update bios
get the correct mobo chipset, audio, lan, etc.. drivers from the mobo mfg or oem site

Too many unknowns, so iam gonna just random shoot, turn on freesync

Originally posted by _I_:

update bios
get the correct mobo chipset, audio, lan, etc.. drivers from the mobo mfg or oem site

Tried that. Didn't work.

EDIT: Watching resource monitor while idling on the desktop. Every few seconds, the CPU usage jumps from 1% to 5% before settling back to 1%.

remove the old mechanical hard drive and place a new SSD.

Originally posted by Mabi:

remove the old mechanical hard drive and place a new SSD.

Everything's on NVMe storage.

this is a ram problem.

So I uninstalled my graphics card drivers. The micro stuttering went away.

Making progress. Reinstalling everything at the moment. Hopefully this was just a weird software issue and not a hardware failure.

EDIT: Reinstalled chipset drivers. Stuttering came back, and it won't go away even if I uninstall the chipset drivers again.

Frick my life.

Zen 2 CPU? Is it happening on the desktop?

There's a setting in BIOS related to fTPM you need to toggle. Something like fTPM/PSP NV for Key Storage, depending on your motherboard the wording may be different. Disable that.

Originally posted by Fajita Jim:

Zen 2 CPU? Is it happening on the desktop?

There's a setting in BIOS related to fTPM you need to toggle. Something like fTPM/PSP NV for Key Storage, depending on your motherboard the wording may be different. Disable that.

It flat out won't let me disable it. The only options I have are "enable firmware TPM" and "enable discrete TPM".

Man, I just love when hardware I pay $1000s for arbitrarily restricts how I can use it.

🤔

Yeah bro check your RAM,

post a cpuz validation link
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
cpuz -> validate button -> submit button
it will open a browser, copy the url (address) and paste it here

Hi,

I recently came across this stutter on rtx 4080.
Finally get rid of it in all 4 games by changing gpu power settings in nvidia conrol panel:
Nvidia control panel -> manage 3d settings -> power management mode -> prefer maximum performance.
After that gpu clocks are constant on theirs' high levels, however power consumption remains low and stutter is gone.

The one thing that people overlook, including myself, would be if the monitor is Native or overclocked to stated FPS, whereas, OC for monitors has a 5% chance of stability and it is best to stick with native refresh rates.

A monitor can be marketed as 180Hz, for example, and legally they do not have to state if this is only achievable only in OC mode, so it is best to look at the monitor manual prior to buying for the true Native refresh rates.

Some monitors with OC will have "Boost", "Boost Drive", "Over Drive" on the OBD menu and this is what stabilizes the OC but some monitors have no special "Boosts" nor do I even recommend any OC monitor tricks and/or features because they cause issues mostly.

Even these OC monitor manufacturers state in all of their manuals to use Native if/when OC refresh fails. A refresh rate of 180Hz (OC) is never as stable as 180Hz (Native).

'Native' is where the real deal is at for anything PC wise.

I mention this because if this is true and you, OP, are running on OC refresh rates, there will always be that micro-stutter and there is nothing you can do but turn refresh to Native.

Originally posted by ˢᵈˣ FatCat:

Yeah bro check your RAM,

Might be worth a shot just swapping the RAM units.

Check windows updates "manually" and, if needed update it all. Might be something "stuck" in there. Other may say don't update, but if it's already a problem...

Also, turn off the PC and pull all the cables for a minute or so. Maybe even swap around the USB ports. Probably won't fix anything, but I've had it happen to me.

Some time ago I had another issue with the AMD software not updating properly and causing issues. I had to manually uninstall it, look for the latest version on the website and installing. Fixed the issue.