R9 290 Stuttering

[THGM]

OK, so i just noticed most of the games i'm playing are stuttering - payday 2, counter strike global offensive, dead island, insurgency... list goes on. When i have vsync on on 60hz the stuttering is very bad. On 120hz its a bit better, but i can still feel itand its really annoying, the game doesn't feel smooth at all. I tried with vsync off - it gets even worse. I tried windowsed mode too - no result. The only games i can feel smoothness are battlefield 3 and 4(120hz, 120fps, vsync on).

My system:

Gigabyte B85M-D2V | Intel Xeon E3-1231v3 | Kingston hyperX 8GB | XFX R9 290 | CM G650M | Windows 8.1 64bit

[Lolzious]

How hot is your system getting in game?

Any overclocks on the GPU?

That PSU might be a bit low for the system, but I doubt it.

[xAcid9]

Check your system with LatencyMon.

 

http://www.resplendence.com/latencymon

[THGM]

Cpu is getting at 60c

Gpu barely passes 70c

vrm1 is usually hotter and ges to 80c, but thats it. So its not system overheating.

Theres people runing on G550M with the same gpu and its all fine, so surely its not the psu.

How do i test with the latency tool?

[xAcid9]

Cpu is getting at 60c

Gpu barely passes 70c

vrm1 is usually hotter and ges to 80c, but thats it. So its not system overheating.

Theres people runing on G550M with the same gpu and its all fine, so surely its not the psu.

How do i test with the latency tool?

 

Click Play and check if there is any driver stalling your CPU time causing stutters. Run your game while it's running for a few mins.

[THGM]

[THGM]

So i just tried portal 2 which runs the same engine as cs go and insurgency, but it runs a lot more smoother with no stutering/microstuttering at all... so im guessing its something software. Any ideas?

[Briggsy]

download parkcontrol and disable Core parking AC and DC like so, but leave frequency scaling alone. hit apply and it will save settings for whatever windows power profile you are using. disabling core parking should help improve some cases of stuttering. you can also disable core parking using other methods, this way is just the easiest.

[THGM]

I thought its unlocked on default on windows 8.1? Heres a pic from default settings, do i need to change anything?:

[Briggsy]

I thought its unlocked on default on windows 8.1? Heres a pic from default settings, do i need to change anything?:

 

nah, in windows high performance mode core parking is automatically disabled. you're good.

[THGM]

Right, i still have the same issue and its really frustuating... any ideas? I dont feel like going back to 7(again) to see if it fixes it.

[xAcid9]

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I see no problem there, try kill mom.exe and ccc.exe. Sometimes those 2 don't play nice. 

 

Also if you use MSI Afterburner frame limiter, try to disable it. 

[THGM]

I tried, didn't helped. Im really upset with my amd r9 290 so far, only causes me issues...

[THGM]

Heres video from dead island, its much more terrbile than the rest games(in which its also noticeable, but much less):

watch in 720p60.

[xAcid9]

Heres video from dead island, its much more terrbile than the rest games(in which its also noticeable, but much less):

-snip-

watch in 720p60.

 

That look somewhat similar to my problem with rFactor 2 last time. Are you using MSI Afterburner/RTSS frame limiter?

 

 

 

 

Anyway, i noticed in your LatencyMon screenshot HDAudioBus and storport get quite high ISR count, i suggest try disabling HD Audio device manager or update the driver. Not sure what to do with storport though... 

 

You graphic card voltage is too high imo, try reduce it. I even undervolt mine.

 

Try disable some CPU power saving feature in BIOS like C1E, EIST, etc. 

 

 

 

 

This is after i disabled Afterburner/RTSS frame limiter btw. 

 

[THGM]

I dont use any frame limiters.
Where do i disable the hd audio device manager?
Its a bit high, because its overclocked, but i tried with no clock too, same issue.

CPU powering savings are off.

[Kermit]

Cpu is getting at 60c

Gpu barely passes 70c

vrm1 is usually hotter and ges to 80c, but thats it. So its not system overheating.

Theres people runing on G550M with the same gpu and its all fine, so surely its not the psu.

How do i test with the latency tool?

 

your gpu is a bit hot... I doubt thats the issue though. I run my 280x fans at 80% and it hits like 56c

[xAcid9]

I mean disable HD Audio in device manager.. something like this.

 

 

If you only have one audio device, try download the latest driver.

 

your gpu is a bit hot... I doubt thats the issue though. I run my 280x fans at 80% and it hits like 56c

 

Perfectly normal for a 290. 

[THGM]

No change.

[hogfather]

My two cents worth:

 

The temperatures are OK.  PSU is more than enough.  

 

Did you try giving the card a bit more voltage? or maybe even better running it on a fixed voltage. Upping the voltage just a tad helped me with weird screen flickering problems. 

 

 

Try a fixed voltage for your CPU.  Did you OC your ram? are you running it in an XMP profile? If so, you might want to get rid of that.

 

Try Aida64 and run the GPU tests to see if you get any errors.  

 

Have you tried Windows 7? 

 

Can you try another AMD card?