Stuttering/micro-stutter when scrolling in a browser

Jon20

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Just wondering if anyone can help with an issue that I'm having with stuttering in a browser. Whenever I scroll up and down a page, I sometimes get a stutter. It happens more frequently if I scroll, leave it a few seconds then scroll again. It's more noticeable on Youtube or if a video is playing. It happens in Edge, Chrome and Firefox.

Spec:
Ryzen 5 5600X
Asus B550 TUF Gaming Plus
RTX 3060

I've tried updating the BIOS, different drivers for the GPU, reinstalled Windows twice, turned off fast startup within Windows, turned off the game bar thing, latest chipset drivers. In a game, everything appears to be working fine. Not sure what else to try?
 
I think I read about this in a driver update/known issue or something.

Try disabling hardware acceleration in the browser settings.
 
mickyflinn said:
Run task manager and see if anything unusual or diffrent is happening when the stutters occur.
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Not seeing anything unusual when it does occur, doesn't appear to be any spike in CPU usage.

HangTime said:
I think I read about this in a driver update/known issue or something.

Try disabling hardware acceleration in the browser settings.
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Thanks, just tried that. That seems to make it even worse, especially on Youtube. CPU usage spikes right up.

I saw something about changing the PCIe link speed from Gen4 to Gen3. I've tried that but it doesn't appear to make a difference. Also tried a program called Latencymon. That seemed to suggest something to do with the Nvidia drivers.
 
Try monitoring the GPU clock speeds in afterburner or something, see if they are spiking up and down. As an experiment you could try forcing constant clocks (obviously not suggesting this is a long term solution).
 
HangTime said:
Try monitoring the GPU clock speeds in afterburner or something, see if they are spiking up and down. As an experiment you could try forcing constant clocks (obviously not suggesting this is a long term solution).
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https://imgur.com/aDVJNlW
That's while watching something on Youtube and scrolling the comments.

https://imgur.com/i36kEHi
That's just scrolling up and down the main forum page.

Edit: If I force max clocks by choosing the maximum performance setting in the Nvidia control panel, it still stutters, which I wouldn't of thought would happen. It wouldn't be something to do with the motherboard would it? Only reason I ask, is that I was using a 4750G previously and that had issues with hardware acceleration. It would lead to the AMD graphics driver crashing (was using the integrated GPU at the time). A BIOS update seemed to resolve that. Clutching straws but perhaps it's just a rubbish motherboard?
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Pretty sure i've had the same issue in the past.

Ensure G-sync is set to fullscreen only and not fullscreen and windowed as can mess with all sorts of programs.

nvidia 3d control panel > display > setup G-SYNC
 
tyler_jrb said:
Pretty sure i've had the same issue in the past.

Ensure G-sync is set to fullscreen only and not fullscreen and windowed as can mess with all sorts of programs.

nvidia 3d control panel > display > setup G-SYNC
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Thanks. G-sync was set to full screen only, guessing that is the default?
 
It'll be some ******** driver issue that'll be a pain in the ass to find.

Extreme I know, but reinstall of windows, install browser check for issue.

Then start installing all your stuff checking for the issue step by step.
 
I wonder if it's related to this:
  • [NVIDIA Ampere GPU]: Colors may appear incorrect in games if sharpen Freestyle filter is used with HDR enabled. [200658208]
    • This issue will be resolved in the next NVIDIA driver release.
  • [HDR]: Some specific HDMI displays might show some flickering in HDR mode. [200729987]
    • If you experiencing flickering issues, reboot the system.
  • [World of Warcraft: Shadowlands]: Random flicker may occur in certain locations in the game [3206341]
  • [Batman Arkham Knight]: The game crashes when turbulence smoke is enabled. [3202250]
  • [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game while any GPU hardware monitoring tool is running in the background. [3152190]
  • [YouTube]: Video playback stutters while scrolling down the YouTube page. [3129705]
  • Display may flicker or lose signal when launching a game on an adaptive-sync VRR monitor in multi-monitor configuration when sharing the same display mode [3314055]
https://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/466.77/466.77-win10-win8-win7-release-notes.pdf

I'm using the 466.79 hotfix but the known issues are the same.
 
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