High Performance Rig Game Stutters?

[papasmurf211]

Ok here is my rig. Gigabyte P35-DS3R, Q6600 B3 @ 9x334 1.3065v peaks at 60c (will be lower when i lap my tuniq tower 120). EVGA 8800 GTS 640mb @ 670/1020 stable with no artifacting peaks at 67c. OCZ platinum ddr2 800 @ 1002 5-5-5-15. Soundblaster X-fi Xtrememusic. 2 WD 36 gb raptors in raid and 1 150 gb WD raptor X by itself. Now i have noticed that even when my framerate is nice and high between 80-125 fps i get occasional stutters in game. I have noticed this is COD UO, COD2, and the bioshock demo. My cpu runs prime95 with no errors, i have run memtest with no errors, i have run ATITOOL scan for artifacts with no artifacting, 3Dmark06 shows no artifacting and i get a nice score of 12755. The stuttering is occasional and its not my internet for sure. It just happens randomly and is quit obvious and annoying. I have replaced my mobo with a brand new one.. and i have tested my pc when its not overclocked..same problem. I have all the latest drivers for everything and i cant figure out the problem. Please give me suggestions, i need help.

 

[itotallybelieveyou]

Are we talking freeze on one frame for 5 seconds or freeze on one frame for 1 second or low fps for 3 seconds or low fps for minutes at a time? Shouldn't be hardware problem. Another possibility is that it is PHYSCIALLY possible to lag in games even with the best hardware.

 

[Guest]

The "stutter" your experiencing is when your video card gets a large texture update. The memory on your video card is super fast but even when it gets flooded with a texture dump it feels like a stutter. These are normal and unavoidable and will happen on the fastest of computers.

 

[jaywalker256]

im kinda thinking its not your "large texture update" idea.... because one of the games he listed (Cod2) I play on max settings, and NEVER have low fps/stutter, and I certainly dont have an amazing machine.

 

[Guest]

im kinda thinking its not your "large texture update" idea.... because one of the games he listed (Cod2) I play on max settings, and NEVER have low fps/stutter, and I certainly dont have an amazing machine.

With a faster computer it would be more noticable as he indicated he has good FPS when the stutter occurs. With a slower computer, the video texture upload wouldn't be as noticable since the game wouldn't be playing as snappy on the slower one. Maybe I'm wrong, but it's a plausible concept. I have a fast computer with an 8800GTX and get occasional stutters/blink of the eye freezes once in a while when playing games at max. I call them video hicups. Also, it could be a background hard disk write or a program running in the background that makes the stutter too. Hard to say really. If this stutter is intermittent, it's likely something related to what I suggest. If you can time it and predict when it will happen then it may be elsewhere.

 

[nhobo]

Agreed. This sounds like a backround app or disk issue. Some disks have an acoustic managment "feature" that cuts speed to reduce noise. I don't know if the raptors have this but it would be worth checking the bios to see if anything like this is enabled. Also check your task manager to see what's running. Some common background apps are notorious for stealing clock cycles and accessing disks.

 

[Falken699]

Just sounds like typical 8800 series driver issues, same thing happens COD2 where I have to Alt-Tab to fix it, the game stutters to a CRAWL. Happens VERY rarely though, beat the game with it doing it only 3 times.

 

[Guest]

Just sounds like typical 8800 series driver issues, same thing happens COD2 where I have to Alt-Tab to fix it, the game stutters to a CRAWL. Happens VERY rarely though, beat the game with it doing it only 3 times.

I've played COD2 and never had any issue like that with any game that I've played. The 162.18 drivers which AFAIK are the most recent seem to be solid for me.

 

[Falken699]

Was using 162.18 as well, so Timinator is correct that it must be something else than drivers. I am using 163.44 beta now, NFSMW quits occasionnaly now, may go back to 162.18...

 

[Falken699]

Oh yes, forgot to mention that I installed 162.18 by uninstalling drivers for a 6800GS the way nVidia recommends, then installed 162.18. So it wasn't 162.18 on a clean system.

 

[papasmurf211]

Ok guys well i replaced my mobo with an ASUS P5K vanilla just to test and it did resolve some problems ive been having but i have concluded that the stutters are infact coming from my 8800 GTS. I have tested in my other pc which is an e6600, d975xbx2, 2gb ram and the stutters are on that pc also. The stutters happen occassionally and randomly.. anyone with an 8800 GTS 640mb please play cod2 and tell me if you experience this. Play on a populated server for about 10-20 minutes and it should happen. If not then i willl send my video card back for a new one. Thanks for the help guys and please test cod2 with your 8800 GTS. I have used 162.18 and 163.44 and the problem persists.