BF3 stuttering/lag issue

[Adam23]

I have been having a load of issues lately regarding bf3, I am at witts end with it now, at first I was getting this:

BF3 flickering with SLI - YouTube

Now I'm just getting lag, stuttering.

Has anyone else had this issue and fixed it, and if you did can you post the way you have fixed it please, thanks my pc specs are below.

Corsair Carbide 500R White case 8x Fans.
AMD Phenom II 955 3.2GHZ @ (3.4GHz)
Corsair H60 with twin Coolermaster Performance Fans
Corsair Vengeance 16gb Ddr3
2 GTX 480 1.5GB in sli
Corsair 800W
Asus M5A99X EVO USB3
1x OCZ Vertex plus+ R2 120GB SSD (Windows)
2TB Western Digital Green HD
1TB Seagate HD
2x WD VelociRaptor 600 GB for games
2 Blue Cold Cathodes
Logitech G13 Gamepad
Logitech Z5500 5.1 Speakers
Microsoft X6 Sidewinder Keyboard
Logitech G500 Mouse
Logitech G35 7.1 Headset
Wired X-Box Controller
External LG CD/DVD R/W
Samsung Syncmaster 22" 1920x1080p running HDMI
HANNS G HA222 1680 x 1050 running DVI

My pc runs any game fine, it runs furmark, 3dmark vantage, 3dmark 11 with no issues what so ever.

 

[Richardc269]

Have you installed any new GPU drivers recently? Game might not like them.

 

[Adam23]

Have you installed any new GPU drivers recently? Game might not like them.

Hey pal, yes matey I've installed 306, 301, gone back to 285 doing clean installs each time.

 

[Adam23]

Ok I seemed to have fixed the problem by applying a slight overclock on each card from the standard 701mhz to 797mhz on air, seems to be running sweet aswell, I think my cpu aint helping much, going to try the new Bulldozer 8150 thanks for your reply Richard.

 

[theveterans]

You definitely need a new CPU (either a X6 or bulldozer) and if possible, liquid cooling in order to OC the CPU to at least 4 GHz so you won't bottlenect those GTX 480s in SLI.

 

[Adam23]

Thanks for the reply pal, yea I have ordered the AMD Bulldozer 8150 but wont be here till friday 28th september .
I have a Corsair h60 too, this should be ok shouldn't it?

Thanks again.

 

[M1GU31]

Yea that's fine. You got everything you need.