37 tiles and lag in every 2-3 minutes

[Sophie966]

Hi, I have only 37 tiles in game and very annoying lags. It doesn't matter if I am near my base or running in world, fighting etc. I can't play like this, it was smooth on the beginning. I saw that other Players have this issue with 100-200 tiles. I can play bigger games on Ultra, so I don't think it's my PCs problem. I didn't try to set graphics to low yet, because I am scared how this game will look like... Also, I read that this doesn't really help, but ofc I'll try. Can I do anything else to make it better? Ah and my PC is very loud and hot when I am starting the game, maybe there is some card setting to help with that?

My PC:
i7-12700KF 3.6 GHz
RTX 3070Ti
RAM 32 GB

[CatPerson]

For gpu noise/heat, create a custom fan curve so the fans don't ramp up as soon, or (much better option) undervolt the GPU using whatever GPU software that came with the card, or something like Afterburner if you use that instead. Software may call the setting "Target"/Power Target. Try 90%. Don't go below 80-85%.

As to specific game performance - no idea. If it's been a while, the first thing I'd do is a complete wipe of your GPU drivers (delete all leftover directories etc. after using the "uninstall" button - or DDU program if you want to be even more thorough) and reinstall them. After many overwrite "updates" to drivers it's good to this now and then anyway.

Or could try to turn off Steam Overlay/Experience/any overlay while playing this game.
Verify integrity of the game's files thru Steam, reinstall the game, etc. Or disable Shader Pre-Caching in Steam's settings, Steam's is redundant/not needed in most cases and can cause issues in some games, imo). The nature of trouble-shooting - one never knows.

[Sophie966]

Thank you for the answer. For now I did the undervolting of the GPU, I will try to change it a little bit more, because I see only very little change in temperatures. My PC has only few months so it didn't have many drivers updates. I also changed things on Steam as you suggested. I played only 30 mins today and I still have lags, it's worse after maybe 10-15 mins. I am deleting unnecessary tiles in game, just to finish the story without being more annoyed, but it's sad cause it shouldn't be like that. No chill playing for me :'')))