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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, 

Thanks for letting us know about your experience with Dead Space. 

I wanted to check if anyone is still encountering issues with FPS or Stuttering.

If so can you confirm the following...

  • Do you have the latest windows and GPU updates?
  • Are you on an SSD?
  • Is anything else running?
  • Can you try another Windows profile and check if the performance is the same?
  • Are you doing any overclocking or do you have any software that controls input or overlays running?
  • What kind of FPS drops are you currently seeing?
  • Where does the game stutter for you?

Thanks!

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h3llf1re2012
3 years ago

@EA_Illium at this point it's very surprising that you still have to ask whether players are still experiencing stutters.

It is well established now that *Everyone* is getting the same stuttering issues in this game, irrespective of hardware. They are traversal type stutters as I am sure you're aware, which are freezes/pauses that occur throughout the whole game whilst moving around the ship.

Please see this video for a thorough analysis of the issue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvQl7EDPRC4&t=297s

I acknowledge that some players do not perceive the issue as being too bad, but for people like me who are very sensitive to stuttering in games, this problem absolutely ruins the experience. So far I have NOT been able to enjoy this game AT ALL, and it is not good enough.

Answers to your questions for what it's worth:

  • Do you have the latest windows and GPU updates? Yes - Win11 22H2, Build 22621.1413
  • Are you on an SSD? Yes, an M.2 Gen4 SSD
  • Is anything else running? No
  • Can you try another Windows profile and check if the performance is the same? Makes no difference to the issue
  • Are you doing any overclocking or do you have any software that controls input or overlays running? No overclocking, No overlays
  • What kind of FPS drops are you currently seeing? Constant frametime spikes, varying in length, sometimes even as large as 1 second or more
  • Where does the game stutter for you? Throughout - whilst moving around the ship

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