Stuttering in WoW - GTX1080

[Toffees]

Hi. I'm struggling with frame rates in World of Warcraft when raiding. I run a 4.2Ghz 2600k, GTX 1080, 16Gb RAM, 1440p system and run the game on 7 (10 being ultra settings). I dont seem to be CPU or GPU blocked but I can drop from over 100fps to 25-35fps in a raid for no apparent reason. I'm also getting an annoying stuttering which doesn't appear to be fps related, but is incredibly frustrating for me.

I've attached my GPU-Z log from last nights raid and was hoping some of you experts could cast your eye over it to see if the card is acting strange. I cant see anything myself and nearly all the perfcap reasons are related to 'safe' things (according to this thread). I would be hugely grateful if the graphics card community can put my mind at peace re the GPU at least so I can try to home in on what could be the reason.

 

[DRDNA]

I'm NOT downloading your file but do you have maybe malewarbytes running fulltime? My rig stutters from that app, when I turn it off for gaming no stutter. aLSO BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE Control Panel set to this

 

[Caring1]

A screenshot of your Nvidia control panel settings may be helpful too, as well as listing all your specs in your profile.

 

[Toffees]

Thanks for responding. I'm not using malware bytes or any other anti-malware system other than Windows 10 Defender. My power management mode is set to Max Performance (pic below) plus I've ensured I've not got a program specific profile set for it either. The zipped data is purely to show that at no time am I being GPU blocked

 

[64K]

This may not help but I ran across a game (Crysis 2) that Defender would not allow me to play at all. I got some pop up but I don't remember what it was but I turned off Real Time Protection while playing it and never had another problem with the game.

 

[oxidized]

Fps drops in raids are absolutely normal, your drops aren't tho - you really are sure you're not bottleneckd by your cpu, i mean a 1080 on that cpu sounds a bit harsh, maybe not on wow but you never know.

 

[DRDNA]

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logainofhades Sep 22, 2016, 8:10 AM
Putting shadows on low, view distance to 7, and maybe disable SSAO would have made a huge difference."




SOURCE http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3192939/wow-geforce-1080-1070-low-fps-fix.html

Also try disable recount in settings and try again

 

[eidairaman1]

How about filling out your system specs on your profile so we know what make and model parts you are using.

Also is this Solo Raiding or PVP raiding?

 

[Vayra86]

I've found that in WoW the best way to improve FPS on my 1080 was reducing the Environment detail slider. It decreases CPU load by a good margin, improving min fps. That being said I run a similar system and have 30 fps in raids at very busy fights, but generally 60 or over, up to 120 capped.

 

[phanbuey]

try downloading process lasso or a similar app, and then putting the game high priority, and disabling HT cores... that might get rid some of the stuttering.

It might also be a streaming / networking issue.

 

[Toffees]

hey guys - thanks for all the great suggestions. I#m going to play with some of these ideas over the next few days and see what works best. I've added my system details to my sig if it helps anyone