Stuttering on a ryzen system. What's the reason?

[krecha64]

Hello there,
i'm experiencing lots of stuttering while playing games (mainly PUBG) and don't really know where to look for the problem and since i'm on a tight budget at the moment, i'd like to get some advice on what should i really invest in.

System specs:
Ryzen 1200 @ 3,9Ghz 1,37V i believe
GTX 1080
8GB DDR4 @ 3000Mhz
MSI B350m Bazooka
600W SilentiumPC Vero M2 PSU

Should this system have any major problems? Often after parachuting in PUBG my textures and lightning are not fully loaded in, and when they start to load i get lots of stuttering rendering the game unplayable. AC Origins is a whole different story i believe, cause it's just the CPU that causes the bottleneck, but in PUBG shadows and lightning may not load in and as they do, i get the stutters and usage of both CPU and GPU is often lowered to 0 for a fraction of a second.
Got any ideas?

 

[KittyFish62]

Try installing the latest drivers.

 

[sizzling]

Is that a single 8gb RAM DIMM?

Really that game requires 16gb and it’s still known to stutter, installing on an SSD is supposed to help. If running a single DIMM it will only make things worse as it’s running single channel and not dual channel. You description sounds like it’s struggling with caching and reading from a HDD fast enough.

 

[KittyFish62]

Actually, the recommended specs call for 8gb, and I don't think installing on an SSD will help.

 

[sizzling]

It’s well documented on forums that this game stutters on 8gb

 

[krecha64]

My memory is ran in dual channel, also, what i see from the youtube tests, 8 vs 16 shouldn't make that much of a difference given that PUBG rarely uses more than 8 GB and i turn off everything when i game.

 

[krecha64]

I also have a 2500k system with 8gb of ram. Should i switch to this one given the current prices of ddr4 and similar performance of these systems, and just slap a 8gb stick in there?

 

[4745454b]

If the CPU and GPU both drop to 0% load and the stutter happens, you have an issue somewhere else. Loading textures and whatnot from a slow drive could do that. So an SSD might help. More RAM might help, but that depends on it's ability to load textures and whatnot ahead of time. Meaning that will be game dependent. At the very least I'd check the harddrive. Make sure you have space on your drive and perhaps give it a defrag if it's a spinning drive. Might help with the loads.

 

[krecha64]

If ram amount might be the culprit, i could plug in an 8 gig stick in, since im planning on selling the 2x4 in near future, but i'd lose the dual channel. Is it worth it? 2x4 dual vs 2x4 + 1x8 single.

 

[4745454b]

IF ram amount is the issue then yes, it's worth it. I think dual channel is a bit overrated. People seem to see the word dual and think it's SOOO much faster. In reality it's a help, but we are talking 1-2% faster for most tasks.