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No power saver modes. I am using HAGS in Windows 11 as well as hardware acceleration is enabled in Chrome. But I did turn off both of them and it didn't really help either.

No, just 1080p Twitch streams. The streams are outputted in 60fps, but when I'm playing FFXIV the Twitch streams feel more like 30-40 fps. As soon as I click back into my second monitor, the streams become smooth again.

I'm running an i7 7700k, RTX 3070, and 16GB RAM. I just noticed that whenever I'm gaming on my primary monitor, any videos that I watch on my second monitor (e.g. YouTube/Twitch) feel a little choppy/stuttery and aren’t smooth, almost like if the fps of the videos on my second monitor have dropped. As soon as I click into my second monitor, the choppyness goes away. When I click back into my primary monitor where my game is, the choppyness on the second monitor returns. I also noticed that when I'm gaming (like playing FFXIV) my GPU is around 90%+ usage. Both of my monitors are 144Hz with G-sync enabled. One is 1440p and the other is 1080p. Is this normal behavior? Edit: Just tested it with another game (League of Legends) and I didn't experience this issue. Videos on my second monitor still felt smooth even when I was playing League on my primary monitor. However, my GPU usage is only about 30% when playing League. Is this just a case that choppyness is experienced on my second monitor whenever my GPU is getting high usage?

Wanted to bump this just on the off-chance anyone else was experiencing the same issue as me. I updated to W11 (despite having an unsupported CPU) and my stuttering issues were resolved. It looks like something with the way Windows 10 has been handling multi-monitor setups was causing the issue. As soon as I updated to W11 everything became much smoother.

Well I just did a complete wipe and reinstall of Windows and still get the stutters when I'm watching a video on my second monitor. I guess I'm going to have to chalk this up to a CPU issue as my i7 7700k is fairly outdated.

Ah gotcha. I mean the process is fairly straightforward. However for me, I have a bunch of games installed on the same drive as my OS. So I have to do some clean-up and management first before reinstalling. Also have some personal files on my computer and OneDrive syncing some of my stuff, so it's a little messy. I do have an extra 500GB SSD though, so I might install that and keep that solely for games, while my other SSD is kept solely for Windows. On top of that, I have a 2TB HDD that I've also been using for games.

How do you go about doing it? Is it really painless though? Because won’t I need to install everything all over again, including drivers, apps, etc. The way I was thinking of doing it is by wiping the entire drive by deleting every partition.

Would it be worth it to do a complete wipe and reinstall of Windows in that case? I built my PC 5 years ago and have never fully wiped it before.

I see. I'd just hate doing that. Do you think this issue is happening due to my CPU? About a month ago I swear I never experienced this issue.

Yeah I've tried that as well as even disabling G-sync on my secondary monitor but it didn't help. Do you think this is an issue with my CPU since it's fairly old? I built my PC around 5 years ago. Haven't tried running the second monitor off my iGPU though. If I do that, can I still adjust color settings with nvidia control panel?

Nope, looks like it's sitting around 40-50% in one game I play (League). Definitely don't think it's getting maxed out.

Can anyone help me with this super weird issue? Basically whenever a video plays on my second monitor, such as Twitch/YouTube, games on my primary monitor get these random microstutters every few seconds and the overall game just feels stuttery. As soon as there's no video playing on my second monitor, the microstutters disappear. I've tried everything I can think of, also reinstalled GPU drivers with DDU but it didn't help. I'm also playing all my games in full screen. The only thing I can think of right now is doing a full wipe and reinstall of Windows 10. I don't recall experiencing this issue in the past. Additional info: i7 7700k, RTX 3070, and 16GB RAM Monitor 1: Dell S2716DG G-sync capable (G-sync on), 144Hz Monitor 2: Acer XFA240 G-sync compatible (G-sync on), 144Hz Issue occurs on any browser (Chrome, Firefox, etc.)

