TF2 stutters with high FPS, low ping

I recently acquired a second monitor and installed it with an HDMI cable. Since then TF2 has been choppy, even though I have high FPS and a low ping. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? My guess is its something to do with the second monitor. I have a GTX 760 that outputs to both monitors.

Specs: i5-4670k, 8 GB RAM, Windows 7. That should be everything relevant to this problem.


Solution 1:

Try turning off the Aero theme and seeing if your performance improves.

A somewhat common issue with some NVidia video cards on Windows 7 with multiple monitors is that the Aero theme can cause display lag/stuttering.

Guide for turning off the Aero theme:

  1. Start Button > Control Panel > Personalization
  2. Select any of the themes in the Basic And High Contrast Themes category.

Visual guide for turning off the Aero theme: (scroll down to the Windows 7 section) http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-aero-on-windows-vista/