Framerate is choppy/stuttering

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ZahinDenatrose

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SPECS:
Nvidia GTX 560 (Non-Ti) (Latest drivers installed)
4GB RAM
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
AMD Athlon II 645 3.1 GHz Processor
PSU ANTEC NEO ECO 520W (new)


Those are the basic specs. My problem is that every game I play, (this happens with all games, but it's not as noticeable on low-spec games) my framerate stutters, before it ran on a constant 60+ FPS but now it just drops to 1 for about a second, then continues to run at 60. It happens when I move my mouse around alot on a high sensitivity, but it also happens when something intense goes on (screen shaking from getting shot at, ex. BF3 taking shots and dying).

My computer -should- be able to handle most games. I know the PSU isn't the issue, in fact it fixed it alot more than my old 475W PSU. I applied thermal paste to my CPU, which helped slightly by reducing the drops a bit more. I do -not- have a really good internal hard drive (I didn't build my own PC, I bought it and just changed the hardware. I regret it.) and I heard buying a new "RAID" hard-drive fixed the problem, but I just need someone to confirm it or identify another fix.
 
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Solved. -- Your CPU is bottlenecking. Dont listen to the hype of the popular benchmark out right now that shows the cpu doesnt affect performance. That was done on a scripted movie scene in single player. Pay 115 bucks for a phenom x4 3.4 ghz and you will not only stop stuttering, but double your FPS. Especially with that 560, you need to do it justice.

ZahinDenatrose

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You're CPU could be bottlenecking your GPU, and your CPU is struggling to keep up, needing a "1 second break" everytime that *** gets intense, I would say it is probably your CPU. might need to upgrade, just out of curiosity what is your PING when this thing happens, maybe it could be lag?
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Single player, so pretty much no latency. It could be my CPU; its pretty new. It is possible it is bottlenecking though; but I wouldn't say that it only stutters when things get intense. It stutters randomly when there isn't much going on either. It's just a strange problem; with many possible solutions. I'd just like a sure one.
 

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Solved. -- Your CPU is bottlenecking. Dont listen to the hype of the popular benchmark out right now that shows the cpu doesnt affect performance. That was done on a scripted movie scene in single player. Pay 115 bucks for a phenom x4 3.4 ghz and you will not only stop stuttering, but double your FPS. Especially with that 560, you need to do it justice.
 
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One of the things you'll notice in BF3 is when you get that severe stutter, there will be a specific set of sounds causing it a lot of the time. This is because BF3 attempts to make use of more than 2 cores. A repair installation might fix the stutter, but the performance will still be cut in half, literally, with a x2 processor.
 
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