#CPU lag spikes caused by gpu driver
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You can strip out a lot of functionality that causes DPC latency issues and spikes with nvcleanstall, this is what I do
What driver version are you on?
Also full system specs. How did you do the clean driver installation, too. And finally, do you use a riser cable?
Have you tried using Display Driver Uninstaller in Safe Mode?
Also, since this only started happening recently, try a driver that predates Cyberpunk PL
Also, check your hard disk conditions. (CrystalDiskInfo for info + drive manufacturer's tools for testing)
Do you see any WHEA errors? (Have HWinfo64 sensors mode in the background and see if the very bottom of the list has something after the computer stalls)
What I'm telling you is to completely wipe your drivers (since driver rollback are not supposed without a clean uninstall) using DDU, and then install a driver that predates that game.
537.34 or earlier
If the stalls disappear, then try installing the newest drivers with the driver package you download directly from NVIDIA
No, just guessing if reverting to an older driver may be better as this isn't something you always had, but recently happening
And finally
Task Manager. Performance tab. Memory. What's the RAM speed?
And slot count
Stop all troubleshooting. Restart your PC. Enter BIOS. Enable XMP Profile 1. Restart. Check if freezes and stalls cease.
You may not have a "problem" but rather "lol slow default ram". Hope that's the case!
They tend to get reset every time the BIOS is reset. E.g. BIOS updates
Hmm
Can you do this extra step?
Load Optimized Defaults
Save and exit. THEN go to BIOS and load XMP
OK. Don't change anything in the BIOS now. This isn't a corporate PC, right?
(Or at least a corpo surplus)
You probably should turn off bit locker on a gaming PC as it's known to worsen storage performance since normally it's handled in software because hardware had backdoors
In This PC, are any of your drives have a padlock?
OK. For now, try the older drivers and see if the problem goes away.
And just turn on XMP (this shouldn't touch anything else)
I don't think TPMs get reset when the CMOS is cleared
But yeah, something definitely has degraded if it could XMP and now it can't
Hmm.
So we have a system that may have hardware problems in the first place...
Can you try Profile 2? This is usually a slower XMP profile
If it doesn't boot, do the reset again.
Once that's sorted out, move on to check if older drivers work fine. Don't forget to DDU, as driver roll backs are not supported.
Some traces left over