Hi I build my PC about 8 months ago when I first built it, it ran GREAT I had just about zero issues with it. At some point through the months I managed to bend some pins on my motherboard so I sent it out for a new one, all is fine and dandy. I ordered a GTX 970 to replace my R9 270 and it worked GREAT for awhile until it started artifacting so I sent it back and then It ran great yet again for several months. Well over time I started getting massive screen tearing and whatnot so I tried different drivers, setups, limiting fps, I used vsync etc and the only thing that worked was VSYNC which I was fine with for awhile until I started running into problems with games not hitting 60fps constant and games like CSGO and Battlefield 4 having horrendous input lag so I had to switch vsync off. I then tried adaptive vsync to no avail that just made things WORSE.
So I tried stupidly to overclocked my BENQ GL2460 and I ran it like this for awhile, I noticed instead of screen tear I was getting massive stuttering seen in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFiD1FmFDt8 and heres one of battlefield: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn1feaabiJ8 both games I'm getting 60fps+ in. Some games didn't have it as bad as others but most of them ran like this with stuttering and hiccups. VSYNC almost instantly fixes this problem but like I said I never had this issue before even without vsync and unfortunately I cant run vsync on ALL of my games, it's just not an option.
So I tried my buddies R9 270 in my computer and I had the same issues so I basically narrowed it down to not being my GPU (atleast I don't think so.)
So basically I'm stuck with a $1200 paperweight until I can fix this because gaming is unplayable on my PC with these stutters and hiccups I basically have to force myself to enjoy it now, and I'm basically about to sell my PC if I can't figure this out.
I'm thinking it's one of these things:
I messed my monitor up and now it's not syncing properly with my GPU.
My CPU somehow got messed up when I bent my pins.
The PSU is not big enough or is dying.
Heres my Specs:
GTX 970
i5 4690k stock clocks
hyper 212 evo
8gb ddr3 1866
240gb ssd mushkin chronos
1tb Seagate hdd
z97x killer asrock motherboard
antec 550bp power supply
(I noticed a lot of these problems started when I installed a second HDD but removing it also didn't fix my issues.)
I also tried a different OS, older drivers, many many settings I even limited FPS in my games which seems to have helped slightly but it still hiccups. Vsync for the most part fixes all of my issues but VSYNC and Adaptive VSYNC IS NOT AN OPTION I play too many competitive games where I can't allow input lag I also play too many games where I barely achieve 40fps (arma3, rust etc.) So it wouldn't work anyways.
If anyone has any ideas or suggestions please please post them I'm at my ends with this PC and I've had nothing but issues I'm about to sell it and go back to console even though I REALLY REALLY don't want to do that.
So I tried stupidly to overclocked my BENQ GL2460 and I ran it like this for awhile, I noticed instead of screen tear I was getting massive stuttering seen in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFiD1FmFDt8 and heres one of battlefield: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn1feaabiJ8 both games I'm getting 60fps+ in. Some games didn't have it as bad as others but most of them ran like this with stuttering and hiccups. VSYNC almost instantly fixes this problem but like I said I never had this issue before even without vsync and unfortunately I cant run vsync on ALL of my games, it's just not an option.
So I tried my buddies R9 270 in my computer and I had the same issues so I basically narrowed it down to not being my GPU (atleast I don't think so.)
So basically I'm stuck with a $1200 paperweight until I can fix this because gaming is unplayable on my PC with these stutters and hiccups I basically have to force myself to enjoy it now, and I'm basically about to sell my PC if I can't figure this out.
I'm thinking it's one of these things:
I messed my monitor up and now it's not syncing properly with my GPU.
My CPU somehow got messed up when I bent my pins.
The PSU is not big enough or is dying.
Heres my Specs:
GTX 970
i5 4690k stock clocks
hyper 212 evo
8gb ddr3 1866
240gb ssd mushkin chronos
1tb Seagate hdd
z97x killer asrock motherboard
antec 550bp power supply
(I noticed a lot of these problems started when I installed a second HDD but removing it also didn't fix my issues.)
I also tried a different OS, older drivers, many many settings I even limited FPS in my games which seems to have helped slightly but it still hiccups. Vsync for the most part fixes all of my issues but VSYNC and Adaptive VSYNC IS NOT AN OPTION I play too many competitive games where I can't allow input lag I also play too many games where I barely achieve 40fps (arma3, rust etc.) So it wouldn't work anyways.
If anyone has any ideas or suggestions please please post them I'm at my ends with this PC and I've had nothing but issues I'm about to sell it and go back to console even though I REALLY REALLY don't want to do that.
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