Sometime in the past couple of weeks my machine went from running games fine to many games having a very regular stutter (a noticeable hitch in graphics and audio every second or so +/- half a second). The stutter occurs from the moment the game starts and is independent of any real graphics load (same stutter on the menu as in game)
Not all games are affected and I don't see anything in common between them. Below is a list of games that do stutter for me (that didn't a month ago) and a list of games that still don't stutter for me. It's confusing the heck out of me and I don't know what my next troubleshooting step should be.
Stutter:
No Stutter:
Machine Specs:
Things I have tried:
Any help or guidance is appreciated.
Not all games are affected and I don't see anything in common between them. Below is a list of games that do stutter for me (that didn't a month ago) and a list of games that still don't stutter for me. It's confusing the heck out of me and I don't know what my next troubleshooting step should be.
Stutter:
CS: GO
Infinifactory
Nidhog
Life is Strange
Just Cause 2
No Stutter:
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Hearthstone
Kerbal Space Program
Mirror's Edge
Machine Specs:
Win8.1 x64
i5 3570K
16GB RAM
GTX 460
Nothing OC'd
Things I have tried:
Rebooting
Turning on/off vsync in game
Turning on/off vsync in the nvidia control panel.
Disabling antivirus
Updating my graphics drivers
Rolling back my graphics drivers
Checked there wasn't excessive disk access happening
Checked the CPU wasn't pegged to 100%
Any help or guidance is appreciated.
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