GPU sttuters

[the457457]

hello, i have been playing AC Origins for some while but there has been a problem I play at very high settings at 1080p the game runs flawlessly at 120 fps but some times the game sttuters and gpu utilization goes to 0% for a fraction of a second and game stops completely for half a second

 

my specs

rtx 4060

i5 9400

16 gb ram

 

plz tell if you have any solutions

 

[SansVarnic]

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[Eigenvektor]

The solution is likely to get a better CPU.

 

If GPU usage drops below 100% in pretty much all cases you're CPU limited.

 

CPU in turn could be limited by RAM speed or lack of dual channel

[BetteBalterZen]

Also don't underestimate OSD's monitoring power usage, if you have these on. Reading power sensors can cause stutters. 

[jaslion]

Your cpu only has 6 threads. The denuvo drm is boggled down by anything below 8 threads usually that and games are made to run across 8+ nowadays so you get stutters when it legit has to wait for the other simultanious tasks of the other threads to be executed on a already in use one.

 

Very simple explanation but basically thats it.

 

Unfortunatly your platform doesnt have a good affordablr upgrade left. Even the stupid priced expensive ones are slowly getting long in the teeth. 

 

Very easy to see this with having the cpu be listed by per core usage. You'll see some go to 100% and when that happens stutters occur often.

[the457457]

On 8/20/2025 at 12:40 PM, BetteBalterZen said:

Also don't underestimate OSD's monitoring power usage, if you have these on. Reading power sensors can cause stutters. 

how do i turn it off

[the457457]

On 8/20/2025 at 11:29 AM, Eigenvektor said:

The solution is likely to get a better CPU.

 

If GPU usage drops below 100% in pretty much all cases you're CPU limited.

 

CPU in turn could be limited by RAM speed or lack of dual channel

would an i5 12400 help?

[BetteBalterZen]

Just now, the457457 said:

how do i turn it off

Well, you first have to enable them. So this tells me you do not have them enabled in OSDs. 

[Eigenvektor]

40 minutes ago, the457457 said:

would an i5 12400 help?

Sure, though I'd rather go with an AMD CPU, since you'll need to switch motherboard and RAM along with the CPU in either case.

[the457457]

2 hours ago, Eigenvektor said:

Sure, though I'd rather go with an AMD CPU, since you'll need to switch motherboard and RAM along with the CPU in either case.

well what would be an amd equivalent im going for intel because amd isnt as available as intel in my country plus would the cpu completely solve the issue or like would it be less frequent

 

[the457457]

2 hours ago, BetteBalterZen said:

Well, you first have to enable them. So this tells me you do not have them enabled in OSDs. 

BTW what is osd

[BetteBalterZen]

12 minutes ago, the457457 said:

BTW what is osd

On Screen Display. 

Fx when monitoring system performance and temps through MSI Afterburner or GPU Tweak ingame via the Overlay these programs set up, these are called OSD's. 

[Eigenvektor]

2 hours ago, the457457 said:

well what would be an amd equivalent im going for intel because amd isnt as available as intel in my country

That depends on prices in your region. There's equivalent in terms of price and equivalent in terms of performance.

 

Performance wise the R5 5600X should be roughly in the same ballpark. But I don't know if it's price competitive or whether you could actually get something better at the same price as the Intel.

 

2 hours ago, the457457 said:

plus would the cpu completely solve the issue or like would it be less frequent

Depends on how severe the issue is and how much faster the new CPU is compared to the old one.

 

If the new CPU can get the work done within the "time limit" set by your frame rate, the yes it would be gone.

 

E.g. if you're running at 60 fps, then CPU+GPU have at most 16.6 ms to work on each frame.

 

The longer the CPU takes to prepare data for the GPU, the less time remains for the GPU. If that takes more than 16.6 ms you get a stutter.

 

If the new CPU is a lot faster, then the time remaining for the GPU to do its work should likely be enough. Of course the GPU on its own could still be too slow.

 

Given that the GPU currently drops to 0% it would mean the GPU is ready for more work and simply waiting for the CPU to give it something to do.