lord_galathon
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I fired up my gaming PC to actually play games for the first time in months yesterday. I've only used it recently to use Mixcraft Studio 8 or remote into work. My daughter plays Sims 4 on it as well.
Specs:
i7 6700K 4.0Ghz
Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI motherboard
16Gb DDR4 RAM (Evo Potenza)
ASUS Dual GeForce 1060GTX 3Gb
480Gb aData SSD SATA3
750W Corsair PSU
Logitech G27 / XBox One joypad controller
Win 10 Pro up to date
I have 4 sound adapters (two really) which are:
1) M-Audio Audiophile 24 bit - which is only used for music/sound production
2) On board audio card
3) Sony Pulse headphones (USB out sound - used for gaming)
4) HDMI sound to the TV (disabled)
When I play games I usually play either with the on board audio or with the Sony Pulse wireless headphones which are USB so a separate adapter on their own.
I found that suddenly all the racing games I threw at it are microfreezing. Forza 7, Grid Autosport, any of the Dirt series, F1 2015 (the last one I bought...)
Strangely, I don't get microfreezing in any of the other games like MGS5, Resident Evil 7, Coaster Planet, The Sims 4, Bioshock and so on.
I'll get smooth gameplay for a few minutes then when I least expect it it will freeze a frame on me (sound continues normally) for about 0.5~1.5s or so, just enough for me to lose control of the car and hit a barrier or another car. Super annoying.
In game weather/atmospheric conditions have no effect as it will freeze in broad daylight sunny, rain, snow (Dirt...) , night, or whether there are fireworks or a helicopter, or a crowd.
I've noticed it only happens IN GAME, as in not in any of the cut-scenes, not while I watch a replay or during menu animations.
Things I tried so far (none worked) :
-Update all drivers including sound cards, graphics card, steering wheel...
-Switch between the various sound adapters to see if it made a difference (none)
-Tweak the graphics settings - for example I loathe motion blur so I disabled it, I played with the MSAA settings and lowered the quality to medium instead of ultra BUT I play on a 720p 50" TV with both other monitors turned off in the settings so the TV is my only display when I play, I should be able to play pretty much anything on full ultra at that resolution...
-I always play with all music off (bothers me) so that's not it although I haven't tried turning it on
WTF? Anyone have any ideas I might have missed? The one thing I haven't tried was to play with the XBox One controller instead of the steering wheel but I don't see how that would be relevant.
TIA
Specs:
i7 6700K 4.0Ghz
Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI motherboard
16Gb DDR4 RAM (Evo Potenza)
ASUS Dual GeForce 1060GTX 3Gb
480Gb aData SSD SATA3
750W Corsair PSU
Logitech G27 / XBox One joypad controller
Win 10 Pro up to date
I have 4 sound adapters (two really) which are:
1) M-Audio Audiophile 24 bit - which is only used for music/sound production
2) On board audio card
3) Sony Pulse headphones (USB out sound - used for gaming)
4) HDMI sound to the TV (disabled)
When I play games I usually play either with the on board audio or with the Sony Pulse wireless headphones which are USB so a separate adapter on their own.
I found that suddenly all the racing games I threw at it are microfreezing. Forza 7, Grid Autosport, any of the Dirt series, F1 2015 (the last one I bought...)
Strangely, I don't get microfreezing in any of the other games like MGS5, Resident Evil 7, Coaster Planet, The Sims 4, Bioshock and so on.
I'll get smooth gameplay for a few minutes then when I least expect it it will freeze a frame on me (sound continues normally) for about 0.5~1.5s or so, just enough for me to lose control of the car and hit a barrier or another car. Super annoying.
In game weather/atmospheric conditions have no effect as it will freeze in broad daylight sunny, rain, snow (Dirt...) , night, or whether there are fireworks or a helicopter, or a crowd.
I've noticed it only happens IN GAME, as in not in any of the cut-scenes, not while I watch a replay or during menu animations.
Things I tried so far (none worked) :
-Update all drivers including sound cards, graphics card, steering wheel...
-Switch between the various sound adapters to see if it made a difference (none)
-Tweak the graphics settings - for example I loathe motion blur so I disabled it, I played with the MSAA settings and lowered the quality to medium instead of ultra BUT I play on a 720p 50" TV with both other monitors turned off in the settings so the TV is my only display when I play, I should be able to play pretty much anything on full ultra at that resolution...
-I always play with all music off (bothers me) so that's not it although I haven't tried turning it on
WTF? Anyone have any ideas I might have missed? The one thing I haven't tried was to play with the XBox One controller instead of the steering wheel but I don't see how that would be relevant.
TIA