New GTX 970 Stuttering problem

[The Poop Nuke]

I have recently bought a Gigabyte Windforce GTX 970. I upgraded from an r7 260x. As soon as I installed the card, I installed all the new drivers and uninstalled the old ones. The first game I open is The Forest, as I was unable to play this game at a stable frame rate before. When I played the game, I found myself stuttering around the map almost at a constant rate. This surprised me, as fraps was showing 60 fps, and I was seeing closer to 20. I decided that I would lower the resolution and settings, but the stuttering still continued.

At this point, I was disappointed, as I had just spent $300+ on this GPU. So, I decided to open up Counter Strike: Global Offensive, because I could run that game perfectly on my r7 260x. My first game, I ran fraps. I was getting 200+ fps, but the stuttering still continued... I changed settings, resolution, and just about everything else, but the stutter would not stop.

I am going to try to go more into depth on the stuttering, as it is kind of hard to explain. When I move in CS:GO, my character is "stuttering" almost as if he was getting moved backwards... This happens about every 1/2 second and makes the game unplayable.

My Specs:
i7 4790k
H100i CPU cooler
8gb 2133 RAM
550W Thermaltake Smart PSU(This might be the problem, I am upgrading soon)
1TB 7200 HDD
Z97-A Motherboard
GTX 970


Any sort of help is very appreciated. Thanks in advanced!

 

[QSV]

You should always reinstall your OS when changing graphic card vendors.

 

[ThatVietGuy]

You should always reinstall your OS when changing graphic card vendors.

Motherboard, HDD (especially if changing OS drive), yes. Any other component, no.


Try uninstalling the current drivers and run CCleaner afterwards to remove any remaining files/registry entries.

Then try to do an installation of the Nvidia drivers.

 

[QSV]

CCleaner wont do much. What youre suggesting is removing old driver components, which needs something like
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html
or
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/4266-driver-sweeper.html

In any case, thats only bandaids. Its common practice to reinstall the OS, because there are other things that will cause problems aswell.
But if you want anything else than a system running at peak efficiency, then just do it that way.

 

[The Poop Nuke]

Alright, I am going to try to re-install Windows and I will post my results...

 

[The Poop Nuke]

I reinstalled my OS but the stuttering still continues. Can someone please help, as of now I am just really pissed that I spent this much money.... I need some help🙁

 

[QSV]

Ok, then this is a more serious problem.
Have you installed the Nvidia HD audio driver? If yes, uninstall it and see if it fixes the problem. If not get something like MSI Afterburner or the equivalent of other manufacturers. Let it run in the background and see if clocks, voltages, temps etc, go up and down all the time when the stutters happen. Also check if you have an overheating problem and look at the Windows Resourcemanager or some kind of hardware monitor with graphical history if the CPU goes up and down in voltage, clock, etc when youre playing and when the stutters happen.

Also do a CMOS reset and load default values. Be sure to disable the onboard graphics.