Micro-stutters after GPU upgrade | Linus Tech Tips | Page 1

orchid fog Nov 19, 2025, 3:37 PM

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Hi,

I'm not a huge gamer but I play Rocket League and CS2. My PC was the following 1 month ago:
i5-9600K
B360M
32 Go DDR4 2666MT/s
GeForce GTX 1650 4GB (no extra-power needed)
24" 1920*1080 60Hz monitor

I upgraded my monitor last month to a AOC 180Hz (1080) and I was playing my games with a 120fps cap (to not abuse the GTX 1650).
Today I just got a RTX 3050 (8GB). Not a huge upgrade — I know —, but I set Rocket League to go up to 180fps but now I'm getting micro-stutters even not neither my CPU or GPU are maxxed (under taskmgr) .

I think the culprit might be the platform + RAM now... which I don't plan to upgrade, but maybe there is something that I missed?
Taking all ideas. Thanks

orchid fog Nov 20, 2025, 8:13 AM

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Even when limitating to 120fps like when I was my GTX1650, I get sutters 🙁

whole wyvern Nov 20, 2025, 9:51 AM

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orchid fog Hi, I'm not a **huge** gamer but I play Rocket League and CS2. My PC was the fo...

You can ddu the drivers. Maybe the old ones are hindering in some way.

wise sedge Nov 20, 2025, 12:31 PM

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Did you install new drivers or just slap the card in? Either way, ddu them and try again

orchid fog Nov 20, 2025, 6:19 PM

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whole wyvern You can ddu the drivers. Maybe the old ones are hindering in some way.

Already did it, fully remove with DDU+ DeviceCleanup + DriverStore Explorer... only Rocket League and desktop affected

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Counter Strike 2 and Source no issues

wise sedge Nov 20, 2025, 9:48 PM

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orchid fog Already did it, fully remove with DDU+ DeviceCleanup + DriverStore Explorer... o...

Hearing this. Do you happen to use gsync/freesync by any chance?

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If you do, turn it off entirelly under nvidia app. Turn off vsync if you also have that on. Then cap fps to like 160, 144, 120, whatever, and see if that fixes it in those games.

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