periodic frame drops / fps drops, input lag, and mini freezes

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Periodic fps drops (lowest fps drops to 60-80, highest goes very high - with fps caps), happens idleing with kb+m unplugged, happens accross 2 pcs with different era tech. Issue gets worse in online games, with rapid inputs, and with lots of on screen events (or sounds maybe).

Attatched screenshot of the fps graph (2nd half is the symptom). Can give info my PCs, other settings, or about my troubleshooting so far (latencymon, WPA, etc).

PC, steam, kb+m

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Need additional information Other Suggested by: Alex (15 Apr) • Upvoted: 22 May • Comments: 3

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06 May
Connor Merged
I'll be playing a game and be going from 20ping to 800?
06 May
Dawson System
"LAG/FPS DROPS" (suggested by <Hidden> on 2026-05-06), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
25 May
Tekkers Admin
Thanks for the detailed report.

Could you please share your log file and confirm whether this happens in Freeplay, online matches, or both?
If you have any extra troubleshooting details from LatencyMon or WPA, those would also be helpful.

periodic frame drops / fps drops, input lag, and mini freezes

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