Ryzen 5 5600 (non x version) stuttering in Overwatch 2

[PapaAquaWet]

Hello,

Since I've upgraded my CPU last year around november I've had stutters and lag issues in Overwatch 2. Before the upgrade I used a i5-9400f with a Gigabyte Z390UD motherboard and had no issues with stutters or random frame drops. However I begun having stutters and frame drops for seconds randomly since I upgraded to the Ryzen 5 5600 together with a Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite V2 motherboard. It was so bad that I had huge lag (frame drops) just by having Chrome or Spotify on in the background while playing a game. However later bios updates did eventually fix this issue. However now I still have issues with random stutters and sometimes frame drops for a second even with the latest bios and chipset drivers. With stutters I mean that it feels like the game stops for less than half a second. You can find information about my setup in my profile or below here on this post.

 

Setup:

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600 (non x version)

Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite V2

Ram: Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2x8GB) / 3200MHz / DDR4 / CL16 / CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 (overclocked to XMP)

GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1660 Ti (GV-N166TWF2OC-6GD)

Storage(in which OW2 is installed on): Kingston A2000 M.2 250GB

PSU: Seasonic Focus+ / 550W / 80+ Gold

 

HWinfo PC monitoring stats derived from looking at graphs:

GPU Thermal limit (now, minimum, maximum): 83c

GPU temperature (peak temperature from graph): 70c

GPU hotspot temperature: 81c

 

 

I'm thinking about also repasting the GPU as a last resort. I do have some thermal paste left from when I upgraded my CPU last year.

[Deadpool2onBlu-Ray]

1 minute ago, PapaAquaWet said:

Hello,

Since I've upgraded my CPU last year around november I've had stutters and lag issues in Overwatch 2. Before the upgrade I used a i5-9400f with a Gigabyte Z390UD motherboard and had no issues with stutters or random frame drops. However I begun having stutters and frame drops for seconds randomly since I upgraded to the Ryzen 5 5600 together with a Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite V2 motherboard. It was so bad that I had huge lag (frame drops) just by having Chrome or Spotify on in the background while playing a game. However later bios updates did eventually fix this issue. However now I still have issues with random stutters and sometimes frame drops for a second even with the latest bios and chipset drivers. With stutters I mean that it feels like the game stops for less than half a second. You can find information about my setup in my profile or below here on this post.

 

Setup:

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600 (non x version)

Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite V2

Ram: Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2x8GB) / 3200MHz / DDR4 / CL16 / CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 (overclocked to XMP)

GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1660 Ti (GV-N166TWF2OC-6GD)

Storage(in which OW2 is installed on): Kingston A2000 M.2 250GB

PSU: Seasonic Focus+ / 550W / 80+ Gold

 

HWinfo PC monitoring stats derived from looking at graphs:

GPU Thermal limit (now, minimum, maximum): 83c

GPU temperature (peak temperature from graph): 70c

GPU hotspot temperature: 81c

 

 

I'm thinking about also repasting the GPU as a last resort. I do have some thermal paste left from when I upgraded my CPU last year.

You upgraded your CPU when your GPU was the issue. The 1660ti is too slow for that game, honestly probably most games besides minecraft

[filpo]

3 minutes ago, PapaAquaWet said:

Since I've upgraded my CPU last year around november I've had stutters and lag issues in Overwatch 2. Before the upgrade I used a i5-9400f with a Gigabyte Z390UD motherboard and had no issues with stutters or random frame drops. However I begun having stutters and frame drops for seconds randomly since I upgraded to the Ryzen 5 5600 together with a Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite V2 motherboard. It was so bad that I had huge lag (frame drops) just by having Chrome or Spotify on in the background while playing a game. However later bios updates did eventually fix this issue. However now I still have issues with random stutters and sometimes frame drops for a second even with the latest bios and chipset drivers. With stutters I mean that it feels like the game stops for less than half a second. You can find information about my setup in my profile or below here on this post.

Were your cpu wattage/usage numbers spiking? And was it bottlenecking the gpu? Because with a 1660 ti I doubt it

 

1 minute ago, Deadpool2onBlu-Ray said:

You upgraded your CPU when your GPU was the issue. The 1660ti is too slow for that game, honestly probably most games besides minecraft

They shouldn't get stutters because of it tho. The 1660 ti is enough for overwatch 

[IkeaGnome]

7 minutes ago, PapaAquaWet said:

HWinfo PC monitoring stats derived from looking at graphs:

GPU Thermal limit (now, minimum, maximum): 83c

GPU temperature (peak temperature from graph): 70c

GPU hotspot temperature: 81c

Can we see how this looks in sensors only mode? 

