Stuttering in games?

[Ezz]

Hi

 

So I've been having this problem recently. My games would randomly lag for a second or two and the sound would also stutter (make this annoying noise, like bee noise) for the time of the stutter.

 

It doesn't happen much, and it certainly effect my gaming experience. But, my biggest concern is that this is a hardware problem. I'm afraid my PC would suddenly fail without warning, or that some serious hardware damage would occur.

 

I don't remember doing anything that resulted in this to happen, for all I know it started by itself.

 

Please note that I recently got a new monitor (SAMSUNG C24FG73) and it failed after 2 days of use. I returned it to get a replacement and I'm currently using my old monitor.

I made a topic about the monitor: 

In case these problems could be somehow related, also the stuttering might have been started after getting the new monitor, I'm not really sure. 

 

I just want to know/add all possibilities.

 

Please help with what could cause the problem, all possibilities of what could cause such problem. And what can I do to fix it

 

My build is new, almost 4 months old. You can find it in signature and my profile.

 

PS: the stuttering also occurred on new monitor. Might have started when I got it. Not really sure as I said.

[CrippledROBOT]

2 minutes ago, Ezz said:

Hi

 

So I've been having this problem recently. My games would randomly lag for a second or two and the sound would also stutter (make this annoying noise, like bee noise) for the time of the stutter.

 

It doesn't happen much, and it certainly effect my gaming experience. But, my biggest concern is that this is a hardware problem. I'm afraid my PC would suddenly fail without warning, or that some serious hardware damage would occur.

 

I don't remember doing anything that resulted in this to happen, for all I know it started by itself.

 

Please note that I recently got a new monitor (SAMSUNG C24FG73) and it failed after 2 days of use. I returned it to get a replacement and I'm currently using my old monitor.

I made a topic about the monitor: 

In case these problems could be somehow related, also the stuttering might have been started after getting the new monitor, I'm not really sure. 

 

I just want to know/add all possibilities.

 

Please help with what could cause the problem, all possibilities of what could cause such problem. And what can I do to fix it

 

My build is new, almost 4 months old. You can find it in signature and my profile.

 

PS: the stuttering also occurred on new monitor. Might have started when I got it. Not really sure as I said.

This may not be the issue, but do you have another PSU to test the system with?

[Ezz]

1 minute ago, CrippledROBOT said:

This may not be the issue, but do you have another PSU to test the system with?

Sadly not, what are you thinking is the problem? any other way to check

[Crunchy Dragon]

22 minutes ago, Ezz said:

my biggest concern is that this is a hardware problem.

Have you tried testing any of your hardware? Does it happen when running a benchmark, or just in games?

[JL94x4]

Have you tried running a test on http://cpu.userbenchmark.com? If not, do one and post the link here.

[ToxicTexas]

What game is it you are playing? This sounds like a problem I had on Arma 3

[Ezz]

18 minutes ago, JL94x4 said:

Have you tried running a test on http://cpu.userbenchmark.com? If not, do one and post the link here.

http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/8252409

[Ezz]

7 minutes ago, ToxicTexas said:

What game is it you are playing? This sounds like a problem I had on Arma 3

all of them

[Ezz]

9 minutes ago, Ezz said:

http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/8252409

I did this while playing league of legends, I will repeat it if necessary when I'm done 

[ToxicTexas]

This thing usually relates to Gpu drivers or issues make sure your drivers are upto date. Then if possible try another Gpu or on board graphics to see if the problem stops.

[Ezz]

18 minutes ago, Ezz said:

I did this while playing league of legends, I will repeat it if necessary when I'm done 

Second benchmark, with nothing runniing but startup programs (I just closed Chrome and games and ran the benchmark)

http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/8252654

 

Looks fine though

[Ezz]

Honestly, what came to my mind is that something big is wrong with my hardware, and if fucked up my new monitor I talked about.

 

I don't know if that's even possible, but it's something I assumed, and if it's true that would e a really big and expensive problem.

[Ezz]

Here's another benchmark I did ..

 

[ToxicTexas]

Again that all looks fine. As stated before make sure all drivers are upto date such as graphics and sound drivers. 

[Ezz]

3 hours ago, ToxicTexas said:

Again that all looks fine. As stated before make sure all drivers are upto date such as graphics and sound drivers. 

I updated the GPU driver, other than that everything seems up-to-date. I will have to play somethhing late and see if the problem continues

[Ace McPlane]

2 hours ago, Ezz said:

I updated the GPU driver, other than that everything seems up-to-date. I will have to play somethhing late and see if the problem continues

This is a long shot, but I just discovered last night that monitoring the GPU power in MSI afterburner causes frame drops in VR. Serious ones that make it downright unplayable. I have reason to suspect that it's not just afterburner and it's not just VR.  It's just that you notice it a lot more in VR.

So, try turning off any monitoring or overclocking software and see if it stops.

If it does stop, you can likely still use that software.

You just need to go into the settings and uncheck the option to monitor GPU power if the option is there.