ingame stuttering

paradisiac · 29 Jun 2011 at 10:36

ok, so fitted my 2500k last night and installed a few games. really good benchmarks, all smooth with no glitches.
run fifa 2011 is really stuttery so set everything to minimum, still the same.
tried f1 2010 and again, although better, it did have a lap or 2 where it was just juddery. whats going wrong? surely my system should cope with these games? maybe its the new ATI drivers? a
any ideas welcome.

Moothead2 · 29 Jun 2011 at 10:40

Could be those games don't like crossfire? Try turning CF off and see how it goes, if the problem persists try removing the drivers and installing 11.5 and see if that fixes the problem.

paradisiac · 29 Jun 2011 at 10:42

Moothead2 said:
Could be those games don't like crossfire? Try turning CF off and see how it goes, if the problem persists try removing the drivers and installing 11.5 and see if that fixes the problem.

they worked fine on my X2 555 setup. but obvs i have done a fresh install so i installed the latest drivers. this is whats making me think its them, but im pretty sure i updated to them on my old system.

Moothead2 · 29 Jun 2011 at 10:45

paradisiac said:
they worked fine on my X2 555 setup. but obvs i have done a fresh install so i installed the latest drivers. this is whats making me think its them, but im pretty sure i updated to them on my old system.

I can't see the processor doing this so the Drivers definately look suspect. Try using driver sweeper and installing 11.5 drivers.

paradisiac · 29 Jun 2011 at 10:46

ok will give that a go tonight.
are there any settings in CCC i shouldnt have turned on (like tripple buffering) or should my system handle most of them?

Nodiggidy123 · 29 Jun 2011 at 11:13

Any chance it could be caching the hardrive?

paradisiac · 29 Jun 2011 at 11:18

Nodiggidy123 said:
Any chance it could be caching the hardrive?

i dont know

how would i check this?
since changing mobo i cant get my HDD light to work, so i dont know if its going mental or not.

Ashfield · 29 Jun 2011 at 12:23

you installed the latest cap profile?

http://www.rage3d.com/cap/

paradisiac · 29 Jun 2011 at 12:40

Ashfield said:
you installed the latest cap profile?

http://www.rage3d.com/cap/

yeh thats all installed too

will try some other games tonight, just a bit dissapointing.
the GTAIV benchmark with EVERYTHING maxed @ 1920x1080 was really smooth for most of it, was 1 or 2 secs of stuttering, but nothing like what i get when playing fifa11 or f1 2010 :confused:

and all other benchmarks indicate it should be capable of running things ok. and like i said, it worked on the old mobo/cpu.
i have however gone from raid0 to single hdd, could this cause it?

paradisiac · 29 Jun 2011 at 13:36

would fraps or msi ab record what the fps were like at the times of stuttering?
if so, would this then help me find the cause, or will anything make the fps drop? what i mean is, if its a hard drive loadtime thats causing it, would the fps drop or is that only if its a graphics card error?

Nodiggidy123 · 29 Jun 2011 at 13:43

paradisiac said:
would fraps or msi ab record what the fps were like at the times of stuttering?
if so, would this then help me find the cause, or will anything make the fps drop? what i mean is, if its a hard drive loadtime thats causing it, would the fps drop or is that only if its a graphics card error?

I would say so. If the hardrive can't load the data quick enough then your going to get a not of sputtering. It's dependent on the game tho.

Amnesia · 29 Jun 2011 at 13:44

try with older drivers and if no luck try with 1 graphics card...if either of them work you know its drivers/graphics card related

paradisiac · 29 Jun 2011 at 18:33

i disabled CF and fifa11 ran fine, enabled it again and it is still running ok. not sure what went wrong.

paradisiac · 29 Jun 2011 at 19:32

ok, on re-enabling CF all my benchmarks have dropped by a fair bit, so i think something must be up with the drivers

paradisiac · 30 Jun 2011 at 11:52

ok that didnt fix it, lasted for about 20mins on fifa and then came back.
i have tried 11.4 drivers, no CF and reinstalling the games.
fifa is stuttery from the off, f1 2010 about 5-7laps into a race.
the only thing i can think of is a fresh windows install now

could it be lucid virtu? its not set to do anything in games.

Pr0SteR · 30 Jun 2011 at 12:18

I currently use 11.5 hotfix , these seem to be the best for CFX with CAP4 I believe. I am familiar with degrading performance over CFX and newer drivers can be a NIGHTMARE when playing games you are used to ,since every little drop in performance is very noticeable

paradisiac · 30 Jun 2011 at 12:31

Pr0SteR said:
I currently use 11.5 hotfix , these seem to be the best for CFX with CAP4 I believe. I am familiar with degrading performance over CFX and newer drivers can be a NIGHTMARE when playing games you are used to ,since every little drop in performance is very noticeable

its not little drops, this is the problem, it makes the games unplayable

Pr0SteR · 30 Jun 2011 at 12:33

paradisiac said:
its not little drops, this is the problem, it makes the games unplayable

To be absolutely sure, I would re-image

all down to personal preference ofc.

paradisiac · 30 Jun 2011 at 12:41

will try some other games, but from another thread apparently it could be a bent cpu pin on the mobo

jcr · 30 Jun 2011 at 13:55

right click on the game launch icon and select run in windows compatibility mode.