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B580 Stuttering in Valorant

Amity_1 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:58:54 GMT

Hi! I'm noticing some serious issues when playing valorant with the Intel B580. I'm seeing alot of stutters, hitching and bad frame pacing. CS2 Have similar issues and also AIMBEAST have some hitching as well.

I've attached a video file in this thread. this is recorded with obs 120fps but quality is very poor (i've compressed it to fit in the forum) but you still can see notice able hitching when im tracing the pole. I've tested the same thing without obs or any other background task other than valorant and fan control software.

Any admins, please help and i will give you all of the information you request and answer every single question.

PC Specs and common settings. :

Debloated Windows 11 W/Talon, Secure boot on, 4G Decoding On, Rebar On, HAGS ON, Game Mode ON.

RYZEN 5700G. IGPU DISABLED

Sparkle B580 Titan OC

2x8 3200mhz Ram

ASROCK B450M-HDV r4 mobo

AOC 24G42E 180hz ASYNC OFF, MBR 6, Overdrive Faster, Dynamic Refresh Rate Disabled In windows setting.

VXE R1 SE+ 1000hz mouse.

And again, ask any question i will answer (if i'm not busy ofc).

Re:B580 Stuttering in Valorant

KentRusselP_Intel — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 03:51:18 GMT

Hi Amity_1,

Thanks for reaching out to the Intel Community Forum. I appreciate your message and want you to know I’m here to help with your concern. To better understand the issue and provide accurate support, could you please share the following information:

Have you performed a clean driver installation using Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) before installing the latest graphics driver for the Intel® ARC B580?
What is the wattage and model of your power supply (PSU)? Are you using separate PCIe power cables or daisy-chained cables for the B580?
What are your CPU and GPU temperatures when the stuttering occurs?
Is XMP/DOCP enabled for your RAM? Have you tried disabling it? Also, what is your RAM configuration—are both sticks installed in the correct dual-channel slots?
What are your graphics settings in Valorant (e.g., resolution, quality preset, VSync)? Have you tried capping the framerate below 180fps (e.g., at 144fps)?
Are you using DisplayPort or HDMI to connect to your monitor?
Does the severity of stuttering vary depending on the Valorant map?
Have you tested other non-competitive games to see if similar stuttering occurs?

Additionally, to help us better understand your system setup, we’d appreciate it if you could share the Intel® System Support Utility (SSU) logs. These logs provide key details about your hardware and software environment, which are essential for troubleshooting.

Here’s how to do it:

Download and run the Intel® SSU application.
The tool will generate a text file with your system information.
You can refer to this guide for step-by-step instructions: Help Guide for the Intel® System Support Utility
Once done, please attach the generated file to your reply.

If you have any questions or need help with the steps, feel free to reach out anytime. I’m here to assist!

Best regards,

Kent Russel P.

Intel Customer Support Technician

Re: Re:B580 Stuttering in Valorant

Amity_1 — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:30:26 GMT

Thank you for responding.

1. DDU with safe mode is performed before driver install and also without internet so microsoft don't auto install it's driver.

2. Corsair RM850 its 850 watt 80+ GOLD. it is using daisy chained pcie cable (it's the only type of cable included for pcie).

3. Replicating the exact same Pole tracking scenario where it accurs after a couple of team deathmatch. CPU is at 75C GPU is 45C. Still hitching.

4. it is X.M.P (even tho it's amd platform idk why). I have not tried disabling it. I will include screen shot of CPU-Z for ram configs. my mobo only have 2 ram slot so it is in the correct slots.

5. Valorant is at max setting except for vignete, distortion, and vsync off. have tried capping framerate to 144 with the same pole tracking test still have the hitching.

6. Display port not hdmi.

7. No all the maps have the same amount of hitching.

8. Have tried wuthering waves without ray tracing & xess off & AA off, everything else maxed. smooth as butter, did not see a single hitch.

Re:B580 Stuttering in Valorant

KentRusselP_Intel — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:29:03 GMT

Hi Amity_1,

Thanks again for sending over the answers and the files — I really appreciate your help! I’m currently looking deeper into the issue and working to identify the root cause. I’ll keep you posted with any updates as soon as I have more information.

