Stuttering while playing : a CPU problem ?

Advenas · Sep 19, 2014

Hello everyone,

to begin with, I apologize in advance for my english, as I am not a native english speaker.

Alright, so, my problem is I have A LOT of stuttering while I'm playing video games for a month now. It began "smoothly" with some of it while charging a new area (in an MMO, for instance), so I thought it was legit. However, things got worse and I'm almost unable to play any game without having a constant and omnipresent stuttering.

The "problem" is : the FPS just don't drop. I mean, when I push my PC to have better graphics, of course, they drop, but nothing concerning. But the stuttering, even with low settings and the FPS going (of course) well, well, is there.

I am thinking that it may be a CPU problem, what do you think ? Thanks in advance for your help.

Videographer · Sep 19, 2014

Have you tried enabling V-Sync? If you have a mismatch of refresh rates it could cause problems with stuttering.

Duffy_One · Sep 19, 2014

It sounds most likely to be caused by the CPU, how old is your computer? If 1+ years old and the CPU is over heating (get a CPU temp monitoring program), You may need to re-apply the thermal paste in between the CPU and heatsink. Also check if the CPU is reaching its max load (Can be checked in the task manager), you may have virus or malware running in the background.

maddogfargo · Sep 19, 2014

Sounds like either an overheating/throttling issue on the CPU or GPU...or something running in the background like a virus...even a GPU mining virus...that is hogging resources at intervals.

sincreator · Sep 19, 2014

Try turning off real time scanning, if you have an anti virus program running. This tends to bog down older or weaker systems. Also try running a defrag, and running system cleanup. After you do all that, you can try running a registry cleaner. Try using Ccleaner for the registry cleanup.

PS: It would really help if you listed your complete specs though. Don't forget the power supply in that as well.

Brunostako · Sep 19, 2014

Could you tell us the hardware you have? CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

matt29979 · Sep 26, 2014

This sounds like a CPU problem.
Try the following:
Check your CPU temperatures with a program like Speed Fan (Make sure it's not more than 80 Degrees).
Check your computer for Viruses with anti-virus software (I recommend MalwareBytes).
It's possible this is a GPU Problem:
Try uninstall your GPU's Drivers (Choose their Clean Install if possible) Then install them again.
Check your GPU's Temperatures with a program like MSI Afterburner.
Also check if your GPU is at it's stock clock.
It's also possible that this is a RAM Problem:
If you have multiple or a spare ram stick try running each one indvidually and see if the stuttering is gone if
so then you have a faulty RAM Stick (If your still under warranty you can get this replaced)
It's also possible you have a faulty Address / Data Bus on your motherboard:
If you have a faulty Address or Data bus then it wouldn't matter how many FPS you could get the CPU
wouldn't be able to receive it's instructions from the RAM fast enough making the game choppy.

Hope this resolves your problem.

-Matt

Matias_2 · Nov 27, 2015

matt29979 :

This sounds like a CPU problem.
Try the following:
Check your CPU temperatures with a program like Speed Fan (Make sure it's not more than 80 Degrees).
Check your computer for Viruses with anti-virus software (I recommend MalwareBytes).
It's possible this is a GPU Problem:
Try uninstall your GPU's Drivers (Choose their Clean Install if possible) Then install them again.
Check your GPU's Temperatures with a program like MSI Afterburner.
Also check if your GPU is at it's stock clock.
It's also possible that this is a RAM Problem:
If you have multiple or a spare ram stick try running each one indvidually and see if the stuttering is gone if
so then you have a faulty RAM Stick (If your still under warranty you can get this replaced)
It's also possible you have a faulty Address / Data Bus on your motherboard:
If you have a faulty Address or Data bus then it wouldn't matter how many FPS you could get the CPU
wouldn't be able to receive it's instructions from the RAM fast enough making the game choppy.

Hope this resolves your problem.

-Matt

Hi! How could I fix the problem if it's produced by a "faulty Address or Data bus" ?

rollingbarrels · Nov 27, 2015

Have you tried turning CPU intensive graphics settings all the way down, like lighting effects, antialiasing, anisotropic filtering, etc. It could just be one or a few settings pushing your CPU in ways it doesn't like to be pushed.

Also post your specs.

siddharth_8 · Apr 24, 2016

Advenas :

I have an AMD FX 6300 (stock speeds).
At first I thought the stock cooler would work fine even in games like crysis 3 and cs go.... It's been 16 months after I put it together and the stock cooler has started giving trouble.
Temps go up to 85°C while playing cs go and after much research...i have decided to buy the cm hyper 212 evo.
It's the CPU throttling and competing to survive that causes the stuttering and lagging.... I advise u to change the cooler and thermal paste ASAP or you might risk killing your processor.

Specs:
FX6300
R9 270 2 gig
8 GB RAM
1 TB HDD
1 TB SSD
600W power supply (cm)
Cooler master n300 case

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