Memory Leaks?

select20 · 08-21-2011, 08:46 PM

I'm playing on a i7-860 2.8 Ghz. 12 gigs of ram 1333Hz, and a Radeon 5770.

I can play with 50+ fps at all times on extreme quality, but with shadows turned all the way off. However, after about an hour of gameplay, all the sudden the ingame FPS meter shows 80+, but my actual fps slows to like around 10(guesstimate). It's really annoying having to close the game out every hour like clockwork. It doesn't matter where I am, in town, or out in the middle of nowhere, it always happens. Been playing for about 2 weeks this time around and this have never happend before.

My drivers are all updated.

TSR-JoshuaM · 08-23-2011, 11:16 AM

I'm leaning towards overheating just based on the description. Would you mind obtaining ATITool from ATI's website and taking a temperature reading of your GPU at the time of the FPS plummet?

select20 · 08-24-2011, 06:17 PM

Yeah sure, the ATITool isn't compatible with Win7 though. I think Catalyste Control center has something like that though, I'll check it out.

select20 · 08-24-2011, 06:18 PM

Sitting in at the Desktop, i'm sitting at 68C. I'll update this when my fps starts going down.

** OKay update:

When playing the game i was getting upto 98C, I dont' know if thats too hot or what. So, just to mess around, I messed around with some GPU setting in Catalyst Control that lets me over clock my GPU, i moved High Performance GPUclock setting from 800Mhz to 900Mhz and High Perfomance Memory clock settings from 1200Mhz to 1300Mhz. Ran the test and it passed.

Well, when I started up Eq2 again, I noticed my Temp had gone from 98C while running to 81C, much cooler. I've never overclocked anything ever, and honestly, it doesn't make sense to me why it runs cooler if it's overclocked a bit, but either way, I have no more problems with my fps dropping every so often, forcing me to restart.

TSR-JoshuaM · 08-25-2011, 11:01 AM

select20 wrote:

Sitting in at the Desktop, i'm sitting at 68C. I'll update this when my fps starts going down.
** OKay update:
When playing the game i was getting upto 98C, I dont' know if thats too hot or what. So, just to mess around, I messed around with some GPU setting in Catalyst Control that lets me over clock my GPU, i moved High Performance GPUclock setting from 800Mhz to 900Mhz and High Perfomance Memory clock settings from 1200Mhz to 1300Mhz. Ran the test and it passed.
Well, when I started up Eq2 again, I noticed my Temp had gone from 98C while running to 81C, much cooler. I've never overclocked anything ever, and honestly, it doesn't make sense to me why it runs cooler if it's overclocked a bit, but either way, I have no more problems with my fps dropping every so often, forcing me to restart.

To be honest, once you exceed 75C you can't really ensure proper functionality any longer. 80+ is much too high and 98C is near boiling point. You do have a clear heating issue and it might be time to do some cleaning. Take a can of compressed air to it, work out any dust bunnies, etc. You don't really want to see over 75C+.

select20 · 08-25-2011, 02:55 PM

TSR-JoshuaM wrote:

select20 wrote:
Sitting in at the Desktop, i'm sitting at 68C. I'll update this when my fps starts going down.
** OKay update:
When playing the game i was getting upto 98C, I dont' know if thats too hot or what. So, just to mess around, I messed around with some GPU setting in Catalyst Control that lets me over clock my GPU, i moved High Performance GPUclock setting from 800Mhz to 900Mhz and High Perfomance Memory clock settings from 1200Mhz to 1300Mhz. Ran the test and it passed.
Well, when I started up Eq2 again, I noticed my Temp had gone from 98C while running to 81C, much cooler. I've never overclocked anything ever, and honestly, it doesn't make sense to me why it runs cooler if it's overclocked a bit, but either way, I have no more problems with my fps dropping every so often, forcing me to restart.
To be honest, once you exceed 75C you can't really ensure proper functionality any longer. 80+ is much too high and 98C is near boiling point. You do have a clear heating issue and it might be time to do some cleaning. Take a can of compressed air to it, work out any dust bunnies, etc. You don't really want to see over 75C+.

Oh wow, really? yeah I'll clean it out then. Thanks for the heads up. My other question, why would it run cooler overclocked?

TSR-JoshuaM · 08-25-2011, 03:08 PM

select20 wrote:

TSR-JoshuaM wrote:
select20 wrote:
Sitting in at the Desktop, i'm sitting at 68C. I'll update this when my fps starts going down.
** OKay update:
When playing the game i was getting upto 98C, I dont' know if thats too hot or what. So, just to mess around, I messed around with some GPU setting in Catalyst Control that lets me over clock my GPU, i moved High Performance GPUclock setting from 800Mhz to 900Mhz and High Perfomance Memory clock settings from 1200Mhz to 1300Mhz. Ran the test and it passed.
Well, when I started up Eq2 again, I noticed my Temp had gone from 98C while running to 81C, much cooler. I've never overclocked anything ever, and honestly, it doesn't make sense to me why it runs cooler if it's overclocked a bit, but either way, I have no more problems with my fps dropping every so often, forcing me to restart.
To be honest, once you exceed 75C you can't really ensure proper functionality any longer. 80+ is much too high and 98C is near boiling point. You do have a clear heating issue and it might be time to do some cleaning. Take a can of compressed air to it, work out any dust bunnies, etc. You don't really want to see over 75C+.
Oh wow, really? yeah I'll clean it out then. Thanks for the heads up. My other question, why would it run cooler overclocked?

