stuttering in games and on desktop

Ian Jones · 26 Nov 2023 at 18:15

Hi all, I have done a new build, everything seams ok apart from I get some stuttering in games (warzone, pubg, cyberpunk) also I notice it with the mouse pointer when on the desktop also.

nothing has been overclocked, all I have is the expo in the bios.

the bios was updated in install around a week ago.
running windows 10 pro, all drivers are up to date.

what could be causing this please?

temps are all good, and the fps is stable

my spec is

7800x3d
sapphire nitro + 7900xtx
asus rog strix b650e-i motherboard
g.skill z5 trident rgb 64gb cl30 ddr5 (2x32gb) 6000mhz
seasonic vertex px 1200 psu
lexar mn790 4tb m.2
corsair commander xt and fans
nzxt kraken elite 280mm aio

many thanks

throwaway4372 · 26 Nov 2023 at 18:19

- can you explain "stuttering" in more detail?
- what mouse do you have?
- check that windows has the right refresh rate selected link

bazzastan · 26 Nov 2023 at 18:24

Sounds like a gpu issue

Ian Jones · 26 Nov 2023 at 18:28

i have windows set to 165hz (same as my monitor)

on desktop, at random times, if I scroll the mouse to one side of the screen to the other, it just stops for a split second then carries on.

in games, if im looking around, all of a sudden I have looked too far and past where I should be looking. is I am looking through a scope and trying to track someone, it is nice and smooth, then BAM, i have gone past them or it stops before where the aim is ment to be.

my mouse is a mx master 2.

I was using it on my old i9900k/1080 set up and it was fine

CaNsA · 26 Nov 2023 at 18:32

Anything in the event viewer?

Ian Jones · 26 Nov 2023 at 18:39

CaNsA said:
Anything in the event viewer?

what would i be looing for please, never used it before

throwaway4372 · 26 Nov 2023 at 18:42

oh that, my mouse does the same thing
logitech g303 shroud
windows 11
6700k + gtx 1080
I think windows is just trash, but maybe it's logitech who knows.

Ian Jones · 26 Nov 2023 at 18:45

throwaway4372 said:
oh that, my mouse does the same thing
logitech g303 shroud
windows 11
6700k + gtx 1080
I think windows is just trash, but maybe it's logitech who knows.

this is my second one of these, and never had a problem in the i9 and 1080. only since going to amd and the x3d

Tetras · 26 Nov 2023 at 19:17

Stuttering is a pain to diagnose, it can be so many things.

Is this a fresh install of Windows, or an old one?

First off I'd check in the event viewer to see if anything is causing problems, as suggested above (since it is stuttering just look for anything where there are lots of entries, or entries when you're playing games).
You could check task manager and run a hardware monitor during games (like hwinfo), to see if there's something hitting 100%, like the SSD being loaded by Windows updates, or some other issue.
Disable/uninstall RGB software and check for conflicts.
Disable/uninstall motherboard software (armory crate, I believe, for Asus).
Disable/uninstall/update wireless/mouse software.
Make sure your chipset drivers are up to date and there aren't any problematic / missing devices in device manager.
Try turning off adaptive sync and using 60 Hz to see if the behaviour improves.
Turn off EXPO/XMP.
Game stuttering was a very common issue with fTPM on AMD when Windows 11 came out, but I assume yours isn't even turned on with Windows 10?