Framerate drops to single digits in random bursts

TootsyBowl · Post by **TootsyBowl** » Wed Jun 28, 2017 5:33 am

Happens randomly, even in them menus. It fixes itself in a few seconds but it's getting quite annoying. Otherwise the framerate is smooth and playable.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Wed Jun 28, 2017 5:41 am

That sounds like some background task is periodically stealing some time. Can be some antivirus, some malware or even a badly behaved driver. I'm afraid you'll have to dig around in your system to find what is causing it. GZDoom is particularly susceptible to such antics because it normally runs one CPU core at 100%.

TootsyBowl · Post by **TootsyBowl** » Wed Jun 28, 2017 5:55 am

Graf Zahl wrote:That sounds like some background task is periodically stealing some time. Can be some antivirus, some malware or even a badly behaved driver. I'm afraid you'll have to dig around in your system to find what is causing it. GZDoom is particularly susceptible to such antics because it normally runs one CPU core at 100%.

I often have Chrome open in the background and I'm certain my ESET antivirus runs all the time. I heard ESET eats up a lot of resources.

wildweasel · Post by **wildweasel** » Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:00 pm

It's generally wise to close web browsers while playing (especially if you leave them on pages like TweetDeck or Facebook that are constantly auto-refreshing or running scripts in the background), and most decent anti-virus programs should have a "gaming mode" that will cause them to stop bothering you while a game is running (I usually had this on 100% of the time back when I had Avast installed).

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