Sudden FPS drop (Drop) problem and solution

Knowing what the sudden fps drop, that is, the "Drop" problem experienced by the players, is and what causes it will be useful for solving the problem. There are two hardware on the computer that make the most effort when running a game. These are the graphics card hardware and the processor unit. These two hardware have their own For example, dedicated video memory of the video card, memory bandwidth, number of CUDA cores, memory data rate (MHz), graphics clock (MHz) and others.

For example; Let's say you are running a game and the computer gets 120 fps from the game. Let's say you play the game for three minutes with this fps value. Let's assume that the fps value, which is 120 after three minutes, suddenly drops to 10-20 and passes in this way for 5-15 seconds. Let the value get 120 fps as before.

In such a scenario – this scenario is the problem of sudden fps drops – the offending hardware should not be the video card. Because a computer that periodically runs the game at 120 fps for a long time does not experience a situation where the video card is insufficient in that game. 

Is already a sufficient graphics card to run the game in question at 120 fps.

Of course, the scenario and assumptions we just described are not valid only for 120 fps. 

Similarly, while getting 80 fps from a game you are running, this value may decrease to 10-20 fps in the same way. Or, it may decrease for a short time while receiving 180-220 fps. Since we have stated that it is not caused by the video card, it is necessary to focus on the other factor, the processor hardware.

As with the video card, there are various technical features in the processor unit. Let's understand what these features are so that we can solve the sudden fps problem. We can say that the technical features in the processor are speed, number of cores and caches. is the unit of speed.

Processor Speed

The unit of speed of the processor is similarly called clock speed or clock rate. This expression indicates the speed and processing capacity of the processor. Its unit is GHz. This unit indicates the number of operations per second. For example, 1 for each calculation operation performed by a processor. Hertz expression is used.

For example, a processor with a clock speed of 2.4 GHz has the capacity to perform 24,000,000,000 calculations every second. We have also mentioned the term “Core” in processors. If the number of cores is more than one, multiple calculations are performed as the number of cores. For example, a processor with 2.4 GHz clock speed and 4 cores has the capacity to calculate 4 times the number of 24,000,000,000 per second.

Processor cause sudden fps problems

So why does the speed of the processor cause sudden fps problems? We mentioned that the hardware that makes the most effort to run 3D games on computers is processors and video cards. Similarly, we can say that the hardware that gets the most hot and damaged by heat is the graphics cards and processor units. It works. It is more than fed from the power supply. The processor speed goes out of the default by switching to the turbo mode. This causes a tremendous heat increase in the computer after a certain period of time. Thus, the computer can reduce the processor speed by half or even more than half for a short time in order to protect itself.

Naturally, you fps value on the screen suddenly drops to the base value. Thus, the sudden fps drop in 3D games.

In order to solve the sudden fps problem, you need to set the performance of your computer to show an ideal gaming experience, not the highest performance it can show.

Follow the steps below to solve the sudden fps problem…

HOW TO SOLVE ANY FPS PROBLEM?

First of all, you need to set the computer's power setting to balanced. For this, right-click the power icon in the lower right. Click on Power options .

•  This step has been done to ensure that the computer works at a sufficient level and offers stable performance instead of consuming power and warming up for high performance and experiencing the sudden falling fps problem. 

• In the window that opens , check the Balanced (Recommended) option. Close this window.

Run the  ThrottleStop software with administrator permission. Click here to install the software on your computer. Install the latest stable version of the software to your computer .

• After running the ThrottleStop software, perform the steps shown.

•  First, click on the "Game" tab from the 1st place. 

• Change the value by ticking the left box of the "Set Multiplier" option in place 2.  Change this option according to the instructions below.

• If the processor is a 4-core processor unit with a speed of 2.4 GHz (2.7 GHz turbo), set Multiplier value to 18.

• If the processor is an 8-core processor unit with a speed of 2.7 GHz (3.5 GHz turbo), the Set Multiplier value should be 24.

• Tick the boxes in places 3 and 4. 

• Now Click on “Turn On” button in place five (5). Then click the “Save” button in place 6 to save the settings. Finally, click on the button 7 to send the software to the taskbar. 

This is done to preserve the performance stability of hardware that is working efficiently enough to be counter to Overclocking.

Open the game where you have sudden FPS drop problem. Lower the graphics settings in the settings section of the game. At the same time, set the frame rate limit option at lower levels.

For example, below are the settings options of the League of Legends game. Here, the frame rate limit is limited to 60 fps for a computer that normally takes 170-200 fps but has sudden fps drops. All graphics settings have been changed from "Very High" to "High".

These adjustments have been made to reduce the load on the video card of the computer and to warm the computer less. Also, the lower the load on the video card, the less likely the video card will apply to the RAM memory.