Stuttering issues in games?

[Piefrenzy]

I just finished my new PC (as was described in my previous thread), but I've ran into a number of issues whenever I try to play any games. Right now, I've played League of Legends, Rocket League, and CS:GO on my new PC and I have had the same problems with every game. There is a lot of stuttering in game. For example, whenever I shoot or get shot in CS:GO my game just seems to skip a frame or two multiple times. It's actually getting quite frustrating because I don't even know where to begin when it comes to fixing this.

 

The graphics card I have right now (EVGA GTX 980 SC) was in my previous PC and I had no problems with it then.

 

List of components:

 

Asus Z170-A Motherboard

EVGA GTX 980 SC

i7-6700k @ 4.4 GHz (base speed)

2x8 GB Corsair Vengeance @ 2666 MHz

EVGA 600 Watt 80+ Bronze

Windows 7 Home Premium

 

I checked temps I haven't seen anything higher than 55 degrees Celsius.

I was wondering if anyone could help me diagnose the problem with my PC. All I've gathered is that I do not believe the graphics card is the problem. I've also noticed that when I go into device manager and try to update the drivers online it will search indefinitely and never update anything at all.

[jswan]

Verify what version of drivers you are running, then check what is the most recent version listed on the manufacturer's respective website. Update accordingly from there, rather than device manager.

[jswan]

Also noticed your PSU wattage. If I'm not mistaken, with that build, the PSU may be at or near it's limit. Which could contribute to what you are experiencing.

[AstroBenny]

Your PSU is more than enough for the job.

How did you go about the driver installation process?

What drivers have you installed?

 

[TrifectaIII]

PSU might be the problem, since your GPU is factory overclocked and your CPU is overclocked too (I don't know why you would think 4.4GHZ is the base speed for a 6700k, it's definitely not).

 

I would try removing the overclock from your CPU and maybe underclocking your GPU just to see if that does anything.

 

You could also run memtest86 to rule out your RAM as an issue.

[Piefrenzy]

30 minutes ago, TrifectaIII said:

PSU might be the problem, since your GPU is factory overclocked and your CPU is overclocked too (I don't know why you would think 4.4GHZ is the base speed for a 6700k, it's definitely not).

 

I would try removing the overclock from your CPU and maybe underclocking your GPU just to see if that does anything.

 

You could also run memtest86 to rule out your RAM as an issue.

Sorry, I thought 4.4 was the base speed. I don't know why. It's at the base speed of 4.0. I'm having problems editing the original post so I can't change it.

[Piefrenzy]

41 minutes ago, AstroBenny said:

Your PSU is more than enough for the job.

How did you go about the driver installation process?

What drivers have you installed?

 

I used the given CD to install all my drivers. Except for my video card driver, which I went to the website and downloaded the drivers for that. So all my drivers are probably a little old, so I'm manually updating them now. 

[k1ng_alex]

I just recently had the same issue , turns out my hard drive was dying , honestly I dont know how this effected performance but I did a drive clone onto a new drive and all of the stuttering is gone. 

[K0MP4CT]

10 hours ago, Piefrenzy said:

I just finished my new PC (as was described in my previous thread), but I've ran into a number of issues whenever I try to play any games. Right now, I've played League of Legends, Rocket League, and CS:GO on my new PC and I have had the same problems with every game. There is a lot of stuttering in game. For example, whenever I shoot or get shot in CS:GO my game just seems to skip a frame or two multiple times. It's actually getting quite frustrating because I don't even know where to begin when it comes to fixing this.

 

The graphics card I have right now (EVGA GTX 980 SC) was in my previous PC and I had no problems with it then.

 

List of components:

 

Asus Z170-A Motherboard

EVGA GTX 980 SC

i7-6700k @ 4.4 GHz (base speed)

2x8 GB Corsair Vengeance @ 2666 MHz

EVGA 600 Watt 80+ Bronze

Windows 7 Home Premium

 

I checked temps I haven't seen anything higher than 55 degrees Celsius.

I was wondering if anyone could help me diagnose the problem with my PC. All I've gathered is that I do not believe the graphics card is the problem. I've also noticed that when I go into device manager and try to update the drivers online it will search indefinitely and never update anything at all.

That PSU is fine, it's got enough wattage even with the overclocks.

I'm not sure what it might be but I'd rule out the PSU.