BF4 Running bad
Ok my computer has developed a bad fault which has been driving me MAD! So heres the specs: AMD FX-8120 8gig ram MSI R7850 2TB Sata 6 drive Traktor audio 6 antec earthwatts EA430-D This P...
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Thanks Bastian, I kinda gave up on getting bf4 to work as I think its not bf4 at fault, I think my CPU and/or fan is dieing. Im getting core temps of 57c in bios and it doesnt seem to go down.
I did disable the in game overlay and checked my settings (they were on default) which is the same as what you suggest. It did the same thing - 5 minutes of running sweet, then fan throttle down and whine and 5 fps. This time after I quit out the system never really fully recovered and now it feels like the computer is choking constantly. Even after restart etc. As mentioned the CPU idles at 57c and I dont really want to know what is was underload. I guess I've probobly killed the CPU as now the computer runs bad in every situation.
I'll replace the heatsink/fan and re-seat it to the chip and see what happens, if it still plays up then I'm guessing its new rig time ☹️
I have monitored it for a few days now using a combination of prime95 and speedfan/hwmonitor/Hwininfo64. Only running one of the latter at a time as I hear this can effect the readings. I found speedfan to be the most accurate on my system after quickly going back to bios and comparing the readings regarding the CPU temp.
Underload (prime85 running on stress test) I get,
Temp1 - 30c (system overall temperature?)
Temp2 - 70c (not sure what reading this is but it tends to be the highest) - Burning symbol
Temp3 - 66c (not sure what this is either) - Burning symbol
HD0 - 33c (I'm guessing this is hard drive)
GPU - 24c (Graphics card I guess)
Core - 55c (CPU temp at a guess - I read these AMD FX-8120 are good to about 60c)
On idle (sat in windows with minimal apps open, just speedfan drivers etc)
Temp1 - 30c
Temp2 - 52c
Temp3 - 42c
HD0 - 35c
GPU - 32c
Core - 32c
Just before I ran this particular test I changed a setting in the bios which auto controlled the CPU Vcore voltage with regards to temperature. I guess when the CPU is hot, it drops the vcore voltage to cool it down? Anyways I DISABLED this and it seems to run alot better in windows, I haven't tested any games yet. Before I disabled this setting the PC was choking massively i.e 2-3 minutes opening a browser window, big hangs when closing windows etc
I have ordered a good quality heatsink and fan as I hear the stock ones are naff and I'll get that in a few days.
I think I've fixed it by stipping it down and hooving out the dust. The stock cooler is a poor design and the heat sink was clogged with dust. I think it was a heat issue. I haven't turned it off but when I do I will check the bios as I think that auto vcore/temp setting was strangely running too hot. I did notice when it was on auto, the vcore was running at 1.4 and I have seen suggestions of playing around with this setting can aid with temperature control. I'm not going to bother in this instance as it seems to be under control at the minute and if I don't want to potenitally damage the system as I'm not too confident with bios settings. But if anyone else is having similar issues that would be my next port of call.
I actually played about 10 minutes of bf4 without it flicking into 5 fps mode. The only problem was my gun model dissappeared and I was unable to shoot, just throw grenades that were see through like predator, it was quite cool.
