did Dell Diagnostics test, and memtest86+, scanned storage devices as well.
Got the OS into an SSD Samsung 850 evo.
Used DDU to clean and install nvidia display driver.
I tried vsync off and vsync on as well as adaptive vsync with either in game vsync on or off.
I am planning on replacing my ram.
Here is how it looks like now, Remember, it happened from the moment I got the machine or so I think.


I tried testing my ram modules and got one of them broke so I will get a new kit of 2x8gb ones with recommended specs by OEM product sheet.
Moving on, I monitored the temps and they are all in acceptable levels when stressed.
In bios There is not much I can change in my machine, it is OEM board so it is hard to change for example Memory timings in Bios, no idea if I can by other means.

It is hard to see it as software related or OS related issue. As well as of broken parts.
You can check my specs out to see if you can find any solution or think of anything fresh.
My specs are on the profile page.


Hope this helps overall for clarity over the subject, if something comes up please state it.
Thanks
 
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@TwinDenis Can you confirm that you've had this problem since January 2015?

I only ask, because I can find threads relating to this exact issue from a year ago with your username. The question I ask is why in God's green earth you haven't replaced your workstation with a normal gaming PC if your problems have existed for such a long period of time.
 
At this point, after 15 pages, often with an attitude that does not necessarily lean people towards helping any further, the OP has now managed to spend the last page or so just arguing I cannot see any point in continuing, I think a brick wall has been reached, this has now become un-productive so I am closing it.

@TwinDenis .......... If members are willing to help you by message then feel free to continue in that form but to accuse some members of deliberately changing words that you have said quite frankly is appalling.
 
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