It's just me right? Or does this happen to everyone?

adrichardson81 · 3 Aug 2021 at 16:25

smeemi said:
Yes always same keyboard and mouse.

I'm using either Nvidia overlay or afterburner

Sounds like a good suspect then - definitely try wired. Cheap and cheerful is fine for a test. If it solves the problem and you still want wireless, there's plenty of good 2.4ghz options.

I'd also agree about trying a minimal Windows build. Just create a new user profile and only install steam. Literally nothing else, then test an unmodded install of a game you know is showing the problems.

ProStreet · 3 Aug 2021 at 18:23

Lol. Installed Windows 11 and just had a session with no stuttering. Will see if this continues..

newuser · 4 Aug 2021 at 17:49

Cadder said:
I agree that bluetooth peripherals won't interfere with framerates

Unless they do.

Using my xbox pad with the motherboard bluetooth will cause massive frame rate spikes when the battery runs down.
Same pad on another PC with a cheap dongle and it works fine until the light on the controller fades and control goes away.

Cadder · 4 Aug 2021 at 21:08

newuser said:
Unless they do. Using my xbox pad with the motherboard bluetooth will cause massive frame rate spikes when the battery runs down.
Same pad on another PC with a cheap dongle and it works fine until the light on the controller fades and control goes away.

How does that work then? Genuinely curious :confused:

rumple9 · 4 Aug 2021 at 22:13

I've only ever experienced stuttering with intel cpus. Used to drive me mad

newuser · 6 Aug 2021 at 16:42

Cadder said:
How does that work then? Genuinely curious

Not sure but I suspect it's the motherboard bluetooth chip aggressively looking for the game pad when the signal starts to drop and eating cpu time. I can tell when it's happening now and just change the batteries in the pad. Like I mentioned with a five quid chinese dongle it doesn't happen, the pad works until it goes flat with no effect on frame rates.

snakefood · 13 Aug 2021 at 09:39

smeemi said:
Lol. Installed Windows 11 and just had a session with no stuttering. Will see if this continues..

Did you install windows 11 rather than a usb kb/mouse? There's been a good few pointers on here indicating it could be your bluetooth causing the problem, have you ruled this out? Easy step.

TrojanWhore · 18 Aug 2021 at 03:44

+1 for bluetooth, was briefly using an XB1 pad (official) over BT and trying to play sleeping dogs it was unplayable, but when I got my wired pad back from my friend it was fine and not had any issues since. Now use the wired XB360 pad with a 5m USB extension cable for added range and it's still perfect (apart from the lights on the pad flashing constantly).

this was using the in-built BT on my motherboard's wifi adapter, never tried a third party dongle

GloriousMess · 24 Aug 2021 at 09:10

You can test the Bluetooth theory by moving your peripheral(s) away from your PC until you notice intermittent signal problems. That should trigger any dodgy behaviour. That said, I've not experienced any Bluetooth issues on my media PC and that has mouse, keyboard, and headphones on Bluetooth. I do use both antennas for the motherboard though.

I'll echo the advice about Linux, in that a USB boot stick with any modern distro should give you an idea about whether it's Windows or hardware, without the need for a reinstall.

When you get weird issues like this - and I've had my fair share - always use known good, wired components. Otherwise you'll spend hours and, evidently, money pursuing multiple variables at once.