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Stuttering while playing : a CPU problem ?

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September 19, 2014 10:30:39 AM

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.

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September 19, 2014 10:37:07 AM

Have you tried enabling V-Sync? If you have a mismatch of refresh rates it could cause problems with stuttering.
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September 19, 2014 10:42:05 AM

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.
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September 19, 2014 11:08:04 AM

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.
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September 19, 2014 11:16:38 AM

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.
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September 19, 2014 11:24:13 AM

Could you tell us the hardware you have? CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.
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September 25, 2014 11:54:55 PM

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
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