Game lag! Help! :c

[dream11]

Sapphire Radeon HD 7870 XT overclocked to 1425
i5 3570k overclocked to 4.2GHz
Windows 8

Yesterday I was running games fine. Skyrim everything maxxed out, AF, AA, 1920x1080, but now I can't anymore. Not even Dolphin Gamecube emulator. or Metro2033, PlanetSide etc. In Skyrim i'm getting about 6-15 fps, and i'm not turning down settings because I know I can max it. its' a brand new built computer, I have 13.1 drivers, I was thinking of doing a hard wipe on it and clearing everything, then redownloading the drivers and games. Before I do that, anyone have any other advice? Thanks

edit: Only getting 35-40 fps on low, AF and AA disabled.
edit: Getting 25 fps on WoW maxxed, out was getting 100

 

[dguy6789]

See what happens if run everything at stock clocks. Also check your temperatures.

 

[MeldarthX]

when last time you've rebooted? what ya got running in the background?

Installed a virus scanner??

 

[daveybrat]

Pretty heavy overclock on that video card. Like the others have said, try running everything at stock first.

 

[Termie]

Run MSI Afterburner to check GPU usage and clocks during games.

 

[dream11]

Changed it to stock clock. Can't tell you all what it was when overclocked but here's a screenshot now of stock clocks.

This is everything max including AF and AA. Is this a good temp for no overclock? What would you recommend I do overclock my card too? Sapphire 7870 XT's can go far from what I hear.

 

[Arkadrel]

Not sure if a virus could have that much of a performance hit, but its a option.

Another is something is up with your Overclocked CPU or GPU.

The fact that very CPU bound applications (that arnt GPU intensive),
are heavly effected, leads me to believe its most likely your CPU.


If I was you, Id try takeing your CPU and GPU down to stock, and reinstall windows
(format the partition windows is on). Then first thing = update windows + install virus scanners.


Do you play alot of "cracked" games? usually those are infected with virus's and malware and worms, opening your PC up to hackers ect. Try checking your network usage, cpu usage when your not doing anything and your PC is just idleing.

This is everything max including AF and AA. Is this a good temp for no overclock? What would you recommend I do overclock my card too? Sapphire 7870 XT's can go far from what I hear.

Stock and running everything max'ed and at 60+ fps (vsync) and haveing the GPU around 40 degree's celcius (when gameing). That sounds very good honestly.

I dont see where your performance issue is.
Its certainly not a heat one.

What would you recommend I do overclock my card too?

NOT 1425+ mhz on the core (as you stated above you had it at).
Leave it around 1200mhz.

 

[dream11]

Not sure if a virus could have that much of a performance hit, but its a option.

Another is something is up with your Overclocked CPU or GPU.

The fact that very CPU bound applications (that arnt GPU intensive),
are heavly effected, leads me to believe its most likely your CPU.


If I was you, Id try takeing your CPU and GPU down to stock, and reinstall windows
(format the partition windows is on). Then first thing = update windows + install virus scanners.


Do you play alot of "cracked" games? usually those are infected with virus's and malware and worms, opening your PC up to hackers ect. Try checking your network usage, cpu usage when your not doing anything and your PC is just idleing.



Stock and running everything max'ed and at 60+ fps (vsync) and haveing the GPU around 40 degree's celcius (when gameing). That sounds very good honestly.

I dont see where your performance issue is.
Its certainly not a heat one.





NOT 1425+ mhz on the core (as you stated above you had it at).
Leave it around 1200mhz.

Just got my computer setup for games yesterday. (Finished installing all drivers and benchmarks). Highly highly doubt I had a virus. (Obv the problems fixed). And I haven't cracked any games.

 

[dream11]

What should be the max temp I should look out for on my gpu?

 

[BrightCandle]

There are a few obvious things to check. The first is GPU-Z and check the GPU utilisation and clocks. This is your first step in debugging because it will tell you if you have a problem on the GPU (most likely) and what type.

 

[dream11]

There are a few obvious things to check. The first is GPU-Z and check the GPU utilisation and clocks. This is your first step in debugging because it will tell you if you have a problem on the GPU (most likely) and what type.

When I load GPU-Z:
ATI OpenCL driver bug detected, skipping OpenCL detection. Uinstall the AMD Stream SDK/OpenCL driver to enable re-enable this functionality. I click Ok and it doesn't open.