I wouldn't be able to tell you with any certainty but what I expect is that the voltage droops more, so its actually consuming less power. You can google vdroop. Just a guess, of course.

select20 · 08-26-2011, 12:16 AM

Just to update you...

I opened up my PC to clean it out. Wasn't that dirty since I clean it out about once a month but I figured I would anyways. I started messing around in there and noticed that Dell, form the factory had installed some long flat metal piece along the side of the video card. I'm guessing it was to help hold the card in place, I don't know because it was sturdy enough without it.

Anyways, it was convering one hole side of the GPU, also not allowing air to flow freely through the vents that it was covering. Anyways, I removed it, started everythign back up and already while playing I'm only in the 71-74c range. Down from 81c. Wierd I know, not sure why they would put something like that in there.

TSR-JoshuaM · 08-26-2011, 11:10 AM

select20 wrote:

Just to update you...
I opened up my PC to clean it out. Wasn't that dirty since I clean it out about once a month but I figured I would anyways. I started messing around in there and noticed that Dell, form the factory had installed some long flat metal piece along the side of the video card. I'm guessing it was to help hold the card in place, I don't know because it was sturdy enough without it.
Anyways, it was convering one hole side of the GPU, also not allowing air to flow freely through the vents that it was covering. Anyways, I removed it, started everythign back up and already while playing I'm only in the 71-74c range. Down from 81c. Wierd I know, not sure why they would put something like that in there.

Has performanced tanked like it did prior to doing this?

select20 · 08-26-2011, 05:59 PM

Not at all. I look sometimes, and with EQ2 running I've seen as low as 68c. Either way, EQ2 is just running smoother in everyway. It could just be my imagination, but my PC as a whole seems to be running smoother. Thanks so much for the help.

08-23-2011, 11:16 AM	#2
TSR-JoshuaM Customer Service Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 5,609	I'm leaning towards overheating just based on the description. Would you mind obtaining ATITool from ATI's website and taking a temperature reading of your GPU at the time of the FPS plummet? __________________ TSR Joshua M. Technical Support Representative Sony Online Entertainment How to Contact Support: https://help.station.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/28939 How to Create a DXDIAG/MSINFO https://help.station.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/28973

08-25-2011, 11:01 AM	#5
TSR-JoshuaM Customer Service Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 5,609	select20 wrote: Sitting in at the Desktop, i'm sitting at 68C. I'll update this when my fps starts going down. ** OKay update: When playing the game i was getting upto 98C, I dont' know if thats too hot or what. So, just to mess around, I messed around with some GPU setting in Catalyst Control that lets me over clock my GPU, i moved High Performance GPUclock setting from 800Mhz to 900Mhz and High Perfomance Memory clock settings from 1200Mhz to 1300Mhz. Ran the test and it passed. Well, when I started up Eq2 again, I noticed my Temp had gone from 98C while running to 81C, much cooler. I've never overclocked anything ever, and honestly, it doesn't make sense to me why it runs cooler if it's overclocked a bit, but either way, I have no more problems with my fps dropping every so often, forcing me to restart. To be honest, once you exceed 75C you can't really ensure proper functionality any longer. 80+ is much too high and 98C is near boiling point. You do have a clear heating issue and it might be time to do some cleaning. Take a can of compressed air to it, work out any dust bunnies, etc. You don't really want to see over 75C+. __________________ TSR Joshua M. Technical Support Representative Sony Online Entertainment How to Contact Support: https://help.station.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/28939 How to Create a DXDIAG/MSINFO https://help.station.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/28973

08-25-2011, 02:55 PM	#6
select20 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 64	TSR-JoshuaM wrote: select20 wrote: Sitting in at the Desktop, i'm sitting at 68C. I'll update this when my fps starts going down. ** OKay update: When playing the game i was getting upto 98C, I dont' know if thats too hot or what. So, just to mess around, I messed around with some GPU setting in Catalyst Control that lets me over clock my GPU, i moved High Performance GPUclock setting from 800Mhz to 900Mhz and High Perfomance Memory clock settings from 1200Mhz to 1300Mhz. Ran the test and it passed. Well, when I started up Eq2 again, I noticed my Temp had gone from 98C while running to 81C, much cooler. I've never overclocked anything ever, and honestly, it doesn't make sense to me why it runs cooler if it's overclocked a bit, but either way, I have no more problems with my fps dropping every so often, forcing me to restart. To be honest, once you exceed 75C you can't really ensure proper functionality any longer. 80+ is much too high and 98C is near boiling point. You do have a clear heating issue and it might be time to do some cleaning. Take a can of compressed air to it, work out any dust bunnies, etc. You don't really want to see over 75C+. Oh wow, really? yeah I'll clean it out then. Thanks for the heads up. My other question, why would it run cooler overclocked?