Any other suggestions? The stutters are driving me crazy. And I watch videos on Twitch/YouTube very frequently on my second monitor while gaming.

Nope, it happens in Full Screen mode.

I’ve been having issues lately with my games microstuttering whenever a video is played on my second monitor (via Twitch, YouTube, etc.). It also occurs with any web browser. Basically every few seconds at random intervals, the game would do this split-second stutter (almost like a skip/hiccup) whenever I’m moving or when the camera pans. It’s incredibly annoying especially now that I always notice it. But when there’s no video playing on my second monitor my games run just fine on my primary monitor. I’m also playing all my games in full screen. Has anyone experienced this before? Here are my specs: Monitor 1: Dell S2716DG 144Hz 1440p Gsync Monitor 2: Acer XFA240 144Hz 1080p Gsync i7 7700k, RTX 3070 I’ve tried updating Windows 10/GPU drivers, disabling hardware acceleration in Chrome, etc. and nothing has helped unfortunately.

Yeah seems like my best bet, can’t hurt to give it a try.

I'm running a i7 7700k with an RTX 3070 and wondering if it's best that both of these settings are disabled? I'm purely using my computer for gaming while also browsing the web and watching YouTube/Twitch on my second monitor.

Ah gotcha. So I believe that’s in the the Intel power savings options in the BIOS (along with turbo boost, speed step, speed shift, etc.). And I think that’s set to “auto” by default already so it should already be enabled right?

Ah ok. Hmm, part of me is thinking what if I just stick with Asu's MCE and leave the voltage whatever Asus's MCE automatically sets for me. Because if I do a 1.25V OC then that means my temps will be higher at idle still.

I see. Voltage doesn’t correlate directly to temps though right? Like if I’m idling at 1.25V temps will still be lower than under load for example I’m assuming even though on idle voltage is at 1.25V still.

Ok thanks. Also one more question, if I set a manual 1.25V voltage, will my CPU be always kept at 1.25V even on idle?

I have a RTX 3070 paired with my i7 7700k and using an H115i cooler playing on 1440p. I want to OC my CPU to see if I can prevent bottlenecking a bit more. Right now I'm using Asus MCE and it applies a 1.25V to keep my turbo at 4.5GHz on all cores when gaming. However, I want to try for a 4.8GHz at 1.25V and I hear setting a manual voltage is better as sometimes Asus's MCE can apply much higher voltages.. Is it as simple as just setting the core voltage to 1.25V and sync all cores to 4.8? The only thing I'm unsure of is if to leave Load Line Calibration on auto.

Gotcha. What voltage do you think I should stop at? Right now thinking about trying 4.8GHz at 1.25V.

So my GTX 1080Ti recently died on me and my friend let me borrow his RTX 3070. I play on 1440p but I hear since my CPU is pretty old I could be bottlenecking. I also struggle a lot with my computer microstuttering in every game. But I find that if I use Asus's MCE and sync all cores to my 7700k's turbo boost of 4.5GHz, a lot of the microstutters disappear as my CPU stays locked at 4.5GHz on all cores when gaming. However, I also hear that using Asus's MCE usually applies an unnecessarily high amount of voltage to the CPU. I used HWInfo to monitor temps, and it looks like my voltage is at 1.25V at 4.5GHz and max temps seem to hit 70C, while my average temps are around 62-65C. I'm also using the H115i as my AIO. Given my temps and situation, would it be worth it to OC my 7700k? I was thinking maybe trying somewhere around 4.8GHz (with load line calibration at lv5) at the same 1.25V Asus MCE uses.

Thanks, I’m also looking into overclocking myself rather than use Asus’s MCE. I think I was running stable at 5GHz when overclocking in the past at around 1.3V but I’ll see if I can do a minor overclock (maybe 4.7-4.8Ghz). I’ll also monitor HWInfo before just to see what the max voltage is when using Asus’s MCE. I think it was 1.25V but not sure if it goes higher.