Need help with resolving stuttering in games, and overall poor performance

[Fluidz]

Hi Flash, I'm using the same cpu, I too have had issues with stuttering since upgrading to a 3700x and 2080ti, that never existed with my intel i7 930 + 1080ti build. This has been going on since around December 19. I have changed the graphics card for another 2080ti (same model), and it didn't help, so I don't think the 2080ti is causing it. When I'm gaming, if my fps fluctuates too fast then I get stutters, in some games I have to cap the framerate as low as 120fps to stop these from occurring, even though I have the monitor set to 144hz, with Gsync turned on. In games such as Forza Horizon 4, which I cannot use rivatuner to manually set a framerate cap, if the framerate shoots from 120fps to 144+. the screen freezes for like 0.5 seconds, it is really annoying. The same happens in heaven benchmark, I get regular stutters when the framerate shoots higher than 144fps (144hz monitor).. when Vsync is turned off. My system seems somewhat incapable of switching from Gsync (under 144fps) to Vsync (144fps +) without sometimes stuttering.

My systems gpu/cpu clocks are default, temps are fine, two sets of different ram have been tested with and without xmp, so I followed most of the advice out there. I'm using a blazing fast ssd. I feel your pain as I feel I can relate.

 

[TheBeker]

Hi, i've been searching all over the web for a solution, my problem is the same as Flash and Fluidz, my fps can go from 144 to 143, 120 to 119, 100 to 99 and it stutters, i tried capping with rivatuner, nvcp, trying all sorts of things (including the guide by testufo.com) and i can almost confirm that enabling G-SYNC causes the stutters, as when i'm having less of these microstutters with just v-sync, rather that with G-SYNC enabled, i've been having this problem for more than a year, and i have changed every component of my pc except for the monitor and GPU, and i'm inclined to think one of them if faulty, more so the monitor, because it is what controls G-SYNC, soon i'll test a friends PC with another G-SYNC monitor, and when I can, i'll swap monitors and GPUs.

 

[bbacks26]

Any updates on this?

 

[TheBeker]

All i can say is, that i tested my friend's PC and it's the same deal, but we both have a 1080tI and a 9600k, so idk if it can be some sort of compatibility issue there, on his PC, Read Dead 2 didn't stutter at all, while staying in the 40s and 50s, but the stutter appeared on games that ran above that. Right now, i dont know what to make of it.

 

[Spoon30]

Having a similar issue. Do you happen to have problems with your mouse during these stutters? Does it feel floaty at all?

 

[TheBeker]

Having a similar issue. Do you happen to have problems with your mouse during these stutters? Does it feel floaty at all?

Having a similar issue. Do you happen to have problems with your mouse during these stutters? Does it feel floaty at all?

I can't call it floaty, motion across the screen just stops for a fraction of a second, it's the same with a controller or a mouse, it's the same kind of stutter v-sync introduces, but with g-sync, although it makes it a lot smoother, it's there.

 

[Silverfoxx]

Hi Guys! I have the same problem. I7-9700F and Asus 2080Super, had micro stutters over an year. OC my GPU and it helped. My version is not OC but somehow I did make the clock speed little bit higher and added more power to the GPU. That solves the issue for me.

 

[nsilwio]

Hi, I have the same problem... I tried everything..
I had an i5 7600k and gtx 1060 6gb and I never had any stuttering all the games went smoothly.

I will try ryzen 7 5800x if the problem persists, i go to Intel and never no buy amd.

Cpu : Amd Ryzen 7 3700X
Motherboard : ASUS x570 Prime PRO
Videocard : Gigabyte RTX 2060 Super GAMING OC 3X
RAMM: Gskill F4 – 3600 16GTZR Memory
PSU : FOCUS GX-750
Cpu Coler : NZXT Kraken X63 280mm
Case : NZXT H510
SSD m2 : Sabrent Rocket Q Internal 1 TB

 

[Franksensahi]

Hello I have the same problem. You should try clearing CMOS.

You can Google how to reset BIOS by clearing CMOS on your laptop. You will have to open up the casing.

This fixed my problem for a while but it's back but not as bad.

I have pinpointed it down to the CPU being undervolted for some reason.

Also the stuttering stops when GPU is deactivated and games run on integrated graphics only.

So I am going to find a way to add more juice to my CPU and tell you the results soon.

 

[Flash123]

Any updates on this?