Did you fresh install Windows? 9400f to a 5600 is enough of a change I'd have done that just to keep compatibility issues a non issue. 

[suchamoneypit]

You say you're on latest bios and chipset drivers, but have you updated your GPU drivers?

[PapaAquaWet]

2 hours ago, Deadpool2onBlu-Ray said:

You upgraded your CPU when your GPU was the issue. The 1660ti is too slow for that game, honestly probably most games besides minecraft

I upgraded the CPU because of performance boost mainly in Valorant which is about +120fps which is insane. I play on a 240hz and I prefer the look and feel of high fps and hz. The CPU are a upgrade in OW too but I went from 230 fps to now 290fps avg and my lows are also improved (when I'm lucky and don't have any issues).

2 hours ago, filpo said:

They shouldn't get stutters because of it tho. The 1660 ti is enough for overwatch 

The GPU usage is 70% avg (68-80%) while the CPU runs at 33%. If I remember it right the 9400f ran at 50% and the GPU 60% 

2 hours ago, IkeaGnome said:

Can we see how this looks in sensors only mode? 

I used sensort only mode.

 

2 hours ago, IkeaGnome said:

Did you fresh install Windows? 9400f to a 5600 is enough of a change I'd have done that just to keep compatibility issues a non issue. 

No I did not fresh install Windows after the CPU upgrade. The issues started right away after I upgraded the CPU but got better after BIOS updates.

 

1 hour ago, suchamoneypit said:

You say you're on latest bios and chipset drivers, but have you updated your GPU drivers?

Yes, I have GeForce Experience installed and check updates on a weekly basis

[suchamoneypit]

3 hours ago, PapaAquaWet said:

I upgraded the CPU because of performance boost mainly in Valorant which is about +120fps which is insane. I play on a 240hz and I prefer the look and feel of high fps and hz. The CPU are a upgrade in OW too but I went from 230 fps to now 290fps avg and my lows are also improved (when I'm lucky and don't have any issues).

The GPU usage is 70% avg (68-80%) while the CPU runs at 33%. If I remember it right the 9400f ran at 50% and the GPU 60% 

I used sensort only mode.

 

No I did not fresh install Windows after the CPU upgrade. The issues started right away after I upgraded the CPU but got better after BIOS updates.

 

Yes, I have GeForce Experience installed and check updates on a weekly basis

I'm curious if you look at task manager when doing games or running cinebench, is your CPU actually reaching the proper clockrate? It should be boosting around 4.4ghz. When my BIOS was wrong for my 5800x3d I saw performance issues and my clockrate locked at a lower than normal clockrate. 

[PapaAquaWet]

5 minutes ago, suchamoneypit said:

I'm curious if you look at task manager when doing games or running cinebench, is your CPU actually reaching the proper clockrate? It should be boosting around 4.4ghz. When my BIOS was wrong for my 5800x3d I saw performance issues and my clockrate locked at a lower than normal clockrate. 

Haven't thought about testing cinebench because my GPU and CPU do perform as good as they should do. The FPS is where it should be for the setup I have which is 280 fps avg in Overwatch and about 370fps avg in Valorant from what I can remember. The CPU and GPU is also the same as seen in benchmarks on YouTube. For reference the 1660ti performs the same as the GTX 1070, GTX 1660 SUPER and RTX 3050.

 

Later bios updates fixed the frame drops issues. The frame drops issue happened when I had something on in the background like Spotify or a YouTube video while playing a game. However the issue is that I have frame stutters randomly now. When monotoring the game FPS with like Afterburner it seems as if the stutters vanishes so I would guess it's some kind of priority issue. If not that, maybe there's some issue with newer Nvidia drivers.

[suchamoneypit]

Just now, PapaAquaWet said:

Haven't thought about testing cinebench because my GPU and CPU do perform as good as they should do. The FPS is where it should be for the setup I have which is 280 fps avg in Overwatch and about 370fps avg in Valorant from what I can remember. The CPU and GPU is also the same as seen in benchmarks on YouTube. For reference the 1660ti performs the same as the GTX 1070, GTX 1660 SUPER and RTX 3050.

 

Later bios updates fixed the frame drops issues. The frame drops issue happened when I had something on in the background like Spotify or a YouTube video while playing a game. However the issue is that I have frame stutters randomly now. When monotoring the game FPS with like Afterburner it seems as if the stutters vanishes so I would guess it's some kind of priority issue. If not that, maybe there's some issue with newer Nvidia drivers.

You can install drivers one version back and test with that. Do you still "stutter" with V-sync enabled? Is this only happening in a single game or all?