Frame Rate Problem

[darklin0]

Currently I have been suffering from severe frame rate drops (usually at 60, now at 15-20) from games I have never had problems with. I have changed the settings from high to low for multiple games and it makes no difference. It started to happened earlier this week and I have no idea what is causing it.

I have tried multiple things and out of frustration I did a clean install of windows last night and brought it back up to speed but my problem is still there.
I am out of ideas and I am wondering if you guys have any advice on what to do. Currently I am monitoring for overheating.

Some system specs:
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5CPU @ 2.13GHz 2.13GHz

Installed Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB

System Typed: 64-bit Operating System

Graphics card NIVIDIA GeForce GTX 650M

[darklin0]

Been running different games most of the day and my PC's temperatures were good, no overheating. Many games suffered from the problem, even things like Binding of Isaac and Cave Story+. I did notice that all of the Source Engine games ran completely fine. I was at 50-60 while playing TF2 with minor tearing and the Portal games ran without any problems. I am really confused by all this, its like Valve is sabotaging my other games for a complete monopoly of playtime. DUN DUN DUUUUUN.

[Uber!]

Maybe is a problem with drivers? Have you updated your video card drivers lately?

[darklin0]

Maybe is a problem with drivers? Have you updated your video card drivers lately?

Yup, nothing is out of date. I am thinking it is a hardware problem now but I first have to figure out what before I decide to replace anything.

[Gizanked]

Maybe is a problem with drivers? Have you updated your video card drivers lately?

Yup, nothing is out of date. I am thinking it is a hardware problem now but I first have to figure out what before I decide to replace anything.

do you have a backup or old video card to try to swap out? otherwise it could be pretty hard to figure out.

[Earthworm James]

check/adjust vertical sync, buffering & advanced graphics options?

[darklin0]

Maybe is a problem with drivers? Have you updated your video card drivers lately?

Yup, nothing is out of date. I am thinking it is a hardware problem now but I first have to figure out what before I decide to replace anything.

do you have a backup or old video card to try to swap out? otherwise it could be pretty hard to figure out.

No but I do have a friend with a similar model I can ask for some help.

check/adjust vertical sync, buffering & advanced graphics options?

Yep, I have tried different settings from high to low. The problem persists no matter the setting and what is on or off.



Peahats suggested to Verify the game cache and it has worked so far for Borderlands 2. Trying it now for other games.

[Zork Nemesis]

Stupid solution here, but just in case, when was the last time you dusted off your video card and fans? Most video cards will slow down if dust is allowed to build up. I had this issue somewhat recently and took a can of air to my fans, sped everything up considerably.

[Peahats]

Peahats suggested to Verify the game cache and it has worked so far for Borderlands 2. Trying it now for other games.

Glad it worked, steam will sometimes just kinda break your games, guess that's why they have that feature.

Stupid solution here, but just in case, when was the last time you dusted off your video card and fans? Most video cards will slow down if dust is allowed to build up. I had this issue somewhat recently and took a can of air to my fans, sped everything up considerably.

That's just really good advice in general, you don't wanna end up like me and have a broken gpu fan for 4 weeks.

[darklin0]

Stupid solution here, but just in case, when was the last time you dusted off your video card and fans? Most video cards will slow down if dust is allowed to build up. I had this issue somewhat recently and took a can of air to my fans, sped everything up considerably.

That was one of the first things I tried, I did find a random dust bunny in a vent.

Peahats suggested to Verify the game cache and it has worked so far for Borderlands 2. Trying it now for other games.

Glad it worked, steam will sometimes just kinda break your games, guess that's why they have that feature.

Yup, I was beginning to lose hope. A replacement GPU would only be possible in 6 months. Dx