Yes I fixed it couple of weeks ago. In the end I believe it was a software issue. I went through all my peripherals: mouse, keyboard, headset, monitors, drives, all cables, fans ,and so on. Made sure everything was properly connect and that I had the correct drivers installed. Main two things that made a noticeable difference was:
(1) The Hyper-x cloud 2 USB which had its own integrated sound card. Turns out using that caused audio stutters and latency issues for my system. I removed the drivers and connected to my onboard audio via the 3.5mm connection instead. This, I believe, resolved my audio stutters.
(2) Removing and re-installing my chipset drivers.

I also changed some cables, updated a a couple of drivers and bought new RAM (2x8 3600mhz). All these things came together and suddenly my stutters disappeared. Therefore, I cannot really pinpoint to one thing that resolved all my problems it really was a multitude of things I changed to get my stutters to disappear. Nonetheless, hope this could prove helpful for someone else. Also big thanks for all the help I got in this thread.

 

[Draxenoth]

I created an account just to share what solved my problems in League of Legends. When I upgraded from i7 8086K to Ryzen 9 5900X I started to getting micro-freezes every couple seconds. I tried like everything and nothing worked. What solved it for me was changing G-Sync settings to work only with fullscreen apps. With i7 i had it for both fullscreen and windowed and nothing wrong was going on, but it seems that Ryzen is a different story.
I'll attach screenshot, so you can find what exacly you need to try (it's in Polish, but I believe you can find respective options in English)

 

[SomeOne99h]

Go to this thread and read:

[Feature Request] Set Message-Signaled Interrupts

Requesting ability to enable message-signaled interrupts on GPU and related devices (sound, USB-C) after driver installation is complete. On each driver install, Nvidia resets a registry key which disables MSI and forces devices to fall back to legacy INTx mode, presumably for compatibility...

www.techpowerup.com

Download

NVCleanstall v1.16.0 Download

NVCleanstall lets you customize the NVIDIA GeForce Driver package by removing components that you don't need (or want). This not only keeps things ti

www.techpowerup.com

Then try to enable Message-Signaled Interrupts. Or you could just do it the easy and fast way. Get "MSI_util_v3.exe" posted by Solaris17 in that thread (NOT MSI Mode Utility.exe that was posted by TikiThorsen) and then enable the setting in the fly, without the need to reinstall graphics drivers and all of that. But you need to restart for the settings to take effect. (You will see a tab about priority, don't change that.)

The post:

[Feature Request] Set Message-Signaled Interrupts

Requesting ability to enable message-signaled interrupts on GPU and related devices (sound, USB-C) after driver installation is complete. On each driver install, Nvidia resets a registry key which disables MSI and forces devices to fall back to legacy INTx mode, presumably for compatibility...

www.techpowerup.com

^^^^^^^^

 

[SweetPhilosophy]

Hello, maybe I'm late to the party but I have the same issue. Tried everything under the sun lol. I have the same headset as OP but removing the dongle and uninstalling them didn't fix it for me. Have you did anything else than going to device manager and uninstall anything related to hyperx?
I'll post my configuration below

Computer Type: Desktop

GPU: GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3080 GAMING OC 10GB GDDR6X 320-bit

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 3.8GHz box, 8 cores, 16 threads

Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B550-PLUS

BIOS Version: Version 1804 2021/02/09 (latest, I have updated it)

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB DDR4 3600MHz CL18 Dual Channel Kit (CMK32GX4M2D3600C18)

PSU: Corsair RM850 2019, 80+ Gold, 850W, Full Modular

Operating System & Version: Windows 10 Pro 19042.867

GPU Drivers: Nvidia Game Ready 461.72

Extra build info:

Storage: 1x 240GB SSD for OS, 1x 1TB M2 SSD only for games, 2x 2TB HDD for random storage

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14

Peripherals:

Monitors: ASUS TUF LED VA curved, 1440p, 27", 165hz, Free-Sync, VG27WQ1B, connected via DisplayPort (Primary); ASUS LED, 1080p, 24", 144hz, VG248QE, connected via DisplayPort (Secondary, Portrait Flipped)

Keyboard: Logitech G PRO

Mouse: Logitech G502 LIGHTSPEED WIRELESS GAMING MOUSE

Headphones: HyperX Cloud Flight, stereo, USB, Wireless

Gamepads: Wireless MICROSOFT Xbox One x2, connected through xbox wireless adapter dongle - not connected all the time, only when playing some singleplayer games.