i have the biggest bloody headache trying to follow this thread...
Believe me... me too...
tl;dr: Feels like an issue with possibly unstable memory.
I'm honestly running out of ideas.
Also folks, keep it civil. Keep the arguing in private. I get enough whining from my daughter and my wife. I personally don't really care to see it here as well.
I agree and hate being insulted, but considering this is a place we focus on solving technical issues, I would also pretty much like to avoid that, so I just replied as appropriate and moved on.
ps: got family under you? blessed be
OP could update the latest summary / findings in the first post -- might help a bit?
I will below.
You and me both. This escalated quickly
Problem:
I get choppy/non-smooth fps, frame-skipping when something enters my screen, or when for example in league of legends a minion/ai spawns,
before that I have no issues, when minions spawn or effects that unpredictable take place I get fps issues. It happens also when I do not move the camera but instead a player enters my view,
when they are on the sides they are skipping frames for a moment, in heroes of the storm I get constant fps drops from the point the minions spawn and all the way till the end,
when battles occur I get worse fps skip.
It is kinda like playing in 30 fps or less. In the start of the game before the minion spawn or many effects like smoke take place I get no issues and everything runs butter smooth.
Kinda happens in all my games, but this description will help you trace the problem.
What I tried(some might be missing but this is summary):
If I am not mistaken,
Here are some things I have done so far:
Clean install of Windows (7 and 10) and drivers, latest drivers on all devices.
No processes that could interrupt my game or the system in a negative way, even without antivirus.
Played a lot with nvidia control panel and in game settings as suggested, as well as power options of windows and bios configurations as well (eg: disabled speedstep, hyperthread, c-states etc.)
Contacted ISP for assistance, no issues with my connection, it is pretty fast actually and with big bandwidth.
Changed PcieGen2 to PcieGen3 using a patch for my MotherBoard/ChipSet.
Repaired Corrupted files of windows
Checked temps of all components and even played at high fan speed for extreme cool temps.
Checked if PSU is able to feed the GPU card.
Checked for cpu/gpu usage to see if it is normal while in game.
Clean Installed Nvidia Device Drivers as recommended by nvidia.
Did Dell Diagnostics test, and memtest86+, scanned storage devices as well.
Got the OS into an SSD Samsung 850 evo.
Used DDU to clean and install nvidia display driver.
I tried vsync off and vsync on as well as adaptive vsync with either in game vsync on or off.
I am planning on replacing my ram.
Here is how it looks like now, Remember, it happened from the moment I got the machine or so I think.
I tried testing my ram modules and got one of them broke so I will get a new kit of 2x8gb ones with recommended specs by OEM product sheet.
Moving on, I monitored the temps and they are all in acceptable levels when stressed.
In bios There is not much I can change in my machine, it is OEM board so it is hard to change for example Memory timings in Bios, no idea if I can by other means.
It is hard to see it as software related or OS related issue. As well as of broken parts.
You can check my specs out to see if you can find any solution or think of anything fresh.
My specs are on the profile page.
Hope this helps overall for clarity over the subject, if something comes up please state it.
Thanks