Gaming doesn't feel smooth.

[xDylanio]

Well it's been months now. It all started on a nvidia update, back in August or so. I uodated my drivers, and after i started noticing that games didn't feel butter smooth. Considering my specs, i can't understand why they wouldn't. At first i thought it was the game i was playing, but after watching people play the same game, with specs lower than mine. I am going to assume it's nvidia. Ive heard of other people having this same issue. 

 

Extra info

1) i have reset my pc 4 times since that time. Clean install and everything. 

2) my fps is around 300+ in most games. 

[shadowbyte]

turn on vsync and see if anything changes

[Guest]

Try with them older drivers, from when gaming was smooth. Not all updates are good ones.

[xDylanio]

Just now, shadowbyte said:

turn on vsync and see if anything changes

yea i always have it on, and for a few seconds it's smooth, but then when i start doing intense stuff, it drops to 50 or, and if i turn it off, it never drops from 100.

[xDylanio]

1 minute ago, Dutch-stoner said:

Try with older drivers, when gaming was smooth. Not all updates are good ones.

For nvidia, where could i find the list of the updates 

[Guest]

Don't know, but I am sure google can help you out. (using an AMD APU atm, and I never update, things don't break)

[Mira Yurizaki]

18 minutes ago, xDylanio said:

For nvidia, where could i find the list of the updates 

http://www.geforce.com/drivers

 

Search by your GPU and OS then it'll pop up a list of all the driver versions.

[IceCold008]

Need to give more info tbh. Does the game stall at certain times. Does it freeze. Does it creep along then speed up and slow down. Is there any visual effects in game which is out of place. 

 

And tbh cap your FPS playing at 300 fps might be the problem. Cap it at 120fps or 144fps or 165fps depending on your monitor refresh rate.

 

Another thing if you have a gysnc monitor and is hitting over 144fps there will be alot of input lag which can stall in game. Make sure that is off. Only put gync on if you are hitting below 144fps

[xDylanio]

11 minutes ago, IceCold008 said:

Need to give more info tbh. Does the game stall at certain times. Does it freeze. Does it creep along then speed up and slow down. Is there any visual effects in game which is out of place. 

 

And tbh cap your FPS playing at 300 fps might be the problem. Cap it at 120fps or 144fps or 165fps depending on your monitor refresh rate.

 

Another thing if you have a gysnc monitor and is hitting over 144fps there will be alot of input lag which can stall in game. Make sure that is off. Only put gync on if you are hitting below 144fps

No it never freezes or anything, it just kinda seems below smooth. I dont know if im used to a different frame rate or something, but its just not smooth. 

[IceCold008]

Getting any problems outside of gaming. Any blue screens of death. Maybe check your Memory. TBH i cant see that being the problem like. But you have to think outside of the box sometimes when it comes to PC. You have to eliminate everything and sometimes finding a root cause of something for PC can be a right pain in the backside trust me. 

 

Could be a Monitor problem if vsync is not working right. You say your not getting any screen tearing or anything like that. If you hitting 300 fps and its not smooth

 

You say its seems below smooth? What do you mean below smooth. Thats very vague tbh. Below smooth. Means it slows down like the fps hits a brick wall. ? 

 

Make sure you bios settings are ok and check your memory speeds settings are set right.

[xDylanio]

9 minutes ago, IceCold008 said:

Getting any problems outside of gaming. Any blue screens of death. Maybe check your Memory. TBH i cant see that being the problem like. But you have to think outside of the box sometimes when it comes to PC. You have to eliminate everything and sometimes finding a root cause of something for PC can be a right pain in the backside trust me. 

 

Could be a Monitor problem if vsync is not working right. You say your not getting any screen tearing or anything like that. If you hitting 300 fps and its not smooth

 

You say its seems below smooth? What do you mean below smooth. Thats very vague tbh. Below smooth. Means it slows down like the fps hits a brick wall. ? 

 

Make sure you bios settings are ok and check your memory speeds settings are set right.

By smooth, it's like, I'm getting 1000 fps, but i don't feel like its going 1000 fps. I feel like its 30

[IceCold008]

Im taking it your monitoring your FPS in game and can clearly see what FPS your hitting. Is your FPS a constant FPS for example its hitting 110 to 120 all the time. 

Or does it dip really low to high for example. On second your getting 120 fps then another second you getting 40 fps. 

 

If you can see you fps and its saying for example 144 fps all the time and its not dipping that much. And it feels like its running at 30 you say and its reading 144 at the same time. Check your monitor settings. 

 

Re-install the nvidia drivers but first make sure you unistall the drivers and do a FULL CLEAN unistall. Reboot PC then if i remember right there is some software which helps with left over nividia drivers in your system which can cause problems you will have to google it. Once you are sure you have all the drivers uninstalled then install the drivers again. 

 

I get a feeling its either a driver issue or to less effect a monitor problem or settings issue.

[Tosa]

56 minutes ago, xDylanio said:

yea i always have it on, and for a few seconds it's smooth, but then when i start doing intense stuff, it drops to 50 or, and if i turn it off, it never drops from 100.

In my experience, v-sync can cause both input lag and stuttering.

[xDylanio]

1 hour ago, IceCold008 said:

Im taking it your monitoring your FPS in game and can clearly see what FPS your hitting. Is your FPS a constant FPS for example its hitting 110 to 120 all the time. 

Or does it dip really low to high for example. On second your getting 120 fps then another second you getting 40 fps. 

 

Ill be getting 300 fps, drops to 200, than to 300. 

 

1 hour ago, IceCold008 said:

If you can see you fps and its saying for example 144 fps all the time and its not dipping that much. And it feels like its running at 30 you say and its reading 144 at the same time. Check your monitor settings. 

 

 

Naw, its rising and dropping, nothing under my monitor hz (60) but it still drops and rises like 100 fps.

 

1 hour ago, IceCold008 said:

Re-install the nvidia drivers but first make sure you unistall the drivers and do a FULL CLEAN unistall. Reboot PC then if i remember right there is some software which helps with left over nividia drivers in your system which can cause problems you will have to google it. Once you are sure you have all the drivers uninstalled then install the drivers again. 

 

I get a feeling its either a driver issue or to less effect a monitor problem or settings issue.

It was a driver issue. I just downloaded the driver from september and I feel like butter smooth.

[Karalum]

buy 144hz+ monitor. feel the smooth. its meaningless to play games without atleast 144hz monitor. 

[xDylanio]

5 minutes ago, Karalum said:

buy 144hz+ monitor. feel the smooth. its meaningless to play games without atleast 144hz monitor. 

Ill look into that. Any cheap 144hz monitors that you would recommend?

[Guest]

40 minutes ago, Karalum said:

its meaningless to play games without atleast 144hz monitor. 

lol no, probably much better but def not meaningless, I don't have one and I still enjoy my games. Althouugh it is for sure with it if you have the money

[Aleks NE]

6 hours ago, xDylanio said:

Well it's been months now. It all started on a nvidia update, back in August or so. I uodated my drivers, and after i started noticing that games didn't feel butter smooth. Considering my specs, i can't understand why they wouldn't. At first i thought it was the game i was playing, but after watching people play the same game, with specs lower than mine. I am going to assume it's nvidia. Ive heard of other people having this same issue. 

 

Extra info

1) i have reset my pc 4 times since that time. Clean install and everything. 

2) my fps is around 300+ in most games. 

 

Try older drivers, mess around with the settings.

[xDylanio]

31 minutes ago, <Aleks> said:

Try older drivers, mess around with the settings.

Yea i did that it feels great now

[Aleks NE]

10 minutes ago, xDylanio said:

Yea i did that it feels great now

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