Need your expertise: GPU or CPU problem?

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Betauser

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hello.. built a new gaming and having problem with it when playing games.

Well.. I play DOD Source all the time and after an on stock settings, my FPS just going nuts.. it's going up and down.. form 35-120fps and sometimes stays on 25-45.. and it lags.. now.. my cpu is oclocked to 3.2 @ 1.28 volts.. (default), but my video card is on stock settings..

is my GPU a bust? after an hour of playing DOD:S this happens and when i overclock the GPU only about 10 minutes before it happens..

Any info would be greatly appreciated.. thank you..

specs is in my sig.
 
Not enough info for anyone to give you an educated guess. FPS do go up and down in most games, some more than others, I do not play DOD so cannot comment.

Download/install 3D Mark06 and run it, post the SM2,SM3,CPU, and final overall score.

Also you have not commented how other games run which would be very helpful.



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what i mean about my fps is going down drastically after 10 minutes sometimes longer than that.. from 25-60.. vs when i started at 130fps.. that's the only game i play DOD:S..
 
What makes you think you have any type of CPU or GPU problem?

Is this normal for DOD Source? memory leaks?

Unless someone here plays DOD Source on a GT and can comment there is no information to base a response.
 
ive played dod source on my gts 640 which is what he is running and like the others said its going to be all about what the card has to draw. maps and models explosions and fire fights can make it go all over the place what dod:s settings are you using resolution/AA/AF details
 
Check how much memory you're using when playing the game. It sort of sounds like you may be running out of memory, but with 4GB listed in your sig that doesn't seem reasonable unless you have a ton of apps open. And 640MB on the video card should be more than enough for any game outside of insane settings.
 
i'm running at the highest settings: 1920x1200 res.. check this out.. when i start the game, it runs great.. 80-160FPS.. but after maybe half an hour or so, my fps just drops to 25-50fps and it will stay like that.. i'm assuming this is a heat issue for my card... imna run the game again on all stocks.. no oclock and see if that would work..
 
luke51087 said:
ive played dod source on my gts 640 which is what he is running and like the others said its going to be all about what the card has to draw. maps and models explosions and fire fights can make it go all over the place what dod:s settings are you using resolution/AA/AF details
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Seems likely like a lot of FPS games, the only prob the OP is saying it slows over time.





Betauser said:
i'm running at the highest settings: 1920x1200 res.. check this out.. when i start the game, it runs great.. 80-160FPS.. but after maybe half an hour or so, my fps just drops to 25-50fps and it will stay like that.. i'm assuming this is a heat issue for my card... imna run the game again on all stocks.. no oclock and see if that would work..
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Running at stock is a good idea to test.

Without playing any other high end game, or even being prepared to download something like 3D Mak06 and run in a loop, then you are guessing.

This thread can go on for 400 pages and until you are prepared to help yourself, no one here can help you.
 
it's not my GPU.. it's my CPU.. ran stock everything and ran fine.. no fps drops over an hour of gameplay.. then overclocked the cpu again to 3.2 and up the vcore to 1.29v.. and played about 45 minutes.. and the problem once again occurs..

just wondering the cpu? well.. back to prime95 again.. thanks for the input guys.. i'll figure it somehow..
 
Give vcore and your ram a slight V bump, and check that you're @ 2T on the mem.
 
ran prime95 last night for 4hrs at 3.2 on 1.30Vcore and upped the ram voltage to 2.00.. and yes ram is rnning 2T and i never got an error.. so my cpu is stable.. i'm wondering if i really have a faulty video card or software issues.. I'm using the nvidia driver from nvidia website..
 
Betauser said:
it's not my GPU.. it's my CPU.. ran stock everything and ran fine.. no fps drops over an hour of gameplay.. then overclocked the cpu again to 3.2 and up the vcore to 1.29v.. and played about 45 minutes.. and the problem once again occurs..

just wondering the cpu? well.. back to prime95 again.. thanks for the input guys.. i'll figure it somehow..
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I have no experience with that motherboard but are you sure your not overclocking your PCI-E bus along with your CPU? Try manually setting your PCI-E clock to 101 in your bios.
 
everything runs fine at stock though?
How are your temps.
If everything runs fine at stock you don't have a bad card.
Video cards will usually give errors if overclocked. They either show artifacts from overclocked memory or they simply lock up and require a rebbot from overclocked cores.
If everything runs good at stock settings maybe its a temp issue and you have some sort of throttling enabled on the cpu through some sort of utility?
 
pfunkman said:
I have no experience with that motherboard but are you sure your not overclocking your PCI-E bus along with your CPU? Try manually setting your PCI-E clock to 101 in your bios.
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Didnt overclock the PCI-E..not familiar on overclocking the PCI-E.. what would it do if i oclock that?

odin30 said:
everything runs fine at stock though?
How are your temps.
If everything runs fine at stock you don't have a bad card.
Video cards will usually give errors if overclocked. They either show artifacts from overclocked memory or they simply lock up and require a rebbot from overclocked cores.
If everything runs good at stock settings maybe its a temp issue and you have some sort of throttling enabled on the cpu through some sort of utility?
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ya it runs great on stock settings.. so i'm kind of confused right now.. here's my initial benchmark on 3Dmark06 when i overclocked my cpu to 3.0

http://service.futuremark.com/orb/resultanalyzer.jsp?projectType=14&XLID=0&UID=12758179
 
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