I recently upgraded to a pretty solid setup with an RTX 3060 and an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X processor, backed by a liquid cooler and 64GB of RAM. Usually, I enjoy smooth gameplay with titles like Dead by Daylight and Resident Evil. However, after reinstalling Doom (2016), I started experiencing severe stuttering, especially when a lot of enemies appeared on the screen. My friends had issues with other games, which I initially dismissed as being console port problems. I cleaned out my PC thinking dust might be the culprit, but it ended up overheating and shutting off my monitors. While my previous setup had problems too, this one seemed stable until now. Could my motherboard be the weak link causing these issues? I've checked my task manager during the stuttering incidents, and the CPU, GPU, and RAM usage seemed fine. Can anyone provide some advice on troubleshooting this?
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First off, make sure to monitor your temperatures. You might want to grab a tool like HWMonitor if you haven't already. Keeping an eye on your CPU, GPU, and motherboard temps is key. What temps are you seeing when the stuttering occurs? If they climb too high, that could lead to overheating and performance drops. Just to give you a baseline, temps in the low 30s to mid 40s should usually be fine, but higher spikes can cause issues. Let us know what you find!
If you’re all up to date on your drivers and Windows, it could be several things. Sometimes, stuttering can stem from power settings in Windows or your graphics settings not being optimized for your setup. Double-check that your power plan is set to high performance and that your graphics settings in the games are configured correctly. Every little tweak counts!
Yeah, it’s hovering in the low 30s to mid 40s, which I thought was normal. But I’ll keep monitoring to see if there are any spikes when the stuttering hits.