UPDATE Choppy game play at high fps in all games.

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If any mods could delete my previous thread that would be awesome. I got much more information about the problem. Posted this on many forums and no one can find the fix for it.

A few days ago i noticed my all my games were choppy. Almost like they were running at lower frame rate but when i checked my frame rate it was fine. This happens in all games and is usually followed up by input lag. When more stuff is happening on screen the choppiness gets worse, but i still have high reported frame rate. I don;t know what to do...i have tried everything i can think of. Forcing v-sync in game and in the control panel does nothing to alleviate the issue. Fps is capped at 60 but is still choppy.

The issue is that games are incredibly choppy. The best way i can describe it is that when turning your screen you can see and *feel* as if frames are dropping, but they are not. Even when the fps is capped and it does not move. When lots of things are happening on screen the choppiness gets worse and there is more input lag.

It is such a weird issue, in all my years of pc building/troubleshooting i have not come across an issue as strange as this one.

Vsync on and off doesnt help. All my drivers are up to date. I tried unparking my cpu cores. I dont know if this is graphics card issue or something. Should i send it back and could it possible be because i dont have an SSD

PC Specs
Asus GTX 970 strix
1 stick of 8 gb ram
intel core i5 4690k 3.5 ghy quad core
1 TB HDD
Z97 gaming 5 MSI motherboard
650W PSU inter tech

I got this pc 5 days ago the first day the first game that i installed which was league of legends everything was amazing. The next day this issue appeared.

TNX for the help
 
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The thing is my friend has the exact the same graphics card. He updated drivers like i did and he doesnt have the problem and i do. Should i still roll back the drivers? He plays gta 5 on ultra settings without a problem and i cant even play minecraft or league of legends + i have better proccesor and mother board then him.
 

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So there was a driver update? Your friend may have the same card but does he have the EXACT same hardware setup as you?

Yes, I would roll back.

If you did an update and things are wonky. Roll back the driver and see if that works.

 
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I tried it on TV and on my friends monitor still the same thing. He has asus motherboard dont know the exact model, we have the same PSU, i have better cpu then him, better HDD but he has SSD. But rolled back the drivers still the same issue though...
 

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I wonder if your video card is bad..... Does it seem fine when you benchmark it?
http://www.3dmark.com/
 

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Try swapping video cards with your buddy and see if the issue follows the card or stays with the system. Also thought you should know that PSU is a low quality time bomb and I highly suggest replacing it before something bad happens, there is even a chance it's the cause of the problems.
 
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I dont think PSU is the issue here because we have the exact same PSU that could work but only if my buddy would live close to me xD he is far away from my home. Going to run a benchmark right now on max settings going to send you guys the screenshot after the benchmark. Thanks for helping me btw.
 

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You took the words right out of my mouth! Hopefully your friend is nice and lets your borrow his card quick!
 
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Just got a text back from him saying that he doesnt want to borrow the graphics card because he is afraid that something will happen to it. Its a shame but completely understandable though.
 
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Alright going to do that right now ! Will report back if it fixes the problem thanks for the suggestion.
 
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Im back got some pretty interesting updates. First thing i did i went to league of legends i unchecked vsync again and now on my monitor appeared horizontal lines like waves. It was similar to this picture but they were more white and thicker http://imgur.com/sOL8DI1 this is probably the exact lines that i got except they were more white http://imgur.com/qdy2e0i
After that i re seated everything like jrrdmchls told me and i tried to launch league of legends again and it was still the same.
Then i ran a bench mark test and i got this results http://imgur.com/2r4akur
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The waves also appeared while i was benchmarking.
 
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But they still appear on bench marking test when i had my previous setup this didnt happen at all. Any ideas ?
 

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So you built this PC yourself?

Did you install all the standoffs behind your motherboard? If you didn't this might cause a grounding issue. But that's another long shot.... I'm running out of idea! lol

You need to convince your friend to loan you his vid card for 10 minutes.
 
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I did left some holes for screws because if would put some more screws in there the motherboard would break because of the pressure i think...
 
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Ummm no i used normal screws similar to this ones http://imgur.com/vauG5jg. When i ordered the motherboard it didnt came with standoffs...
 
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WOW omg i hope i didnt damage the motherboard. Going to pick them up tomorrow in the shop. I can screw them as much as i want right ? and the motherboard wont break ?