Why am I encountering major lag in Q.U.B.E?

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In Q.U.B.E (steam game), I can make it all the way up to the first few laser puzzles with no issues, but then my FPS will suddenly drop to 10-20.

My PC specs are as follows:

I will normally get 60+ FPS up until said point.

This is a major issue for me as I am trying to record a let's play of the game, and I cannot progress if my FPS is so horrible!

Note: The FPS is horrible even if I'm not recording.

The game is running off of the unreal engine. Last I heard, it doesn't run as great on ATI cards. — Jeff Mercado, Feb 4, 2012 at 6:27
@JeffMercado As I said, I normally get 60+ FPS when playing. Also, AMD replaced ATI's graphics cards several years ago. — rshea0, Feb 4, 2012 at 6:32
@BlueRaja-DannyPflughoeft Yes, it doesn't matter if I'm recording or not. — rshea0, Feb 4, 2012 at 7:04

rshea0 · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-29 00:11:12Z

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Well I finally figured out the cause of this.

As I am recording with Fraps, and Fraps uses the HDD relentlessly, my disk was rapidly becoming fragmented as I recorded.

Whenever I encounter this issue again, running a quick defrag fixes it right up!

answered Mar 29, 2012 at 0:11

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