I bought a PC Specialist custom PC about half a year ago and it has progressively gotten worse on a particular problem. The problem is that when I play certain modern games I get awful lag and stuttering to the point that it's unplayable at times. Sometimes it occurs as soon as I start playing but usually it develops after a few 'animations' or 'spell effects' eg. an explosion or something occurs in a particular game. It is most noticeable when I play Dota 2. It's not a conventional framerate drop - it's just like a continuous stuttering of the entire system, like the mouse movements will also be stuttery along with everything else. If I restart my computer before I play a game of Dota 2, there is less likely a chance that this will occur. However, if my computer has been on for long, there is more likelihood that the problem will occur. Also, if I'm encountering this problem and I minimise my game to desktop (while it's still running) and then go back into it after about 10 seconds or so sometimes the problem will be gone for a while. The problem only occurs when playing modern games (2012 onwards), old games are fine and everything else is fine too.
My specs are as follows:
Windows 8.1 64 bit
Intel Core i5-4440 3.1Ghz (4CPUs)
16.3GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 4GB
I have installed the latest drivers and the problem still occurs.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
My specs are as follows:
Windows 8.1 64 bit
Intel Core i5-4440 3.1Ghz (4CPUs)
16.3GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 4GB
I have installed the latest drivers and the problem still occurs.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!