Frames dropped drastically once the PC was running smoothly for a week after I completed the build.
Frames dropped drastically once the PC was running smoothly for a week after I completed the build.
I assembled my system about a week ago and it functioned properly until yesterday. When launching CS2, I only achieved around 6 frames per second, whereas I normally get 200+. After restarting my PC and relaunching games multiple times, every attempt still yielded 5-10 FPS. When I restart the PC and launch different titles, my CPU usage spikes to 100% occasionally, but only during half of the restarts. On other occasions, CPU usage stays near 20%. There are indicator lights on my motherboard—red for CPU and yellow for DRAM (MSI B650 Pro S Wi-Fi)—which disappear once the PC boots. I’ve verified all power connectors are secure, removed and cleaned my RAM, tried various slots, and checked cooling; CPU and GPU temps hover around 40°C. Hardware specs: Ryzen 7 7700X CPU, 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM, Radeon 7800X CPU, Samsung 990 Pro 1TB GPU, Gigabyte P850GM M.2 SATA, Wi-Fi.
I encountered problems with my 7700x as discussed before. It was running graphics through the integrated unit instead of the RTX 4080. I fixed it by disabling it in the BIOS settings.
The BIOS already had the setting active. I checked Device Manager and saw the GPU was turned off, then I enabled it and received this notification. This suggests the GPU might not be functioning properly.
I used logical reasoning and analysis to arrive at the solution.
The GPU wasn't showing up initially. After removing and reinserting it, detection worked again so you could use it.