Please see if the ventilation of your PC is clean. It seems like your computer is overheating..
irregular cpu usage with lag
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Anonymous
hello
my computer is lagging since today. here my processor usage (with rocket league open in background)
i also noticed that my maximal cpu frequency seems to fluctuate regularly between 120% and 5%
thank you
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Anonymous
2022-04-26T16:51:34+00:00 i ran the troubleshooting of the power plan but no problem were found
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Aymeric-B 29,380 Reputation points Independent Advisor2022-04-26T16:35:50+00:00 Open your Windows start menu and type "power plan".
Launch the troubleshooter. Do you have any warnings issued ?
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Anonymous
2022-04-26T16:24:45+00:00 Thanks for your quick answer.
I'm in high performance mode and i don't have any other software open.
i specify that i'm lagging even when the game is foreground.
also i already reboot my computer and i have a dual boot with linux but i'm lagging only on windows
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Aymeric-B 29,380 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2022-04-26T16:13:13+00:00 Hello ! I'm Aymeric, and I'm here to help.
Your CPU usage is rightly very low when you're running a game in the background. Do you have an energy power saving mode on ? Or any software that could interfere with your energy management settings ?
Waiting for your answer !