Stuttering across all games.

mikew1337 · Apr 7, 2017

i7 4790
8GB DDR3 Single Channel
ASUS STRIX GTX 960 2GB

Please, no one so far has been able to fix my issue. Happens on GTA5 Sometimes and DayZ, h1z1 and also PLAYERUNKNOWN BATTLEGROUNDS. I've had the stuttering issue when before I upgraded my CPU to an i7. I even reformatted my PC and reinstalled all the drivers to the latest. I've been monitoring my PC and everytime I lag my CPU usage and GPU usage goes down to 0 and then keep jumping from there. Here's my CPu usage on task manager. https://gyazo.com/e28cd52e0d0497f9dcf00ca165883838

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR0lhbLT4YM

here's a video of me lag spiking.

There are people out there with specs lower than mines but they are able to to run games smoothly. So can you guys please give me a solution to this issue? I've been having this problem for a while, all I want to do is just play my games smoothly.

okcnaline · Apr 7, 2017

Was the settings for games set for automatic detection?

RARRAF · Apr 7, 2017

make and model of PSU??

mikew1337 · Apr 7, 2017

okcnaline :

On the control panel? I don't think so.

mikew1337 · Apr 7, 2017

RARRAF :

Corsair 500W Powersupply.

aquielisunari · Apr 7, 2017

Download and install https://www.msi.com/page/afterburner if you don't already have it. Click gear(settings). Click Monitoring. Select CPU (not single core)usage and click on show in OSD, which is further down that window. I would select CPU+GPU usage, system memory(aka VRAM), RAM usageand CPU and GPU temperature.

I think your VRAM is too low for your settings including your in-game settings and screen resolution. That is the main resource you should be watching as you play.

shows what my PC was using. I was using over 2.7GB of VRAM. That's with an older game too.

mikew1337 · Apr 7, 2017

aquielisunari :

Well my VRAM stays around 1900 when play GTA5. Whenever I do start spiking my V-RAM stays the same. There are people with the same graphics card as me that can run alot of games smoothly. I mean the 960 isn't a very powerful card but surely it should be able to handle a-lot of new games.

okcnaline · Apr 7, 2017

Lower the settings for anti-aliasing.

mikew1337 · Apr 7, 2017

okcnaline :

I've literally set all the graphics settings to rock bottom Very Low on literally EVERY game. It's been almost 7months now and summer is coming up aswell.

Vic 40 · Apr 8, 2017

Looking at that first picture is 7.0gb out of your 7.9gb of ram used and this might be the problem.

Other thing,this is online so what kind of internet are you using?

mikew1337 · Apr 8, 2017

Vic 40 :

Could this be it cause It feels like I've already spent alot of money in this rig, cause this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2iIsv_PSUI&t=415s

has worse specs than me and he's running it fine on 8GB Single stick RAM. Is there a software where I can diagnose any hardware faults?

Vic 40 · Apr 8, 2017

At first i really responded on that picture,only later looked at the video and thought this might be more of an internet connection issue.
What kind of connection? cable or wifi ? Have the latest lan drivers for the motherboard? Get the full speeds that your provider gives you?

mikew1337 · Apr 8, 2017

Vic 40 :

I am using Cable as I do not have a wifi adapter.

Vic 40 · Apr 9, 2017

You use an hdd or ssd? If the ram get's fuller might it swap more to the page file and if an hdd might that maybe the cause for the stutter.

Did you try and reset the router?
You get the full download/upload speed from the isp?

mikew1337 · Apr 9, 2017

Vic 40 :

I have reset the Router and I have a decent connection. It's not really internet lag, it's mostly FPS lag.

Vic 40 · Apr 10, 2017

I see lag then a drop of gpu use,imo not the other way round,like something can't feed the gpu or the gpu just doesn't get used for a very short moment.

You asked this,

Is there a software where I can diagnose any hardware faults?

You can do the next for some sensor info,

download hwinfo32,
install and open it,
check "sensors-only",
click "run".

mikew1337 · Apr 14, 2017

Vic 40 :

Doing that right now, what exactly am I looking for?

Vic 40 · Apr 15, 2017

You can check cpu and gpu temps,or how they are used (%).
You can check voltages as well.
If you use fraps will the fps be shown as well.

You can even make a log to go through later on,

download hwinfo32,
install and open it,
check "sensors-only",
click "run",
at the bottom of the window click "logging start",
choose a name and place for the log like "hwinfolog" at the "desktop",
this log can be viewed/opened with either excel from Microsoft or libre office calc.

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