Massive FPS Drops.

[Blaze Deval]

Nothing I'm doing seems to be fixing these massive fps drops I'm getting in this game.

On high, I can get 120 fps easy and an even higher rate on minimal. But in levels like Aftershock, I'm getting drops down to 20 fps and stutters and even small freezes. (The wall you blow up with C4 in Aftershock made me drop down to 14fps for about 5 seconds while looking at it up close.)

This is beyond a joke. My PC is way above the recommended specs and yet it struggles to run this game without it chucking a fit every thirty seconds due to what I assume to be poor job at optimisation.

Anyone know of something that'll fix this? If not, is this ever going to be fixed by the devs or am I just going to have to deal with it?

[Peanits]

Two suggestions: Is vsync on? And have you tried doing a fresh install of the game (removing the folder entirely, making sure there is no trace)?

I know it seems obvious, but you wouldn't believe how many people don't try that first. Vsync causes different problems for everyone. For me, it makes the frame rate tank when I'm around smoke. Not just looking at it, only when I'm near it.

[Blaze Deval]

I've tried a bunch of settings, putting them all low, mixing them up.
V-sync is disabled, never much liked v-sync, I can live with tearing so long as it ain't crippling.
Nothing really seems to fix it though.

At the settings I have now (Mostly high with low AA and shadows), I only seem to drop down to 30-35 at the very lowest, but still. I shouldn't be dropping from 120 down to that.

Something is horribly wrong.

[Blaze Deval]

Intel i7-4790 and a GTX750Ti, Not the most powerful of parts, I'm aware, but it's well above the recommended specs and seems to work until it drops frames like crazy.

[Blaze Deval]

[/quote] EPIC CPU still considered very high end, but that GPU.................. consider an upgrade? That CPU is more then enough for quite awhile. What a pair.......................... [/quote]

Yeah, I've been wanting to upgrade it for a while, but sadly it was all I could afford at the time and I still can't afford a more powerful card. My whole system is limited by that damn thing, I've got everything else up to a pretty good amount, 16GB DDR3 ram too. Just a couple more hundred and I'll get myself a nice 980 or something like that.

But even so, surely this game shouldn't be running this badly with it.

[Blaze Deval]

Yeah, I was thinking that, but damn is it expensive.

[Lammah]

Aftershock will stutter on occasion on my hexacore i7-3930k and GTX 970 ... its a poorly optimised map.

Originally posted by Neck S:

I would hop straight to a GTX 980 TI. Best bet for your money.

It would still get stutters on that map. And besides, the best ratio benchmark score per dollar is actually the GTX 960. But if you have the extra cash 970 or 980 are good too.

[Nevander]

I'm on a Radeon R9 270X and I get random drops to 30 FPS for no reason all the time if vsync is on. If it's off, constant 60 for the most part except for the screen tearing. With or without vsync, I get these constant microstutters which are very annoying. It could be on Four Stores or on The Diamond. Doesn't matter, both the smallest and heaviest maps will do it.

[Blaze Deval]

Originally posted by Nevander:

I'm on a Radeon R9 270X and I get random drops to 30 FPS for no reason all the time if vsync is on. If it's off, constant 60 for the most part except for the screen tearing. With or without vsync, I get these constant microstutters which are very annoying. It could be on Four Stores or on The Diamond. Doesn't matter, both the smallest and heaviest maps will do it.

So I am correct. It's OVERKILL's fault then.
Well, if that's the case, guess I'll just have to deal with it. Thank god I got this game for free.

[DeathMetalMarine PCMR]

Originally posted by Nevander:

I'm on a Radeon R9 270X and I get random drops to 30 FPS for no reason all the time if vsync is on. If it's off, constant 60 for the most part except for the screen tearing. With or without vsync, I get these constant microstutters which are very annoying. It could be on Four Stores or on The Diamond. Doesn't matter, both the smallest and heaviest maps will do it.

I've been having this problem for a long while now. Has anybody found a fix for this bs?

[F1]

Im so late, this works for me and i can't say for sure for you guys but if you open payday in steam offline mode, it wont lag, and when you open it again online it should remain ok

[Hangry Henrys]

Q9400
4gb ram
gtx 750 ti low profile
1920x1080
I get 40 fps with texture high..everything else is on low(and im happy)

[PlasticTastic]

I have
GTX 1060 6gb
i5-7400 3Ghz
and 16gb ddr4 ram and i get frame drops down to 40 fps on some maps wtf. What have i done wrong

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If you have a AMD Ryzen CPU this may help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsaU-6QOpCw