Stuttering causes pauses, difficulty speaking, and trouble with many games.
Stuttering causes pauses, difficulty speaking, and trouble with many games.
I've been struggling with stuttering for years and haven't found a solution, even for simple games like Team Fortress 2 or The Left 4 Dead 2. I've tested hundreds, maybe thousands of options, and rebuilt my PC multiple times—swapping parts, replacing components, but nothing helps. Now I'm completely stuck.
My current setup:
- CPU: Z690 Tomahawk Wi-Fi DDR5
- Processor: Intel Core i5 12600K
- Power supply: Cougar GEX 850
- Graphics: AMD 6800 XT (Yeston) with a 3070 Ti and 6750XT (no change)
- Storage: Samsung Evo 970 Plus (OS), KC3000 (games), Evo 860 SATA M2, A400 Kingston
- RAM: Kingston FURY Beast Black [KF556C40BBK2-32]
- Monitor: 60Hz display
Times used to be faster, but now even basic games like Destiny 2 work, yet most others don’t. I’m losing hope.
Recent troubleshooting steps:
- PCIE 4.0 bus without shift = 4.0 x16 (no ring ratio effect)
- No noticeable impact on performance
- Some games run, others don’t
- Driver updates didn’t help
- Mouse polling and CPU turbo are still issues
- Replaced NVME drives, changed slots, updated drivers
- Windows 10/11 versions tried, no difference
- V-Sync+Cap limits FPS but doesn’t fix stutter
- Different video drivers still cause problems
- HDMI/DisplayPort cables swapped, no improvement
- Memory settings reset, but nothing changes
I’m exhausted. The problem persists despite all adjustments.
It seems you're questioning whether this setup is suitable for performance issues. Research suggests alternatives exist. It might also indicate other habits affecting efficiency—let's clarify a few details: are you performing any overclocking? Have you ever booted just one hard drive? What is your Windows power plan? And finally, is the fast start feature turned on?
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Is the game experiencing delays? Have you asked others to check and confirm if they notice the same issue, then you’re likely seeing it? Where exactly are you directing your attention to spot this problem? Have you attempted to run it on an SATA SSD instead of a M.2 drive?
This disk runs Destiny 2 smoothly. The power plan is set well, but high performance mode didn’t help much and disabling the parking feature didn’t prevent crashes. Several options exist, but the most critical one is missing—specifically the MSI setting in Windows Quick Start, which is disabled by default and resets adrenaline settings.
I'm not a crazy person. I've been making these stuttering videos and sharing them with others. The games do have issues. Even the basic ones, like Team Fortress 2, which are around 17 years old.
BF2042 War Thunder here represents my Latencymoon statistics! I played 3 minutes in Left 4 Dead 2 and... The main point is ___________________________. Your system seems struggling with real-time audio and other tasks. You might notice buffer underruns showing as dropouts, clicks, or pops. One issue could be related to power management—turn off CPU throttling in Control Panel and BIOS setup. Check for BIOS updates. LatencyMon has been analyzing your system for 0:03:03 on all processors. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYSTEM INFORMATION _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Computer name: AVGUST OS version: Windows 11, 10.0, version 2009, build: 22631 (x64) Hardware: MS-7D32, Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. BIOS: H.K0 CPU: GenuineIntel 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12600K Logical processors: 16 Processor groups: 1 Processor group size: 16 RAM: 32546 MB total _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CPU SPEED _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Reported CPU speed (WMI): 370 MHz Reported CPU speed (registry): 3686 MHz Note: reported execution times may depend on a fixed speed setting. Disable variable speed options like Intel Speed Step and AMD Cool N Quiet in BIOS for better accuracy. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MEASURED INTERRUPT TO USER PROCESS LATENCIES _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The measured interrupt to process latency reflects the time a usermode process needs to react to a hardware request, including scheduling, execution, and event signaling. This involves waking up a usermode thread from idle after a DPC routine finishes. Highest measured latency to process (µs): 5818,20 Average (µs): 5,618,171 Highest to DPC latency (µs): 5807,80 Average to DPC (µs): 2,321,280 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ REPORTED ISRs _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Interrupt service routines are built-in tasks that run when a hardware event occurs. The longest ISR execution time was 207,284862 µs. Driver running with the highest ISR time: Wdf01000.sys - System running in DLC mode, Microsoft Corporation Highest total ISR time (%): 0,003146 Driver with longest ISR: Wdf01000.sys - System running in DLC mode, Microsoft Corporation Total time spent in ISRs (%) 0,003146 ISR count (execution <250 µs): 67,942 ISR count (250-500 µs): 0 ISR count (500-1000 µs): 0 ISR count (1000-2000 µs): 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ REPORTED DPCs _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DPC routines manage interrupt handling, preventing processes from using the CPU during interrupts until the DPC finishes. Longest DPC execution time was 493,924,579 µs. Driver with longest: ntoskrnl.exe - NT Kernel & System, Microsoft Corporation Highest total DPC time (%): 0,054687 Driver with longest: Wdf01000.sys - System running in DLC mode, Microsoft Corporation Total time in DPCs (%) 0,091309 DPC count (execution <250 µs): 197,483 DPC count (250-500 µs): 0 ISR count (500-1000 µs): 0 DPC count (1000-2000 µs): 0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ REPORTED HARD PAGEFAULTS _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hard page faults occur when memory is accessed while the process is paused. Some audio-related processes may trigger these, causing interrupts and resulting in dropouts, clicks, or pops. Review the Processes tab to identify affected programs. The highest pagefault count was 974 for left4dead2.exe. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ END OF REPORT
Check the instructions again—your hardware isn't overheating, which doesn't mean anything. Just to clarify, P95 is a CPU-only test and not related to other components. If you're feeling confused, look up the issue on Reddit for better guidance.
I understand it might seem odd, but which antivirus software are you currently using? I remember a time when I faced a similar issue. Eventually, I discovered that one of those programs was significantly slowing down my computer and causing it to lag during browsing. It seems Bitdefender might have been the culprit...