all my games are choppy when they were perfectly fine yesterday

[killua2142]

I have no idea why all my games are stuttering when everything was fine. I have a dell inspirion with the i1 processor, i updated my drivers. I dont understand why this is happening when before it was fine.

 

[dorsetknob]

i1 processor,

have you made a typo there is only i3 /i5 /i7 and i9

 

[Toothless]

have you made a typo there is only i3 /i5 /i7 and i9

i1 must be single cores.

 

[cucker tarlson]

i1 must be single cores.

explains the stutter

 

[dorsetknob]

we need more info on cpu
only Intel single core was Core solo
Please download CPUz and post screenshots

 

[killua2142]

Ah sorry it’s an i7, il download cpuz and post screenshots in the morning, I’m quite ill and in bed sorry about that

 

[danbert2000]

Major causes of stuttering:

- Overheating CPU or GPU leads to swings in frequency
- Background processes taking up CPU time during gaming
- A virus
- Potentially a failing storage device or RAM
- Windows installed a crappy driver for you

I would try using DDU to completely uninstall your drivers and then install the latest GPU drivers. I would also check the task manager to see if any programs are taking up a lot of CPU time. And also I would use HWinfo to check your temperatures to make sure you aren't thermally throttling. If all of those turn up nothing, let us know.

 

[killua2142]

Major causes of stuttering:

- Overheating CPU or GPU leads to swings in frequency
- Background processes taking up CPU time during gaming
- A virus
- Potentially a failing storage device or RAM
- Windows installed a crappy driver for you

I would try using DDU to completely uninstall your drivers and then install the latest GPU drivers. I would also check the task manager to see if any programs are taking up a lot of CPU time. And also I would use HWinfo to check your temperatures to make sure you aren't thermally throttling. If all of those turn up nothing, let us know.

Ok il try it in the morning thank you

 

[Space Lynx]

witcher 3 had stuttering for me until i changed max pre-rendered frames to 1 in nvidia control panel.

try that, it fixes stuttering in a lot of games.

 

[killua2142]

we need more info on cpu
only Intel single core was Core solo
Please download CPUz and post screenshots

All the games i play suddenly start using 100% gpu and close to 100% of the cpu. but before it used to run them fine eg overwatch

witcher 3 had stuttering for me until i changed max pre-rendered frames to 1 in nvidia control panel.

try that, it fixes stuttering in a lot of games.

where do i find the control panel i had the geforce experience but i cant find that setting

 

[Space Lynx]

All the games i play suddenly start using 100% gpu and close to 100% of the cpu. but before it used to run them fine eg overwatch


where do i find the control panel i had the geforce experience but i cant find that setting

right click anywhere on your desktop.

 

[L|NK|N]

I'm not asking this to be an ass, however I noticed that no one else has asked this: Have you tried turning it off and on again (restart)? Also, what games are we talking about? Knowing your GPU and the rest of your system specs/configuration would be very helpful. Perhaps windows was updating in the background, or a virus scan?

By the way, welcome to the forums! When you have a moment, could you kindly fill out your system specs in your profile? We are here to help.

 

[killua2142]

good news, after i reinstalled my drivers, it seems to be working fine. but when i alt tab and open chrome the cpu usage goes to 100% then it goes back down below 50%. I dont think it did that before but its a good start. thank you for the help. Il try the nvidia control settings now

 

[eidairaman1]

Yeah report the problem, dont use chrome