GTX 960 - Crazy Stuttering Unless Games Run at 60FPS

[PhantomKnightReturns]

[Resolved]

{SPECS}
CPU: i7-4790
GPU: 4GB GTX 960 (Gigabyte)
RAM: 8GB KINGSTON hyperX Fury

 

[zeke15]

make sure v-sync is turned off in game settings

 

[PhantomKnightReturns]

make sure v-sync is turned off in game settings

I didn't think that you had access to V-SYNC option. Where can I find this?

 

[Joshua Martin]

Hey, I've tried solving this issue before but have never found a solution. I was just wondering if anyone knows what is happening when the FPS drops below 60. For example when playing Fallout 4 if the FPS drops to 50-40 the gameplay is not smooth at all and starts to sutter. I can play games like Skyrim, Far Cry 3 and Dishonored without any stuttering issues because the FPS can survive at 60. Does anyone have a reliable solution to this crazy stuttering.
Thanks!

{SPECS}
CPU: i7-4790
GPU: 4GB GTX 960 (Gigabyte)
RAM: 8GB KINGSTON hyperX Fury

It definitely sounds like V-Sync is on. Should be able to find it in the 'graphics' tabs in your games.

 

[PhantomKnightReturns]

Hey, I've tried solving this issue before but have never found a solution. I was just wondering if anyone knows what is happening when the FPS drops below 60. For example when playing Fallout 4 if the FPS drops to 50-40 the gameplay is not smooth at all and starts to sutter. I can play games like Skyrim, Far Cry 3 and Dishonored without any stuttering issues because the FPS can survive at 60. Does anyone have a reliable solution to this crazy stuttering.
Thanks!

{SPECS}
CPU: i7-4790
GPU: 4GB GTX 960 (Gigabyte)
RAM: 8GB KINGSTON hyperX Fury

It definitely sounds like V-Sync is on. Should be able to find it in the 'graphics' tabs in your games.

I can't find a V-SYNC option for Fallout 4. Do you have an idea of where I can find this?

 

[zeke15]

For Fallout 4, vSync settings are in the options menu of the launcher. Make sure you set Vsync to off, and that should fix your problems.

 

[PhantomKnightReturns]

For Fallout 4, vSync settings are in the options menu of the launcher. Make sure you set Vsync to off, and that should fix your problems.

I can't see a VSYNC option for Fallout 4 in the launcher

 

[zeke15]

For Fallout 4, vSync settings are in the options menu of the launcher. Make sure you set Vsync to off, and that should fix your problems.

I can't see a VSYNC option for Fallout 4 in the launcher

Sorry, I meant to update that answer. I found the solution here. It is a different fix for AMD and Nvidea, but is something to do with graphics drivers. Here is the solution page.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/fallout-4-pc-benchmarks-vsync,30527.html

 

[17seconds]

Use Adaptive VSync in your Fallout 4 game tab within the Nvidia Control Panel.

 

[mhansonv2]

I'm not sure if you have ever solved the problem by now but this for anyone who still has issues and finds this forum.
Your stuttering is caused by the Cpu overheating. You can confirm this easily by buying artic silver 5 thermal paste (it's cheap) then take off the intels stock fan and heat sink wipe off the old thermal paste that's on your cpu and reapply new thermal paste in the x shape and refit the fan and heat sink on the Cpu. Now try your games again and you'll find that there's no more stuttering. I highly recommend changing that cpu cooler as well to some thing like this one here https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005HIRDUA/ref=ox_sc_act_image_4?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER