Micro Stutter/Lag when Gpuz is open

[jayjaykay]

So i changed the thermal paste and pads on my MSI R9 390 and refitted in. Ran unigine heaven benchmark to see the change in temperature.

normally i use hwmonitor to see the gpu temperature. but i opened gpuz this time and noticed a micro stutter at an interval of 3-4 seconds continuously until i had gpuz open.

i cleaned the pcie slot, DDu ed the driver but then as i gave up and started playing a game without gpuz i realised that it was cause.

could this be something related to GPUz using the gpu sensors??

temperature seems normal while gaming Gpu@81c Vrm 1@75c and vrm2@65c.

any help?

 

[W1zzard]

could this be something related to GPUz using the gpu sensors??

yeah that's possible. turn them off in settings and see if that makes a difference, maybe you can even identify the exact sensor causing the issue

 

[jayjaykay]

yeah that's possible. turn them off in settings and see if that makes a difference, maybe you can even identify the exact sensor causing the issue

thanks for the reply. I tried disabling all the sensors...the problem still persists....any suggestions?

tried closing radeon software through task manager..no help there either.

 

[W1zzard]

Do you have any other monitoring software running?

 

[jayjaykay]

Do you have any other monitoring software running?

I had msi afterburner but I uninstalled it.

 

[Chrispy_]

Bumping for interest. I don't run any now but annoying microstuttering was a big problem for the R9 series cards. System tray software and background monitoring were often the culprit but I never always found the cause and just assumed it was a Windows service.

The fact that the problem never happened on newer cards like the RX480, even in the same systems makes me feel that the 2nd/3rd gen GCN driver was overly sensitive.

 

[jayjaykay]

Bumping for interest. I don't run any now but annoying microstuttering was a big problem for the R9 series cards. System tray software and background monitoring were often the culprit but I never always found the cause and just assumed it was a Windows service.

The fact that the problem never happened on newer cards like the RX480, even in the same systems makes me feel that the 2nd/3rd gen GCN driver was overly sensitive.

i am thinking the same. some background service should be the culprit.

the next obvious step is to reinstall the windows. might do it tonight. i ll let you know the outcome.

 

[Naki]

Try in Linux (you can also run this Live from a USB flash drive) -- Ubuntu is good enough for such testing:

Create a bootable USB stick with Rufus on Windows | Ubuntu

Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.

ubuntu.com

Try Windows PE too, such as -->

Download Sergei Strelec's WinPE - MajorGeeks

WinPE creates a bootable DVD or thumb drive for computer maintenance, partitioning, backup and restore, diagnostics, data recovery, and more. Backups include Acronis, Nortons Ghost, Disk2vhd, Macrium and more. Drive utilities include MiniTool, Macrorit, Defraggler, Auslogics Disk Defrag...

m.majorgeeks.com

IF Linux and Strelec PE are both fine, something is wrong with your actual/current Windows OS installation.
Obviously, if Strelec has no stuttering with GPU-Z not running, but starts to stutter with GPU-Z running, then you will know GPU-Z is the culprit.

EDIT: Also, it is possible something on the video card got damaged during the replacement/cleaning process.
You probably did this more than 20-40 times and are good at it, but this does not rule out a defect of some kind in your GPU after the procedures.

EDIT #2: OR also possible card is simply dying of "old age", regardless of those procedures you did with it.

 

[basco]

what happens if ya put the sensor refresh rate up to 10ms ?