Hi everyone,
I've been dealing with terrible frametime spikes and fps drop in CS2 for months and I'm running out of ideas.
PC specs:
- Ryzen 7 5700X3D
- RTX 4060 Ti
- 32GB DDR4 3200MHz (XMP enabled)
- Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite Rev. 1.3
- Latest BIOS
- Windows 11
The issue:
- Frametime randomly jumps from around 4 ms to 30-50 ms, causing noticeable freezes.
- It happens multiple times every round.
- Recently I updated my GPU drivers and it actually became even worse.
Things I've already tried:
- Clean Windows install.
- Different Ethernet cable.
- Different internet connection (same issue).
- Updated BIOS.
- Updated chipset drivers.
- Enabled XMP (it was disabled after the BIOS update, now RAM runs at 3200 MHz).
- Different in-game settings.
- Steam launch options.
- Verified game files.
- Disabled overlays.
- Different NVIDIA settings.
- High Performance power plan.
I also tried playing offline against bots with the Ethernet cable completely unplugged to rule out any network issues. Surprisingly, the game actually felt even worse. My frametime stayed around 10–12 ms instead of the usual ~4-5 ms, there was significantly more stuttering, and at one point my keyboard started acting strangely, with my character continuing to move as if a key was stuck even though it wasn't.
Temperatures are normal and the CPU seems to boost correctly.
At this point I'm not even sure if this is a CS2 issue, a BIOS issue, a driver issue, a hardware issue, or something else.
Has anyone experienced similar frametime spikes with a Ryzen 7 5700X3D or found a solution?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.