Hi, I just helped out building a computer my friend bought. The parts should be good enough to play the game he loves, Dota 2, and he's at 100 FPS all the time. He has these annoying damn FPS-drops like 0.5 seconds every 5-6 second though.
I fixed it with some launch commands in steam giving Dota 2 a fixed memory and lowered the resolution to 720 instead of 1080. But for me it feels more like a fast solution to a problem that needs to be taken care of.
It's not just in Dota, it's in every game. He even get these FPS-Drops in CS 1.6. I know the computer isn't the strongest shit in town, but IT IS (nay sayers who don't know much go away) good enough for CS 1.6, Dota 2 etc.
GPU: 750ti
CPU: G3220 Intel Pentium 3Ghz (Duo core)
RAM: 4GB 1600Mhz
HHD: He bought a new 7200RPM 1TB
PS: 700W Bronze
How I know it will work splendid? Before I upgraded my computer it was pretty much half as powerful as his is now, and I could play the games he wants to play. AND that he does have 100+ FPS but he get these damn FPS-drops.
Everything is installed correctly, drivers up to date etcetc. Not my first computer I've built.
Anyone has any clue how to fix this? I've done everything in my power. Thank you for any response.
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To clarify the problem: FPS drops every 5-6 seconds in any kind of game, even if it's a game a 10 year old computer should handle. He goes from around 70-100 FPS down to 20-30 for around 0.5-1 second. It's really annoying. Only thing installed on the computer is Windows, Steam, Dota 2, CS 1.6 and Teamspeak 3.
I've tried reinstalling everything (even Windows 8.1) and the parts are worse than my old computer that could play these games without any problems at all.