Half-second stutter when loading in real-time in a lot of games
Half-second stutter when loading in real-time in a lot of games
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I’m experiencing a frustrating issue with stuttering in numerous video games, despite having a capable system. The problem manifests as brief pauses or freezes—typically lasting a quarter to half a second—when audio is loaded in real-time, such as during voice lines or music playback. This isn't a performance problem; I can run these titles on maximum settings and maintain consistently high frame rates, except for Monster Hunter World.
The stuttering occurs across a wide range of games spanning nearly two decades, including Killing Floor 2, Monster Hunter World, Resident Evil 6 and Revelations 2, Darksiders: Warmastered Edition, Racedriver GRID (from 2007!), The Longest Journey, Puyo Puyo Tetris, and World of Final Fantasy. It seems random; some games are unaffected while others exhibit this behavior. I’ve tested various configurations, including moving games to an SSD, replacing the HDD, disabling all sound devices, emptying the RAM standby list, adjusting power settings, updating drivers, and experimenting with different display settings like VSync options. I've even conducted a fresh Windows 10 installation and implemented aftermarket cooling solutions for my CPU.
My system specifications are: GPU – Nvidia GTX 1070; RAM – 8GB; CPU – i5 4690K; HDD – 500GB SSD (OS) + 3.6GB HDD (storage); OS – Windows 10 Pro 64-bit; MOBO – Gigabyte H97N WiFi; Monitor – ViewSonic VX2257. I’ve run diagnostics, including DXDIAG (attached), and performed numerous troubleshooting steps as suggested by online forums.
Despite these efforts, the stuttering persists, particularly with games that rely heavily on audio streaming. It's incredibly disruptive and detracts from my enjoyment of titles like The Longest Journey where dialogue is a core element. I’m open to any further diagnostics or suggestions you may have to resolve this persistent issue.
Well, it's been 6 months and no-one's replied, but I haven't stopped trying. And I managed to resolve the issue. Please ignore above where I stated I tried moving games from my HDD to the SSD and it not fixing the issue. I don't think I tried this because the hitches went away when I moved games to my SSD. The source of my issue was my HDD, but not a cable or age or damage or bad sectors or any of that usual garbage. If you have a WD blue this is a fault with HDD itself due to unwarranted hard baked power saving garbage, which as usual, completely f***s with gaming. I fixed this using the solution from this thread: HDD is giving me problems in games I got my computer 2 months ago, evrything was working fine, then in some games ( not all ) i found a wierd half second freeze randomly when i play a game such as: League of Legends, CS GO, first i did not know what was the problem, i tried evrything, then i found that the hdd was the problem, as... forums. But I also added my own bit...
HDD is giving me problems in games I got my computer 2 months ago, evrything was working fine, then in some games ( not all ) i found a wierd half second freeze randomly when i play a game such as: League of Legends, CS GO, first i did not know what was the problem, i tried evrything, then i found that the hdd was the problem, as… forums. But I also added my own bit. I managed to get the fix to run completely hidden using Task Scheduler. I didn’t want an ugly CMD Window to be in the background constantly and also out of fear of closing it by accident. 1. If you choose to run it directly from your HDD (ie. double clicking the bat file from your HDD) it automatically changes the directory to where you're running it from. If you don’t mind the black CMD window then you can ignore the rest of this fix. 2. Be sure to add the letter of the hard drive to the first line of the linked batch file code. In my case, my HDD is D:, so my code looks like this: d::repeat @Echo %RANDOM% > tmp.txt ping -n 8 127.0.0.1 > NUL goto repeat The letter will be different depending on your setup so make sure you change it accordingly! This is important because if you run the task through Task Scheduler, it will run the code, but on your C: drive unless specifically stated otherwise. In other words, in my case it was executing this code on my SSD (C, causing the issue to come back and frustrating me greatly. 3. Follow these instructions to run a task invisibly: WhatSoftware Blog WhatSoftware, a daily updated Tech Blog with basic and advanced, unbiased software reviews, computer tips news and more! www.raymond.cc Scroll down to: Run A Silent Batch Script Using A Scheduled Task and follow the instructions. Make sure you check the "Run whether user is logged on or not" check box or it will not hide the window, even if you have the “Hidden” box checked. Hopefully if someone else has this issue it helps them. Just goes to show if you don’t give up trying to fix something you’ll get it eventually. Thanks to Tom’s Hardware user Solandri ( https://forums. ) who offered a solution based on a wealth of personal experience and through actually listening to the original poster, instead of just listing useless generic fixes like “update your graphics driver” or “get another SSD lol”.
That’s a good assessment of how things are and what could be done.