Stutter and hitching at 60 frames?

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Intel i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz
650W PSU
Asus Xonar DG Audio Device
Windows 7 64bit

Hello,
I'm not very good with computers so sorry if I ask stupid questions.

I can get constant 60 frames on my computer with vsync on but once my FPS drops to 58-59 I notice my game stutters and is very noticable. I've tried capping my frames rates to 59 and 60 with a frame rate limiter and it doesn't seem to help. I also tried using dynamic vsync with the program RadeonPro but the whole program makes my computer flicker when playing games so that's not an option. Also I have tried reinstalling video drivers, and windows 7.

This stutter happens no matter what settings I'm playing with low or high settings. I'm not sure if I'm just really sensitive to these kind of things but dropping one frame is really noticeable to me. Some games don't have this stutter like Sniper Elite v2, Tomb Raider, Far Cry 2, Payday 2, and world of warcraft. But other games like Dead Island Riptide, Insurgency, and LA Noire are really noticeable.

If I have left out some info please let me know and I appreciate any help I can get. Thanks

 
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with vsync on fps is capped at 60 like your monitors Hz. when any game drops below 60 automatically caps fps at 30 thats why the difference is so noticable even droping only 1fps below 60. so your only option as said is disabling vsync. you will have to live with image tearing though!
 
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Hm, I did not know it caps at 30. Thanks for the info. Would I get screen tearing with vsync off but frame rate capped at 60 using afterburner?
 
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Limiting frame rate can still result in image tearing cause it is just sending 60 frame per second without waiting to see if your monitor is ready to display them (vsync actually waits for the monitor to be ready)
 
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Really weird stuff happening. Limiting my frame rate to 60 without vsync actually made my game much more smoother, and not much tearing but now I'm getting random freezing in game that last 2 seconds at random times. Not sure if this is a result of using Rivatuner program all of a sudden.

 
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