GTX760 stuttering and vsync issues

arrc

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Pretty much every game I play show small stutters about every second, regardless of fps. I also get similar stuttering when scrolling in firefox using the little scrolling orb you get when clicking the middle mouse button - not sure if this is related to the 3d performance however.

I've also noticed somewhat sub-par FPS in many games compared to what I've read in other peoples benchmarks. However, I seem to be getting the expected results when running benchmark programs.

I've tried lots of different things in order to solve my issues: changing/optimizing game settings, uninstalling/reinstalling/updating nvidia drivers, closing all background applications, unplugging other monitors (I have four total), moving the game files to my system drive (SSD), but nothing seems to help.

I've also noticed that forcing vsync through the nvidia control panel does not work - when playing games with forced vsync on (and ingame vsync settings set to off), fraps often shows FPS higher than 60 (I'm on a 60hz display, so 60 should be the limit, right?)

I'm running a GTX760, an i7 920 (not overclocked), 16gb ram and running my OS/games off an SSD.

I'm at a complete loss - does anyone know what could be causing my problems?
 

arrc

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My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R (rev 1.0) - sorry for not including it earlier. I'm running on Win7, 64bit.

Unfortunately changing to borderless or windowed mode doesn't seem to help in any of the games.

I did have some CPU trouble a couple of years ago - I found out my CPU had been running at close to 100 degrees for a long time, and I was getting unexpected random shutdowns because of this. I got a new cooler, and I'm now running at a maximum of 70-80C under heavy load. Could it be that my CPU is permanently damaged, and it's causing my problems?
 

invisibilian

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Hi Sorry for the late reply. in the original post, you mentioned that when forced Vsync in the Nvidia control panel, it still appeared to be off in game. Could you try to uninstall the Nvidia drive and reinstall it? maybe it was not installed or configured correctly.
 

arrc

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I've tried this several times, also using driver cleaning utilities. It feels like I'm running out of options at this point.. :\
 

invisibilian

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Do you by any chance have a spare hard drive? if you do, could you do a fresh installation of windows 7 on it. if you can run games without stuttering on the new installation, that means the problems are within your old operating system. But if it persists, then it may indicate hardware issues. Good luck!!