Aero Stuttering

[bdc9898]

In Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit, Aero stutters. I have it set to the "Windows 7 Basic" theme, which does not stutter at all. Now, I could just deal with it, but I miss the beautiful animations and visuals of Aero. I built the computer a few months ago, and this is my second install of Windows. This install is just a few days under two months old.

What happens is when I do anything, there are dropped frames everywhere. Typing a paper, watching a video, dragging a window, basically anything that moves drops frames. I do have a second monitor, but it only gets slightly better when I disable it.

I have my graphics card drivers on a very new update (344.60). My temps on both CPU and GPU are in the 30-35 degree range, just as they are in Windows Basic, too.

Here is my build:

 

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4670 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($209.99 @ Newegg) 

Motherboard: MSI B85-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.19 @ Amazon) 

Memory: G.Skill Sniper 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card  ($217.69 @ Amazon) 

Case: Rosewill Line Glow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($54.95 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ NCIX US) 

Optical Drive: LG GH24NSB0 DVD/CD Writer  ($19.99 @ NCIX US) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($197.98 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $1064.75

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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I have no idea what to do, and anything you all have would be wonderful. Thanks!

[LemonSpice]

 

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did you updater drivers and did you overclock anything if so how far did you update windows

[Enderman]

Downgrade your GPU driver to the previous one or a few before that.

[bdc9898]

did you updater drivers and did you overclock anything if so how far did you update windows

I have the newest Windows Updates, and have tried doing clean installs of the Nvidia drivers. Still stuttering.

 

My GPU is overclocked by ~80MHz. I have disabled the overclock, restarted Windows, checked to make sure that it was disabled, but still no dice.

[LemonSpice]

I have the newest Windows Updates, and have tried doing clean installs of the Nvidia drivers. Still stuttering.

 

My GPU is overclocked by ~80MHz. I have disabled the overclock, restarted Windows, checked to make sure that it was disabled, but still no dice.

how about your cpu

[bdc9898]

Downgrade your GPU driver to the previous one or a few before that.

Will try that, let me get back to you.

[bdc9898]

how about your cpu

Nope. My CPU isn't even unlocked, so I couldn't even if I wanted to.

[LemonSpice]

Nope. My CPU isn't even unlocked, so I couldn't even if I wanted to.

What are the thermals

[bdc9898]

What are the thermals

All of this is included in my original post. I am getting around 30-35 degrees celsius on both the CPU and GPU with casual browsing and video watching on both Aero and Basic.

[LemonSpice]

All of this is included in my original post. I am getting around 30-35 degrees celsius on both the CPU and GPU with casual browsing and video watching on both Aero and Basic.

i was mening under ful load as you say no extra coling and the included cpu fan will keep it at 35 under 10% oad it will go high under load se how high it goes under load 

[bdc9898]

i was mening under ful load as you say no extra coling and the included cpu fan will keep it at 35 under 10% oad it will go high under load se how high it goes under load 

Ok, sorry, I misunderstood.

 

Prime95: CPU at ~68 Degrees Celsius

 

Heaven Bench: GPU at ~68 Degrees Celsius, CPU at ~50

[bdc9898]

Downgrade your GPU driver to the previous one or a few before that.

Downgraded to a somewhat old driver (335.23 from March 2014) because Aero worked when I had that update, but still no dice. The downgrade did not work.

[Enderman]

Downgraded to a somewhat old driver (335.23 from March 2014) because Aero worked when I had that update, but still no dice. The downgrade did not work.

thats rly strange then...

are there any windows updates available for your PC AFTER you downgraded the drivers?

[bdc9898]

thats rly strange then...

are there any windows updates available for your PC AFTER you downgraded the drivers?

Nope. No Windows Updates available. Darn. It updated when I restarted after I updated, but all but one of them were just security updates.

 

The update that wasn't a security update: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2952664 It doesn't seem like this update would affect the graphics drivers.

 

Congrats on your 10,000th post, BTW!

[TDP_Equinox]

try the GPU in another PCIe slot.
 

[Enderman]

Nope. No Windows Updates available. Darn. It updated when I restarted after I updated, but all but one of them were just security updates.

 

The update that wasn't a security update: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2952664 It doesn't seem like this update would affect the graphics drivers.

 

Congrats on your 10,000th post, BTW!

Oh thanks

 

Well a couple weeks ago I had some stuttering issues in windows because of a GPU driver update. I reverted to 337.88 then a windows update showed up called something like "display driver" and after I installed that everything was smooth again.

[bdc9898]

try the GPU in another PCIe slot.

I would, but it's my understanding that my only other full length PCI-E slot will only run at 4x. Sure that would be fine, but Nvidia cards won't run at anything less than 8x.

[bdc9898]

Oh thanks

 

Well a couple weeks ago I had some stuttering issues in windows because of a GPU driver update. I reverted to 337.88 then a windows update showed up called something like "display driver" and after I installed that everything was smooth again.

Well, thank you for your help. I might mess around with a few other updates if I get desperate. Thanks.

[TDP_Equinox]

I would, but it's my understanding that my only other full length PCI-E slot will only run at 4x. Sure that would be fine, but Nvidia cards won't run at anything less than 8x.

may as well try it.

If you can, maybe try it in another system