Game FPS drops with micro-stutter

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Exteez

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Hi, sorry for the long read. I have micro-stutter along side FPS drops in all games. The fps doesn't drop by more than around 20. I experience a micro-stutter with each FPS drop. Less intensive games have less stutter and fps drops. Highly intensive games have much more fps drops and stutter.

What I tried(and prob more):



    Disabling gamebar and a lot of crap in windows 10 settings.
    disabling diagtrack service.
    disabling any background programs.
    formatted PC 3 times(all drivers etc.)
    Capping fps with vsync or an external program - Whenever I cap my fps it still drops under the cap. When I have 180fps, it drops by like 20. If I cap it at 144 fps, it still drops by like 15 and stutters. Capping it at 100, still drops to like 90/95 and the stutter is there.
    Changing CPU, Motherboard, Disk, RAM, GPU, Power supply(not the cables), thermal paste.
    All temperatures are perfect - 60c while gaming max on cpu and gpu.
    Change Nvidia settings/windows to high performance/max performance
    Tried Nvidia Control Panel settings, like vsync, pre-rendered frames 1 and 4. PhysX CPU and GPU and AUTO.
    Changed Monitors/cable to monitor
    Changed power cable to PSU
    Changed windows pagefile to auto. I've then set it to 2000mb, and my stuff was crashing because out of memory. I've now set it to 16gb pagefile. In result all the settings didn't help.




I can monitor the frametime and framerate in MSI afterburner. The graph clearly shows every time I get an fps drop the framtime has a massive spike and that causes the stutters. The only thing that helps me is turning on vsync adaptive (half refresh) which caps the fps at 72. Then I don't have barely any stuttering. This seems to eliminate a lot of the stutters, but with the rig I have don't want to play a game at 72 fps when I can run it at 200.

I have recorded a video using my phone with the stutter. On here you can't see it as much because of the bad camera and not actually playing the game. Look at the micro stutter at 0:47/0:48 on the stairs, keep replaying to see because like I said it's not as noticable on the video. Another stutter can be seen at 1:40.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6aERNKL7Tc

I was wondering if anyone could have any idea? I'm literally lost and been at this for months. I replaced so many parts without luck.... I am seriously willing to pay someone who would find a working solution for me, and I will...

Thank you for any answers in advance!


My specs:

CPU: i7 8700k @ 3.7 Ghz (4.4ghz turbo)
Motherboard: MSI Gaming PLUS Z370
Cooler: Liquid Cooler Kraken X62
RAM: 2x8 GB DDR4 Vengeance 3200Mhz
GPU: GTX 1080Ti
Case: NZXT S340
PSU: EVGA G2 750 W
Storage: Samsung Evo 840 - 120GB (OS)
Samsung Evo 850 - 500GB
OS: Windows 10 home official 64-bit
Display: Benq xl2411 144hz 1080p




 


I have tried that mate. I will try turning on that game mode
 


I think I tried like 3/4 different drivers. That's not the issue.
 
Hey,
I seem to be having a kind of similar problem.
Since last week i got microstutters aswell in games like Overwatch and Farcry 5.
My games will drop about 4-6 frames and go back to solid 60 FPS.
I can't see anything weird happening.
My temps are alright and my CPU/GPU utilizations seem correct aswell.
Specs:
Intel Core i5-8600K
MSI Z370 SLI PLUS
Asus ROG STRIX-GTX1080-A8G-GAMING
Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB 3000Mhz
Samsung 860 EVO 250GB for OS
Samsung 860 EVO 1TB for my game installations
 


Yeah dude exactly the same for me... that couple of fps drops make my games stutter. Would g-sync resolve that type of issue or not? Really struggling to find a solution for months, every single day I try to solve it.
 
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