matkinson wrote: ↑11 Feb 2023, 11:50
I can replicate the issue on many games, and show other people who say they can also see it (in person ofc) but the frametimes show nothing.
I don't know what else to say.
I don't have much else to say either.
What you're describing could be a simple configuration error or oversight if it's being experienced in some but not all games.
Also, as @MST mentioned in his last reply, being CPU-limited can affect the severity of stutter you are experiencing, so if your CPU is notably weaker than your GPU, you typically want to play at a higher res to make the GPU work harder...is what I'd say to someone playing at 1080p, but you're already playing at 4k, so there goes that too. Sigh.
I'd also suggest it could be the monitor, but like many of these thread types, we're immediately shot down by "it's happened on multiple monitors and multiple builds with any and all combination of settings." Yeah, really narrows it down...
All I can suggest is testing your monitor using the frame skipping pattern via TestUFO if you haven't already:
https://testufo.com/frameskipping
More than one FreeSync model in the past has been known to exhibit frame skipping with default factory timings.
Beyond that, again, any other troubleshooting of this type would be best done by someone experienced and knowledgeable on this subject in person.
matkinson wrote: ↑11 Feb 2023, 11:50
I admit my slow motion video probably isn't of the most use, but I personally wouldn't say it was useless. It shoots at 960fps, and the difference from when a game is running what I deem to be smooth, and Dota when it's not smooth, it's extremely obvious to me on camera, and reflects the feel I get when playing.
"Useless" to anyone who hasn't already seen your system running Dota in person.
matkinson wrote: ↑11 Feb 2023, 11:50
I think for now, I'm going to go enjoy some games that don't exhibit this problem.
Sounds sane to me.
To be clear, I have a $5000+ system (latest specs in my sig) that I've run with 3 different motherboard models, two difference SSD OS drives, and two different GPU models in the past 1 and 1/2 years, and all the problem games that stutter for me have effectively stuttered the same, in the same way, and in the same places with the same settings on every configuration.
How much money you spend on your hardware and how capable it is does not always = guaranteed performance quality in every game.
The amount of responsibility that lies on development skill and the capabilities and efficiency of the given game engine used (regardless of the hardware running it) is sorely overlooked and underestimated by most users nowadays.
In other words, many that start these types of threads seem to mistake software limitations for hardware issues, but the sheer variance in performance from game-to-game on the same healthy, capable system can be wildly large.
Hardware engineers have certainly outpaced software engineers lately to the point where we get all these threads saying "my hardware appears to be fine in all my testing (good temps, no crashing, benches fine, etc), but it must be faulty because game A or B runs like crap."
Sometimes (but of course not always) it just the GAME. Visit a few forums on the game you're having an issues with, and you'll probably find dozens or hundreds of users complaining about the same thing more often that not, which only a patch (or an entire engine-swap) that may never come can address.
Whether that applies to you in your problem games on your particular configuration, I can't say definitively one way or another.
matkinson wrote: ↑11 Feb 2023, 11:50
Again, genuinely, cheers for the responses.
Sure, no worries.
Trust me, trying to help visitors in this medium is as frustrating for me as it is for you to not get the answers you're looking for, but there are limitations in helping someone troubleshoot remotely via text solely based on their own experience and through their own perceptions and explanations of the issue.
Anyway, best of luck, and feel free to update us in this thread if you make any new discoveries or progress.