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Can I take my drive 1 (256 gb ssd) and split in half with 2 partitions, put 7 on one 10 on the other and if everything looks good, delete the partition with 7 on it and allocate that space back to the partition with 10 on it?

Edit: It looks like you can merge them from the diskmanagement tool.

double edit: I think you can just use the disk management tool for the entire process. You can just shrink your current volume, which would create unallocated space; after that you can then create a new partition.
 
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Can I take my drive 1 (256 gb ssd) and split in half with 2 partitions, put 7 on one 10 on the other and if everything looks good, delete the partition with 7 on it and allocate that space back to the partition with 10 on it?

Edit: It looks like you can merge them from the diskmanagement tool.
Don't use the disk management tool.

You don't need much space to test.

Also make sure Rens solution doesn't work first.
 
Don't use the disk management tool.

You don't need much space to test.

Also make sure Rens solution doesn't work first.
Is there anything wrong with the microsoft built in one? Yes, that disables dynamic shadows and lighting; it didn't do anything for me. That would be for people that really struggle with fps (which really isn't my problem). I want dynamic shadows anyway, so that wouldn't be a very good compromise. It seems pro players use it for better visibility though.

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@gourimoko @Ren @NtG Okay gents, it looks like I may have fixed it. I did do a clean install of win 10, but I also did a fresh install of steam. I have had that same steam installation kicking around for at least 5 years. I ran around in deathmatch for awhile and it was as smooth as my baby face minus the facial hair.
 
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I'm starting to get this stuttering as well now, in this game and also Rocket League. Not really sure what to do.
 
I'm starting to get this stuttering as well now, in this game and also Rocket League. Not really sure what to do.
It's only happened recently? Is it the same stutter that I had that seemed to mess with the sound too?
 
It's only happened recently? Is it the same stutter that I had that seemed to mess with the sound too?
Just started within the last week or so. I haven't noticed anything with the sound.

I actually think it might be a problem with shadowplay.
 
Just started within the last week or so. I haven't noticed anything with the sound.

I actually think it might be a problem with shadowplay.
Maybe you can record it and throw in on YouTube?

If you think it's shadow play you can always turn it off.
 
Just started within the last week or so. I haven't noticed anything with the sound.

I actually think it might be a problem with shadowplay.
If you have another drive; try moving your installation. I was playing TF2 with @Jack Brickman and my stutter from CS (which I never had before) was showing up in tf2.

I noticed that tf2 was installed in the same drive I previously had cs go (my secondary SSD which is a pny). I downloaded a benchmarking SSd program and it notified me that my SATA was in ide compatibility mode. To put my SATA in AHCI I had to enable it in my bios and boot into safe mode before rebooting windows normally. Otherwise windows couldn't boot. Somehow going into safe mode it installed the AHCI drivers.

This didn't fix my problem, but it did speed up my drives in the benchmark. I decided to actually uninstall tf2 from my PNY ssd and install it on my 500 GB mechanical drive, and then the stutter vanished...

I have no clue wtf is going. Why 2 source engine games would stutter on the much faster PNY drive, but CS GO is on my windows drive (kingston SSD) and tf2 is obviously on the mechanical drive with no problems.

I decided to install left 4 dead 2 on my pny ssd to see if there was an issue. There wasn't, that game ran fine on the PNY. So I have no fucking clue why tf2 and cs go have a problem with that hard drive, but nothing else seems to. Especially since left 4 dead 2 runs on the same engine as hose two games. I bought this PNY pretty much to install games on it, because the main SSD fills up fast after windows is installed on it. @gourimoko any ideas? I'm not sure if some fuckery is afoot with steam that is causing these issues. According to crystal disk all my drives are in good health, and the benchmarks are quite solid for both SSD's. Admittedly, my Kingston main drive is faster than the PNY, but the PNY smokes the mechanical drive (where tf2 sees no problems).
 
I don't play CS, but I have no stuttering issues with TF2.

Maybe your PC just can't handle all the hats? :chuckle:
 
If you have another drive; try moving your installation. I was playing TF2 with @Jack Brickman and my stutter from CS (which I never had before) was showing up in tf2.

I noticed that tf2 was installed in the same drive I previously had cs go (my secondary SSD which is a pny). I downloaded a benchmarking SSd program and it notified me that my SATA was in ide compatibility mode. To put my SATA in AHCI I had to enable it in my bios and boot into safe mode before rebooting windows normally. Otherwise windows couldn't boot. Somehow going into safe mode it installed the AHCI drivers.

