I do currently have a thread in the tech support forums on this same issue but GD has a broader audience so I figured I’d ask here as well. I’m currently facing an issue with my game where I’d log in, and for 10 minutes my game would run smooth as butter with a 55-60 FPS. Then out of nowhere it drops back down to 20-30 FPS and stays there until I log out.
I am not much of a computer literate person so I am not really sure what’s going on or how to fix it on my own but it is something I really do need to fix, as the game becomes unfun when that happens.
The thread I posted there suggested I switch drivers, which I did.
I also keep my addons up to date as well as run very few ones (dominos, DBM, details, and that’s it).
I also run Malwarebytes and CCCLeaner on a regular basis.
Anyone got some insight and might be able to help me with this particular issue?
Not stupid at all. I remember having that issue a while back when I was stuck with a laptop. However now I have a PC and it doesn’t do that these days.
Some hardware or something is dying in your pc, I remember having a similar issue with a PC I had last time.
Probably start with graphic card or motherboard.
Or… Check if any new processes started, like a Windows update… Or a virus. Something eating your memory
I see, because I think one of the most common cause for fps-drop is bad-cooling. Most of the time you wouldn’t even notice if you’re using a desktop, because most of the stuffs you wouldn’t normally touch.
I’m not sure what it is. Earlier I got desperate and tried just shutting down a bunch of processes and services. That disconnected me from the internet and I had to resart my computer, lmao. I am really bad at this.
I thought about doing a Windows Defender Fresh Start (as per my thread in the tech support forums) but I am not sure if that will genuinely help.
If your pc is rather good and you dont have a lot of stuff to back up, probably do it and reset to factory default. Treat it like a cleanup for your computer. Do take note of your important day to day programs and skip out on trivial stuff
That is true. Though if that were the case wouldn’t it mean that everything of mine would slow down? I can play other games and browse forums/videos/etc just fine outside of WoW.
I actually did consider that earlier and I might have to go in and check down there. Maybe buy one of those air duster thingies to get in there.
It’s actually not the best, and kind of outdated. All the info is on here.
As far as I know I’d only really have to re-DL a couple of games and put up a couple of files on my google drive (I have a Terraria map that’s been worked on for years and I’d definitely have to save that rofl). I can’t really think of anything else that’s essential here. But nonetheless I don’t want to do it until I’m sure it will actually help with FPS issues.
It’s mostly for cleaning purposes, like when you move furniture to clean underneath and find crap you never knew was there, and so on. It’s good to do maybe once every year or two if you’re still using the same pc
Depending on your hardware, cooling, and a variety of OS and GPU configurations WoW is capable of driving up your temps and causing CPU or GPU throttling.
Also, Chrome can consume a tremendous amount of memory over time, particularly with something like the forums running and auto-updating in the background (as this forum does).
You could try downloading something like HWMonitor from CPUID, which will give you current/min/max temps for each of your CPU cores and your GPU (video card), as well as your CPU utilization. Start it up to get some baselines prior to playing WoW, then let it continue to run while you play.
Alrighty I will give that some serious consideration. I do probably have a lot of leftover stuff lingering in here. That plus a fresh reinstall of WoW might help.
Good idea, thanks. I actually don’t know how hot it does get under there but that would provide some insight.
I just went through this same issue with my machine. My machine is OP for this game (MSI x399 Gaming Pro Carbon, Ryzen Threadripper, dual RX 580 cards) and was dipping below 20 FPS after 15 minutes or so.
Two things:
Download a program called SpeedFan. It allows you to manually control the fans on the GPU. But more so than that …
… consider resetting your CMOS. This is what fixed my machine. MSI boards for the AMD Ryzen chipset have a CMOS reset button on the exterior of the computer, meaning no more opening up the case and jumpering the CMOS reset plug. My CMOS had somehow gotten corrupted and the reset fixed it.
I had a look at your dxdiags here and everything looks okay. The GPU you’re using was released back in 2012/13, though. Did you get it when it was new? Been using it semi-constantly since? if the game runs fine for a little while but then doesn’t, that really does sound like you’re experiencing throttling due to heat.
Get some compressed air and clean your computer out. It could also be that the cooling fan failed on the GPU.
Much appreciated y’all, thank you.
I went ahead and took the suggestions I can do with the computer on. Tomorrow I will open it up and use those suggestions involving the actual hardware.
I looked at you computer specs it’s pretty outdated but not to bad could def use more ram. But from the sound of it your graphics card is throttling because of heat or your cpu. Not sure if you have any software to measure the temp of your GPU or CPU anything over 90c is real bad.
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I remember having that issue a while back when I was stuck with a laptop. However now I have a PC and it doesn’t do that these days.