Constant micro stuttering, need help please

Been experiencing constant micro stuttering which is making me want to quit playing season 28.

  • Specs -
    i7-8700k
    1080ti
    16gb ram
    2x 144hz displays 1080p and 1440p
    1Tb NVMe

I’ve tried absolutely everything I’ve found to try to fix this, from lowering the sound channels, remove sound completely, every type of v sync, no v sync, adaptative, half adaptative, I’ve tried running it in the 1080p display and running it in the 1440p display, limit the fps with Riva tuner and with NVidia control panel to 58, 60, 120, 144, uncapped, tried capping my gaming display at 60hz, 120hz, 144hz, cap both at the same resolution, g sync on and off, I uninstall and reinstalled the game, did a clean windows installation, updated BIOS, and check that all my drivers were up to date, changes my power plan, prioritize diablo in task manager, all types of combination in-game settings from Fullscreen to windowed. I’m afraid I’m reaching absolute despair.

Some settings make the stuttering worst of course some make it better, so far I’m playing with Fullscreen(windowed), everything high except shadows is off, AA Fullscreen and Low FX, sound channels 16 and left all groups, clans and communities. NVidia settings are fps limit to 120, LOD bias to clamp and v sync adaptative. Also changed D3Prefs refresh rate to 120, DisableScreenShake to 1, HardwareClass to 1 and DisableTrilinearFiltering to 1. This seems to help a bit but the micro stuttering is still there, I just cant seem to run the game smoothly. Depending on the server I get in I get anything between 70 to 105 ms.

The fps display runs constant at 120 of course in some maps it drops and in big pulls it drops too but this doesn’t make the game feel laggy, but most of the times fps are at 120 or close to it and the micro stuttering is constantly happening. The stuttering becomes worse when using a super fast build like GoD DH or max speed LoD necro and you get a speed pylon or while in groups its just impossible to play here the micro stuttering becomes massive stuttering and games becomes impossible to play. To anyone that has experience this issue maybe can relate of how unpleasant way to play the game this is.

Sorry about the text wall, hope someone in here can help me fix this so I can enjoy the game. Thanks for your time.

Wel, i was having that issue. For me turning on vsync resolved

What version of Nvidia driver u using? 531.18? If yes, switch back to a older version, that driver got a bug

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Thanks for the tip about the drivers, reverted to 457.30 and games running way smoother. I still get stuttering while running super fast builds like GoD DH or LoD necro and I pick up a speed pylon, but noting compared to what I had, some zones cause stutter like the graveyard, but its not that bad. At least its not all the time.

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i got the same issue, the frame pacing gets stuttery every 30ish seconds despite my pc only needs to use 50% gpu to maintain 60 fps/60hz vsynced. this framepacing behavior that cant really be called framerate drops reminds me a lot of emulating psp games, those would give me the exact same 3-5second pacing issues before becoming smooth again

Do you know if the latest version 531.79 is still causing your stuttering issues?

Check your network connection. I had that issue & it turned out being a broken wireless adapter. The stuttering was network stop & go.