08-25-2011, 03:08 PM	#7
TSR-JoshuaM Customer Service Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 5,609	select20 wrote: TSR-JoshuaM wrote: select20 wrote: Sitting in at the Desktop, i'm sitting at 68C. I'll update this when my fps starts going down. ** OKay update: When playing the game i was getting upto 98C, I dont' know if thats too hot or what. So, just to mess around, I messed around with some GPU setting in Catalyst Control that lets me over clock my GPU, i moved High Performance GPUclock setting from 800Mhz to 900Mhz and High Perfomance Memory clock settings from 1200Mhz to 1300Mhz. Ran the test and it passed. Well, when I started up Eq2 again, I noticed my Temp had gone from 98C while running to 81C, much cooler. I've never overclocked anything ever, and honestly, it doesn't make sense to me why it runs cooler if it's overclocked a bit, but either way, I have no more problems with my fps dropping every so often, forcing me to restart. To be honest, once you exceed 75C you can't really ensure proper functionality any longer. 80+ is much too high and 98C is near boiling point. You do have a clear heating issue and it might be time to do some cleaning. Take a can of compressed air to it, work out any dust bunnies, etc. You don't really want to see over 75C+. Oh wow, really? yeah I'll clean it out then. Thanks for the heads up. My other question, why would it run cooler overclocked? I wouldn't be able to tell you with any certainty but what I expect is that the voltage droops more, so its actually consuming less power. You can google vdroop. Just a guess, of course. __________________ TSR Joshua M. Technical Support Representative Sony Online Entertainment How to Contact Support: https://help.station.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/28939 How to Create a DXDIAG/MSINFO https://help.station.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/28973

08-26-2011, 11:10 AM	#9
TSR-JoshuaM Customer Service Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 5,609	select20 wrote: Just to update you... I opened up my PC to clean it out. Wasn't that dirty since I clean it out about once a month but I figured I would anyways. I started messing around in there and noticed that Dell, form the factory had installed some long flat metal piece along the side of the video card. I'm guessing it was to help hold the card in place, I don't know because it was sturdy enough without it. Anyways, it was convering one hole side of the GPU, also not allowing air to flow freely through the vents that it was covering. Anyways, I removed it, started everythign back up and already while playing I'm only in the 71-74c range. Down from 81c. Wierd I know, not sure why they would put something like that in there. Has performanced tanked like it did prior to doing this? __________________ TSR Joshua M. Technical Support Representative Sony Online Entertainment How to Contact Support: https://help.station.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/28939 How to Create a DXDIAG/MSINFO https://help.station.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/28973

08-21-2011, 08:46 PM	#1
select20 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 64	I'm playing on a i7-860 2.8 Ghz. 12 gigs of ram 1333Hz, and a Radeon 5770. I can play with 50+ fps at all times on extreme quality, but with shadows turned all the way off. However, after about an hour of gameplay, all the sudden the ingame FPS meter shows 80+, but my actual fps slows to like around 10(guesstimate). It's really annoying having to close the game out every hour like clockwork. It doesn't matter where I am, in town, or out in the middle of nowhere, it always happens. Been playing for about 2 weeks this time around and this have never happend before. My drivers are all updated.

08-24-2011, 06:17 PM	#3
select20 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 64	Yeah sure, the ATITool isn't compatible with Win7 though. I think Catalyste Control center has something like that though, I'll check it out.

08-24-2011, 06:18 PM	#4
select20 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 64	Sitting in at the Desktop, i'm sitting at 68C. I'll update this when my fps starts going down. ** OKay update: When playing the game i was getting upto 98C, I dont' know if thats too hot or what. So, just to mess around, I messed around with some GPU setting in Catalyst Control that lets me over clock my GPU, i moved High Performance GPUclock setting from 800Mhz to 900Mhz and High Perfomance Memory clock settings from 1200Mhz to 1300Mhz. Ran the test and it passed. Well, when I started up Eq2 again, I noticed my Temp had gone from 98C while running to 81C, much cooler. I've never overclocked anything ever, and honestly, it doesn't make sense to me why it runs cooler if it's overclocked a bit, but either way, I have no more problems with my fps dropping every so often, forcing me to restart.

08-26-2011, 12:16 AM	#8
select20 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 64	Just to update you... I opened up my PC to clean it out. Wasn't that dirty since I clean it out about once a month but I figured I would anyways. I started messing around in there and noticed that Dell, form the factory had installed some long flat metal piece along the side of the video card. I'm guessing it was to help hold the card in place, I don't know because it was sturdy enough without it. Anyways, it was convering one hole side of the GPU, also not allowing air to flow freely through the vents that it was covering. Anyways, I removed it, started everythign back up and already while playing I'm only in the 71-74c range. Down from 81c. Wierd I know, not sure why they would put something like that in there.

08-26-2011, 05:59 PM	#10
select20 Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 64	Not at all. I look sometimes, and with EQ2 running I've seen as low as 68c. Either way, EQ2 is just running smoother in everyway. It could just be my imagination, but my PC as a whole seems to be running smoother. Thanks so much for the help.