Hello everyone, now I know this topic has probably been on here MANY times before but I thought id take my question here since reddit hasn't been very helpful.
So I recently upgraded my GPU since it was a long time coming and I wanted to play VR games. I upgraded from a 960 to a 1080 TI since it was the only affordable accessible option to me in these times. However ever since installing it ,I've been noticing these strange micro stutters happening. Where the game will be capped at 60 fps, but for a split second, its almost easy to miss the game will freeze and the fps in the corner will show 57 or 58 and go back to 60. Its extremely random and happens on MOST games with the odd game not having this issue. Stardew valley has this problem which is really strange as its not graphically intense at all. When playing VR its fairly smooth, but I will sometimes run into hard crashes (PC shuts off and restarts, no blue screen.) This also happened when trying to do a User benchmark test which I just tried. When I did, it smelt pretty hot.
I've also noticed that my CPU spikes in usage a lot, which is making me believe the GPU is throttling or bottlenecking the CPU.
Things I've tried:
-Using DDU in safe mode to completely remove drivers and reinstall.
-Disconnecting monitors, or other usb devices that could cause the issue.
-Windows is up to date.
-Disabling Game mode.
Specs if anyone is wondering:
CPU- Intel i5 8400
MOBO- MSI Z370 Gaming Plus
PSU - EVGA 600B
RAM - Hyper X Fury 16GB
Storage- 1TB HDD, 1TB SSD
What could be causing this issue? At this point im pointing to either CPU bottleneck or a PSU issue. At least with the PSU it would explain the hard crashes.
Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
So I recently upgraded my GPU since it was a long time coming and I wanted to play VR games. I upgraded from a 960 to a 1080 TI since it was the only affordable accessible option to me in these times. However ever since installing it ,I've been noticing these strange micro stutters happening. Where the game will be capped at 60 fps, but for a split second, its almost easy to miss the game will freeze and the fps in the corner will show 57 or 58 and go back to 60. Its extremely random and happens on MOST games with the odd game not having this issue. Stardew valley has this problem which is really strange as its not graphically intense at all. When playing VR its fairly smooth, but I will sometimes run into hard crashes (PC shuts off and restarts, no blue screen.) This also happened when trying to do a User benchmark test which I just tried. When I did, it smelt pretty hot.
I've also noticed that my CPU spikes in usage a lot, which is making me believe the GPU is throttling or bottlenecking the CPU.
Things I've tried:
-Using DDU in safe mode to completely remove drivers and reinstall.
-Disconnecting monitors, or other usb devices that could cause the issue.
-Windows is up to date.
-Disabling Game mode.
Specs if anyone is wondering:
CPU- Intel i5 8400
MOBO- MSI Z370 Gaming Plus
PSU - EVGA 600B
RAM - Hyper X Fury 16GB
Storage- 1TB HDD, 1TB SSD
What could be causing this issue? At this point im pointing to either CPU bottleneck or a PSU issue. At least with the PSU it would explain the hard crashes.
Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.