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Sep 27, 2026, 8:24:55 AM 2w ago | Comment | feliciafix | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Good point about changing one thing at a time. I had been testing several settings together. |
Sep 27, 2026, 7:54:55 AM 2w ago | Answer | erikethernet | CC BY-SA 4.0 | This looks less like a hardware failure and more like a configuration issue. **Likely cause:** A peripheral monitoring service polls hardware sensors and blocks the game thread. **What I would try:** Record a frame-time trace, stop RGB and hardware-monitoring services one at a time, then update or remove the service that matches the spikes. Keep an eye on the relevant logs during the test; they should confirm whether the hypothesis is correct. |
Sep 9, 2026, 11:49:26 PM 1mo ago | Created | troublesync_editorial | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Steam game stutters every few seconds despite high FPS |