Tons of frame stuttering in games...

[fiberbase]

Could this be a hard drive issue? I have the right video card drivers, my PC is easily capable of handling the games I'm playing, yet I get tons of frame stuttering in every game I try to play

For example, I was trying to play mass effect in 1600*900 at max settings and I'm seeing this problem.

My specs are:

athlon II x4 640
gtx 465
4GB DDR3 1333MHz

My hard drive is a spinpoint F3.

 

[Helltech]

Its not your hardrive at all. That is a good hard drive. Is that the only game it happens on?

 

[fiberbase]

I tend to see it in every game I play. Other games I have ran are:

-team fortress 2
-world of warcraft
-civilization IV

Happens in every one of them...


Edit: actually, I will admit it's not very prominent in WoW.

 

[skolpo]

What's your power supply?

 

[fiberbase]

What's your power supply?

An antec earthwatts 650w.

 

[skolpo]

Are the power connectors firmly connected to the graphics card? Is there any popup from nVidia stating a power inefficiency? And how bad are the stutters? What's your FPS in the games you're encountering trouble with?

 

[Helltech]

Are you sure you have the newest Drivers? If you are 100 percent you have the newest Nvidia drivers you can try the new "beta" drivers that are unreleased.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2101372%3Cbr%20/%3E

 

[fiberbase]

The stuttering is pretty bad. Messing with the graphics quality doesn't seem to affect it at all. The framerates bounce from 60 to like 15 and back. I am playing with vertical sync on. I'll try looking at the power connectors and reinstalling the drivers.