I will have to disagree on this a little. Mostly because you can't simply cite it is driver issue. Driver issue would not just be stuttering, but consistently low FPS in general or weird graphical effects for the most part. And even if you were to put in better drivers, it does not necessarily improve in the situation of a CPU just getting hammered every once in a while.
As I stated before, in some games, my older system met just the sys requirements, but consistently, what would hamper it down would be higher cpu usage, where the CPU was balancing at 70 to 80% a fair deal of the time and even with termination of programs in the background, there was still the occasional stuttering caused by the game's number crunching.
And yes, setting in the game will help with that, but at the same time, I was watching changes in the system that had nothing to do with the video drivers that would lend itself to putting more burden on the CPU to cause again stuttering in game. But as I stated before, to discount it, it has to be observed while playing the game with the proper monitoring.
As I stated before, in some games, my older system met just the sys requirements, but consistently, what would hamper it down would be higher cpu usage, where the CPU was balancing at 70 to 80% a fair deal of the time and even with termination of programs in the background, there was still the occasional stuttering caused by the game's number crunching.
And yes, setting in the game will help with that, but at the same time, I was watching changes in the system that had nothing to do with the video drivers that would lend itself to putting more burden on the CPU to cause again stuttering in game. But as I stated before, to discount it, it has to be observed while playing the game with the proper monitoring.
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Alienware Area 51 Desktop and Dell Inspirion 17R (N7010)
- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and Home Premium x64
- CPU
- Intel i7 960 (3.2 GHz Quad Core)
- Motherboard
- Alienware Intel based X58
- Memory
- 12 Gigs (Triple Channel)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Alienware OEM nVidia GTX 560 Ti (1.25 Gig)
- Sound Card
- Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Samsung PX2370 LED 23" Monitor
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- 2 320 Gig SATA in Raid 1 Configuration (System/App)
1 1 Tera SATA (Games)
1 1 Tera SATA (Data/Music/Videos)
- PSU
- 750 Watt Power Supply
- Case
- Alienware Area 51 Desktop
- Cooling
- Liquid Cooled
- Keyboard
- Logitech G510
- Mouse
- Microsoft Trackball Explorer
- Internet Speed
- Cable
