Massive FPS Drops

[ToxicXelta]

Anyone else getting really bad performance during chapter 4? Random dips when it's dark, lots of torches, once the rats show up and you first get introduced to the tar feature, my fps tanks down to 20 - 40 even with DLSS set to balanced at 4K with my 3080.

[Bankai9212]

Poor optimization.

[ltron]

What CPU do you have? These dips are due to a CPU bottleneck in my experience.

We all suffer it to one degree or another unless you have the best CPU on the market.

[Bankai9212]

Can’t say for op but mine is a rayzen 7 2700 x I think. While not top of the line it’s still a good cpu. The game needs more patching and optimization since changing quality doesn’t effect anything.

[ltron]

Originally posted by Bankai9212:

Can’t say for op but mine is a rayzen 7 2700 x I think. While not top of the line it’s still a good cpu. The game needs more patching and optimization since changing quality doesn’t effect anything.

Indeed, I have a 3900X and in the market scene my overall CPU usage is less than 10% and it's being bottlenecked by some architectural limitation I'd guess and so my GPU usage can drop as low as 60% at 4K using DLSS Performance.

[Bankai9212]

Guess I should have included the gpu as well its a 3070 ti. Point still stands odd how even Pcgamer hardly ever mentions that in there review smh.

[ToxicXelta]

Originally posted by ltron:

What CPU do you have? These dips are due to a CPU bottleneck in my experience.

We all suffer it to one degree or another unless you have the best CPU on the market.

I have a 10700K

[macatak]

GamePass or GOG ?

[ToxicXelta]

Originally posted by macatak:

GamePass or GOG ?

GamePass version.

[macatak]

for me FPS drops were fixed with the latest patch (Update 1.03)

[ChadAlphaGod]

Originally posted by macatak:

for me FPS drops were fixed with the latest patch (Update 1.03)

The latest patch helped because it gave you more options to help you deal with problems, but this is a CPU problem, I reckon.

I think the game is queerly made and a lot of people have trouble realizing what the problem is when they see the game is utilizing 100% of their GPU and only 15% or so percent of their CPU. It's, nonetheless, a CPU issue. Read the minimum game requirements. It requires... what? 3.30 GHz or something? A lot of top PCs are being made with below that - something I'm going to pay much, much more attention to next time I upgrade.

So what's the GHz of the OP's CPU? I'd like to know to confirm I'm correct. Don't ask me why it tells us our GPU is maxed and the CPU is cruising when it's actually the reverse. That's too techy for me. But this is not a AAA game - it's a small studio, and stuff is bound to be unorthodox.

[macatak]

Originally posted by ToxicXelta:

Originally posted by macatak:

GamePass or GOG ?

GamePass version.

what version number ?

it's in the Settings menu

[zSz]

It is 100% a cpu bottleneck. Got a 3090Ti and a i7-7820x
I entered the city and the fps was terrible. GPU like 20/30% at 20/30fps (1440p ultra wide) while my cpu was working pretty hard, well at least 1 core.
Not the best optimization for cpus with many cores.

[Paul]

With 5800X3D I had stable 60fps in the market area no matter what. Very good CPU for games.

[Kuaile]

Originally posted by Paul:

With 5800X3D I had stable 60fps in the market area no matter what. Very good CPU for games.

city is not the most cpu intensive area, chapter 3 in urban area when you meet a lot of rats and soldiers, no cpu can hold that.

[ToxicXelta]

Originally posted by macatak:

Originally posted by ToxicXelta:

GamePass version.

what version number ?

it's in the Settings menu

I have finished the game now. I updated to the latest patch as soon as it dropped pretty much, and was having the drops with that patch. That patch did help a bit for performance but not too much. What was odd was it seemed to get worse the longer I played the game, certain areas would run awful for me, then the next day they would run fine almost like it was a memory leak issue or some odd occurrence.