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Hi.
So I bought a new AMD Phenom II X4 980 QuadCore with 3.7 GHZ, and it's a kickass processor, but the only thing that is getting to me is the fact I get studdering in Minecraft, GTA EFLC, and Deus Ex: HR.
In Minecraft, when I shut off CCC, it seems to go away after a few minutes or so.
In EFLC it just stays there. I don't know why.
In DX: HR, I haven't benchmarked a lot, but the studdering is dominant.
These studders are from the CPU, I can tell because it doesn't look like a GPU issue at all. The entire computer locks up for about a quarter of a second (you can't really see it, but you can still tell it's there) and then the game runs fast again.
I get a very good FPS on all of these games, an FPS of 60 LOCKED. Then about 5 minutes later, I get the studdering. Here are my specs:
Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 (NO OC - FACTORY SETTINGS)
Corsair CX430
AMD Phenom II X4 980 Quad 3.7GHZ
4 gigabytes of RAM
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Do you have an idea of what your CPU temp is running at under load?
I am thinking it might be a heat issue, make sure you have good contact between heatsink and CPU and that you are using good thermal paste.
You can use a program called core temp to check the CPU temp and use a program like prime95 to stress the CPU out. If you getting into the 70's or 80's under load then this could be the issue.
I had the same issue on an old AMD chip a while back and i have seen it a few times in work.
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This,
But I found coretemp horribly inaccurate.
Try HW monitor, and just leave it on while playing a game. It saves the highest temperature.
