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Gagarin80
3 years ago

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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EA_Illium
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3 years ago

Hey everyone

I wanted to check if this is still happening for anyone.

If so please let us know the following. 

Platform:
PSN ID/Xbox GT:
Region:
Are you using an internal or external drive?
Are you using an HDD or SSD?
Date this issue started (is it still happening?)?
Is anything else happening?
If possible, share a Screenshot or Clip...
If on PC, please share a DxDiag

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xCisli
3 years ago

Platform: PC EA Desktop version
Are you using an internal or external drive?

Internal
Are you using an HDD or SSD?

NVME SSD
Date this issue started (is it still happening?)?

Since launch and it hasn't changed, framerate is all over the place but especially when picking up an item that will trigger a cutscene and the GPU draws less power, memory usage varies but not GPU load

The only fix I found is to load a save file or restart the game to get back to normal framerate, GPU power, ect...

  • xCisli's avatar
    xCisli
    3 years ago
    @xCisli I think that my issue got (pretty much) fixed with the latest hotfix, the game still has traversal stutters BUT now with trigger cutscenes and item pickups, the game still makes my gpu framedrop but only for 1-2 secs and the game comes back to normal just like it should.
    I need to play some more to test it but I think that it is playable on my end, thank you !
    • younever_know8's avatar
      younever_know8
      Seasoned Hotshot
      3 years ago

      As of the latest patch there is still a massive memory leak or equivalent that causes the game to drop to <10 fps after roughly 20 minutes of play.  Renders the game unplayable.  

      I can note that intermittently performance recovers if you try and play it through it but the framerate only returns to normal for a minute or two before it again plummets to <10fps. 

      These frame rate dips feel very similar to the intermittent stutter that occurs when entering new areas or streaming in new assets.  The issue could possibly be linked.

      This is a huge problem right now, awaiting a patch.

      My Specs:
      3700x
      3080
      32GB RAM
      1 TB NVME SSD

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