Performance issues with Space Marines 2

[Mickey Vic Fuentes]

I have a 14900k 4080 super 64gb of ram 2tb gen 4 nvme and for some reason this game is not running properly i have updated drivers check temps but nothing i get massive stutters in my game in all resolutions i get 40 fps and it drops to 15fps how is that even possible im over specked this is the only game that is giving me these type of issues i run other games at 1440p and 4K and they run smooth but space marines is almost is unplayable my usage on my gpu for some reason doesnt even go up from 40%

[Kathrynerius]

Should have gotten a 4090.

[Daddy Denwop]

Same here with a 4099 and a i9 13980hx, no way Im bottlenecking.

[Sunblade]

nah the performance of this game is just garbo

[Imperatorofthe5th]

Worst optimised game.

You know what, it isnt even optimised just that bad

It's also very demanding off CPU and memory, and on the memory part there must be a leak cause aint no way a normal game eats 32 gb of ram. (or more)

[ViktorReznovTR]

We expect performance patches for the game urgently from the developers

[Carbon]

something happened latest patch

[Mickey Vic Fuentes]

still makes no sense it been like this since launch and ive seen benchmarks and other friends and they can run the game fine but for some reason for me its unplayable

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Mickey Vic Fuentes:

still makes no sense it been like this since launch and ive seen benchmarks and other friends and they can run the game fine but for some reason for me its unplayable

Try these

Delete

%localappdata%\Saber\Space Marine 2\client\local_shader_cache
(copy & paste into Windows Explorer address bar)

then repair Steam Library and verify game files

Set pagefile to 64 GB

Set Nvidia Shader cache 100 GB

use ISLC (optional since you do not want a third party app)
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3328807749

Restart PC

Set game's task priority to high when running the game

[jpause413]

Originally posted by Kathrynerius:

Should have gotten a 4090.

Wouldn't help, it's a CPU intensive game your fps count would be limited no matter your settings with a powerful GPU, only resolution and not fsr would help

[Golden Xan]

This game has some kind of issue with memory. A perfectly working game will start to lag harder and harder every time you alt-tab to some other application and back, progressively worsening its state until it becomes unplayable. You can temporarily fix the issue by setting the video quality to low, then changing it back up again, or vice-versa. But ultimately, what seems to work the best is to close the game and open it again, without using any other application during its launch and while avoiding alt-tabbing at all, and then the game can work forever.

[Ratskull]

try deleting the shader cache, that might work

[Levon Krasiss Sindragosa]

Originally posted by Imperatorofthe5th:

cause aint no way a normal game eats 32 gb of ram. (or more)

Just so that you know, RAM is temporary memory, and the game takes a very long time to load both into the main game, in and out of missions. RAM in a lot of cases doesn't really effect much except for what the game can actively remember as you are playing, such as loading in and out areas and displaying tons of AI-less units (Those horde guys that approach do not have active AI until they scale the wall, meaning they're essentially just killable textures)

You're starting to see more and more games adopt 16 as the standard. But what that means is that games that are much more thoroughly developed and intensive tend to require double that, meaning 32 absolutely makes sense for Space Marine 2, as it does for games like Star Citizen.

Just keep in mind going forward that THESE types of games DO run comfortably at 32.

That's not to say that RAM is your bottleneck. By no means at all. The game does, indeed, have areas that are horrendously optimized but will likely get a QoL pass in the very near future. Almost everybody is universally experiencing random ♥♥♥♥-tanking in the main hangar area, which is a bad look for the game and its devs, meaning that stabilizing THAT at the very least will be #1 in their priorities over almost anything else.

[ZileZu]

as i9-14900K user myself, just making sure that you did update your BIOS right?

Couple months ago there came pretty important microcode update and don't know if that helps with your game but at least it should make your CPU live longer.

[The Darkened Soul]

Originally posted by Mickey Vic Fuentes:

I have a 14900k 4080 super 64gb of ram 2tb gen 4 nvme and for some reason this game is not running properly i have updated drivers check temps but nothing i get massive stutters in my game in all resolutions i get 40 fps and it drops to 15fps how is that even possible I'm over specked this is the only game that is giving me these type of issues i run other games at 1440p and 4K and they run smooth but space marines is almost is unplayable my usage on my GPU for some reason doesn't even go up from 40%

When I wasn't forced to run EAC (mainly because I played with it bypassed due to WeMod, even if I didn't use the mods), this game ran beautifully. Zero crashes, much shorter load times, was able to play on max graphics with no issue...

Now, until either the people who made the WeMod bypass update the bypass file, or the devs either get rid of, or allow the game to be played online without EAC (with friends in Operations), this game will suffer many many maaaaany performance issues until then.

[I'm Alpharius and this is a lie]

last patch ruin the game performance for me