Short and random freezing since 5.1

This has been annoying me since 0.5.1.0, my game's constantly been freezing for ~0.5 to ~3 seconds about every ~30 seconds, I've repaired my registry, checked my RAM usage which is low, and reinstalled the game and I still get this annoying freezing, it only happens within BeamNG.Drive

 

Checked temperatures? May have had dust build up leading to thermal throttle

 

Not just dust buildup, my fan bearings are screwed up and it won't spin at full RPM so to play long sessions of Beamng I have to use lowest possible graphics + 30 FPS limit
My GPU goes up to 60C-90C, but 100+ on max and it starts getting unstable at those temps

 

There is your issue then. Those temperatures are high enough for the system to throttle itself periodically to reduce heat output/improve cooling. This will be causing your periodic freezing.

 

I don't experience throttling, even when the GPU reaches critical temperatures

 

Well you should! Running the GPU at critical temperatures can damage it, so you should get more fans/liquid cooling.

 

Holy shit. Clean the GPU or buy a new Heatsink for it. My GPU never gets over 74°c, no matter what i play.

i think you have a r7 260/x?

http://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Accele...09&sr=8-1&keywords=Arctic+Cooling+Accelero+S3

Get one or two fans with it and you are fine.

 

The fan bearings are screwed, it won't spin at full RPM even when I set the speed to 100%, when the bearings actually want to work properly it'll keep my gpu under 75c (with Beamng on medium graphics)

It's a R7 250

 

The Heatsink i have posted should also fit on there but i dont know if it makes sense to spend that money on this GPU, maybe you just should get a new GPU, used or new.