I came back to play around 1 month ago after few months break. I used to play this game with the same computer, without any kind of change in hardware, with fixed 170fps (same as my refresh of the monitor), and when Vsync enabled, everything was smooth and fine. Since i came back, now the game jaggers alot, full of stutters for no apparent reason, and when i enable VSync trying to get rid of stutters, the fps caps at 47, sometimes at 85, but never smooths out. Without Vsync it never looks like it’s really using my 170hz, even tho it points out 170fps (or 600 if i uncap the fps to that). Game is never clean, and during teamfights is a huge mess where i can’t concentrate and my eyes become sore real quick.
Things i’ve tried:
-Reinstall the game.
-Reset graphics settings.
-Try playing with everything on LOW.
-Try playing with everything maxed out (ULTRA).
-Change drivers to older drivers, update drivers, and even used modded drivers that promised to get rid of all those said problems.
-Tried to disable all AMD Adrenalin options, which should help with stability and more frames.
-Tried to enable few options, one at each time, also some combos, always restarting the game inbetween changes.
-Tried new OS installation.
- Unplugging devices from USB ports and plugging them one by one. (Performance was the same even without anything plugged in, except Mouse and Keyboard)
- Since i use Wireless mouse, i tried using a wired one, nothing changed.
- Again about the mouse, tried to lower the polly rate, nothing changed.
- Temps: GPU 49-53º, Max 55º During game.
CPU: 60-65º During game.
And yes, my computer is dusted and paste is up to date, temperatures are not the problem, but Overwatch 2 is only using between 20% to 40% of my GPU, which i find weird and may be the cause of all the problem.
RX 6950 XT Red Devil
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core Processor 3.40 GHz
32,0 GB 2400mHz
Windows 11 23H2
Also, if i alt+tab with Vsync enabled while it’s fixed on 47 fps, it suddenly goes to 170fps and stays really smooth for few seconds, before going to 47fps again. Changing resolutions do the same thing, but it eventually caps at low frame anyways. Without VSync the same happens, it’s visually smoother after an alt+tab, but if i don’t alt+tab for around 10 seconds, it goes back to jaggering and stuttering.
I had to do an workaround with frame generation so the game looks a bit smoother, still, not as smooth like before. Game is generating 170 frames extra so i don’t get dizzy while playing but get alot of input lag. I’ve seen i am not the only one having problems in S11 with AMD, and NVIDIA.