This didn't fix my problem, but it did speed up my drives in the benchmark. I decided to actually uninstall tf2 from my PNY ssd and install it on my 500 GB mechanical drive, and then the stutter vanished...

I have no clue wtf is going. Why 2 source engine games would stutter on the much faster PNY drive, but CS GO is on my windows drive (kingston SSD) and tf2 is obviously on the mechanical drive with no problems.

I decided to install left 4 dead 2 on my pny ssd to see if there was an issue. There wasn't, that game ran fine on the PNY. So I have no fucking clue why tf2 and cs go have a problem with that hard drive, but nothing else seems to. Especially since left 4 dead 2 runs on the same engine as hose two games. I bought this PNY pretty much to install games on it, because the main SSD fills up fast after windows is installed on it. @gourimoko any ideas? I'm not sure if some fuckery is afoot with steam that is causing these issues. According to crystal disk all my drives are in good health, and the benchmarks are quite solid for both SSD's. Admittedly, my Kingston main drive is faster than the PNY, but the PNY smokes the mechanical drive (where tf2 sees no problems).

The only way this could happen is if the CPU is getting crushed under hard disk filter driver load. Essentially the kernel is taking up too many resources on the same processor that the game is running. The kernel cannot be preempted, and many hard disk drivers will be running in kernel space. Thus, you could see some stuttering issues.

It's very odd indeed. But if running on a normal HDD fixes the problem, and it's only a problem in one game, sounds like a pretty solid trade off to me.

How many cores do you have btw?
 
The only way this could happen is if the CPU is getting crushed under hard disk filter driver load. Essentially the kernel is taking up too many resources on the same processor that the game is running. The kernel cannot be preempted, and many hard disk drivers will be running in kernel space. Thus, you could see some stuttering issues.

It's very odd indeed. But if running on a normal HDD fixes the problem, and it's only a problem in one game, sounds like a pretty solid trade off to me.

How many cores do you have btw?
I have 4 cores and 8 threads on this CPU (hyper threading)

I just don't understand how left 4 dead 2 can be fine on that drive but hat simulator 2 and cs go are a stutters mess.
 
I have 4 cores and 8 threads on this CPU (hyper threading)

I just don't understand how left 4 dead 2 can be fine on that drive but hat simulator 2 and cs go are a stutters mess.

Is L4D2 a single-threaded application? Is CS Go?

Just because they use the same underlying engine doesn't necessarily mean the threading is the same.

If changing hard drives removes the stuttering, I'd venture to guess you SSD is using faulty / incorrect drivers or there is a compatibility issue unique to your configuration.

You can use the Windows Performance Toolkit to diagnose and very likely solve the problem, but that is assuredly beyond the scope of this conversation.
 
Well, I don't have another drive, so that's not an option.

I'm not too worried about it; I haven't really noticed it much the last couple of days.
 
Is L4D2 a single-threaded application? Is CS Go?
"Upon looking into it further, it appears the source engine defaults to no more than 3, but you can override that with the -threads launch option. Overall the more threads it is forced to use, the more issues may arise, so I would still suggest sticking to 6 at most to avoid hyperthreading creating issues or running into multi-threading crashes."

"-threads: According to Mike Durand of Valve, the Source engine defaults to taking advantage of no more than three threads due to various issues. However a user can manually override this limitation by specifying -threads 4 (for quad core) on the command line. For anyone using an eight-core CPU, -threads 8 is also possible. Obviously if this causes any problems, remove this command."

This apparently applies to all games running under source engine (tf2, cs go, left 4 dead, dota 2, day of defeat source ect.)


If changing hard drives removes the stuttering, I'd venture to guess you SSD is using faulty / incorrect drivers or there is a compatibility issue unique to your configuration.
According to as ssd benchmark, I am using storAHCI https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/hh848066(v=vs.85).aspx

also, would this manifest itself in the form of CPU usage spikes? I know battlefield 4 had a huge issue with al ot of users seeing huge spikes in cpu usage for a brief moment (it would show up on a graph if you had it enabled) and this would coincide with stutter.

You can use the Windows Performance Toolkit to diagnose and very likely solve the problem, but that is assuredly beyond the scope of this conversation.
You calling me a dumb dumb head?
 
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