Stuttering issue with AMD RX 480 GPU's
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Ever since I upgraded to an AMD RX 480 GPU 6 months ago, I've had stuttering issues (every 1-2 seconds) both on the desktop and while playing games. I always assumed this was my power supply so I bought a new one and it didn't fix the problem. I did extra troubleshooting and closed every program I had running one by one and discovered that closing f.lux resolves the issue.
Apparently, many other people have had this issue, and many may not even know the cause.
https://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=80235
https://forum.justgetflux.com/topic/3669/this-program-messed-up-my-pc-so-bad/3
https://community.amd.com/thread/213317
https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/6c28xx/msi_rx_480_microstutter_fps_drops_consistently/Putting f.lux in safe mode or closing it completely seems to resolve the issue - is it possible to have it in safe mode by default when installed on systems with this GPU or specific AMD driver? Or perhaps display a little warning box saying to enable safe mode if you are experiencing stuttering issues? This issue has been happening for months across multiple driver versions and two OS reinstalls. I think there should really be a warning somewhere so people don't spend money trying to fix an issue caused by a free program, like I and many others have.