I'm having issues with stuttering and FPS drops with nearly all games. It usually occurs when a game is loading a new area or "something happens" in a game (getting hit with a blue shell in Mario Kart Wii).
I'm not sure if it would be classified as a stutter, an FPS drop, or if there's even a difference. In a standard PC game, a FPS drop means the game doesn't run as smooth for a moment. But getting hit with a blue shell makes the game, music and all, stop for a very brief second. So I guess that's a stutter? And this is with OpenGL, DX11, and DX12. OpenGL is the worst, D12 is better but still has issues for me. I generally keep Vsync off since I don't seem to need it with D12.
Some games are worse than others. Mario Galaxy is the worst, though from what I've read here, it's one of the most taxing games in general.
I have an i5-3350P processor, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, Thermaltake 650W PSU, and a GTX 1060 8GB. I can run nearly every actual PC game at 60fps solid with maxed out settings (GTA5 runs at 50-55fps with every setting on ultra), yet emulation always seems to be the death of me. I even have this exact same problem with PS1 emulation, both with epsxe and the Mednafen-HW core in Retroarch. PCSX2 as well. All I can figure is it's because newer games are more strenuous on my GPU, which is newer, while my CPU apparently can't handle Crash Bandicoot.
I've tweaked nearly every setting in the Nvidia Control Panel. All of my temps are fine as well.
I know my CPU isn't the greatest, but I feel like this stuttering shouldn't be a problem when I try to run the game at native resolution with every single enhancement turned off. I'm not exaggerating there. Mario Kart Wii freezes for a half second at native resolution when I get hit with something.
The only other possibility I can think of on my own is that it's an issue with running the games off the same hard drive as my OS, which is an internal 7200 3TB HDD. Though from doing research, the results are very mixed and arguable, so I've been afraid to shell out money for a "possible" fix when this is still a fairly new hard drive and I don't particularly need more space at the moment.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Even if it's not a fix, I'd like to know why this is happening so I know what needs to be upgraded.
I'm not sure if it would be classified as a stutter, an FPS drop, or if there's even a difference. In a standard PC game, a FPS drop means the game doesn't run as smooth for a moment. But getting hit with a blue shell makes the game, music and all, stop for a very brief second. So I guess that's a stutter? And this is with OpenGL, DX11, and DX12. OpenGL is the worst, D12 is better but still has issues for me. I generally keep Vsync off since I don't seem to need it with D12.
Some games are worse than others. Mario Galaxy is the worst, though from what I've read here, it's one of the most taxing games in general.
I have an i5-3350P processor, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, Thermaltake 650W PSU, and a GTX 1060 8GB. I can run nearly every actual PC game at 60fps solid with maxed out settings (GTA5 runs at 50-55fps with every setting on ultra), yet emulation always seems to be the death of me. I even have this exact same problem with PS1 emulation, both with epsxe and the Mednafen-HW core in Retroarch. PCSX2 as well. All I can figure is it's because newer games are more strenuous on my GPU, which is newer, while my CPU apparently can't handle Crash Bandicoot.
I've tweaked nearly every setting in the Nvidia Control Panel. All of my temps are fine as well.
I know my CPU isn't the greatest, but I feel like this stuttering shouldn't be a problem when I try to run the game at native resolution with every single enhancement turned off. I'm not exaggerating there. Mario Kart Wii freezes for a half second at native resolution when I get hit with something.
The only other possibility I can think of on my own is that it's an issue with running the games off the same hard drive as my OS, which is an internal 7200 3TB HDD. Though from doing research, the results are very mixed and arguable, so I've been afraid to shell out money for a "possible" fix when this is still a fairly new hard drive and I don't particularly need more space at the moment.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Even if it's not a fix, I'd like to know why this is happening so I know what needs to be upgraded.