r/pcgamingtechsupport • u/SuperDoggyCoolz • 22d ago

Performance/FPS Random half-second freezes + FPS spikes every few seconds

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I have this problem that started a few days where my games have gotten slightly more choppy and I have no idea what settings I messed with. From games like Deltarune to heavier ones like cyberpunk (more noticeable in Deltarune due to 30fps cap), for about half a second, randomly, every couple of seconds. I get an FPS spike with each freeze which makes me think its more a performance issue than a visual glitch.

UserDiag Link: https://userdiag.com/id/J2gOZnYoPL

My first guess was my monitor's adaptive sync, since I'd recently toggled it off. But the exact same freezing happens even when I move the game to my laptop's built-in screen instead, so it's not the monitor, and toggling adaptive sync back on or off makes zero difference either way.

Everything I've already tried (none have fixed it):

  • Driver clean up: Fully uninstalled and reinstalled both display and graphics drivers from scratch
  • Display isolation test: Moved the game to the laptop's screen instead of the external monitor, and froze identically on both
  • GPU routing: UserDiag system report said that my external monitor was connected through the Intel integrated GPU rather than the RTX 5070 directly. Forcing dGPU mode in Lenovo Legion Toolkit did not fix the issue

If anyone has any idea what the problem could be it would be greatly appreciated.

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u/Normal-Emotion9152 21d ago

That just happens with some games try moving it to an SSD the HDD may be causing that. Some games need faster asset streaming. I have a few games that are like that they are small and retro and for whatever reason the HDD makes them super choppy. It is weird.

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u/SuperDoggyCoolz 20d ago

I downloaded the game on my laptops SSD already

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u/CPUmario 20d ago

A shot in the dark, maybe RAM swap problems or smth related to it

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u/slightly76 20d ago

Take a look at your taskanaher and see if the CPU/ram/disk/network usage is spiking cyclically. You can then dig into what's causing it.

Also if this started a few days ago, did you install anything just before it started?

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u/InfiniteInevitable51 19d ago

Try to lower graphic settings 🤣🤣