Enough is enough - Stuttering issues :(

Well I have a shiny new 600w PSU, I randomly tried out Quake 4 and there it is, stuttering and spluttering along just as before. I can see myself replacing literally EVERYTHING before this gets fixed. I think only my mother board and CPU have stayed the same since I've had these problems. :(

I'm sorry but THIS is why people stay with consoles for gaming, and unfortunetly now I totally understand why. :\
 
May be down to the motherboard then, I know people saying "it's this, it's that" but I genuinely did have a annoying issue with stuttering, although it was on a brand new pre-built pc, the motherboard was replaced and it did fix the issue.

I do feel for you massively though, it's so frustrating when you can't figure out a problem, I've been there.. :p
 
Tried turning off AMD Cool and Quiet in the BIOS? I had that once cause stuttering for me, but only with Blu-Ray playback. You sound like you have a world of issues. I'd also try resetting the BIOS to defaults.
 
Im currently trying to record the stutter on my phone to show you all because I geniunely dont believe im explaining it properly to everyone. It is like a galloping effect, it is not jerky, the frame rate doesnt register the hitching. It is literally like every second a few frames just disappear/skip. This is the same on 1920x1080 MAX details and 1600x900 LOWEST details. The frame rate is the same.

I reset the bios yesterday and have tried both the safe and optimised settings. First thing I did was take off the power control and that 'cool n quiet' rubbish.

Like I said I wouldnt mind so much but I have spent hundreds now, I even got a new graphics card which I took back because I still had the problem and couldnt justify keeping that so I got a refund (luckily).
 
Interesting development - I've just fixed it in Quake 4. Here I stumbled over a supposed fix for Quake 4/Doom 3 and it actually worked. Does anyone know what this means and whether this could help figure out the origin of what I'm experiencing?!
 
Have you actually tried a fresh install of Win 7? If it works fine with XP then it can't be an actual hardware fault, just a conflict.

The async thread wakes up every 16 milliseconds (60fps) to run an update. If more than 16ms have elapsed since the last update, it will run multiple updates to catch up (for example if 51ms have elapsed, it will run 3 updates). Similarly, if the update is called too soon, it gets ignored. When com_preciseTic is set to 0, it skips this bit of logic and always runs a single update no matter what.
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Seems to be related to how a single process interacts over multiple cores which perhaps suggests a driver issue.
 
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Sniffy, oh yes my friend!! Its totally got rid! Ive just played through the first 15 mins or so stutter free, GLORIOUS! (Never thought I'd say that about Quake 4 lol)

Olivier, I will try that. Do you think its definitely the on board audio? I've tried that before and a lot of games wouldn't start (windows error, has to now close program, etc)
 
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Sniffy, oh yes my friend!! Its totally got rid! Ive just played through the first 15 mins or so stutter free, GLORIOUS! (Never thought I'd say that about Quake 4 lol)

Olivier, I will try that. Do you think its definitely the on board audio? I've tried that before and a lot of games wouldn't start (windows error, has to now close program, etc)
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The async thread is dealing with audio. So my guess is it has something to do with it. And yeah, could be a problem running games with audio disabled. Some games also have disable_audio commands. But I'm not gonna recommend you to buy an audio card now :)

Conflicting IRQ? Maybe some DX settings you can do (buffering issue?). You may also be able to use the graphics card's audio over HDMI option, not sure if it circumvent the onboard sound chi9p entirely. Needs more research. Could also be that that's conflicting with the onboard audio. I suspect this was the culprit when my sound would randomly cut off entirely when I had my HD5850.
 
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olivier renault said:
The async thread is dealing with audio. So my guess is it has something to do with it
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You're absolutely right and in hindsight it is the more likely culprit but that link states that sound is handled by a separate thread so I was thinking it could be an issue relating to concurrent processing. Just thinking of anything to help this poor bloke :/ PC issues like this are the absolute worse.
 
Yea im still getting problems in everything else. What should I do to sort out this audio problem? When you say conflicting IRQ, do you mean in terms of audio or IRQ conflicts to do with the display?
 
If windows doesn't let you do stuff with sound card disabled then you can only test it by using another sound card. Yet another purchase for you that may not offer a solution.

Have you considered taking your rig to some local store to get the components tested? At least you could nail the problem. Better yet a mate with a modern PC.
 
Well I've managed to change the PSU, graphics card, hard disk, ram and its not sorted it. I've changed from a USB modem to a router. I've tried disabling the onboard sound. I've tried using another monitor.

The only things I can possibly change are the keyboard, the mouse, the mother board and processor. :/
 
Did you use the same monitor cable??? do you have a second pcie slot on your motherboard to try.. also a long shot but try taken the cpu out and putting it back in maybe sitting wrong..
 
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When you installed your operating system did u have your cpu/ram overclcoked?
My present system (see sig below) will not install win xp/vista properly when an overclock is present and gives me the exact same issues you describe. Took me longer than i would like to admit to sort that problem out.
 
What sort of temps is your system running at? I had an issue before that my CPU would heat up and cause a lot of stuttering.
The fresh install of windows with no netowrking sounds like an awesome idea. It may be worth a while to remove half your RAM and any other unnecessary devices- before you reformat> reinstall. If there's no stuttering, add them back one by one to see where conflict lies.
you did say it never happened on XP, but now it does- what hardware changes have you made since upgrading to 7?
Definitely sounds like a driver issue to me though.
 
EDIT: I was in late :(
My friend was having many different issues with hardware failing, stuttering etc- we did the same, replaced the lot and then finally decided to try a different motherboard... Solved. But that is the most annoying to replace - we ended up making him a new rig for about £400.
GL mate, we've all been there, well I have, more than once!
 
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