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Nvidia acknowledge Stutter problem!

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There is a huge thread over at Nvidia forums about the 6 series 'stutter' problem that's been ongoing since release:

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=226227&st=0


The problem has eventually been acknowledged by NVIDIA:

ManuelG(NVIDIA Technical Support), Post number #455:

'We are able to replicate issue. Only occurs on GTX 600 series. It is likely some how caused by polling code in our drivers since it occurs on a cycle and should be fixed in a future driver.'

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=226227&st=440&p=1407148&#entry1407148
 
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tommybhoy said:
There is a huge thread over at Nvidia forums about the 6 series 'stutter' problem that's been ongoing since release:

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=226227&st=0


The problem has eventually been acknowledged by NVIDIA Technical Support:

ManuelG, Post number #455'We are able to replicate issue. Only occurs on GTX 600 series. It is likely some how caused by polling code in our drivers since it occurs on a cycle and should be fixed in a future driver.'

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=226227&st=440&p=1407148&#entry1407148
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Hmmm interesting. I noticed this once only when playing wow yesterday. The fps was perfectly smooth and high when standing still but the minute I moved, I got massive stuttering. Checked the graphs and the card temporarily dropped power from 40% to 20% for no reason (temps were fine). Restarted the game and the problem went away. Not had in BF3, MW3 and Batman AC.

NVIDIA are pretty good with fixing these things with driver updates.
 
Strange that it's a confirmed driver issue, must be present in some system configs only as I have NEVER EVER had ANY stutter issues with ANY driver release or ANY nVidia card.

Currently running GTX680/2600k and 301.34s without issue.
 
Locky said:
At least Nvidia are proactive with drivers unlike AMD.
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I've not really seen AMD have to deal with an issue like that in the past couple of years. There was that texture quality issue on 7k series cards highlighted by Toms that was fixed in 12.4 I guess?

At least Nvidia are working on it. I wonder what was causing it?
 
:p

Ive got an idea whats causing it. Clocking a mid range card to within an inch of its life while starving it of voltage, and then putting a heatsink from a pentium 2 on it :D

All joking aside, lets just hope it is a simple driver problem and not a bios/hardware problem.
 
Great. I'm glad they're actively trying to fix it.

I haven't had an Nvidia card since my 680 Ultra that I bought to play Doom3. In all that time all I got from people was Nvidia have better driver support. Nvidia, Nvidia, Nvidia. So I finally went back to Nvidia & what do I get? Broken drivers. You don't even need vsync on to get the stuttering. I never use vsync as I don't like the input lag it creates & my 2 680s stutter all over the place in BF3...
 
tommybhoy said:
There

ManuelG(NVIDIA Technical Support), Post number #455:

'We are able to replicate issue. Only occurs on GTX 600 series. It is likely some how caused by polling code in our drivers since it occurs on a cycle and should be fixed in a future driver.'
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They have known about this issue for at least a month and all they can say is they don't know exactly what the problem is. I really hope for all those who paid for these expensive products that it is a driver issue and not a hardware one. It's not like Nvidia or any other company would be shouting from the roof-tops that their product can't be fixed.
 
spain said:
They have known about this issue for at least a month and all they can say is they don't know exactly what the problem is. I really hope for all those who paid for these expensive products that it is a driver issue and not a hardware one. It's not like Nvidia or any other company would be shouting from the roof-tops that their product can't be fixed.
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I hope it's only a driver issue also, it's strange that this problem is only occurring on the 600 series with it's dynamic clocking, there's a lot of internal polling going on in these cards, it wouldn't surprise me if it's having an negative impact.
 
I get the occasional stutter, its nothing to render a game unplayable though. Glad Nvidia are being pro-active with it :)

Most of my stuttering comes after dropping back to stock from an overclock. A system reboot usually fixes it.
 
Locky said:
At least Nvidia are proactive with drivers unlike AMD.
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Pretty funny that when Nvidia have a problem somebody has to stick their foot into AMD. Well at least it isnt a fan control problem and thousands of 6xx series cards have had a real binning.

I actually hope they fix it cuz i dont want anything to affect those 79xx card price drops.. however big or small :D
 
MyBrains said:
Pretty funny that when Nvidia have a problem somebody has to stick their foot into AMD. Well at least it isnt a fan control problem and thousands of 6xx series cards have had a real binning.

I actually hope they fix it cuz i dont want anything to affect those 79xx card price drops.. however big or small :D
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thing is, with recent driver releases from AMD, they deserve to have the foot stuck in.
 
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