Question Stuttering while gaming, need help

[soarless]

Hey all! So I built my first PC yesterday, everything went smooth up until starting up games. The FPS are alright but I have this weird, minuscule stutter every once in a while (while loading up a new part of the map?)

My specs are:

Asus Prime B550 Plus

Ryzen 5 5600x (using stock cooler)

MSI RX 6650xt

Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4 2x16gb 3600mhz

Silicon Power 1TB - NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 SSD

Don't know if relevant but, Corsair's RM750e as my PSU

I have tried disabling and enabling V-Sync, updating the drivers and capping the FPS at 60 to match my monitor's refresh rate. Games I have tried are Borderlands 2, Left 4 Dead 2 and The Last of Us part 1 (heavy on the CPU that bastard eh), with stuttering on all three.

I have also tried enabling DOCP on my BIOS and it only caused my games to become even more unstable.

I will appreciate any guidance or advice, thanks

 

[punkncat]

What is the resolution and framerate of the monitor as well as it's sync type?

Keep in mind that when using V Sync that (for instance) if you have it set to 60FPS and the 1 or .01% lows go one frame below that it is going to go to 30 due to the nature of the sync type. With your GPU you would be wanting a FreeSync monitor, which lucky for you is far less expensive than G Sync or even "compatible".

 

[soarless]

What is the resolution and framerate of the monitor as well as it's sync type?

Keep in mind that when using V Sync that (for instance) if you have it set to 60FPS and the 1 or .01% lows go one frame below that it is going to go to 30 due to the nature of the sync type. With your GPU you would be wanting a FreeSync monitor, which lucky for you is far less expensive than G Sync or even "compatible".

Thank you for your help!

My monitor is as basic as it can get, 60hz and 1080p, but I'm sure it's not built for gaming. I played around with the in-game settings and found a way to make it feel way less jarring, so I'm certain you're correct.

I will look into the FreeSync monitor, and thank you once again because I didn't even know this was a thing.

 

[punkncat]

Many "gaming" monitors support Free Sync. It is by far the more common type to see, particularly at low to medium price points. Just the licensing for G Sync is quite expensive, and it is a high standard so the officially supported units carry a hefty price tag.

Keep in mind that there is much more to a gaming monitor than just the sync type. It can be it's own rabbit hole.