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Frogmylife135
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2 months ago
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Dragon Age Veilgaurd randomly started stuttering 70 hours in on PC and wont stop

Hi there,

I added Dragon Age The Veilguard to my Steam Library on December 12th, 2024, and had no stuttering problems until January 15th.

I've tried multiple methods in and outside the game, and nothing seems to be working. Running a troubleshooting diagnostic on my PC revealed nothing wrong with my computer, and uninstalling the latest Windows 11 update did not yield any results. I've tried the NVIDIA Control Panel, reinstalling graphics drivers, adjusting display and graphics settings, Task Manager priorities, Removing Shader cache, different frame rates, and hz all while staying under the limit of my CPU & RAM. I have no idea what caused this issue since all my other Steam games run fine. Restarting and shutting down the PC also has no effect, and verifying the files of this game doesn't pick up anything either.

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  • Frogmylife135's avatar
    Frogmylife135
    2 months ago

    Update,

    I decided to install the Windows 10 driver and now there are no issues. There must be something off with the Windows 11 driver, unfortunately...

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    Frogmylife135
    Rising Novice
    2 months ago

    @holger1405 

    When you're talking about removing the shader cache from the drivers, are you talking about the NVidia folder on the local app data? or the NVidia control panel?

    For some reason, I can't find the NVidia folder on there, so I've only tried the NVidia control panel. Turning off the shader cache only made the stuttering turn to full on freezing.

    I've also added the steam fps counter overlay to see if the frame drops when it stutters but it doesn't show a difference when this happens.

  • Frogmylife135's avatar
    Frogmylife135
    Rising Novice
    2 months ago

    Update,

    I decided to install the Windows 10 driver and now there are no issues. There must be something off with the Windows 11 driver, unfortunately...

  • EA_Shepard's avatar
    EA_Shepard
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    2 months ago

    @Frogmylife135 I am on Windows 11 and have not experienced any issues but can report it back. Glad that you are able to get back in with no more issues!

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