Why is my FPS dropping when I move my mouse cursor in games?

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Vatsuggggg

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Hi! This is not the only forum I've searched for help, it's like this.

When I came home from school this Wednesday I went to the PC to play some StarCraft 2 and immediately I knew something was wrong because as soon as I moved the mouse cursor the FPS went down to 5-15 (I normally have 60+), first I thought I had too much programs up at the same time but no, it was just StarCraft 2 and internet.
I barely finished the game and was really pissed :mad:(I still am) because I have never had this problem before and wondered what was causing it.
Then I started League of legends, Minecraft and Warcraft 3 and the same problem occurred there.

In one night this happened and I really don't know what's causing it.
So if someone know how to solve it please help me :)
 
Do a system restore back to a day it was working. Most likely a windows update caused it.
 
No, you don't need the windows disk. Start, accessories, system tools, system restore. and restore your system back to a day when it was working fine.
 
shouldn't. System restore is a part of teh OS. If you are running Vista or 7, just type system restore into the search bar and it will take you right to it.
 
just wait. The entire world is not going to come kneeling before you imediately just because you have a minor inconvience (not really a problem) with your computer.

You system restored, so it was not another m$ screwup (they have plenty).

Next up. Dust your GPU. It is overheating. Moving the mouse causes the image being generated to massively change (as the terrain moves), which puts extra strain on the GPU. Dust it out and it will likely be fixed. But to be sure, download EVGA precision and set the monitoring tab to show temps and frames in OSD and then minimize precision. Start the game and tell us what the temps are. If they are above 70, then set the fan speed up and try again. You will see more frames there.
If your temps are stable and below 70, then download the latest drivers for your GPU and install them.
That don't work, reinstall the game.
If the game still performs badly, then reinstall windows.
If it still runs badly, then you need a spare GPU and PSU to test the hardware (and memtest).
 
So you want me to reinstall all my games? Because it happens in all games :S, got my latest gpu driver, the temp was on around 46-47 celcius and the fps could be 0- 63 depending on how much i moved the mouse.
 
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It's not a mouse acceleration issue is it? Is there an option to enable hardware cursor in Starcraft 2 too?
 
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