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NupeKeem
Rising Rookie
2 years ago
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Frame Stuttering Issue

I'm not sure what the issue is and if this an EA issue or a Microsoft issue. This frame stuttering issue has been a thing lately and I would first guess hardware being at fault, maybe GPU is dying but I recently purchase this GPU and BF2042 is the only game I experience it with. 

Has anyone came across this issue? Have you found a solution to it? 

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  • So this really works for frame stuttering/sudden fps drops? I really didn't have any problems with the game till now. It started randomly... It is frustrating... At first it doesn't appear, but after 1 hour and a half it starts happening and it get more frequent. I actually think it is a update problem (Nvidia driver update or the new game update). Should I wait if it fixes itself?

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    Oleese
    Rising Traveler
    2 years ago

    Many years ago when I was in University developing with the DirectX SDK the first thing I and others would do on any computers we were using would be to disable C-States and other power saving technologies because stepping through C-States takes a certain number of clock cycles and the 3D software we were designing required all the resources we could access.

    In principle the software Battlefield 2042 is no different. It is both intensive and dynamic in its execution with each round being different from the last with regard to: the number of assets loaded, where players will be, what they will be using, what effects you'll see and where you'll see them from as such the frame stutters may not occur in the exact same place or scenario as it did before.

    It is also possible that an update to the game may change the frequency that the issue is perceived but that does not mean that the CPU isn't engaging in a C-State while you play. It could also indicate that your CPU is able to process the necessary instructions with fewer resources without causing a noticeable pause, however as mentioned in my last post C-State issues can manifest in other ways such as: mouse input lag, sound distortion, loss of frames and can in my opinion contribute to program instability and an unstable overclock and as such this is why I recommend disabling it.

    The solution is reversible. The only reason I can think of to keep C-States on is if your computer is for office work or light entertainment as the resources required to perform such tasks are small and as such you would not notice a difference in performance.

    You should also confirm that your documents folder is located on an SSD drive and not on spindle based storage media as the game seems to be saving some kind of cache in that directory and as such you may end up with invisible models if you are storing the directory on the latter.

  • Really good find mate!
    Seem to have solved the issue for me as well. Hope this get upvoted more and added to a general stutter troubleshooting guide.

    I'm on AM5 also(7800X3D).

    Thanks!

  • kamaleont_007's avatar
    kamaleont_007
    Seasoned Traveler
    2 years ago
    Good morning
    they are not the c states
    And it's all a whole
    I repeat: the game presents microstuttering at 128 players
    maybe with a 4090 the problem disappears
  • Arrakis681's avatar
    Arrakis681
    1 year ago

    Very strange, why it always happens with Battlefield and we have to touch our settings..... After the new AMD drivers the problem appeared or after the Windows update

    Edit: After Rollback driver to version 23.12.1,problem is fixed for me.

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