u/Cestral

Ok, so let me start from the beginning because it's necessary for context.

I bought a new computer some 9 months ago with these specs:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU: Radeon 7900 XTX
RAM: 96 GB Corsair 6000 Mhz
PSU: 1000W Hydro Ti Pro
Motherboard: ASRock X870E Nova
Drives: Samsung 990 Pro 4TB x2
Peripherals: Corsair mouse and keyboard
Windows 11 (latest update)
Monitors: 3440x1440 @ 144 Hz & 2560x1440 @ 144 Hz w/ FreeSync enabled on both

I've played a game called Mobmania. It had random freezes happening for 10-15s after which the game would continue, but it would always disconnect a multiplayer game.

Some months later I played a game called Hero Siege. It would have the exact same issue. Game would freeze occasionally for 10-15 seconds. Sometimes the game would continue to play, other times it would disconnect me from the game.

Now today I played a game called Super Mining Mechs. Exact same issue. Game freezes for 10-15 seconds every now and then. The only difference in this game is that it doesn't disconnect multiplayer.

These freezes sometimes happen twice in 30 seconds and other times not once in 30 minutes. It varies greatly.

I wasn't thinking much of it after playing the first two games more than the separate games having some weird issues, but when this exact thing happened in a third game I thought it was weird that these simple looking games would all have the same issue. So I searched what game engine they were all made it and apparently they're all made in Gamemaker.

So without a doubt Gamemaker is the common denominator here. These are the only games I have any issues with.

I've tried changing my refresh rate and reinstalling the games and my drivers etc. (everything is updated) but nothing helps.

My old computer built around 2018 was an Intel CPU system but it did use the same video card. It was the only component I moved over to my new computer. With that said, I thus don't think it's a video card issue unless it's a video card + Windows 11 issue because the old computer ran Windows 10.

EDIT: I'm editing the post here just to clarify that I played Mobmania on my old computer with the same 7900 XTX video card and the same monitors and I never had any problems.

Anyway, is this a known issue? Is there any known solution? If not, how can I provide a proper bug report for this?

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UPDATE:

ISSUE SOLVED! It was Corsair's iCUE causing the problem. When I shut down iCUE these issues stopped happening.

I also tried:

- Turning off Steam and Discord overlays.
- Changed Window's Power plan setting to Balanced.
- Turned off my second monitor.
- Turned off everything in AMD's Adrenaline software.

None of those things changed anything. But as soon as iCUE was shut down everything was resolved. Turning on iCUE again while the game is running would immediately cause a 10-15 seconds game freeze and disconnect any client players if I was hosting.