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980 Ti doesn't multitasking?!

Soldato
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Hi all. Hoping someone can tell me if this is normal or fixable.
I've just rebuilt my system with a 6700K on a Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 M/B. 16GB RAM. GFX is an Inno3D 980 Ti Airboss X3 Ultra with an EK Titan-X block installed. Monitors are 1xDP, 1xDVI and 1xDP to DVI single - link convertor.
Temps are good and no overclocking has been done. Games run fine unless there is something else using the graphics card and then they run horribly. A burst of a few frames and the stop, lag, burst, lag, burst. It's unplayable. I first noticed this with Aquasuite drawing graphs of temps on a different screen - monitoring the temp of the GPU. Minimise that and the game runs fine

I just tried Alien Isolation under Steam's Big Picture as I was trying to let a friend try out the Steam Controller. Monitor reported 3 fps. Closed Steam Big Picture mode (with its swirly blue background) and I'm getting 144 fps almost solidly. I know I didn't have this issue with the previous GTX580 and 2700K but I also had 2xDVI screens then. Any idea what may be causing this? It's surely not normal for a 980 Ti? Is it a bad side effect of G-sync on only one (of three) screen?

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"980 Ti doesn't multitasking"?! Seems that after midnight Cenedd doesn't grammar!
 
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Ok, problem solved but not exactly explained. Turned off G-sync in Nvidia Control Panel. Monitor then reported constant 144FPS (just refresh rate) and it didn't stutter and pause with graphics on the other screen. Turned it back on but it didn't take effect until a reboot. After that games ran at variable frame rate (as reported by monitor) but still no stuttering from the graphics on other screens.
So, not sure why but it's fixed.
 
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