GTX 970 driver crash and stuttering

[Perfectjake]

Drivers crashing constantly when watching youtube videos or starting games, also getting major stuttering when watching things in VLC. Also get "hiccups" in game where it locks up for a half a second.

Setup:
GTX 970
I5 2500k
z68mx-ud2-b3.
8GB ram
500GB SSD

Things I've tried
updating drivers, both stable and beta.

I changed power management to "prefer maximum"
Thread optimization: on
Triple buffering: off
Vertical sync: off

I thought it may have been a mobo issue due to having to flash the bios to latest version to even run the PCIe 3 card, I was also getting issues where it would try booting old bios which would cause boot loops. Reflashing fixed that issue but not the GPU one.

Any one got ideas?

Cheers

 

[Desoxy]

Did you disable the iGPU in the BIOS?

 

[Hellfire13]

do it in this order and see if it helps...
> download display driver uninstaller from guru3d...run it and uninstall all current drivers...
> power off the system and reset the cmos battery...
> detach the card and clesn properly for dust accumulation...dust can do wonders...reattach the card...
> power on the system and update the bios to the latest one, but before that, keep a copy of the older bios, in case the new one doesnt work...
> now go to the nvidia website and download the latest drivers for the card and install them...
> along with that u should update ur...vcredist, c++ redistributable, directx, and .net framework...

let us know wat happns...

 

[Perfectjake]

Just reinstalling the GPU drivers. Will take me a bit to test the solution.
However boot time was fastest I've had for a while on windows 10.

 

[Hellfire13]

sum progress...gud to know that...

 

[Perfectjake]

Right, tried it out. I've had no driver crashes so far.

However the stutter is still going on!

 

[Hellfire13]

try to sync ur nvidia refresh rate with the monitor...

 

[Perfectjake]

Already is at 60hz for both monitors

 

[Hellfire13]

60hz in nvidia card settings as well???

 

[Perfectjake]

Yup

 

[Hellfire13]

wats ur psu...make/model unit???

 

[Perfectjake]

my power supply is 650W ANTEC TRUEPOWER

 

[Hellfire13]

and how long is it serving u???
gud psu it is unless its served its age...4/5 yrs atleast...

 

[Perfectjake]

bought Dec 2011...so it is quite old

 

[Hellfire13]

hmmm...can u test with a better/recent psu???

 

[Perfectjake]

hmm I will be able to grab one next week sometime and test it then.

 

[Hellfire13]

sure...do let us know how it goes...