Issue with Mystery Stuttering On High End PC. No fix found after a year of troubleshooting.
Issue with Mystery Stuttering On High End PC. No fix found after a year of troubleshooting.
Only the desktop pauses should suggest this could be software-based. If it were hardware-related, it would handle it elsewhere.
Consider reinstalling Windows, disconnecting the internet prior to installation, and turning off the automatic device install feature.
Here are some Latencymon findings.
The initial two entries appear on Windows 10.
The subsequent two are on Windows 11 prior to updating graphics drivers.
The last result is captured while playing a game.
Notably, Latencymon only displays problems after sitting idle for a period. It doesn’t flag issues during stuttering. The task manager shows no unusual activity except for occasional Ethernet spikes. The unusual spike at the end of the GPU was caused by closing the game just as I took the screenshot.
I just tried it, but it didn't work. It seems like turning off the audio drivers didn't stop the audio from working. I ended up having to remove them.
Windows has its own drivers and can't stop them. The automatic device driver updates through the secondary tier from MS are what I was hoping for. Probably not that then.
I'm wondering, aren't you moving the mouse slightly without realizing or dragging it over a specific spot on the mouse pad where tracking drops? Try avoiding using the mouse in the game and see if it still pauses.
I tried again and noticed some improvement. No more desktop stuttering, and no stuttering in Civilization 6 anymore. Still experience very slight, occasional stuttering while scrolling on Chrome, though it's not as severe as before. It seems to occur mainly when images load. Cities Skylines still has audio issues but maybe this is just a game problem. I plan to test more games later and run productivity apps, then share the results. Things are looking better now.