Performance Not What It Used To Be...?

Darren

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Hello all. If any of you have been paying attention I've had some computer issues as of late. Essentially my computer was dropped resulting in an unseated CPU. I reseated the CPU but then found a RAM issue that I also fixed. Now everything has been running just fine and I got my CPU overclocked back to 4.0GHz as it had been before my drop.

Now here's the issue. My computer is performing horribly in comparison to what it was before. BF3 went from being 40 fps on Ultra to the mid teens for no apparent reason. Drivers are essentially unchanged and my OC's are all the same. BF3 should run fine even without my CPU OC but it doesn't. CS:GO has some lag and stuttering issues that may be partially a result of a new patch, however they've also been just having an inconsistent framerate that results in jumpiness. NFS Hot Pursuit used to run at full settings at 60fps constant, now it hovers in the 40's and frequently plunges to the teens and 20's for no apparent reason. My computer is not acting right and I have no idea where to start to get it back to what it was.

Maybe this is totally unrelated to the drop and I got a virus. My hardware all functions normally but when I game it just doesn't act like it used to. Any ideas? I'm getting very frustrated as I can find nothing that's different but my computer isn't performing like it used to and should be.. :/
 
Could try reformatting and reinstalling Windows. It's a pest, I know, but... it's the first place I'd start.
 
spirit said:
Could try reformatting and reinstalling Windows. It's a pest, I know, but... it's the first place I'd start.
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I need to find an External HDD if I'm gonna do that. Redownloading all my games would take weeks of solid downloading...

I'll attempt to see if I can find any viruses and remove them.
 
Try running your games, then alt-tabbing and loading up Task Manager and checking the processes tab to see what's using the most CPU.
 
lucasbytegenius said:
Try running your games, then alt-tabbing and loading up Task Manager and checking the processes tab to see what's using the most CPU.
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CPU usage looks normal. Still running MB after over 3 hours but still haven't found anything. I may do a clean reinstall.

Any possibility of hardware damage that would cause this?

Edit: MalwareBytes didn't find anything.
 
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Denther said:
I need to find an External HDD if I'm gonna do that. Redownloading all my games would take weeks of solid downloading...

I'll attempt to see if I can find any viruses and remove them.
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This is why i always recommend a seperate partition for the OS if you only have 1 HDD on the system. Makes reinstalls a lot faster and cleaner.
 
bigfellla said:
This is why i always recommend a seperate partition for the OS if you only have 1 HDD on the system. Makes reinstalls a lot faster and cleaner.
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Does that basically mean I can have OS on one partition then my files on another? How big should the OS partition be?
 
Well I've reinstalled and currently getting everything back up and running. My idle temps are actually really good right now and what they were before my whole fiasco. Haven't had a chance to test games yet but hopefully the temps are a sign that stuff is back to true normal. Will post back with progress.

I also was not able to figure out my partitions. Albeit I didn't try very hard. :D
 
Awesome. Everything is fixed. CSGO has no stuttering, BF3 is 60 fps on Ultra and NFS HP runs 60 frames all the time. Wonder what the issue was. Oh well. Fixed now.
 
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