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Zefan said:
So you ran a game at 1440p in to the 1080p monitor fine? Suggests that the GPU is handling 1440p doesn't it? In any case, RMAing the GPU is probably a safe bet here.

:edit: to clarify, when I said downscaling before I meant downsampling!
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Sorry a bit confused. How can I set a 1080p monitor to run at 1440p downsampling?
I ran my 1440p at 1080p, working fine. Regardless, courier coming to collect tomorrow.
 
Hi guys. So just back after being away for 2 weeks and tested the new 980ti that was sitting waiting after I RMA'd my old one due to this problem...

And the problem is still there! So I have tried a new PSU and new GPU, no fix. I I reset the resolution the stuttering disappears for another 40 mins as per before.

Any more ideas?
 
I think after everything you have done I would try a new cpu. Can you find a used one relatively cheaply?
What's your motherboard?
Andi.
 
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tintin82 said:
Hi guys. So just back after being away for 2 weeks and tested the new 980ti that was sitting waiting after I RMA'd my old one due to this problem...

And the problem is still there! So I have tried a new PSU and new GPU, no fix. I I reset the resolution the stuttering disappears for another 40 mins as per before.

Any more ideas?
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Is it definitely a new GPU, not just the same one they've sent back?


Have you run any extended read/write performance tests on both disks (the boot drive and the games drive) to see if you see any drop off in performance? Or even better, find a spare drive somewhere install windows and 1 game and see if you have the same issue?

It's just a matter of elimination now
 
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Scottland said:
Is it definitely a new GPU, not just the same one they've sent back?


Have you run any extended read/write performance tests on both disks (the boot drive and the games drive) to see if you see any drop off in performance? Or even better, find a spare drive somewhere install windows and 1 game and see if you have the same issue?

It's just a matter of elimination now
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When you say read / write test how would I go about that? I have 2 SSD's, I boot drive, 1 game drive.

I took note of the box serial number and card serial number, definitely a new card
 
Which SSDs? I'm starting to suspect the motherboard's disk controllers or one of the SSDs. I started to get all sorts of problems on my Gigabyte X58 UD5 with OCZ vertex 2s.
 
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Just out of curiosity, how many monitors do you have? It's a massive long shot but I remember a similar problem when a game in windowed mode (in my case eve online) was overlapping the join between two screens slightly.

Edit: Just noticed the post above about max power GPU settings fixing it. Scratch that. Definitely sounds like a voltage/power management issue.
 
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Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

Only have on monitor.

System is rock stable otherwise than this stutter. I can play for hrs on end if every 40 mins when the stutter starts I alter the resolution of the screen, then flick it back to the original.

TBH I do not think I will splash out on 2600K, might as well put up with it and see what upgrade paths are available later in the year.

SSD's are a Samsung 850 1TB games drive, OCZ Vertex 4 512gb boot/media drive.
 
Finally solved this one! After 6 months and an extreme amount of frustration.... FRAPS. I always have it running and randomly decided to see if closing it would have a difference, no stuttering! With FRAPS open the stuttering starts after 40 mins near to the dot, with it closed, nothing!

Seriously please to have resolved this, just a shame that I RMA'd a perfectly good GPU in the process!
 
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