Stuttering In-Game After GPU Install

[MinionLover4L]

Hello all, so I recently installed a new GPU into my PC I built, replacing a 2060 Super with a 3060ti. My PC never had an inkling of a problem prior to this. After installing the new GPU I am getting much better FPS but I stutter in every game with some stutters lasting more than others. It only occurs In-Game and not on the internet or YouTube or stuff like that.

I have spent the past 96 hours doing everything I could find on the internet to fix this, including but not limited to:

Reinstalled Windows 10 (Two times)
Used DDU to remove drivers, then reinstalled them (Roughly 5 Times)
Various NVCP configurations
Using G-Sync, V-Sync
Capping FPS lower than monitor refresh rate
Updating BIOS and Firmware for all PC components
Several Powershell changes
Many other fixes I have found
Tested GPU on other PC
Tested brand new GPU on my PC
Bought a new 1000 Watt Gold Rated Power Supply

Please help me if you have any knowledge of something that can help me, and as a note, if it something commonly seen as a fix on the internet, I more than likely have tried it. I do not know what to do and am considering selling my PC for parts and starting from the ground up. I know this problem is more than likely connected to drivers in some way, but I just do not know how to fix it. I even brought it to the highest rated “Computer Guy” near me and he was unable to diagnose the problem. Thank you in advance
Below Are My Specs and UserBenchmark Results
UserBenchmarks: Game 144%, Desk 110%, Work 141%
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X - 110.8%
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti - 130%
SSD: Team TM8FP6001T 1TB - 180.1%
SSD: Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB - 109.5%
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB - 95.6%
MBD: MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B86)

Specs:
ASUS RTX 3060ti Dual OC
Ryzen 7 5800X (Noctua Fan)
32GB Corsair Vengeance RAM
1000W RMx Series Gold Rated Corsair PSU
Teamgroup 1TB SSD
Samsung 2 TB HDD
MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max Motherboard
Corsair 4000D Airflow w/ 5 fans

[Pyro]

Let’s get some more information:

Download and run speccy.

Once you have ran speccy, follow the instructions to upload a snapshot found here.

[MinionLover4L]

http://speccy.piriform.com/results/xRKASVwT4qBUz7NuhtfRTtU

I believe this is the link to my speccy snapshot.

[Pyro]

Operating System
[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Installation Date: 11/17/2022 12:53:27 PM

Did you reinstall all of your drivers? Not having them can cause issues, they should be installed before connecting the PC to internet for the first time.

This article tells you the proper order, but I would still install everything you can before allowing Windows to automatically find and install drivers (They’re typically generic drivers, good for running a machine, not for performance though).

I see you have MalwareBytes installed, generally Windows defender will handle all of your antivirus needs if you are responsible. Antivirus/Antimalware software is known for gumming up Windows, it’s generally not necessary unless you’re determined to install some sort of virus.

You have a Samsung SSD but it looks like you didn’t install the firmware, this is pretty important to get your money’s worth out of these drives. This reinforces my belief that we’re missing some critical drivers.

You have a few options, we can go through and try to tackle things one at a time and see what improves what, or you could go nuclear and reset the system again/install all of the proper drivers before connecting the computer to the internet. I don’t think selling your machine is really necessary since you seem to have quite a beefy machine, but it might take a little bit of time to figure out what exactly has done you in right now.

On a slightly better note, your ram is absolutely perfect for your machine, something you don’t see very often, that’s fantastic to see![/COLOR]

[MinionLover4L]

Thank you for getting back to me with the help. Since this problem started after only changing my GPU, I did not feel it was necessary to reinstall the other drivers than just the PCIE and Graphics drivers, although I did end up wiping everything and reinstalling all of them anyways. I am having a problem understanding how drivers I already had installed for my components are affected by me upgrading my GPU. Regardless, I will install the Samsung Drivers now, but I will note the games I am using to test the stutter are all located on my Teamgroup SSD. Please let me know what other steps may aid in my problem, thank you!

[Pyro]

When you wiped your computer all of your drivers went with it, the only ones you have are the ones Windows installed for you unless you downloaded something else on-top of them, this is not good for performance machines.

It’s always a wonder what will play nicely with what, I’ll give you a list of things you can try without making any major changes to your computer in the meantime, but ultimately you may want to start from a fresh machine to see what does it.

This is my laundry list, it’s a good starting point for troubleshooting and should get you an idea what’s going on:

1. Try running the following programs, also try to keep at least 20-25% of your disks as free space.

Run Disk Cleanup (check all the boxes) this will delete things such as your recycling bin, so make sure you don’t have any files you want to keep.

Run Defragment and Optimize Drives, run this on your drives.

1. Disable any overclocking or changes to power/performance settings

Turn off XMP/any overclocking you may have done (if any)

Settings > System > Power and sleep > Additional power settings
Make sure your power plan is set to balanced, anything else could tamper with the wrong settings and cause issues.

1. Check for Operating System Corruption

Right click on the Windows logo in the bottom left and select Windows Powershell (Admin)
Run these three commands separately:

sfc /scannow

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

These will take a while to run, do not close out of Powershell while they are running, if one fails then move onto the next and then loop back around.

Note: It doesn’t hurt to make a system backup before you make all these changes, save any important files of folders. While these changes shouldn’t cause any issues, better to be safe than sorry.

1. Unplug unnecessary devices.

If you have a gamepad, extra monitor, external hard drive/flash drive, or anything that is not essential to using the computer plugged in, unplug it.

Once you have completed all of these tasks, restart it (using the restart option in the power menu) and re-test.

[MinionLover4L]

Ok, I will get started on this now and get back to you.

[MinionLover4L]

Hello again! I believe your little list there solved everything! Too be honest I have been so frustrated I doubted it would work, but I did all of those things and have absolutely ZERO stutter now. Thank you!

[MinionLover4L]

Update: The stutters are mostly gone. However they are much less frequent and severe.

[Pyro]

What game(s) are being effected?

Have you checked the temperatures of your components while playing?

[MinionLover4L]

What game(s) are being effected?

Have you checked the temperatures of your components while playing?

The temperatures are in-line with what is standard for gaming. I will note that the stutters I’m experiencing now are most likely due to server connection and are probably “hitches” not stutters. I have re-enabled XMP, and my OC settings and everything is running great. Disc Cleanup and optimize drives seemed to work to great effect.

[Pyro]

Great to hear.

There’s some fantastic articles on here about your internet connection and some of the stuff you can mess with to improve performance, they might be worth a read if you’re looking to go a step further.

If that’s all you needed to get sorted out, @veeg can close this thread for you, and you can open up a new one should you encounter any more problems (or pm an admin to re-open this one for you).

[MinionLover4L]

Yes I’m all good for now. Thanks for you help I don’t know how I could’ve fixed this alone! Have a good Thanksgiving.