{"id":563506,"date":"2023-03-14T16:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/7-reasons-your-windows-pc-is-stuttering-and-how-to-fix-it\/"},"modified":"2023-03-14T16:00:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T13:00:42","slug":"7-reasons-your-windows-pc-is-stuttering-and-how-to-fix-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/7-reasons-your-windows-pc-is-stuttering-and-how-to-fix-it\/","title":{"rendered":"#7 Reasons Your Windows PC Is Stuttering (And How to Fix It)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a42c8edc7621\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/7-reasons-your-windows-pc-is-stuttering-and-how-to-fix-it\/#Wallpaper_Slideshow_Is_Enabled\" >Wallpaper Slideshow Is Enabled<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/7-reasons-your-windows-pc-is-stuttering-and-how-to-fix-it\/#Background_Software_or_Malware\" >Background Software or Malware<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/7-reasons-your-windows-pc-is-stuttering-and-how-to-fix-it\/#Bad_Drivers\" >Bad Drivers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/7-reasons-your-windows-pc-is-stuttering-and-how-to-fix-it\/#Youre_Using_a_Mechanical_Drive\" >You\u2019re Using a Mechanical Drive<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/7-reasons-your-windows-pc-is-stuttering-and-how-to-fix-it\/#Not_Enough_RAM\" >Not Enough RAM<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/7-reasons-your-windows-pc-is-stuttering-and-how-to-fix-it\/#Thermal_Throttling\" >Thermal Throttling<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C7_Reasons_Your_Windows_PC_Is_Stuttering_And_How_to_Fix_It%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;7 Reasons Your Windows PC Is Stuttering (And How to Fix It)&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<!-- UNCACHED CONTENT --><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-877039\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/52552957009_ea3818a60b_k-1.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"The Lenovo Slim 7i Pro X laptop playing a YouTube video\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">Cianna Garrison \/ How-To Geek<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If your Windows computer is stuttering, you can fix it by tweaking in-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> settings,\u00a0disabling wallpaper slideshow and any unnecessary background services, updating drivers, upgrading your storage or RAM, and improving your PC&#8217;s cooling.<\/p>\n<p>Modern computers are fast, really fast. So it can be quite annoying when your computer. Stutters. Constantly. Tracking down and fixing these stutters can be a real chore, but for some of the most common stutter causes there are fixes.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Audio_Stutter_Video_Stutter_and_More\"><\/span>Audio Stutter, Video Stutter, and More<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are lots of different types of stutter that all manifest in different ways on your computer. The most impactful type of stutter is one that brings your entire computer briefly to a halt, but stutter is usually more granular than this.<\/p>\n<p>For example, video stutter h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens when the video freezes or skips frames. Audio stutter freezes sound, causes it to skip ahead, or loop the contents of the audio buffer a few times before moving on. Mouse stutter happens when your pointer freezes and skips when you try to move it. Even your keyboard can \u201cstutter\u201d when there\u2019s a long delay between pressing a key and the computer responding.<\/p>\n<p>In other words \u201cstutter\u201d refers to a diverse set of phenomena on your Windows PC and likewise have various causes and solutions. In this article, we\u2019re going to cover some of the most common culprits and look at a few ways you can eliminate or reduce stutter.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Solutions_to_Stutter_While_Playing_Games\"><\/span><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\">Solutions to Stutter While Playing Games<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re playing a game like <em>Elden Ring<\/em>, <em>Fallout<\/em>, or\u00a0<em>Stray<\/em> and it\u2019s stuttering, the first thing you should do is set all of its settings (barring resolution) to their lowest settings. If the stuttering persists (and your computer exceeds the minimum requirements) it\u2019s likely the problem isn\u2019t related to the game in particular. So push the settings back up until the stutter returns and then back off those settings to something your system can handle.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-757624\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Doom-Eternal-Settings.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"477\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Video Game Settings Page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A common cause of DirectX 12 PC game stutter these days is shader compilation stutter. Unless the game has the option to pre-compile its shaders, there\u2019s not much you can do other than complain to the developer or switch to the DirectX 11 version of the game if it has one.<\/p>\n<p>Another neat solution is to turn game mode in Windows 11 and Windows 10\u00a0on or off, depending on which state has stutter and which doesn\u2019t. We don\u2019t know why game mode causes stutter in some cases, but luckily you only have one of two choices.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, one common cause of stutter in video games is having an unlocked frame rate. This is where your PC tries to render as many frames as it can, and since video games are dynamic you end up with inconsistent frame delivery that\u2019s perceived as stutter.