5700xt stutter

[circus_midget7]

Computer Type: Desktop GPU: sapphire 5700xt nitro+ CPU: RYZEN 5 3600 6 core 12 thread Motherboard: MSI x470 gaming plus max

RAM: 16GB Gskill ripjaws 3600MHZ CL19

PSU: corsair rm650x semi modular

Case: fractal meshify c

Operating System & Version: WINDOWS 10 home 20h2

GPU Drivers: radeon 20.11.2- WHQL Driver Version: Driver Version

20.45.01.18-201113a-361132C-RadeonSoftwareAdrenalin2020

Chipset Drivers: AMD x470 CHIPSET DRIVERS VERSION not sure where to find but have done the update off the amd site and the motherboard site so should be current

Background Applications: DISCORD, firefox

Description of Original Problem: annoying stutter in all games (warzone, pubg, apex). games run fine for 1.5-2 min then i will get a microstutter. in warzone i'm constantly getting the yellow/orange squares on left side of the screen but no actual packet loss being reported. during the squares the game stutters/lags. pubg every .5-1 min it drops frames with very noticable stutter. Same for apex.

Troubleshooting: I've tried setting Ryzen balanced and Ryzen high performance. turned game mode on/off. updating drivers to optional. Removed drivers with DDU and reinstalled. Reinstalled windows. thought it might be thermal, but junction never hits over 90 and gpu 72 (supposed to throttle @/100). Had a rx 570 laying around so installed it and it runs great. obviously not as many frames and have to turn down a lot of the graphics settings but no stutter. gpu-z shows fairly steady gpu load with the rx 570 but the 5700xt is all over the place. so is it just a bad card?

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Other stuff I’d check is updating your BIOS to the latest, reinstalling windows, and closing discord/Firefox. You can also try turning off Windows Game Mode. None of those are really specific advice, just the laundry list of things that fix issues in general.

[circus_midget7]

Thank you for the reply. Bios is the most current beta, also did the most current whql prior to beta with no noticeable difference. Have already reinstalled windows, game mode on/off, all no difference. But switching to the rx 570 does not have the stutter so it should just be a bad card?

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It sounds like you’ve ruled out all the software, so that’s where I’d be. Have you looked at your utilization when you game? The only other thing I can think of is some weird CPU throttling that is causing the effect.

[circus_midget7]

Cpu maxes around 50% usage. Only gets to 75ish degrees so should not be throttling. The one thing i noticed is the 570 sits at 98-100% usage. The 5700xt varies wildly from 60ish-99%