troubleshooting Micro-stutters in games

[bioknown]

Someone I know is having trouble with gaming performance when playing gpu heavy games such as pubg (but no trouble in esports titles like csgo). He experiences microstutters that make games very difficult to play , but the problem is fixed when he uses the pc at a friends house. It has been suggested to him that the power in his house could be the cause of the problem (gaming laptop on WiFi/Ethernet does not have the same problems so unlikely to be network related). My question is - can bad power in a house cause stutters like this in some games and not others? From my limited understanding of electricity I figured it would cause complete crashes , not microstutters.

 

for reference he is using a ryzen 5 1500 and gtx1060 6gb 

[maartendc]

2 minutes ago, bioknown said:

Someone I know is having trouble with gaming performance when playing gpu heavy games such as pubg (but no trouble in esports titles like csgo). He experiences microstutters that make games very difficult to play , but the problem is fixed when he uses the pc at a friends house. It has been suggested to him that the power in his house could be the cause of the problem (gaming laptop on WiFi/Ethernet does not have the same problems so unlikely to be network related). My question is - can bad power in a house cause stutters like this in some games and not others? From my limited understanding of electricity I figured it would cause complete crashes , not microstutters.

  

for reference he is using a ryzen 5 1500 and gtx1060 6gb 

uhm.. no that sounds like B/S to me.

 

Check to see if GPU / CPU usage is at 100%. Try updating drivers, etc.

[henkjan]

im the guy he knows, my gpu and cpu usage are fine. its not hardware or software its a power issue.
i have no problems in other houses and every pc i use here gets the same issues, its also not my internet as these issues happen in offline games and even with my nic card turned off. its my power but i dont know what exactly is the problem and how to fix it

[nick name]

39 minutes ago, henkjan said:

im the guy he knows, my gpu and cpu usage are fine. its not hardware or software its a power issue.
i have no problems in other houses and every pc i use here gets the same issues, its also not my internet as these issues happen in offline games and even with my nic card turned off. its my power but i dont know what exactly is the problem and how to fix it

When was the home constructed?  

 

And it may be worth looking into a UPS that can condition the power coming from the wall.  

[henkjan]

1 hour ago, nick name said:

When was the home constructed?  

 

And it may be worth looking into a UPS that can condition the power coming from the wall.  

no idear when it was built, would a UPS fix something like this for sure? theyre really expensive so i dont want to risk it

[nick name]

2 hours ago, henkjan said:

no idear when it was built, would a UPS fix something like this for sure? theyre really expensive so i dont want to risk it

Is the house old?  And you'd have to buy the right UPS for power conditioning, but in theory it would work.  I'd also ask the forum about it, but I can guarantee you're gonna get mixed opinions.   

[henkjan]

14 hours ago, nick name said:

Is the house old?  And you'd have to buy the right UPS for power conditioning, but in theory it would work.  I'd also ask the forum about it, but I can guarantee you're gonna get mixed opinions.   

its not super old, its a basic row house (dont know what its called in english) but for example the outlets werent grounded in the beginning its a pretty shitty house.

[GuybrushCH]

an UPS might help but it seems your home has a phase issue in its power circuit, fixing that is pretty expensive as well

[Spotty]

On 12/31/2018 at 11:08 AM, bioknown said:

He experiences microstutters that make games very difficult to play , but the problem is fixed when he uses the pc at a friends house. It has been suggested to him that the power in his house could be the cause of the problem

No. Power issues won't cause bad game performance. The system would just shut off unexpectedly if the PSU was unable to deal with it.

 

19 hours ago, henkjan said:

im the guy he knows, my gpu and cpu usage are fine. its not hardware or software its a power issue.

I guarantee you that it's not your homes power that's causing your issues. If you post the specs of your system we might be able to give you more help.

[henkjan]

10 hours ago, Spotty said:

No. Power issues won't cause bad game performance. The system would just shut off unexpectedly if the PSU was unable to deal with it.

 

I guarantee you that it's not your homes power that's causing your issues. If you post the specs of your system we might be able to give you more help.

the only difference in environment between frame drops and no frame drops is the power, its also not network related because it happens with my nic card turned off.
its not a pc issue im sorry, its also happens to my 2nd pc and a laptop

[henkjan]

10 hours ago, GuybrushCH said:

an UPS might help but it seems your home has a phase issue in its power circuit, fixing that is pretty expensive as well

i found a couple for only 80 euro thats oke for me, im just not sure if it is the actual fix. ive already tried a voltage output regulator and stabilzer but that didnt do anything