Game plays slowly at about one frame per second, remains that way until it restarts
Game plays slowly at about one frame per second, remains that way until it restarts
This situation appears quite unclear, making it hard to address properly. I mainly use one game, Smite. I haven’t experienced performance problems on various machines. Over the past weeks, the game has suddenly slowed down to less than one frame per second. When this occurs, there’s no audio lag, the in-game FPS stays at 144, and it seems the game runs normally otherwise, except for the display. I often close the application from the taskbar, but sometimes restarting it resolves the issue—though it usually doesn’t last. Most times, I have to shut down the app completely, restart the computer, and that usually fixes it (it happened twice before and disappeared after the third login). When I log out of Smite before rebooting, the desktop also stutters and runs poorly. Once I close the game, everything returns to normal until I restart, then it starts lagging again. This suggests either a hardware problem or an issue with Windows. I’ve checked the event logs to see if any programs or services start up at the same time as the performance drops, but haven’t found anything conclusive. Anyone have suggestions on where to look for the cause? System details are available here.
Recent MBO bios available. Latest chipset drivers from AMD, possibly within the last 15 days. Performance metrics under load.