Does anyone have memory leak issues in this game?

[Mozek]

My performance drops as I play more, like in the same location when I start the game I get 110fps but in an hour or two in the same location it drops to 30fps, what is this? Does anybody know how to fix it?

[Mozek]

Originally posted by Brahson:

restart gmame

yes, that's the only thing that helps
but sometimes the performance degrades in a matter of minutes, not hours, like in 30 minutes of gameplay my fps drops to less than 30. I wish there was a real solution instead of just restarting all the time

[Ballfy]

It's a video memory overflow from what I've experienced. I don't know what card you're using but you have to choose a concession in your settings somewhere such as using high or medium textures instead of ultra, using an upscaler if you're playing at native TAA/DLAA, disabling frame generation or disabling ray traced reflections which uses a lot of memory in this game and isn't recommended in my opinion.

For me on a 4070 12GB I opted to lose the ray traced reflections and keep everything else and it manages very well even at native DLAA with frame generation. Someone with a 8GB card might have a different experience and have to lower the texture setting.

[Mozek]

Originally posted by Deroldsen:

Or don't buy crappily made games.

funny because apart from this issue the game performs really well, looks good and has some bonus features like incredible hair physics etc. Also apart from this issue I've yet to encounter a single bug in my 15 hours of playtime

[Mozek]

Originally posted by Ballfy:

It's a video memory overflow from what I've experienced. I don't know what card you're using but you have to choose a concession in your settings somewhere such as using high or medium textures instead of ultra, using an upscaler if you're playing at native TAA/DLAA, disabling frame generation or disabling ray traced reflections which uses a lot of memory in this game and isn't recommended in my opinion.

For me on a 4070 12GB I opted to lose the ray traced reflections and keep everything else and it manages very well even at native DLAA with frame generation. Someone with a 8GB card might have a different experience and have to lower the texture setting.

was it fixed with the patch? haven't seen anything about it in patch

[RodroG]

I noticed it. In my case, the performance drop (always solvable with a game restart) was only triggered after using the game's photo mode or after alt-tabbing (swapping) between the game and other windows or the desktop. This is not the only game showing this behavior after using the game's photo mode or after the game's window has lost focus at some point.

[Darkrayne]

Your texture setting might be too high? The VRAM stat in the settings is useless when the game is freshly restarted because it increases as you play. Drop the texture setting by one level and see if things are better.

A 8GB VRAM card isn't enough for Ultra textures. Not sure if an 11GB or 12GB one is enough. I have an 8GB card and I had this problem until I changed textures to High.

[RodroG]

Originally posted by Darkrayne:

Your texture setting might be too high? The VRAM stat in the settings is useless when the game is freshly restarted because it increases as you play. Drop the texture setting by one level and see if things are better.

A 8GB VRAM card isn't enough for Ultra textures. Not sure if an 11GB or 12GB one is enough.

Doesn't apply to me, I experienced the issue and I have an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB VRAM.

As I mentioned, the performance drop as I play more (always solvable with a game restart) only triggers after using the game's photo mode or after alt-tabbing (swapping) between the game and other windows or the desktop. Also, this is not the only game showing this behavior after using its photo mode or after the game's window has lost focus.

[Replica]

I have a 16 GB VRAM card. The most I've seen at 1080p Ultra, native (this is with RT max but not the special RT, DLAA and 160% FoV) is 10-11 GB. 12 GB cards should be enough according to Techpowerup who have VRAM usage breakdowns per resolution for anything but 4k with raytracing.

[Darkrayne]

Originally posted by RodroG:

Originally posted by Darkrayne:

Your texture setting might be too high? The VRAM stat in the settings is useless when the game is freshly restarted because it increases as you play. Drop the texture setting by one level and see if things are better.

A 8GB VRAM card isn't enough for Ultra textures. Not sure if an 11GB or 12GB one is enough.

Doesn't apply to me, I experienced the issue and I have an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB VRAM.

As I mentioned, the performance drop as I play more (always solvable with a game restart) only triggers after using the game's photo mode or after alt-tabbing (swapping) between the game and other windows or the desktop. Also, this is not the only game showing this behavior after using its photo mode or after the game's window has lost focus.

