Can a 144 Hz monitor help eliminate stuttering?

[ShadowBeak]

My monitor is limited to 60 Hz. In some areas of the map, especially those crowded with large trees, the game seems to freeze and start moving in slow motion on my 3060 12GB graphics card,i7-13700F and 32 GB RAM.

[Tyjeera]

I have a 60hz 4k monitor and do not have any issues. Shouldn't be a monitor that's causing that issue. Have you updated your GPU drivers?

[ShadowBeak]

yes

[PantsuMask]

oh yea. dude. it would def help. you're like kind of bottle necking your gpu. 120 or above monitor is what you should get.

[Druark]

No, many people seem to be unaware of what stuttering actually is. It can be down to many possible causes. Could be the game engine, poor game code, a HDD which can't keep up, slow RAM/VRAM and so on. In a 'busy' area where lots is going on these issues are more obvious. If you have a HDD it's likely the issue.

A higher frame rate will merely smooth motion if you can keep up a high FPS. Variable Refresh Rate technologies like FreeSync or GSync can help hide the stutters better and overall present a smoother image too but that's mostly where your monitor ends in relation to this topic.

[ShadowBeak]

I use SSD only to store system files.

[Druark]

Originally posted by Protagonista de uma história:

I use SSD only to store system files.

That's likely your problem then. Most games today, especially UE5 games, require an SSD to run optimally.

They're literally over 100x faster for read/write accesses. Getting up to 1000x if it's an NVME.

If you're interested in getting one. I can recommend the Crucial MX500, it's almost as good as Samsung's SSDs but you don't have to pay double the price for the Samsung name.

[Shout Out To Ground Pound]

a SSD is required for this game and for all new games that came in late 2023 you wont get around to Throw all your HDD's away and buy SSD for games.

[ShadowBeak]

The problem with SSD is that it loses its useful life very quickly.

[Rognis]

My 12 year old, 120GB Vertex 3 disagrees.

[Nerrinas]

Originally posted by ShadowBeak:

The problem with SSD is that it loses its useful life very quickly.

This was true when they came out in back in the 90s. It hasn't been true for a very long time, if you're still playing games on a HDD you are begging for stuttering issues relating to read speeds.

Which is why modern games have begun to require SSDs even on minimum settings.

[Khergit Horse Archer]

Originally posted by ShadowBeak:

The problem with SSD is that it loses its useful life very quickly.

if anything an ssd has a much higher chance to outsurvive a hdd purely because the latter is mechanical and mechanical things just tend to break down eventually due to moving parts.

also just a anecdote but my corsair force lx 128gb ssd has survived a decade and it's still alive lol. meanwhile my hdd from the era died like few years ago.

also a high fps monitor doesnt reduce stutter, it just makes it look smoother if your hardware is capable of keeping up with the game, tldr: you need pretty good spec or keep the settings low/lower than at 60fps.

[★REM★]

90% of my time i play on a 120hz 65" 4k TV and some times on a 165hz 32" 2560x1440 screen, the only stutter i noticed so far is in multiplayer, when my son join sometimes causes random micro stuttering (it's weird it's like 5-10 seconds every 10-15 minutes. Single player games, never had any.

[Shout Out To Ground Pound]

Originally posted by ShadowBeak:

The problem with SSD is that it loses its useful life very quickly.

A SSD hold up way longer then HDD, just look how long a Samsung SSD hold up i switched from SSD to M2 on my system and use both slots with M2 and no SSD anymore and my SSD still worked fine and my old HDD died a long time ago.

[★REM★]

Originally posted by ShadowBeak:

The problem with SSD is that it loses its useful life very quickly.

I have SSD 10+ years old and still kicking.

[Jaasrg]

I put HDD and 2SSD into my machine and used it for some 10~11 years.
The two things I had break on me was mouse 6 years in and xbox controller 10 years in.