Stuttering issues in games

[thejduman]

I was playing No Man's Sky today and was experiencing a lot of stuttering and hitching. The game runs at 75 fps (my monitor's refresh rate) most of the time, but 1% lows frequently dip as low as 9 fps. This only seems to happen with certain games. Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3 are fine, but I have issues with No Man's Sky and Helldivers 2. In No Man's Sky, I set the graphics settings to the lowest preset. The game is also running from my SSD and not my HDD. I would appreciate some advice on fixing this issue.

 

PC specs: upgraded Lenovo prebuilt

OS: Windows 10 Home 22H2

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400

RAM: 16GB DDR4-2400

Motherboard: Proprietary Lenovo H170 mobo (BIOS up to date)

GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (drivers up to date)

Storage: 1TB Samsung 860 Evo (boot drive), 4TB Seagate Ironwolf NAS drive (storage drive)

PSU: Proprietary 500W Lenovo power supply

 

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 hour ago, thejduman said:

I was playing No Man's Sky today and was experiencing a lot of stuttering and hitching. The game runs at 75 fps (my monitor's refresh rate) most of the time, but 1% lows frequently dip as low as 9 fps. This only seems to happen with certain games. Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3 are fine, but I have issues with No Man's Sky and Helldivers 2. In No Man's Sky, I set the graphics settings to the lowest preset. The game is also running from my SSD and not my HDD. I would appreciate some advice on fixing this issue.

 

PC specs: upgraded Lenovo prebuilt

OS: Windows 10 Home 22H2

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400

RAM: 16GB DDR4-2400

Motherboard: Proprietary Lenovo H170 mobo (BIOS up to date)

GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (drivers up to date)

Storage: 1TB Samsung 860 Evo (boot drive), 4TB Seagate Ironwolf NAS drive (storage drive)

PSU: Proprietary 500W Lenovo power supply

 

I wonder if you are pushing it a bit with that CPU.  I mean single threaded you're similar to Steam Deck but multi-threaded you're ~80% slower which could be a huge factor in these games.

 

This is the problem when they aren't specific and say things like "Minimum Requirements Intel Core i3".

A modern i3 is going to potentially be 75% faster single-threaded and over twice as fast multi-threaded than your i5.

 

Rough guide only:

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/2929vs4687vs5831/Intel-i5-7400-vs-Intel-i3-12100-vs-Intel-i3-14100

[191x7]

51 minutes ago, thejduman said:

I was playing No Man's Sky today and was experiencing a lot of stuttering and hitching. The game runs at 75 fps (my monitor's refresh rate) most of the time, but 1% lows frequently dip as low as 9 fps. This only seems to happen with certain games. Elden Ring and Baldur's Gate 3 are fine, but I have issues with No Man's Sky and Helldivers 2. In No Man's Sky, I set the graphics settings to the lowest preset. The game is also running from my SSD and not my HDD. I would appreciate some advice on fixing this issue.

 

PC specs: upgraded Lenovo prebuilt

OS: Windows 10 Home 22H2

CPU: Intel Core i5-7400

RAM: 16GB DDR4-2400

Motherboard: Proprietary Lenovo H170 mobo (BIOS up to date)

GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER (drivers up to date)

Storage: 1TB Samsung 860 Evo (boot drive), 4TB Seagate Ironwolf NAS drive (storage drive)

PSU: Proprietary 500W Lenovo power supply

 

You lack CPU threads. Time to upgrade.