Microstutters and lag issues in high-end PC gaming
Microstutters and lag issues in high-end PC gaming
So i don't know what is going on with my PC, ever since I bought it off my friend (2 years ago) I always had some problems with it. Here is my rig: http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/9601962 But basically the problems I am having is that even though my PC is in good shape according to many benchmarks I still notice problems with it. First problem is that I simply cannot stream from this PC, every time I stream my game starts getting choppy, my FPS drops and its impossible. Second, I cannot even watch a YouTube video on my 2nd monitor while gaming because I get the same problems I mentioned. Third, in games like Fortnite and CSGO I get little microstutters,FPS drops, and just general choppy gameplay and its driving me nuts. I push 250+ fps on those games yet I get these little stupid stutters/lags. I worked out the nvidia settings, reinstalled my windows, did a hard back up, moved games to HDD and SSD, lowered graphical settings, yet I always had this issue. At this point I am willing to throw out the whole PC and just buy me a new one from scractch because I cannot pin point the problem. The benchmarks are giving me good reads and not telling me if its a hardware problem and the software games are giving me the FPS my PC is capable of so i don't know, if someone here could work out these issues with me little by little, so we can pinpoint the issue, that would be awesome!
The system has just four cores and four threads, which limits its ability to run streaming and gaming together. You may not have enough hardware power for both tasks simultaneously. Make sure the hardware acceleration feature is turned on in your browser. Also, monitor the CPU temperatures—if it's getting too hot, it might be throttling performance suddenly. GPUs usually handle temperature spikes better than CPUs.
For Fortnite and CS:GO, 4770k/4790k works well at 1080p 60fps. Verify the prices first—Haswell i7s tend to handle their performance nicely, and sometimes switching platforms might be more beneficial than upgrading your setup. 2. Turn it on. When disabled, YT videos struggle with your current CPU capacity. Enabling it shifts processing to the GPU, which is designed for video tasks. 3. Very demanding, but not enough to cause throttling. Is the RAM consumption reaching its maximum?
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1. The new model priced at 4790k remains quite expensive, around $350. Used versions are typically cheaper than $250, so I might consider those options.
2. Whether hardware was enabled or disabled didn’t make much difference; the same problems persisted.
3. During gameplay, I used roughly 9 to 10 gigabytes of RAM out of my 16GB total, meaning it wasn’t reaching its maximum capacity. My CPU was fully utilized at 100% during Fortnite, which is expected since it’s a CPU-intensive title. Please note that even before overclocking or increasing voltage, my temperatures stayed normal, though I still faced these performance issues. The microstutter isn’t as severe as this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2znsbpk-2Q
4. It feels more like the game is running sluggishly rather than lagging noticeably. For comparison, when my younger sibling played on a PS4, Fortnite ran smoothly at about 60 FPS. Now I’m pushing over 160 FPS, yet the experience doesn’t feel as fluid. I even have a Gsync monitor with it enabled, and my frame rate matches the display refresh rate, but I still can’t achieve that smooth performance.
Open Windows Task Manager to see if any suspicious programs are active. Also, look for signs of input delay.
I never had any malicious files active, and it regularly performs checks without detecting any threats. Regarding input lag, there isn’t a specific tool for that—it depends on the device and software you’re using.