How to Fix Persistent Frame Skipping

[professornibbles]

Ive been experiencing frame skipping a lot recently, in games and on my browser when i watch youtube. i think it might be two seperate issues but i dont really know.

story goes as i go a new graphics card a few months ago, everything worked fine and i could even use my vive back then. but a few months ago the skipping got too bad for me to use the headset. no new software or hardware since the new card.

i googled my issue and it might be something with my monitor and gpu not being compatable but i dont really know, ive never had issues with it before and i use two screens and it frame skips worse on my other screen with is a tv.

CPU: Intel i7 2.67GHz 8 core
Ram: 4x4 (16GB)
OS: win 7 ult 64bit
GPU: Nvidia 980Ti

 

[derekullo]

What does task manager show for your cpu and ram usage while viewing a youtube video or gaming?

 

[professornibbles]

What does task manager show for your cpu and ram usage while viewing a youtube video or gaming?

i used msi afterburner to get details - -

well with youtube
the cpu ranges from 3%-12%
and my ram stays lower than 1/5

in subnautica (a fairly resource heavy game)
the cpu ranges from 31% in none intense areas and peaking at 71% after 20 minutes of playing, the frame lagging was there the entire time, gets worse in intense areas.
and my ram raises to about 2/5 never had an issue with ram

but i experience what seems like 55 fps, im not too sure how to explain it.

i use a 2048x1152 monitor and a 720p flatscreen as screens, i toggle the flatscreen off and use the monitor for gaming.

i was already kinda thinking about buying a new gaming pc but i didnt wanna be forced into it

 

[marksavio]

you might have to switch your RAM to a 2x8Gb to have more data bandwidth for your CPU to work with.
or if you think your RAM config is fine. just try going to nvidia contorl panel. 3d graphics. global. experiment the different vsync settings there. off/adaptive/on. see which if it makes a difference.
change OS powerplan to high perfromance.
or while your games are running alt tab to task manager. right click on your games exe file. go to details. right click it again. set process priority to high or even higher.
if you have a motherboard utility program, to boost your games performance. try using it.