All games (Steam) are stuttering after reinstalling and playing Mass Effect 1 and 2 on Origin. help?

[Gene]

About a week ago, I wanted to replay Mass Effect 1 but on Origin. When I installed it, it said I needed to restart my comp. I did. Ran it fine. Beat it again when onto ME 2. That also required me to restart my comp to install something for it.

Tried to play FO4 today on Steam but the game stutters badly. Then I tried Skyrim Special Edition and Witcher 3. Stutters. Dark Souls with DSfix, stutters(never stuttered before). All games have this problem now except Mass Effect. I don't know what the two games installed did. The only thing I have to go on is this in my startup: http://i.imgur.com/AceDvXB.png

What did these two games do? I have no idea. I just want to play something else.

[Supafly]

Both ME games are old now so possibly an older Directx change? Could try verifying the game cache of one of the stuttering games. It may reinstall updated Directx version if that is what changed, or anything else too.

[Gene]

Rubber Bullets eredeti hozzászólása:

Both ME games are old now so possibly an older Directx change? Could try verifying the game cache of one of the stuttering games. It may reinstall updated Directx version if that is what changed, or anything else too.

I've verified FO4 and SkyrimSE. Even reinstalled a few times.

How would I update DirectX?

My Directx is already up to date. Doesn't seem to be that..

[Supafly]

Can only manually update Directx 9c all other versions are linked with Windows OS 7,8, 10. although some games have certain specifics they install.

If you've verified and reinstalled it's unlikely Directx related. If you want to try reinstalling directx 9 search for it online. Can download it directly from Microsoft site.

Will come back if I think of something else that may help...sorry I couldn't help

[Gene]

Rubber Bullets eredeti hozzászólása:

Can only manually update Directx 9c all other versions are linked with Windows OS 7,8, 10. although some games have certain specifics they install.

If you've verified and reinstalled it's unlikely Directx related. If you want to try reinstalling directx 9 search for it online. Can download it directly from Microsoft site.

Will come back if I think of something else that may help...sorry I couldn't help

It's okay. Thank you either way. I'll try anything.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Rubber Bullets eredeti hozzászólása:

Both ME games are old now so possibly an older Directx change? Could try verifying the game cache of one of the stuttering games. It may reinstall updated Directx version if that is what changed, or anything else too.

That makes no difference what the game needs; all the DX API versions are on your system if you have installed DirectX Redist June 2010 before which covers all of them, except DX12 which is Win10 only. DirectX Redist June 2010 is something mostly every single PC game comes bundled with as far as 3rd party installers.

[Supafly]

Bad-Motha eredeti hozzászólása:

Rubber Bullets eredeti hozzászólása:

Both ME games are old now so possibly an older Directx change? Could try verifying the game cache of one of the stuttering games. It may reinstall updated Directx version if that is what changed, or anything else too.

That makes no difference what the game needs; all the DX API versions are on your system if you have installed DirectX Redist June 2010 before which covers all of them, except DX12 which is Win10 only. DirectX Redist June 2010 is something mostly every single PC game comes bundled with as far as 3rd party installers.

It was the only thing I could think of that may have been affected. Not intentionally but it's possible something was corrupted, before or after ME was installed. Had a similar experience years ago on an old system (Vista ;/) can't remember what game. Reinstalling Directx was the solution.

I'm no expert and can only really draw on personal experience and occassionally what I have picked up online when someones problem has been solved. I appreciate your correction and clarifying a few things for me.

What do you think is the OPs problem?

[Gene]

Just did a system restore to before installing Mass Effect 1 and 2. Didn't work. Every game besides those two are stuttering. The fps is fine but it's stuttering. I will try to run Windows Repair. If that doesn't work, I don't know what to do..

[Gene]

No errors came up. Though I tried out Dragons Dogma Dark Arisen and it doesn't stutter which is weird.

What stutters: Skyrim Special Edition, Fallout 4, Dark Souls with dsfix and Witcher 3 with 60fps.

What does not stutter: DD Dark Arisen, Tf2, Oblivion, CSGO, UT 2004, Alice Madness Returns

Would this help? Seems certain games work. Some old ones too. I have no idea what the problem is.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

It doesn't hurt to try a reinstall of the DirectX, however if you are going to do that, ensure it is the complete package, not an updater.

Such as DirectX Redist June 2010, the full package is approx 98MB compressed from the Microsoft download site.

