Experiencing stuttering during loading areas is common.
Experiencing stuttering during loading areas is common.
You're experiencing frame drops and stuttering when using GSync on certain games, especially in titles like Dark Souls and Metro. It seems the setup is intended to improve performance, but it's not working as expected. Your FPS rarely falls below 60, yet stutters still stand out. You mentioned not being able to achieve over 60 FPS on your old system and lacking a monitor for testing. This situation might be related to how the games are saved or stored, possibly on an SSD.
Your games are now running on an SSD, which shouldn't cause any problems. Are the SSDs set to AHCI mode? Gsync helps prevent issues from the GPU and monitor that affect frame and drawing rates at varying times... the performance mainly depends on the storage.
It seems your system runs smoothly even with reduced graphics settings, while a more capable machine still experiences noticeable stuttering. This could be due to factors like driver issues, background processes, or software bugs rather than hardware limitations.