PC Performance (FPS drops, Stuttering)
The game urgently needs a patch that improves performance, the game is not perfect, periodically serious lags, between transitions to the second chapter, fps just drops to 10 fps. The sound is very q...
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9600K
3070
16GB RAM
NVME SSD
Windows 10
With medium settings and 4K DLSS balanced I can get 65-80 FPS......for a bit. It runs well, and then seemingly randomly, a cutscene will start or an animation will trigger and the framerate entirely collapses into a 20ish stuttery mess and it never recovers. I drag myself to a save point, save the game, exit to the menu and immediately reload the save. Where I was getting that 20ish stuttery mess, It is now back to 65-80 in the exact same spot, until it inevitably collapse again after a while.
I don't know if this will help anyone, but I was experiencing the exact same issues. I opened up task manager to see that my GPU was at 100% usage, but that it wasn't Dead Space that was taking up resources. It was Wallpaper Engine. I don't know if anyone else is going to have the same issues as me, but for whatever reason, on my machine, Wallpaper Engine DOES NOT play nice with DS. Paused Wallpaper Engine and the game immediately stabilized. Haven't had FPS drop below 100 since.
Hope this helps others dealing with the same issues.
- @ThirdWelles Only frame drop I'm still seeing is the occasional hitch at the end of a cutscene, or when transitioning between zones. Minute-to-minute gameplay is back to normal.
Saw this on Reddit if anyone wants to give it a try
https://www.reddit.com/r/DeadSpace/comments/10oyrmd/pc_possible_fix_for_performance_issues/- @ThirdWelles I don't think it's the issue as i don't use WE at all. As people said, it happens when CPU and GPU load drops drastically for no reason and the game fps drops to like 7 frames. And i have to relaunch the game.
I decided to see what was going on on my set up. Went back through a save at a particularly bad point in Chapter 2 saw the following:
When normal and locked at 70FPS through Nvidia Control Panel:
GPU Load 85-100%
Power: 335W
CPU Load: 100%
CPU Power 84W
When cutscene/audio log tanks FPS to 7 (with immeadiate effect):
GPU Load 100%
Power: 110W (Close to Desktop Idle)
CPU Load: 54%
CPU Power 71W
- @ThirdWelles This fixed it for me. Thank you.
