MSI GTX 760 stutters and frameskips on every game

Crimson713

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Specs:

AMD FX-4350 4.2Ghz processor
MSI 970A-G43 motherboard
MSI Geforce GTX 760 4Gb Twin Frozr
BFG 1000W PSU
16GB PNY Professional edition RAM, DDR3 1600
WD Blue 1TB HDD, 7600 rpm, 64mbit cache

Every single game that I run stutters and has so many frame skips it feels like the play on fast forward. Not just new games, either. I noticed it first on Skyrim, and thinking it was the mods I restored to vanilla. It didn't fix it. Eventually, I tried booting up Half-Life 2 instead, and got the same stutters. Same with vanilla and modded Aliens: Colonial Marines, Shadow Warrior Classic Redux, Half-Life Source, and Dino D-Day. I tried re-installing, no change. I tried updating drivers, no change. I tried rolling back the drivers to a previous version, no change. I tried a different PSU (600W), no change. I tried changing the modular cables and which ports they were attached to on my PSU, no change. I disabled V-sync, no change. I am at a complete loss. I've updated all my drivers, updated my BIOS, and nothing works.

I have not overclocked anything.

A friend gave me his R9 270x 2GB card to try, and I STILL get the same framerate stutters. Someone please help me, I am so lost. I have no idea how to fix it.

UPDATE: I ran Skyrim with FRAPS on, and I'm getting between 600-760 FPS. I am attempting to limit frames per second now, will update when I figure that out.

UPDATE 2: Used Nividia Inspector to limit the framerate to 60fps, and now FRAPS is reading constant fluxuation between 50 and 70 fps. I'm at a complete loss, I've looked everywhere and I've tried every fix I can find. Maybe I'm just an idiot, can someone please help?
 
Solution
Here are some more thoughts that popped in my head that could possibly solve the problem.

Download the latest nvidia whql drivers and install them using display driver uninstaller. A file might be corrupted and existing files are not touched during a reinstall.

Flash latest GPU bios.

Remove any overclock if present. Also check RAM stability and errors with default clock/timings/voltage. You might need a little extra voltage on the RAM and this could definitly cause the problem.

Check if your monitor is set to 60hz as opposed to 59hz; sometimes a monitor set to 60hz will revert to 59hz and this can cause problems.

Do you have your games on a hdd or ssd? If hdd, defrag. You never know.

Disable aero.

N1KKII

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Here are some more thoughts that popped in my head that could possibly solve the problem.

Download the latest nvidia whql drivers and install them using display driver uninstaller. A file might be corrupted and existing files are not touched during a reinstall.

Flash latest GPU bios.

Remove any overclock if present. Also check RAM stability and errors with default clock/timings/voltage. You might need a little extra voltage on the RAM and this could definitly cause the problem.

Check if your monitor is set to 60hz as opposed to 59hz; sometimes a monitor set to 60hz will revert to 59hz and this can cause problems.

Do you have your games on a hdd or ssd? If hdd, defrag. You never know.

Disable aero.
 
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bucksfan88

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I have had similar problems with my MSI GTX 760. And I'm with you, its driving me crazy. I am new to PC gaming, but decided to build a PC myself. GPU seemed to work perfectly for several months then just started acting up. Now games are extremely glitchy, video won't even display in HD, and my computer is good for nothing. Unfortunately I don't have resources at my disposal to test everything or try in a different system but I have done all I could. I am about to send it back to MSI for warranty claim but I hate to jump through all those hoops and wait while I can't use my computer. I was thinking of just buying a new video card like the new 960 while I wait and then sell the one that I receive back on warranty. My fear is that is not the problem at all and I am back to square 1. I wish we could help each other out.