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Gendochi
4 years ago

Mid to high end pc- micro stuttering, lag, random fps drops, and texture issues

I have what I would consider a high end pc, but in apex I have occasional micro stuttering, lag, fps drops, and pop in textures

Hello, I've been looking for some help with graphical settings for apex legends. I've been having issues with a balance between fps and visibility. I have also noticed annoying stutter/lag, random fps drops (going from 180 down to 130 at times), and textures not loaded in fully right in front of me (texture pop in). I would ideally like to run stable 180 fps with lowest input lag and latency while still keeping the game looking decent. Since I have a mid to high end pc I believe it is achievable just with the right settings. I currently run everything on low besides TSAA, Texture streaming budget very high, and antistrophic filtering 4x. I have tried auto exec, launch options, repairing the game and watched many YouTube vides but still have these issues, please help it would be greatly appreciated 🙂!

Specs: 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8- core

GPU: RTX 2070 Super 

Motherboard: ROG STRIX B550 -F 

RAM : 16 GB 

144hz monitor (native 2560 x 1440) g-sync

Ethernet cable 

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  • Gendochi's avatar
    Gendochi
    4 years ago

    it is a Dell Gaming S2716DGR which does support g-sync technology

  • Sick1Click's avatar
    Sick1Click
    4 years ago

    @GendochiAppend that to your startup options: -dev -novid +fps_max unlimited 

    Nvidia crontrol panel: Enable gsync. Deactivate vsync global, but enable it especially for apex legends. Don't use Low Latency Mode, leave that disabled.

    Don't enable vsync in Apex Legends. I recommend going no more than 2-3 Gb with the texture streaming budget or it will costs more performance. I would deactivate anti aliasing, it is no longer necessary for wqhd.

    Optional use that videoconfig settings (C:\Users\*username*\Saved Games\Respawn\Apex\local), replace the content completely, save, right click and set read only;

    Spoiler
    "VideoConfig"
    {
    "setting.cl_gib_allow" "0"
    "setting.cl_particle_fallback_base" "-999999"
    "setting.cl_particle_fallback_multiplier" "-999999"
    "setting.cl_ragdoll_maxcount" "0"
    "setting.cl_ragdoll_self_collision" "0"
    "setting.mat_forceaniso" "4"
    "setting.mat_mip_linear" "1"
    "setting.stream_memory" "300000"
    "setting.mat_picmip" "4"
    "setting.particle_cpu_level" "0"
    "setting.r_createmodeldecals" "0"
    "setting.r_decals" "0"
    "setting.r_lod_switch_scale" "0.35"
    "setting.shadow_enable" "0"
    "setting.shadow_depth_dimen_min" "0"
    "setting.shadow_depth_upres_factor_max" "0"
    "setting.shadow_maxdynamic" "0"
    "setting.ssao_enabled" "0"
    "setting.ssao_downsample" "3"
    "setting.dvs_enable" "0"
    "setting.dvs_gpuframetime_min" "4167"
    "setting.dvs_gpuframetime_max" "4084"
    "setting.defaultres" "2560"
    "setting.defaultresheight" "1440"
    "setting.fullscreen" "1"
    "setting.nowindowborder" "0"
    "setting.volumetric_lighting" "0"
    "setting.mat_vsync_mode" "0"
    "setting.mat_backbuffer_count" "0"
    "setting.mat_antialias_mode" "0"
    "setting.csm_enabled" "0"
    "setting.csm_coverage" "0"
    "setting.csm_cascade_res" "512"
    "setting.fadeDistScale" "1.000000"
    "setting.dvs_supersample_enable" "0"
    "setting.gamma" "1.000000"
    "setting.configversion" "7"
    "setting.modeldecals_forceAllowed" "-1"
    }

    Apex Legends should now run smoothly. I don't have a solution to the texture problem, but everyone struggles with it including all of the streamers I watch.

  • Gendochi's avatar
    Gendochi
    4 years ago

    Quick question before I do this, isn’t apex not reccomeded to go above 180 frames as the engine cannot support it, by uncapping fps wouldn’t this cause issues?

  • Sick1Click's avatar
    Sick1Click
    4 years ago

    @Gendochi Since gsync and vsync are on, no. In combination with this, Nvidia Reflex, which is active by default, ensures that it runs with an extremely low latency.

  • GODLYKE01's avatar
    GODLYKE01
    3 years ago

    So what should I do about nvidia reflex in Apex Legends should I enable it or disable it ?