So I have been having an issue that started around the launch of fc25 since that launch I have been playing 2042 alot. It can be anywhere from 5 minutes to 3 hours of play time and I will start to get micro stutters and audio cutting out. gets to a point that the game becomes unplayable. the game continues in the back ground and my inputs are still taking place i.e I will freeze just as I am about to revive and the revive still takes place and I then unfreeze and I am 5 steps away from the revive. this sometimes leave the pc very slow to the point that I have to restart applications will take a few seconds to respond opening task manager can take anywhere from a couple seconds to around 30 seconds to open.All other non EA titles I play I can run for hours with 0 issues including msfs2020, Escape from tarkov, Sea of Thieves etc.task manager shows no issue memory usage remains below 50%, cpu temps remps stay below 80c and gpu below 65c. no error codes are shown no blue screens or pc crashes.gpu:Hellhound 7900xtcpu:5800x3d32gb ram

I would run HWiNFO app and see if any hardware goes over 90°C. Also check to see if CPU frequency downclocks while gaming.

What is the motherboard's voltage regulator module (VRM) temperature?I'm trying to figure out why the PC becomes unstable and it persists through restarts. RAM memory is cleared during restart so I doubt it's a memory leak causing the instability.You can also bring up task manager (alt+ctl+del) and see if the CPU frequency is downclocking while playing 2042 in window mode instead of full screen mode. Set task manager to 'always on top' so you can see it while playing.

So spoke to a mate who had stutters about a year ago, and the intel gigabit network adapter properties has an issue with its power management, there is a tick box to allow the computer to turn off the device to save power. This apparently caused his Apex legends and only that game to stutter. I have turned this off and the freezing hasn't happened since but still a slight stutter every so often and hasn't affected any other applications since. Still early days but fingers crossed I'm getting closer to a full fix :'D

Try disabling DX12 in Battlefield 1 video settings and see if that stops the stutter.Typing 'PerfOverlay.DrawGraph 1' into the Battlefield command console without the quotes will show more performance information.If you think Windows Update is messing up your drivers, you can use the LatencyMon app to see if any drivers are causing latency issues.https://www.resplendence.com/latencymonThere's Windows Update settings to prevent Windows from automatically updating PC system drivers. It only works for Windows Pro, not Windows Home. The settings to disable driver updates is in the Group Policy Editor.See the section 'Windows 11 - Stopping Automatic Driver and BIOS Updates'https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000194492/how-to-stop-windows-updates-from-downloading-and-installing#:~:text=and%20BIOS%20Updates-,Use%20the%20Windows%20key%20+%20R%20keyboard%20shortcut%20to%20open%20the,include%20drives%20with%20Windows%20Updates

So dx12 was already off, its taken a while but I got the issue to happen in one game so far although its only been a blip and didn't get it in the next game. I will try latencyMon as well and let you know how I get on here is the clip on todays misadventure https://streamable.com/fbp4l1

Feels like a memory leak with only EA titles

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MeetDT
8 months ago
Here is the report after 2.5 hours of running with bf2042 running even in the menu for at least an hour or so https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTuJLoyfL65LkjFiPPIPgJ5F9vJuIbSHAeDWJTM0iFU970p-lCsqVYOYFKgqSB-ZK8bF4R9odwdnhmB/pub
OskooI_007
Seasoned Ace
8 months ago
You can try completely disabling the Windows Page File for all hard drives.
https://tunecomp.net/win10-page-file-disable/
Turning off the Page File won't hurt anything unless Windows runs out of RAM memory storage capacity. If that happens programs will probably crash due to running out of RAM memory.
I personally game with the Page File disabled. Make sure to disable it on all the hard drives.
You can always turn the Page File back on later if you want.
MeetDT
8 months ago
Thank you I will try that after dinner xD I have also taken a screen shot of resource monitor in case there is something not normal here
MeetDT
8 months ago
So the only way I have been able to prevent it from happening has been clearing the standby, is there a way to stop it continuously eating my ram allowance and turning it into standby?
MeetDT
8 months ago
not saying I have found a fix yet... but, I enabled resizable BAR and 4g decoding in the bio and have seen improvements on RamMap and latencymon still have a spike on latency mon when the game starts but thats about it and the standby ram is currently sitting stable rather than completely filling up
Rokebo73
Seasoned Ace
8 months ago
@MeetDT it can be standby issue indeed. There was an issue in the past with the older versions windows 10.
Here a page for some info https://www.wisecleaner.com/think-tank/507-3-Solutions-for-Windows-10-Standby-Memory-Issues.html

Best option is to disable standby (sleep/hibarnation) mode (s3/s5 in bios ect ect ect).
Disable it and test if this improves game play and update us please.

cheers

Sometimes it can be a HDD /SSD/NVME issue.
To slow HDD/SSD <- broken damaged (files ect ect), or even a firmware update (NVME drives/Bios) can help
iigloo
Seasoned Ace
8 months ago
@MeetDT No hardware, driver, os or software change when it started?

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