Game smoothness with single GPU

[MBrown]

I re installed COD4 for some old school fun. My rig should not have any problems running this game obviously but the game seems to be not smooth. My fps runs at 90fps, its almost as if I see micro stutter. Anyone else have any similar issues?

Also with any source engine game my card throttles down to the stock 850mhz no matter what! I have to restart my PC to get my overclock back. This is after a fresh OS install and everything too. Not sure if its an AMD specific issue or what.

 

[Prey2big]

I have felt what you describe in other games that are capped at 90fps. Maybe same engine?

 

[jimhsu]

Try turning on vsync/trilinear buffering?

 

[MBrown]

Try turning on vsync/trilinear buffering?

Doesn't help unfortunately.

 

[BFG10K]

Here's an idea: try not overclocking anything.

 

[jimhsu]

Is this true microstuttering or just stuttering? Microstuttering is a specific phenomenon that occurs with multi-GPU setups. Stuttering can be caused from everything from background processes, to overclocks, to disk accesses.

 

[RaulF]

I remember I did the same a few years ago. And had the same problem. Don't remember the GPU, but it was more than enough to run the game but it was very twitchy.

 

[Attic]

Sometimes it's the engine.

Setting gpu/cpu back to stock is first thing to try.

Darksiders 2 has stutter really bad, it's confirmed due to 0 max render frames ahead that the engine uses. Setting it to 1 or 2 via a outside program solves it.

 

[MBrown]

Here's an idea: try not overclocking anything.

Doesn't do anything.

 

[f1sherman]

Use Afterburner(RivaTunerStatisticsServer) or Radeon Pro to frame limit @display refresh rate.

 

[omeds]

90fps cap at 60hz looks jittery. Try 125 or 62.

com_maxfps 125 in console

Even try 250 if you can maintain it.

 

[MBrown]

Use Afterburner(RivaTunerStatisticsServer) or Radeon Pro to frame limit @display refresh rate.

Would this help for a single GPU through? In my op I said that it was like micro stutter. I should have just said the game stutters or the game is jittery. My apologies if anyone was confused by that.

 

[blackened23]

Not using vsync is going to be stuttery/tearing 100% of the time in all games, if you're using a 60hz screen. I don't understand. Why would you play with vsync off because vsync off will always have tearing and stuttering on a 60hz screen. And vsync on didn't fix this?

If it didn't, then the game is just broken or it might be a driver issue.

 

[Yo_Mama]

Try this:
First keep V-sync ON.
Download Fraps, run it with the game, then while playing press F9. See if that makes the microstutter go away.

 

[MBrown]

Try this:
First keep V-sync ON.
Download Fraps, run it with the game, then while playing press F9. See if that makes the microstutter go away.

Nope

 

[lavaheadache]

I had a thread a long time ago about this regarding COD4. The game never seemed smooth when I was looking around. Then I discovered that the game actually was smooth when I just moved with the keyboard. The jitteriness was caused by mouse movement alone. I had the problem in nothing else.

There is an option called mouse smoothing or smooth mouse right in the control panel in game. The developers must have known about this potential issue for the option to be in there. I even fired up the game a few months ago on a test rig and still had to do this same thing. Completely different mouse, keyboard, monitor, OS, PSU, town, zip code, water district.... you name it. Give it a try. I bet you a mouse polling issue.....

 

[lavaheadache]

Would this help for a single GPU through? In my op I said that it was like micro stutter. I should have just said the game stutters or the game is jittery. My apologies if anyone was confused by that.

Yes, frame limiters even make single gpu systems much smoother. I need to use one with my 780ti in bf3 cause of it...

 

[p_monks33]

I had a thread a long time ago about this regarding COD4. The game never seemed smooth when I was looking around. Then I discovered that the game actually was smooth when I just moved with the keyboard. The jitteriness was caused by mouse movement alone. I had the problem in nothing else.

There is an option called mouse smoothing or smooth mouse right in the control panel in game. The developers must have known about this potential issue for the option to be in there. I even fired up the game a few months ago on a test rig and still had to do this same thing. Completely different mouse, keyboard, monitor, OS, PSU, town, zip code, water district.... you name it. Give it a try. I bet you a mouse polling issue.....

Got to it before I did, this game and crisis 1 both did this for me, I had to go into Logitech control panel and reduce the mouse polling. It was choppy as all get out if I didn't do that.