Sure, there might be other causes for something like this. The texture setting was the issue for me though and I haven't had the issue since changing it.

DLAA was also problematic for me, DLSS Quality was the better option and couldn't really see the difference without a microscope.

[candyundfelix]

Originally posted by RodroG:

Originally posted by Darkrayne:

Your texture setting might be too high? The VRAM stat in the settings is useless when the game is freshly restarted because it increases as you play. Drop the texture setting by one level and see if things are better.

A 8GB VRAM card isn't enough for Ultra textures. Not sure if an 11GB or 12GB one is enough.

Doesn't apply to me, I experienced the issue and I have an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB VRAM.

As I mentioned, the performance drop as I play more (always solvable with a game restart) only triggers after using the game's photo mode or after alt-tabbing (swapping) between the game and other windows or the desktop. Also, this is not the only game showing this behavior after using its photo mode or after the game's window has lost focus.

wich driver version you use? got no problems with the 24.7.1 version (with rx7900xt) maybe sometines a drop to 55fps but only for 1 sec. overall it stays on 60 with vsync on and everything on max. even nothing when alt tapping to look about chest guides

[RodroG]

Originally posted by Darkrayne:

Originally posted by RodroG:

Doesn't apply to me, I experienced the issue and I have an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB VRAM.

As I mentioned, the performance drop as I play more (always solvable with a game restart) only triggers after using the game's photo mode or after alt-tabbing (swapping) between the game and other windows or the desktop. Also, this is not the only game showing this behavior after using its photo mode or after the game's window has lost focus.

Sure, there might be other causes for something like this. The texture setting was the issue for me though and I haven't had the issue since changing it.

Lowering the texture quality setting will probably help prevent the issue from occurring or take much longer to occur under certain conditions. In my case, these conditions are using the game's photo mode or switching between windows during gameplay. It may even be that Windows or its WDDM is involved in this weird behavior, though it may be fixed with some work from the developer.

[Longy999]

I'm on 24.10.37 beta drivers and have had no issues so far (7900XTX)

AMD drivers can be fickle at best, try rolling back to a previous and see how you get on

[RodroG]

Originally posted by candyundfelix:

Originally posted by RodroG:

Doesn't apply to me, I experienced the issue and I have an AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB VRAM.

As I mentioned, the performance drop as I play more (always solvable with a game restart) only triggers after using the game's photo mode or after alt-tabbing (swapping) between the game and other windows or the desktop. Also, this is not the only game showing this behavior after using its photo mode or after the game's window has lost focus.

wich driver version you use? got no problems with the 24.7.1 version (with rx7900xt) maybe sometines a drop to 55fps but only for 1 sec. overall it stays on 60 with vsync on and everything on max. even nothing when alt tapping to look about chest guides

I'm using the Adrenalin 24.10.1 driver. I only experienced the issue in some Arlathan Forest sectors and always after extended play time and after using photo mode/alt-tabbing. So, it's not a big deal, but I must admit I experienced something similar to OP under certain circumstances.

[RodroG]

Originally posted by Longy999:

I'm on 24.10.37 beta drivers and have had no issues so far (7900XTX)

AMD drivers can be fickle at best, try rolling back to a previous and see how you get on

Do you recommend updating to 24.10.37.10 beta driver?

Also, paradoxically, I read somewhere that the beta driver 24.20.19.05 may perform slower than 24.10.1 in this game, despite having specific game support.

[candyundfelix]

Originally posted by RodroG:

Originally posted by candyundfelix:

wich driver version you use? got no problems with the 24.7.1 version (with rx7900xt) maybe sometines a drop to 55fps but only for 1 sec. overall it stays on 60 with vsync on and everything on max. even nothing when alt tapping to look about chest guides

I'm using the Adrenalin 24.10.1 driver. I only experienced the issue in some Arlathan Forest sectors and always after extended play time and after using photo mode/alt-tabbing. So, it's not a big deal, but I must admit I experienced something similar to OP under certain circumstances.

maybe something together with a win update, didnt updated win for a few weeks now.
Sometimes amd has some issues after win updates, but i think nvdia has it sometimes too