Question Stuttering High-End GPU

May 30, 2023
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So my MSI Gaming Z Trio RTX 3070 is behaving a little weird as of late.

The issues I'm experiencing are:
large stutters on many games, and they have only begun quite recently. I have changed no graphical settings and the temps seem quite high for a graphics card with three fans no? (75*C under load).

This card has 8GB of VRAM, with a base clock of 1500Mhz and a boost clock of 1770ish Mhz.

I do not OC the card in any way, and it certainly isn't underclocked. In game, it will sit at a good usage at between 80-95% and underneath on MSI Afterburner overlay, it will read anywhere between 5000-7700 Mhz. I'm not entirely sure what this clock reading is for, but it seems when that particular reading reaches 7500Mhz, the stuttering begins.

For example, playing Sea of Thieves at 1440p, the game performs well at ultra settings (100-140 FPS depending on the landscape), but still huge intermittent stutters lasting up to 2 seconds every 40 seconds or so! The Usage is fine, the CPU usage sits at about 40% so it can't be a CPU or RAM issue (RAM sits at about 11gb). The same thing has been happening on games like Squad and RDR2.

Things I have tried to try and resolve the issue:
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Use the MSI Dragon Center rubbish and selected Balanced mode...
- Used DDU and done a clean reinstall of the drivers...

I have absolutely no idea what is going on, but would appreciate any support. Is it possible it is due to a faulty SSD/HDD?


Specs:

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600x 6 Core 12 Threads (3,700Mhz Default clock - 4,700Mhz Boost clock) (Runs at about 45 *C idle, and up to 84*C when gaming/under load)
CPU Cooler: BeQuiet Pure Rock II Black single black 140mm fan (1500 RPM at load)
GPU: MSI RTX 3070 Gaming Z Trio
Motherboard: AMD B450 A-Pro Max
RAM: 16GB (2x8GB) 3200Mhz
PSU: MSI A750GF 750w
OS: Windows 10
Drives: Windows installed on a 150GB SSD, games installed on a 1TB HDD.
Monitor: Lenovo 1440p 165Hz
 
When's the last time you cleaned your PC? Could be dust build up or something. High Lag Spikes usually indicates dust build up in the fans cause it to slow down and cause those things. DustOff time?!
 
When's the last time you cleaned your PC? Could be dust build up or something. High Lag Spikes usually indicates dust build up in the fans cause it to slow down and cause those things. DustOff time?!
Case has been cleaned very recently and thoroughly - I maintain good care of my case!
 
Its a CIT Raider Mid-ATX tower, very clean and kept in good condition regularly
Frontglass pannel while looking pretty is almost never good for the airflow and inside temperatures regardless of how many case fans you have.
If you had a case with front mesh of decent quality . temperatures would be significantly better...assuming your GPU is otherwise working fine.
Others might find some other solution , but in my oppinion you need better airflow centered case.



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If you're running a single display utilizing RTSS to show CPU/GPU usage might help diagnose where the source of the stutters are coming from. If you've got more than one you could just run HWInfo/HWMonitor/Afterburner on a secondary display and just watch for it. It's not impossible that it's a storage issue, but those are generally harder to nail down unless you're seeing a drive getting maxed out or something of the sort when the problems happen.