Micro stuttering / Frame skipping Palit Geforce gtx 1060

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Hello everyone!

As I wrote in the Title, I am experiencing stutters every ~0.5 seconds. the duration of the stutter is very little but still noticeable. It's always stuttering, even if no program is open.
I have my own program that tracks FPS and it's not just a display issue, the FPS are actually going wild for just a split second when its stuttering while staying precisely at 60 FPS in between the stutters.


------Solution------

Triple buffering needs to be activated but its not enough to do it in the NVIDIA control Panel.
You need to activate it for DirectX applications as well.
I did it with the tool D3DOverrider->global->Force triple buffering.
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OS: Windows 10
Mainboard: Asrock Z170 PRO4S
CPU: Intel I5 6600K
GPU: Palit GeForce GTX 1060 Dual 6 GB
RAM: Ballistix Sport 8GB Kit (2x4GB) DDR4 SODIMM
Drive1: Crucial CT250BX100SSD1 SSD
Drive2: Samsung HDD
PSU: Corsair 650W

Things i tried (all without success obviously):
- There are no Programs enabled for Startup. There are however a lot of processes and services running (as expected i guess).
- I tried to disable/change a few settings in the NVIDIA control panel including the infamous V-Sync.
- I disabled my second Drive via device manager.
- Neither CPU nor GPU are overheated
- Neither CPU nor GPU are under (heavy) load.
- i disabled my Network connection
- i disabled Windows 10 privacy settings with Ultimate Windows Tweaker 4.2.2.
- I made a clean install of the NVIDIA driver using DDU.
- I checked DPC Latency and the maximum Latency was 1ms.
- I set the internal Windows timer to it's minimum (0.5ms).

After trying a while i gave up and when i did a random check IT WORKED WITHOUT STUTTERS. I even restarted my PC because i couldn't believe it. It worked after the restart BUT after around half an hour the STUTTERING STARTED AGAIN.

I tried a lot but i cannot solve the issue. Help would be very appreciated!

Thanks guys and gals!

 

[Calvin7]

Minimum Recommended System Power 400 W
Supplementary Power Connectors 6-pin X1

 

[deadlocked]

Sorry, I forgot to mention my PSU. It's a 650W Corsair so it should definitely be enough.

 

[deadlocked]

any ideas?

 

[Manji022]

I am trying to find an answer to this same issue. What I have been able to determine so far is that it is an issue with Nvidia drivers. When you use ddu to completely remove the drivers it fixes the problem, but when you install the drivers the problem returns...

Another observation that I find interesting is that the loading circle that appears next to the mouse cursor (windows 10) is unaffected. This would seem to indicate that it is NOT an interruption in the display signal since the little loading wheel spins butter smooth, even when video is stuttering. Absolutely everything else is stuttering in terms of visuals, sound does not stutter at all.

 

[deadlocked]

I found a solution to the problem.
Triple buffering needs to be activated but its not enough to do it in the NVIDIA control Panel.
You need to activate it for DirectX applications as well.
I did it with the tool D3DOverrider->global->Force triple buffering.
This solves my stuttering completely even if the D3DOverrider is not running in the background!

 

[Manji022]

I found a solution to the problem.
Triple buffering needs to be activated but its not enough to do it in the NVIDIA control Panel.
You need to activate it for DirectX applications as well.
I did it with the tool D3DOverrider->global->Force triple buffering.
This solves my stuttering completely even if the D3DOverrider is not running in the background!

Did not work for me, grrr.... Glad you got yours fixed though!