Hey guys,
TLDR: I am looking for some help optimizing my pc and game
i5-3570k cpu
amd 7870 gpu
16gb ram
since the new patch 2.5 went live I noticed I have had some stability issues I didn't notice as much before. First was during a behemoth fight, my computer was putting out like 4 fps and I couldn't move or do anything, then my game crashed.
I also seem to crash every once and a while in mor dhona but only at the coerthas zone, when exiting mor dhona. I read some stuff on the forums about people with AMD cards having the issue. Does anyone else experience this?
While reading on the forums someone said opening up the task manager will help fix this, and it seems to work, but why? The other day my game was about to crash so I opened up the TM and it fixed it. Sometimes it seems the longer I play the more choppy the game gets. When I first start the game up it is as smooth as butter, but as I play it gets choppier, starting the TM seems to reset the choppiness.
Today I opened the TM and noticed my cpu load was in the 90%, now I was in mor dhona and it soon dropped to about 70-75% but that still seemed really high, it was all FF too, well windows was using about 3%. So I thought that may be why some chopping. So I decided to overclock my cpu.
I can't seem to get my cpu to oc more then 4.4 ghz despite reading numerous articles saying there should be no problem getting it to 4.5, but when I increase it anymore windows suddenly won't load. Also my core voltage is about 1.34v which again is high comparing to other articles I read. Right now my Temps are about 70°C.
Any info about about studdering in certain spots or ideas about my gpu or help with overclocking would be appreciated. I am fairly knowledgeable about computers and hardware having built a few pc, but I suck at the software side and don't have much info on programming.