Can DVI -> VGA cause stutter?

JitterDew

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Sep 29, 2013
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Okay so I'm making this thread in a bit of a hurry but here is my main question. I built this comp and am currently using a hand-me-down vga 21-inch monitor that is a (4 or 5) few years old. However me videocard uses DVI as main so I have to use an adapter. At seemingly random intervals not only in games, it seems to hold onto a frame for under a second to a full or two seconds. (Usually only under a second) It seems to happen about once every 15 s or so, sometimes less sometimes more. I guess what I'm asking is what causes this? Is it the adapter or something else? I'm getting a new monitor and it should be shipped here Wednesday so I will find out then for sure but is this a problem that some people have had before?

Specs:

8gigs ram
MSI twin frozr 770
i5-4670k cpu
1920x1080p 60hz
750watt thermaltake smartpower 80plus bronze
asrock z87 mobo
128 GB ssd
1 TB HDD