However, Games do not just rely on DX Runtimes, they also rely on Visual C++ Runtimes and those rely on .NET Framework; so a game issue, then you could be looking at these as a possibility as well.

A game that uses such runtimes, you should be able to tell because the game folder generally will have a "CommonRedist" folder in it with runtime installers, just to ensure the user has those, the game comes with those.

Then there are your Hardware Drivers; Chipset, GPU, Audio, LAN

Run a system monitor (like OpenHardwareMonitor) so you can monitor things like CPU/GPU Temps. Run a benchmark in a loop, so you can see if the issue is mainly game related or perhaps an issue with the system, such as Drivers or CPU/GPU Temps getting too hot.

[Gene]

Bad-Motha eredeti hozzászólása:

It doesn't hurt to try a reinstall of the DirectX, however if you are going to do that, ensure it is the complete package, not an updater.

Such as DirectX Redist June 2010, the full package is approx 98MB compressed from the Microsoft download site.

However, Games do not just rely on DX Runtimes, they also rely on Visual C++ Runtimes and those rely on .NET Framework; so a game issue, then you could be looking at these as a possibility as well.

A game that uses such runtimes, you should be able to tell because the game folder generally will have a "CommonRedist" folder in it with runtime installers, just to ensure the user has those, the game comes with those.

Then there are your Hardware Drivers; Chipset, GPU, Audio, LAN

Run a system monitor (like OpenHardwareMonitor) so you can monitor things like CPU/GPU Temps. Run a benchmark in a loop, so you can see if the issue is mainly game related or perhaps an issue with the system, such as Drivers or CPU/GPU Temps getting too hot.

Thank you for all the info. I'm sure it's gotta be one of them.

[SkrapiCoco]

sad :yey:

[Forcen]

You can do a benchmark here and link it http://www.userbenchmark.com/
It will compare the hardware to all other results they got for that hardware.

[Gene]

Bad-Motha eredeti hozzászólása:

It doesn't hurt to try a reinstall of the DirectX, however if you are going to do that, ensure it is the complete package, not an updater.

Such as DirectX Redist June 2010, the full package is approx 98MB compressed from the Microsoft download site.

However, Games do not just rely on DX Runtimes, they also rely on Visual C++ Runtimes and those rely on .NET Framework; so a game issue, then you could be looking at these as a possibility as well.

A game that uses such runtimes, you should be able to tell because the game folder generally will have a "CommonRedist" folder in it with runtime installers, just to ensure the user has those, the game comes with those.

Then there are your Hardware Drivers; Chipset, GPU, Audio, LAN

Run a system monitor (like OpenHardwareMonitor) so you can monitor things like CPU/GPU Temps. Run a benchmark in a loop, so you can see if the issue is mainly game related or perhaps an issue with the system, such as Drivers or CPU/GPU Temps getting too hot.

Reinstalled/repaired DirectX .NET and Visual C++. Wasn't working yesterday even after all of that.

Then 12 minutes ago, I launched one of the affected games with my xbox controller plugged in. No stuttering. Unplugged it in game and the stuttering was back. This worked in Skyrim SE and Witcher 3. Not in Fallout 4 however. Again, these are all games I have played really recently with NO issues.

Is this a mouse issue? If so, how do I fix this?

[Supafly]

Gene eredeti hozzászólása:

Reinstalled/repaired DirectX .NET and Visual C++. Wasn't working yesterday even after all of that.

Then 12 minutes ago, I launched one of the affected games with my xbox controller plugged in. No stuttering. Unplugged it in game and the stuttering was back. This worked in Skyrim SE and Witcher 3. Not in Fallout 4 however. Again, these are all games I have played really recently with NO issues.

Is this a mouse issue? If so, how do I fix this?

I don't suspect the mouse, although I guess it could be? Could try unistalling/reinstalling drivers or test different mouse if you have a spare, or borrow a friends to try.

As the game worked fine with the controller plugged in and stutters after removing I'm guessing, and I do mean guessing, that it is related to the pad.

It could be that the game/s or your system is constantly trying to find/use the pad when it isn't connected, therefore using up resources all the time. Once its connected it stops searching for the controller, freeing up the system resources and the game/s stops stuttering.

Try uninstalling/reinstalling drivers for the pad to see if that helps

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Try things on different USB ports; such as Keyboard and Mouse.
There is no drivers to mess with regarding KB or Mouse; so IDK how messing with that is going to be of any help.

Rid o the system of all the background junk; something most folks are not even aware is running.