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Azkeden

Mar 24, 2023 @ 5:02am

I keep having lag spikes

I have played for nearly 200 hours and I keep experimenting lag spikes through the game. I really don't know what to do, because my PC is way capable of running this game, I have a 3060 and 16GB of RAM, so I really have no clue why do I keep dying because the lag wont let me play, any idea of whats happening?

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Originally posted by nfinite.recursion:

Originally posted by Isotoxin82:
Originally posted by nfinite.recursion:
Yes that stuttering, not "lag".

1. Do you have XBox Gamepass + games installed?

2. Do you have a USB HDD, printer, scanner, etc. connected?

3. Do you have multiple controllers connected?

I've got gamepass games? What would that do to cause stuttering? Also have an xbox controller wireless with a dongle.

Elden Ring, DS3, and Sekiro all exhibit a bug known as the "input polling bug" where the game polls ALL Windows devices, not just keyboards, mice, and game controllers for input like more competently programmed games do.

Gamepass games are stored in a virtual HDD image that is mounted to the Windows file system. These virtual HDD images behave like real HDDs and this includes the ability to go into sleep mode. Since Elden Ring will pointlessly poll this virtual HDD for input, it will constantly "wake up" from sleep mode, resulting in a stutter.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/t4efv5/possible_workaround_for_some_microfreezesstutters/

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dark-breed has ELDEN RING

Mar 30, 2023 @ 1:51pm

Originally posted by Azkeden:
Nop, I still have stuttering :/

check if this helps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw_xv1Id6UM

#16

Rogred

Apr 2, 2023 @ 8:58pm

Did you find a fix?

#17

Lenox

Apr 2, 2023 @ 9:30pm

I don't have stuttering issues, but I'm interested in improving performance if possible.

Here's what I have installed that's Xbox related and the supposed install dates:

Microsoft Xbox 360 Accessories 1.2 -- 11/9/2014
Xbox -- 2/28/23
Xbox Console Companion -- 6/21/22
Xbox Game Bar -- 2/11/23
Xbox Live -- 12/11/18

What's recommended to be removed? I think the one simply labeled Xbox is Game Pass. I used to use it but have no installed games.

#18

Rare Utobitha Employee has ELDEN RING

Apr 3, 2023 @ 7:46am

I know this post is from late last month, but i just recently came back to playing this game and i'm getting strange stutters at times. It's not super distracting, but i noticed when at farum azula, the game stuttered twice where the entire game sped up for a second. Never seen anything like it in all my hours on this game.

#19

nfinite.recursion has ELDEN RING

Apr 3, 2023 @ 9:07am

Originally posted by Lenox:
I don't have stuttering issues, but I'm interested in improving performance if possible.

Here's what I have installed that's Xbox related and the supposed install dates:
Microsoft Xbox 360 Accessories 1.2 -- 11/9/2014
Xbox -- 2/28/23
Xbox Console Companion -- 6/21/22
Xbox Game Bar -- 2/11/23
Xbox Live -- 12/11/18
What's recommended to be removed? I think the one simply labeled Xbox is Game Pass. I used to use it but have no installed games.

The only Xbox app I would consider "necessary" is Xbox Game Bar. Windows uses it detect when games are running and will prevent it from doing stupid things like installing updates and then automatically rebooting while you're playing a game. Though you probably should go into the Xbox Game Bar settings and disable its overlay and screen capture/recording features.

#20

Lenox

Apr 3, 2023 @ 12:20pm

Originally posted by nfinite.recursion:
Originally posted by Lenox:
I don't have stuttering issues, but I'm interested in improving performance if possible.

Here's what I have installed that's Xbox related and the supposed install dates:
Microsoft Xbox 360 Accessories 1.2 -- 11/9/2014
Xbox -- 2/28/23
Xbox Console Companion -- 6/21/22
Xbox Game Bar -- 2/11/23
Xbox Live -- 12/11/18
What's recommended to be removed? I think the one simply labeled Xbox is Game Pass. I used to use it but have no installed games.

The only Xbox app I would consider "necessary" is Xbox Game Bar. Windows uses it detect when games are running and will prevent it from doing stupid things like installing updates and then automatically rebooting while you're playing a game. Though you probably should go into the Xbox Game Bar settings and disable its overlay and screen capture/recording features.

OK, that makes sense. I actually use the Xbox Game Bar recording feature for Elden Ring. But I do have the automatic feature turned off. I uninstalled the other 4 components and my computer is still standing!