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Stutter in CS:GO - CPU problem?

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January 9, 2014 12:17:56 AM

Hi guys,

I have put together a new system, using some old parts from my previous build, primarily in order to play Counter-Strike:Global Offensive with a better frame rate.

My previous build was:

i3-2120
Asus P8H61-M LE
8GB Gskill DDR3 1333mhz
ASUS HD6850
WD Caviar Green 500GB
550W antec earthwatts (I think)

I was initially planning a cheap upgrade of just an i5-3570K, however I somehow managed to bend a couple of pins on my motherboard.

I then purchased a Gigabyte z77 HD3, Coolermaster 750W psu and a new case.

CSGO runs very well on this with 130-300fps however I am getting intermittent stutter, where the whole game will freeze for maybe half a second before returning to normal. This is usually but not always accompanied by various console errors in cs:go - which is a problem with the game but from what I have read typically only causes stuttering for lower spec computers.

I have also since purchased a new SSD drive as I thought the slow 5400rpm HDD may have been causing some of this, but since installing CS:GO on the SSD the stutter remains.

I have updated all drivers I can think of.

I probably put more thermal paste on the chip than I should have when installing. Now I am wondering if this could be causing this stutter...

I have the CPU at stock currently, however if I try and overclock the cpu CS:GO will crash to desktop with an error "Cannot load game (app already running).

I would really appreciate / be eternally grateful for suggestions which lead to a fix.

Today I ran prime95 for 8 hours and the max cpu temp 69c. It is also quite warm where I am with ambient temp around 30c+

My next step will be to reapply thermal paste and reseat the HSF which is a hyper 212 evo.

BTW: ram and the video card (tried to remove some dust, but not in great condition - though temps don't go above 70 under load) are getting older I suppose - perhaps one of these could be worth considering?


Please help !

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January 9, 2014 12:32:23 AM

A couple of things I forgot to mention:

I have tried a couple of suggestions that I found online such as:

unpark cpu cores
set max pre-rendered frames to 0
reinstall csgo
reinstall windows

The problems occurs on very high and very low gfx settings.

Update - now starting to think this might be due to my ram which is 1-2 years old. Could a lack of available RAM be causing the game to hang while it tries to load from disk?

Performance manager shows

Total 8151
cached 2743
Available 6631
Free 4182

That is just sitting at desktop. I tried to test the ram with windows memory diagnostic - reported no problems.


Thanks,
Andy
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January 10, 2014 1:54:56 AM

So I have now noticed that while in game (CS:GO), if i press esc to open the in game menu, it will stutter every single time.

Hopefully this provides some insight to some of you with more knowledge than me.

Please help, this is so frustrating.

Thanks
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January 10, 2014 4:40:39 AM

there is the option, where the GPU would not go over the framerate of the monitor(general 60fps), this should fix it.
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January 11, 2014 4:08:26 AM

Thanks but Vsync does not fix the problem.

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April 1, 2014 5:02:31 PM

Have exactly the same problem, with i5-2500k,4gb ram,and gtx 560ti.. Can't find a solution.
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