Check what speed the PCIE slot is running at.
Microstuttering in games whenever using mouse
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After deleting McAfee and running some tests I can say with fair certainty that McAfee is not the cause of the issue.
Additionally, the 3DMARK PCI Express feature test showed a Bandwidth of 1.53 GB/s.
This is half the Bandwidth speed of 3.06 GB/s mentioned in the original post, this speed was also achieved with the GPU in the second PCIE slot. I don't know why the Bandwidth has decreased.
I've gone ahead and disabled HPET in device manager and Forced Vsync off via the Nvidia control panel settings. I'll spend a bit of time going through all affected titles to see if it has made any difference, cheers for the suggestions.
(My apologies if this information is not relevant, this is the first time I have checked PCIE slot speed) Using GPU-Z the 'Bus Interface' showed: "PCIe x16 3.0 @x2 3.0" at idle, and identical info: "PCIe x16 3.0 @x2 3.0" when at load (Running the GPU-Z render test). I myself, am not overly sure what this means. Is everything operating as expected here?
Additionally, the 3DMARK PCI Express feature test showed a Bandwidth of 1.53 GB/s.
This is half the Bandwidth speed of 3.06 GB/s mentioned in the original post, this speed was also achieved with the GPU in the second PCIE slot. I don't know why the Bandwidth has decreased.
I've gone ahead and disabled HPET in device manager and Forced Vsync off via the Nvidia control panel settings. I'll spend a bit of time going through all affected titles to see if it has made any difference, cheers for the suggestions.
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Load should running faster than idle at x 8 or x16 below is an article that may give you insight.
https://graphicscardhub.com/gpu-pcie-running-x8/
Run msi afterburner and check fps/gpu usage see if its dropping when stutters occur.
Checking MSI afterburner didn't show any GPU usage fluctuations when stutter did occur; possibly because the stutter is continuous and is effectively always occurring within affected titles. I'll still monitor MSI afterburner to see if there are any potential correlations with the likes of mouse input.
Alright, digging around I've identified that:
When in the second PCIe slot the GPU is running at x2 Native with the Bus interface running PCI Express x2 3.0. As mentioned above this value does not change, irrespective of what the computer is actually doing. Load or Idle, it doesn't make much difference.
When in the top slot the GPU is running at x4 Native with Bus interface running PCI Express x4 3.0. This value also does not change.
Ensuring that PCIe Power cable is correctly connected to both the GPU directly and PSU hasn't done much
I've cleaned the GPU contacts with compressed air and Isopropanol Alcohol, and cleaned both PCIe slots again.
Used the Nvidia DisplayPort Firmware updater and updated the GPU accordingly.
I've also tested quite a few related settings in the Bios that haven't made much difference.
When trying to install my GPU back into the top slot after cleaning it contacts I didn't receive any output despite said slot working just fine an hour ago. Moving the GPU into the second slot temporarily resolved the issue of no output. The fact that both the PCIe slot and GPU were clean really makes me think there is definitely something wrong with that top slot. That, or the graphics card needed to be re-seated.
At this moment in time I'm planning on flashing my motherboard's bios as it was updated relatively recently to the latest version, although I doubt this is the cause.
Alright, digging around I've identified that:
When in the second PCIe slot the GPU is running at x2 Native with the Bus interface running PCI Express x2 3.0. As mentioned above this value does not change, irrespective of what the computer is actually doing. Load or Idle, it doesn't make much difference.
When in the top slot the GPU is running at x4 Native with Bus interface running PCI Express x4 3.0. This value also does not change.
Ensuring that PCIe Power cable is correctly connected to both the GPU directly and PSU hasn't done much
I've cleaned the GPU contacts with compressed air and Isopropanol Alcohol, and cleaned both PCIe slots again.
Used the Nvidia DisplayPort Firmware updater and updated the GPU accordingly.
I've also tested quite a few related settings in the Bios that haven't made much difference.
When trying to install my GPU back into the top slot after cleaning it contacts I didn't receive any output despite said slot working just fine an hour ago. Moving the GPU into the second slot temporarily resolved the issue of no output. The fact that both the PCIe slot and GPU were clean really makes me think there is definitely something wrong with that top slot. That, or the graphics card needed to be re-seated.
At this moment in time I'm planning on flashing my motherboard's bios as it was updated relatively recently to the latest version, although I doubt this is the cause.
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I'm going to see if I can get access to a system similar to mine. I would be able to test my Graphics card and identify if it is still running at x2 and x4 native even in an entirely different system. If the GPU is fine this is either firmware or hardware related. Motherboard may even be buggered.
In the meantime any suggestions or thoughts would be appreciated.
Cheers for the help thus far!
In the meantime any suggestions or thoughts would be appreciated.
Cheers for the help thus far!
Is there anything weird about your PCI brackets, or the way the case orients them? It makes me wonder if the card isn't seating properly because of something about the case.
I wouldn't say there is anything weird about my PCI brackets, they don't appear to be much different to my older 101 InWin case the computer originally came in. They appear to be positioned and oriented just like most PC cases.
Interesting, as I've been reading more and more about HPET on Guru3D as well
https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/another-look-at-hpet-high-precision-event-timer.368604/page-90
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Hello all,
My apologies for my lengthy hiatus.
I have played around a fair bit with LatencyMon over the past few days and wanted to share some of my results:
The programme concluded that at least one problem appears to be network related, it suggested that a WLAN adapter could be the cause, however I do not use such a device.
I am unfamiliar with both this software and what these readings actually mean. What do these results indicate?
Cheers
My apologies for my lengthy hiatus.
I have played around a fair bit with LatencyMon over the past few days and wanted to share some of my results:
- When idle, LatencyMon reported everything to be running as expected with a "current measured interrupt to process latency" fluctuating, but remaining below 80(µs) . After leaving the programme running for about 20 minutes highest interrupts gradually rise to the point where the programme recognised it as a potential issue.
- When booting up a game , however, LatencyMon immediately recognised there to be multiple issues, reporting the "Highest measured interrupt to process latency" to be 2051.20 (µs) , and "Highest reported DPC routine execution time" to be 1763.11(µs). The latter was linked to (ndis.sys - Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS), Microsoft Corporation).
- When actually under load the "Current measured interrupt to process latency" remains under 300(µs) from the testing I've done so far.
The programme concluded that at least one problem appears to be network related, it suggested that a WLAN adapter could be the cause, however I do not use such a device.
I am unfamiliar with both this software and what these readings actually mean. What do these results indicate?
Cheers