Microstuttering in games when any video plays on my second monitor

Omie · January 12, 2022

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.

WereCat · January 12, 2022

2 hours ago, Omie said:

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, the game would stutter/skip/hiccup for a split second when I’m moving and 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.

Does this happen only in Windowed/Borderless mode?

Because it should at the very least work fine if the game is on FullScreen mode.

Omie · January 12, 2022

2 hours ago, WereCat said:

Does this happen only in Windowed/Borderless mode?

Because it should at the very least work fine if the game is on FullScreen mode.

Nope, it happens in Full Screen mode.