Unplayable due to lag and low fps

[Sjel]

No matter the settings, the game just plays terribly with and FPS between 2-50 but mostly 2

[Death72]

I have the same problem with lag. My frame rates are okay until I move, then that drop off, and then when I stop moving, they go back up. I noticed my CPU goes to 100% when it does it. I guess I'm going to remove it from my wishlist, give up on it, and wait for something else to come along that I can play. It sucks I like the game, but oh well. I'm still wondering if they overdid it with the caves.

[Rikhald Copperbeard]

can you please put your PC specs so we can investigate :)

[Ms. Shelob]

I have serious lag too. My specs: Intel i5-6500, 16 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

[Rocco]

Originally posted by Ms. Shelob:

I have serious lag too. My specs: Intel i5-6500, 16 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Your setup has a CPU bottleneck of 50%, get a new CPU. Your GPU should be fine but now its running at only 50% because your CPU cannot keep up.

https://pc-builds.com/bottleneck-calculator/result/0FV14o/1/general-tasks/1920x1080/

[HDL_CinC_Dragon]

Originally posted by Rocco:

Your setup has a CPU bottleneck of 50%, get a new CPU. Your GPU should be fine but now its running at only 50% because your CPU cannot keep up.

https://pc-builds.com/bottleneck-calculator/result/0FV14o/1/general-tasks/1920x1080/

That calculator tool, like ALL so called "bottleneck calculators", is total BS. If you're going to continue using it, do it silently instead of making others fall for it.

You're not wrong though that pairing a 6th gen i5 with a 2070 is a very silly decision.

[Rocco]

Originally posted by HDL_CinC_Dragon:

Originally posted by Rocco:

Your setup has a CPU bottleneck of 50%, get a new CPU. Your GPU should be fine but now its running at only 50% because your CPU cannot keep up.

https://pc-builds.com/bottleneck-calculator/result/0FV14o/1/general-tasks/1920x1080/

That calculator tool, like ALL so called "bottleneck calculators", is total BS. If you're going to continue using it, do it silently instead of making others fall for it.

You're not wrong though that pairing a 6th gen i5 with a 2070 is a very silly decision.

Simply because its not absolute these tools are very good at giving a general view of where your PC is stalling.

Thanks for your double take though, the tool is BS but it is correctly showing the CPU is not adequate for the GPU....

Thanks for not adding anything useful

[HDL_CinC_Dragon]

Originally posted by Rocco:

Originally posted by HDL_CinC_Dragon:

That calculator tool, like ALL so called "bottleneck calculators", is total BS. If you're going to continue using it, do it silently instead of making others fall for it.

You're not wrong though that pairing a 6th gen i5 with a 2070 is a very silly decision.

Simply because its not absolute these tools are very good at giving a general view of where your PC is stalling.

Thanks for your double take though, the tool is BS but it is correctly showing the CPU is not adequate for the GPU....

Thanks for not adding anything useful

Not a single person who knows what they're talking about uses those tools because they're completely garbage. Those tools almost ALWAYS say your CPU is too weak to run any decent GPU. The tool wasn't correct. The situation was just so obvious that an always negative result just happened to fit the tools "decision".

There's nothing "useful" to add other than to say to never ever use those tools for literally anything. They're utter garbage and tell you absolutely nothing.

Also, I didn't say "the CPU is not adequate for the GPU". The CPU is just fine for running that GPU. It's just not going to keep up with some modern games that are CPU heavy.

[Rocco]

Originally posted by HDL_CinC_Dragon:

Originally posted by Rocco:

Simply because its not absolute these tools are very good at giving a general view of where your PC is stalling.

Thanks for your double take though, the tool is BS but it is correctly showing the CPU is not adequate for the GPU....

Thanks for not adding anything useful

Not a single person who knows what they're talking about uses those tools because they're completely garbage. Those tools almost ALWAYS say your CPU is too weak to run any decent GPU. The tool wasn't correct. The situation was just so obvious that an always negative result just happened to fit the tools "decision".

There's nothing "useful" to add other than to say to never ever use those tools for literally anything. They're utter garbage and tell you absolutely nothing.

Also, I didn't say "the CPU is not adequate for the GPU". The CPU is just fine for running that GPU. It's just not going to keep up with some modern games that are CPU heavy.

Hmmm well, no matter what you or the tool says: the GPU tries goes to 100% since there is no frame limiter in the game., but it can't because of the CPU. It causes the CPU to be maxed and creates stutters and laggs.

While my GPU is at 99%, my CPU runs on about 20-25%, even with background applications running and Cave Density turned on. This game is not, comparably to modern games, CPU heavy. Still his cpu is be a bit weak, but not the actual issue.

His issue is the GPU maxing the CPU, which results in the CPU being the bottleneck.
- Lowering the GPU is a solution, removes stutters and lagg but does not add to FPS.
- Upping the CPU gives an overall better experience, also adding to fps.

Those tools are actually quite simple and effective. It just compares the CPU resources to GPU resource needs and gives the difference in %. Thats it, nothing special or complicated and quite usefull. It's just a calculation. If such a tool gives a 50% bottleneck, it might differ a few %, but it is still usefull information.

Funny is, I say that CPU is the issue and the Tool says CPU is the issue. But Guy who says that the CPU is an issue, claims that me and the tool are bs. :-/

This guy, you, says the CPU needs to be upgraded, but me and the tool who say the CPU needs to be upgraded are bs.

Go be a professor somewhere else.

If his setup was good, which does NOT mean a high-end PC, but a good setup, like a lower-end GPU that can run at 100% with the same processor, Ms. Shelob would have low FPS but no, or very few, stutters and laggs.

His CPU is NOT fine for his GPU.

[Paul]

hello
I've had the same problem since the last update.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 X 12 32 Gb
Win 11 Home
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

[Rikhald Copperbeard]

Originally posted by Paul:

hello
I've had the same problem since the last update.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 X 12 32 Gb
Win 11 Home
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

Paul can you submit your save to us please :)

[J R Hill]

Originally posted by Paul:

hello
I've had the same problem since the last update.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 X 12 32 Gb
Win 11 Home
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

Mine is nearly the same, except for an RTX 4090 super. Nearly unplayable with the lag since setting up a couple of large drills with steam, etc.

[J R Hill]

Originally posted by J R Hill:

Originally posted by Paul:

hello
I've had the same problem since the last update.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 X 12 32 Gb
Win 11 Home
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

Mine is nearly the same, except for an RTX 4090 super. Nearly unplayable with the lag since setting up a couple of large drills with steam, etc.

Changed the settings from Ultra to High, which fixed the lag. Should be able to run with Ultra with my setup, so possibly some optimization needed.

[panerdar]

Friend had same problem with I7 and 2070 gpu. He turned on vsync and was just fine.

[Tod Soldat]

I've got a Ryzen 5 5600X, 32GB of DDR4, an RTX 3060, whilst running Windows 11 and I have no issues with the game, runs smooth as silk

[Revan84]

Originally posted by J R Hill:

Originally posted by J R Hill:

Mine is nearly the same, except for an RTX 4090 super. Nearly unplayable with the lag since setting up a couple of large drills with steam, etc.

Changed the settings from Ultra to High, which fixed the lag. Should be able to run with Ultra with my setup, so possibly some optimization needed.

Mine is similar to both of yours just a whole series less at 3060 Ti and had to lower settings quite a bit. Nothing insane or super low just nothing on Ultra, maybe a few things High, and the rest on Medium. And maybe lowering/change a few other lighting or optic effects. Looks just fine for me and only lags during autosaves.