Thanks for your patience and cooperation — it really helps speed things up. If you have any questions or need anything in the meantime, feel free to reach out.

Best regards,

Kent Russel P.

Intel Customer Support Technician

Re: Re:B580 Stuttering in Valorant

Amity_1 — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 06:47:40 GMT

An update,

The more a play gamed the more i realized that the stutter is specificly mouse input related. When the stutter happen everything is still moving except for my crosshair.

The game it self is fine frame spikes is not the problem. I have played with my igpu before and i don't see any mouse problem. Maybe this will narrow down your research.

Re: B580 Stuttering in Valorant

VonM_Intel — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 07:12:37 GMT

Hello Amity_1,

Thank you for your detailed update and for the additional insights regarding the stutter being specifically related to mouse input. I wanted to let you know that we’ve completed our replication of the issue using our 3rd-party system, and we were able to observe the behavior you described. This confirms that the stutter is reproducible under similar conditions, which is a valuable step for our research and troubleshooting.

We’ll continue to investigate this further, focusing on the mouse input behavior you highlighted. In the meantime, if you notice any additional patterns or details that seem relevant, please don’t hesitate to share them, it will help us accelerate the resolution.

Thank you again for your patience and collaboration.

Best regards,

Von M.

Intel Customer Support Technician

Re: B580 Stuttering in Valorant

Amity_1 — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:44:59 GMT

Good to know you guys are working on it, Thank you.

Maybe this will help.

I played PUBG with no other apps open in the background. i use Very High setting except for AA. Everything is smooth did not see any problem, the experience is very good. Until i open discord to play together with a friend. noticeable stutters starts to happen. i tried lowering the settings to medium/low when playing with discord call, there is less stutters but there is still noticeable stutters. Problem Gets alot worse once we gets in heavy gunfights between teams where there is smokes, grenades, and gunshots happening. It will drop my frame rate to 1-2fps for an extended period of time even after i died. Again when playing alone with no discord or really anything on background this will never happen. it's been a week since i played with my friend so... i can't really replicate it ATM.

i don't know if this information is relevant but i will just put this out there. Maybe this will help people with similar issues.

Again thanks for working on this problem i really apreciate it.

Re:B580 Stuttering in Valorant

KentRusselP_Intel — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 07:56:49 GMT

Hi Amity_1,

Thanks so much for your patience. To help us investigate thoroughly and provide the most accurate support, could you please share a few more details?

Which game should we prioritize for the investigation? Would focusing on Valorant be enough, or should we look into CSGO, PUBG, or AIMBEAST as well?
When did you first notice the stuttering issue? Was it only after installing driver version 32.0.101.8136, or did you experience similar problems with earlier versions too?
We noticed Discord is running alongside your game. Could you confirm if the stuttering happens specifically when Discord is open, or does it occur even when no other apps are running?
Are you using a dual-monitor setup? If yes, please let us know the resolution, brand, and model of each monitor.
Have you tried updating to the latest graphics driver (version 32.0.101.8247 WHQL)? If so, did you perform a clean installation using DDU before installing it? Let us know if the issue persists with this version.

If you have any other questions or need further help, feel free to reach out anytime.

Best regards,

Kent Russel P.

Intel Customer Support Technician

Re: B580 Stuttering in Valorant

Amity_1 — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:14:34 GMT

1. You should look in to Valorant, CS2 and Aimbeast since these 3 games have very similar issues (the mouse input problem). solving just one of them might solve all of them since the issue is very similar. ideally you look in to PUBG as well but is optional.

2. i bought the GPU When driver version 32.0.101.8136 is the latest version. i don't have any experience with the previous driver.

3. i did run discord when playing PUBG when the stuttering happen. i don't see any issue when playing PUBG with no app in the background it was very smooth.

4. Yes i use 2 monitor when playing PUBG with discord open. as for the other games (Valorant, CS2, Aimbeast) i tested with the second monitor turned off.

My Monitors are :

-. AOC 24G42E 180hz (main monitor) ASYNC OFF, MBR 6, Overdrive Faster, Dynamic Refresh Rate Disabled In windows setting.

