Stutters in games, no solution? I can't take this anymore.

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SkyKnightBiel

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Help me, I'm in the verge of suicide because of this problem that is haunting me ever since I got my new GTX 1050.

Ok, my computer is a Dell XPS 8700, CPU is an i7 4770k, my video card WAS a GT635.
I've decided to do an upgrade and everything was going fine. I installed the video card, tested on Overwatch, GTA V, no problems at all, or it seemed.
After playing for a long time, I was noticing that the games were freezing for less than 1 second every now and then. It wasn't a big issue but It got worse. I bought the video card and Installed it this month.
Things got worse when I tried to play Watch Dogs 2. Even on the minimal settings, where I don't use the maximum VRAM (2GB), It stutters EVERY SECOND. It is TOTALLY UNPLAYABLE.
And when I tried to play GTA V, everything was fine but when I played for 15 minutes the game started stutering every second with the audio too. Minimal settings? No solution.

Well you may be thinking there is something wrong with the temperatures, usage, something, I say no. Temperatures are under 70°C all the time playing. There is no issue at all, CPU, GPU, nothing.
I Have 8GB RAM DDR3 1600MHz.

I've tried to format the computer, made an bootable USB and reinstalled everything from zero. NO SOLUTION.
I don't know anymore, I'm frustrated so much, I've tried asking in many websites, there's no solution, and the problem doesn't help either, I can't see it. Everything seems normal, but even on the minimal settings the game stutters, There is definitely something wrong.
Before asking, I can play all the games mentioned above on 60fps, no problem at all so I don't think it is insufficient hardware, but even if it was, the frames would be low, but it isn't supposed to run like this.
I spent all my budget on this video card, I know it isn't one of the best, but it should run the games I've been trying to play, even on the minimal settings, without this stutter.
 
I would run some benchmarks and see what your system does during the benchmarks.

Try Furmark and Valley for your GPU. See if you can reach high temps or if they throttle. Compare your score to others on the website with similar equipment. See if you are close or way off their scores. That could help narrow down any possible hardware related issues.

Every game has it's preferred video settings per your system specs. For example. When I play CS I have to force CS max_fps to 144 or my game stutters and lags because its trying to process 250+ fps on a 144herts monitor... settings the above fixes that issue for me.

However, I dont need to do that for any other game.

I always leave vsync off, however, thats because I use GSync.

I'd advise you play with your Nvida control panel settings and set a global profile for all your games.

Then adjust settings in game as needed.
 

I'll run unigine superposition and valley, but before I want to know, is it safe? (like, will it harm my GPU?)