Games feel "jerky" or "hanky janky" on my new FX-8350 build (SOLVED)

[LessThanDan]

Originally Posted by Hitman928

So, a little digging around, I came across someone with the exact same problem with his 7870. His turned out to be a driver issue.

I would try the new 12.11 betas. If that doesn't fix it, report it to AMD and see if they have a fix for it.

Hot damn! GPU clocks are completely stable in 12.11. I'm keeping this driver for sure.

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[BrightCandle]

How about some more fraps frame times to show the difference? Would love to have the comparison from other people from when they perceive microstutter to when they don't.

[LessThanDan]

Originally Posted by BrightCandle

How about some more fraps frame times to show the difference? Would love to have the comparison from other people from when they perceive microstutter to when they don't.

Okay. Here's some frametimes from Hitman, using 12.11

Hitman: Absolution Frametimes (High Settings) (12.11 driver)

I should stress that the microstuttering isn't completely eliminated here; it's just drastically reduced. IMO it's no worse than any other game with a small amount of micro-stuttering inherent to the engine. It looks good, but not "buttery smooth".

To me, a good example of a completely "buttery smooth" game is Resident Evil 5. I don't know why, but that game is particularly notable for its distinct lack of any micro-stuttering whatsoever. It's a console port but it's extremely optimized, even when I played it with my older 5770. Really eye-popping. Would love to see it on a 120Hz monitor to see how smooth it is.

[Hitman928]

Here's your new Hitman frame times:

http://www.dropbox.com/s/4tua6srvsg6...man_frames.png

[BrightCandle]

You should probably capture frame times in resident evil then as well to see how it compares. Since its smooth for you it would give you a frame time trace that would give you a lower bound where you are certainly happy with the motion. That is useful to know when reading reviews of new hardware in the future and for understand how and when to drop the settings a bit to improve yoir perception.

[BrightCandle]

Just adding the same type of trace for comparison with your new drivers. Still a lot of hitching in this but its clearly better than before.