Random lag spikes, even with a constant 60 FPS?

Battlefield 4 General Discussion
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PC player here. When I launch BF4, it auto-assigns my graphics options to High, but I get a constant stream of 60+ FPS, but I encounter random freezes where my FPS drops for a few seconds. Specs:

i5-4570 @ 3.2 Ghz

EVGA GTX 760

MSI B85-G41 PC Mate Motherboard

8gb RAM 1600mhz

Is this a driver issue or is it due to my parts? I run BF4 with Skype and Chrome open, but that shouldn’t lower it that much. How can I get rid of these lag spikes? I had the same issue with Modded Minecraft, but it was fixed by allocating more RAM.

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When that happens do you see the packet loss boxes on the right side of the screen? Seeing that you are from az, I have another question for you. Are you using century link by any chance?

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No, Cox Communications.

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Hmm. I am having weird lag problems but a friend of mine is not. Was hoping to find something similar. We are probably but having the same problem if you are not getting the packet loss icon.

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Bf4 multi seems to be limited by things other than gpu in a lot of cases

  1. Make sure your cores are unparked in win 7
  2. 3.2ghz might be a bottle neck - try over clocking a bit
  3. See if you can bump your ram speed to 1866mhz

What’s your ping and does this happen on all servers?

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I’ve been getting these since the last upgrade (Mantle support) and updating my drivers to 14.1 (ATI).

Try this: open up console mode in game (~ key), and type “perfoverlay drawgraph true” (or use BF4 Settings and select this from the console settings).

As you play, you will see two lines. The green line is GPU performance, and the yellow line is CPY performance. Since the update, I’ve been getting serious CPU spikes (like, off the top of the screen, maxing out to 1835) that freeze the game for anywhere from 1/4 second to 2-3 seconds. Just since the update. Usually results in me getting killed or crashing.