Stuttering

[roxorito]

So I had a lot of shit on my desktop like 100k small files in few folders and since I removed everything from my desktop the stuttering in games has improved a lot. I have a ssd.

How does it matter?

[wojtepanik]

18 minutes ago, roxorito said:

So I had a lot of shit on my desktop like 100k small files in few folders and since I removed everything from my desktop the stuttering in games has improved a lot. I have a ssd.

How does it matter?

moving out of the desktop shouldn't matter, removing completly could, as small files makes index file bigger, so the game has quicker access to its files. Maybe placebo ?

[roxorito]

i just moved everything out of the desktop and I don't get fps drops anymore in CS, LoL, Fortnite. So it can't be placebo I just don't understand why cleaning up desktop solved my issues.

 

Also it feels like my windows is running smoother now, weird.

[SubTract]

I have seen similar issues with older versions of windows, although I put this down to the fact that modern systems are much more powerful.

 

In your case my guess would be it has something to do with WDM drawing desktop objects whether they're in focus or not. 

If it happens again I would be curious as to if there is a difference between Fullscreen and Borderless windowed modes in game.