*****SOLVED: Changing texture quality from high to medium completely removed all stuttering
I have made it to the end of Chapter 1 and I have to say: the performance on my rig is very disappointing. I’m not sure what is causing it, but my FPS is extremely unstable and constantly hitching. Anytime I’m moving across the open world my frames will go from 165 down to 70, 30, 70, 100, back up to 165. Loading into a town is far worse.
It’s not my computer. i7-13700K, 3080ti, 32GB RAM, running off an NVME SSD.
I’m not sure what is causing it but it is really frustrating to see people with significantly worse PCs supposedly running the game better. I’ve tried everything from changing the process priority, messing with settings in game, messing with settings in nVidia control panel, turning off my 2nd monitor, killing literally every program other than D4… nothing works.
I know in the known issues it mentioned “performance issues with older equipment”, but everything in this PC is brand spanking new.
i think the new hardware is the issue with alot of newer games. i have an old GTX 1060 and it runs a constant FPS across the map… i only get 65, but it never changes, so im not complaining.
Same specs. 64 GB RAM and having no issues like that. Most likely the server issues they are trying to correct. Give it time, should go away.
Beta test is doing its job.
For me, I have an RX 6800 and the game is eating up all 16GB of VRAM.
I’m also hitching frequently on a recent gaming PC. I imagine this is the kind of thing they can optimize.
Typically the culprit with low performance where high is expected when using 3000 or 4000 series nVidia GPUs is due to something not triggering the GPU to enter its performance/boost memory clock speed. For nVidia users this can be changed in the nVidia control panel by adding D4’s executable and changing just the setting for performance and setting it to Prefer maximum performance.
On the Windows side you may need to right click the Windows menu, select Power Options, and switch to the High Performance power setting. Both of these changes may need to be done in concert in order to achieve maximum performance.
If the issue appears to be a throttling issue, as is possible with the OP’s scenario, setting up a fan curve that is more aggressive may serve you well here. MSI Afterburner and EVGA’s Precision X1 have this capability. EVGA’s software is for nVidia users only while MSI Afterburner can be used by any dedicated GPU from AMD or nVidia. If using MSI Afterburner, you should leave the overclock settings alone and change only the fan curve to avoid potential instability with D4, especially during the beta phase.
I did the “prefer maximum performance” in Nvidia control panel already, and it did nothing.
Power options already set to performance - nothing.
I’m not really sure what to do with a “fan curve”. Never edited that before.
Since you are using an nVidia card, you can try EVGA Precision X1. When it loads, click the right arrow once to get to the fan curve screen. You’ll see it as a line graph. You can drag the lines to the preferred curve every ten degrees. I suggest using a minimum fan curve of 40% for D4 and ramping up to 60% when the GPU is at 50C, then setting the 60C point to 70%, the 70C point to 80% and the 80C point to 100%. It’s noisy, but if your card is reaching those temps the fans will keep it cooler and it will have a much longer life. Good cases can minimize excessive fan noise somewhat.
Once you’ve set your curve, click Save immediately, then Apply.
Very similar experience here, on an elderly 1080ti rig.
What resolution you running at?