Hi Guys,
I can confirm that the issue is related to sounds. (Ctrl+S) vs on/off is a massive difference. There is not a workaround i found other than going back to a very old build of windows as suggested prior.
Here is the SysInfo. I can work further with you on this and i will be testing Rescue’s idea above to determine if it works for myself.
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Hi Ixthocaesil,
Yeah i tried updating to 21h1 windows as i heard it made other game performance much better. however, i will add it does nothing for the bug i explained above. The previous fix mentioned by Rescue does reduce the stutter though.
I do think its windows/Sc2 related for the most part as 17XX versions of windows do not have this problem at all (for me and others) and its clearly linked to sound and audio. Sadly does not matter if you lower or higher the audio bitrates or quality.
Thanks for helping so far, its sad though. New GPU and setup, and cannot play a game that ran butter smooth early 2011 : ). I do miss Sc2 gaming
^^