-. AOC 25B36H 100hz (second monitor) ASYNC OFF, MBR 0, Overdrive Weak, Dynamic Refresh Rate Disabled In windows setting.

5. I have not tried installing driver version 32.0.101.8247 WHQL. Currently using 32.0.101.8136since first time using the ARC B580 in my PC. DDU with safe mode is performed before driver install and also without internet so Windows don't auto install it's driver.

Re:B580 Stuttering in Valorant

KentRusselP_Intel — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 09:11:06 GMT

Hi Amity_1,

Thanks again for sharing your responses—I really appreciate your effort.

I’m currently reviewing everything in more detail to better understand what’s causing the issue. I’ll make sure to keep you updated as soon as I have more findings.

Your patience and cooperation are a big help in speeding up the process. If you have any questions or need anything while we work on this, feel free to reach out anytime.

Best regards,

Kent Russel P.

Intel Customer Support Technician

Re: Re:B580 Stuttering in Valorant

Amity_1 — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 19:16:08 GMT

Hi,

i might have interesting information to share. recently i've been using this app called CPU Set Setter (i got this from jay2cents) and this app allows you to set control cpu affinities. With a couple of days of tinkering i manage to set most of my background task to use 2core 4 threads and my games to use 6 core 12 threads and all of the cores for some rendering tasks. most of background task i specifically allocate them to CPU 0,1,8,9 since those cores are the most busy even during idle (so might as well dump all of the background task there) and the the rest i give for my games since the rest are not used by my system at all.

With all of this done, i've been playing valorant and cs2 without noticing any hitches (they are super duper rare). i have apps like steam, fan control, discord, obs and a browser open in the background with this configuration and my valorant games are still very smooth. maybe this will give you some clues as i'm no expert in this. i've tried the same pole tracking scenario in valorant training ground and see no hitching.

there is some background apps that i can't control the cpu affinities of like drivers, and system32 stuff. even with my problems of stuttering gone, this issues still need to be looked at because not everybody will do what i do with my computer.

i will attach my cpu set setter configs pictures if you want to experiment with the same settings. God speed with your research.

Re:B580 Stuttering in Valorant

JedG_Intel — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 05:47:52 GMT

Hello Amity_1,

Thank you for sharing all this additional information—it’s extremely helpful for troubleshooting. We attempted to replicate the issue and observed only minimal stuttering during gameplay while using the Intel Arc B580 with Intel graphics driver version 32.0.101.8250.

With this in mind, kindly perform a Display Driver Uninstaller while in safe mode and install the latest Intel graphics driver version 32.0.101.8250.

If the issue continues to persist, please let me know.

Best regards

Jed G.

Intel Customer Support Technician

Re:B580 Stuttering in Valorant

KentRusselP_Intel — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 07:49:12 GMT

Hi Amity_1,

I just wanted to follow up and check if you’ve had a chance to review the information shared previously. Please let us know if the issue was resolved.

Your feedback is important, and I’d appreciate it if you could share your thoughts at your earliest convenience. If you have any questions or need further clarification, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Best Regards,

Kent Russel P.

Intel Customer Support Technician

Re: B580 Stuttering in Valorant

Amity_1 — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 14:30:13 GMT

hi,

after installing the newest driver the experience is as described. not much problem and stuttering is very minimal which is acceptable for me. i've tested couple of different games and see pretty much no problem. if there is any new problem i encounter, i will simply open a new thread.

since my specific issue is pretty much solved, you can close this thread and please keep improving your graphics driver. if there is any new problem i will (again) open a new thread.

Re:B580 Stuttering in Valorant

KentRusselP_Intel — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 09:18:38 GMT

Hi Amity_1,

Thank you for the update and for confirming that the latest driver resolved your issue. We’re glad to hear that your experience has improved and that stuttering is now minimal. I will close this thread, and it will no longer be monitored. If you encounter any new issues or have further questions, please feel free to create a new thread, and we’ll be happy to assist you.

Thank you for your feedback and for helping us improve our graphics drivers.

Best regards,

Kent Russel P.

Intel Customer Support Technician