High end rig but constant stuttering?

[Mennox]

Not sure if anyone else has experienced this issue - I did play this when the game was first released but didnt encounter the issue (apart from the bugs at the time)

I have a new rig so decided to reinstall KCD but experiencing (micro?) constant stuttering even though my frame rate is consistent (90+). For example, movement is not smooth as you would expect and it seems like every 2 seconds the game catches up with itself (like lag).

Running with ultra settings but have dropped the settings but still the same...my specs below:

- i9 12900
- 3080 Ti
- 32GB 3600 RAM
- Resolution 3440x1440

I have the latest graphic drivers installed and have no issues in any other games I play.

[Four Little Diamonds]

Try shaders on low or medium, and shadows at least on medium, if not low just for testing purposes; my frame-times go to crap if those two settings are too high whether I use a gtx 1080 or 3070ti with an 11600k. No other setting, even if pushed to ultra will cause terrible frame-times for me at least.

Lighting on ultra can cause quite a drop in performance for in-door environments due to added shadow casting from in-door lights and windows so setting lighting to very high is the best.

Looking into configs like on this page

https://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomcomedeliverance/mods/225

can help as well, but I think these config settings typically help with load times the most as opposed to general performance.

[Four Little Diamonds]

If you do choose to use the config, don't use this setting.

r_TexturesStreamingMipBias

It causes textures not to load properly, especially far off LODs; 0 is the default setting.

[Pieshaman]

stop ultra (its experimental and NOT optimized at all) do all on very high and its best.
I have R9 5900xt with rtx3070 and have problems on ultra settings too.

[Mennox]

Thank you - I have just tried this and no improvement unfortunately!

[Mennox]

Originally posted by Pieshaman:

stop ultra (its experimental and NOT optimized at all) do all on very high and its best.
I have R9 5900xt with rtx3070 and have problems on ultra settings too.

Unfortunately, dropping down to Very high makes no difference

[MacSuibhne]

You've probably tried this but if not... try searching for best settings for your video card in KCD. Helped me.

[Mr Crisp]

Are you running Windows 10? Because some games there is a stutter issue with the i9 12900 and the game running on and off the efficiency cores due to the CPU scheduler. You can either try to use a program like Project Lasso and limit the game to the P cores only under affinity and you should go into your bios and turn Multicore Efficiency MCE from auto to ON and turn off all C-states.

I have a 12900KF and a number of games had stutter until I did some of this but KCD has no been an issue for me, but it might fix your issue.

Edit: Correction, I meant MCE (Multicore Enhancement)

[DargonBlak]

Have u tried turning on Vsync ?

It sets it to 60 FPS, but much smoother for me (i was at 85 FPS in most places before)

The game is simply poorly optimized.

Just be sure to use "Windows Borderless" to avoid the Cutscene glitch.

[wjpower2003]

Some times rolling your Nvidia GPU driver back to a far previous version helps. Since Feb 2021 I had issues with stuttering which were caused by a combination of bad Win 10 Drivers and bad follow-up Nvidia GPU driver updates. It's trial and error with the GPU driver roll backs but it might be worth a try.

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by Mennox:

Not sure if anyone else has experienced this issue - I did play this when the game was first released but didnt encounter the issue (apart from the bugs at the time)

I have a new rig so decided to reinstall KCD but experiencing (micro?) constant stuttering even though my frame rate is consistent (90+). For example, movement is not smooth as you would expect and it seems like every 2 seconds the game catches up with itself (like lag).

Running with ultra settings but have dropped the settings but still the same...my specs below:

- i9 12900
- 3080 Ti
- 32GB 3600 RAM
- Resolution 3440x1440

I have the latest graphic drivers installed and have no issues in any other games I play.

Try this
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2765678339

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1800403810
Also. This is just my opinion, but using Ultra is not worth it, unless the game is 6-8 years old and you can do it without meaningful performance loss (you will dip up and down abit if you set everything to ultra)

The visual gain is like 3-5% for the cost of 20-50% performance, that means that in most cases you would never notice any difference, other than ofc, your performance taking a hit.


You would be better off trying to run 4k, that would give you a larger change visually than going from very high to ultra, albeit.. 1440p is the sweetspot, so I understand why you use that (I use 1440p) as well.


Can you tell the difference here and what they are? (this was made on my old machine, so these FPS are from a setup build around a 2080)

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2312498737
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2312499338
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2312499592

[Cobra Commander]

Not really a highend rig, especially as you messed up the build... such builds are meant for 64GB+ of ram... why only 32GB... what an absolute nut waste. these builds are meant for upto 128GB of ram.. not 8 not 16... not 32gb... the fact you are posting such a thread without having the required ram and trying to run the game at max settings at such a resolution is an insult...

In 2022.. 32GB of ram is basically med level... this is a fact... especially with higher resolution, and graphics in games, and depending on mods e.t.c not all about your silly gpu or cpu...


I have better specs than yours? not a single issue..

i9 12900ks
128gb of ram
3080ti

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by InsaneVRGamer:

Not really a highend rig, especially as you messed up the build... such builds are meant for 64GB+ of ram... why only 32GB... what an absolute nut waste. these builds are meant for upto 128GB of ram.. not 8 not 16... not 32gb... the fact you are posting such a thread without having the required ram and trying to run the game at max settings at such a resolution is an insult...

I have better specs than yours? not a single issue..

i9 12900ks
128gb of ram
3080ti

Rofl. 32 ram is almost overkill for most games, but 64.... that would be like if you are doing blender or videoediting.. not gaming.. infact, it would be better to have 32gb quality ram, with good timings, standard 64 ram with lousy timings (even if they were high mhz.)

The vast majority of games, will never utilize all ram in a 16gb system still.

[ᴼDAE]

Originally posted by Darkie:

Originally posted by InsaneVRGamer:

Not really a highend rig, especially as you messed up the build... such builds are meant for 64GB+ of ram... why only 32GB... what an absolute nut waste. these builds are meant for upto 128GB of ram.. not 8 not 16... not 32gb... the fact you are posting such a thread without having the required ram and trying to run the game at max settings at such a resolution is an insult...

I have better specs than yours? not a single issue..

i9 12900ks
128gb of ram
3080ti

Rofl. 32 ram is almost overkill for most games, but 64.... that would be like if you are doing blender or videoediting.. not gaming.. infact, it would be better to have 32gb quality ram, with good timings, standard 64 ram with lousy timings (even if they were high mhz.)

The vast majority of games, will never utilize all ram in a 16gb system still.

He's trying his very best at trolling. He must still be Bronze League.

[Mennox]

Originally posted by InsaneVRGamer:

Not really a highend rig, especially as you messed up the build... such builds are meant for 64GB+ of ram... why only 32GB... what an absolute nut waste. these builds are meant for upto 128GB of ram.. not 8 not 16... not 32gb... the fact you are posting such a thread without having the required ram and trying to run the game at max settings at such a resolution is an insult...

In 2022.. 32GB of ram is basically med level... this is a fact... especially with higher resolution, and graphics in games, and depending on mods e.t.c not all about your silly gpu or cpu...


I have better specs than yours? not a single issue..

i9 12900ks
128gb of ram
3080ti

Congrats to you...i bet your the kind of guy that like to compare in the men's toilets :P

[Mennox]

Thanks all, I will try some of these suggestions over the next couple of days.