<\/p>\n<p>To fix this, you need to activate a frame limiter. There are a number of options, including activating VSync in the game\u2019s menus, using the game\u2019s own frame limiter slider if it has one, or using your GPU\u2019s software utility to limit rendered frames. The perceived stutter should be gone by bringing the frame rate down to a level your computer can deliver smoothly and consistently.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wallpaper_Slideshow_Is_Enabled\"><\/span>Wallpaper Slideshow Is Enabled<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Windows offers you the option of having a slideshow of pictures play as your wallpaper. Unfortunately, whenever the picture changes it seems to cause a brief system freeze, which manifests as a big stutter in whatever you\u2019re doing, whether it\u2019s playing a game or watching a video.<\/p>\n<p>The good <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> is that you can eliminate this issue by either turning the wallpaper slideshow off or increasing the interval so that it happens less frequently. We recommend setting it to once a day if you must have the feature.<\/p>\n<p>Simply right-click on the desktop and choose personalization or go to Start &gt; Settings &gt; Personalization &gt; Background.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-875973\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Wallpaper-Slideshow.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Windows 11 Wallpaper Slideshow menu\" width=\"730\" height=\"411\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Here you can use the dropdown many to select an alternative to wallpaper slideshow, or with slideshow selected as your choice just the interval.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Background_Software_or_Malware\"><\/span>Background Software or Malware<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Before we start looking at hardware issues, take some time to check if there aren\u2019t background processes hogging all of your resources. Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) and check if any programs are using large amount of CPU time, hard drive bandwidth, or RAM.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, if you see processes in task manager that use lots of resources and don\u2019t recognize them, it\u2019s time to run a thorough malware scan using the malware tool of your choice. This might be at the root of your stutter issues.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bad_Drivers\"><\/span>Bad Drivers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Other common stutter culprits are bad or outdated drivers. Drivers for what? Everything! GPU drivers are a main candidate for gaming or anything graphically demanding, but sometimes it\u2019s the driver for something mundane like your Wi-Fi adapter that\u2019s making the rest of the system have hiccups.\u00a0The process for updating drivers on Windows 10 and updating Windows 11 drivers is slightly different, so follow our guides for more details.<\/p>\n<p>The solution, as you might have guessed, is to download and install the latest official drivers for your hardware and make sure Windows is updated while you\u2019re at it. The stutters might just be an undiscovered \u201cfeature\u201d that Microsoft still has to patch.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Youre_Using_a_Mechanical_Drive\"><\/span>You\u2019re Using a Mechanical Drive<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This one is pretty simple. If you\u2019re using a mechanical hard drive as your primary operating system and application drive you\u2019re likely to get stutter in modern apps and games. The drive takes its time seeking data in its platters and then delivering them to you relatively slowly. Upgrade to an SSD for Windows and apps, and you\u2019ll see a massive leap in responsiveness across the board.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Not_Enough_RAM\"><\/span>Not Enough RAM<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you don\u2019t have enough RAM (Random Access Memory) for the app or apps you\u2019re running, Windows is forced to shuffle data between RAM and your drives. Even if you have one of those snappy SSDs we were talking about, this is still a recipe for stutter and slowdown. So if you\u2019re at 100% RAM usage and performance is tanking, it\u2019s time to add more memory.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Thermal_Throttling\"><\/span>Thermal Throttling<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Thermal throttling happens when a processor\u2019s temperature reaches dangerous levels, and it cuts its speed below the minimum promised performance level. This is the penultimate step before the computer performs an emergency shutoff, but in most cases, things never go that far. What happens is the CPU or GPU throttles speeds, temperatures drop, speeds go up, throttling happens again, repeat.<\/p>\n<p>This can lead to a stuttering experience and can be tricky to pin down. What you want to do is run a stress test like Prime 95 (for CPUs) or FurMark (for GPUs) and then monitor your CPU temperature\u00a0or GPU temperature. If the temperature reaches the maximum limit specified for that processor by the manufacturer, you\u2019re probably experiencing throttling.<\/p>\n<p>To fix the issue:<\/p>\n<p>If that still doesn\u2019t resolve your throttling issues, it might be a manufacturing defect and you could be eligible for a warranty return.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>How to Make Your Laptop Run Less Hot<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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