RTX 3050 not playable

[FriZo]

Before that, I played on GTX 1060 6 GB, everything was fine on medium settings (the monitor was Full HD), steam auto settings.
Now put RTX 3050 and just a nightmare. Even at low settings in the game, it lags and twitches... (automatically the game sets the graphics to high, but it's just darkness, I set it to low) in steam I lower the resolution to 80-85% (it's somewhere around 2000-2000 for each eye) and that's it still very unpleasant...
Processor I9-9900k (of 4.7)
Memory ddr4-32 GB (for 3200)
The game is on an M2 SSD Sumsung 980
What's the problem damn ... infuriates! (monitor 2k)
Glasses: Oculus Quest 2
By Link 3.1
The settings preset did not change, only the video card and monitor.

[Zenek20335]

I had the same problem with a much more powerful card - the Rtx 3070. As far as I found out, there were problems with the drivers for these cards and it was caused by nvidia. I sold my 3070 and went back to 1060 and was surprised at how well it performs compared to the mess I experienced with the 3070 (no matter what the settings). Lots of people have had issues with VR on these cards (3xx series) and I don't think NVIDIA has fixed much even though they said the stuttering issues were fixed. In the case of Vr, I would rather skip the current nvidia cards and wait for a newer series or switch to AMD or wait for Intel.

[IanL]

Most of the performance issues I've been seeing with Elden Ring have been people with RTX series cards, especially 3000 series. I'd come to the same conclusion some time back as my 1080 plays both Alyx and Elden Ring flawlessly.

[Super Bambaspis]

Have you monitored your GPU usage as you play to see if this is a GPU bottleneck?
Also, is this on a different system, or did only your GPU change?

Bare in mind that the 3050 isn't much more powerful than the 1060, and in some games could have stuttering issues that your 1060 didn't if you have the 4GB 3050.

Edit:
Put this in the games launch options through it's properties in your steam library:
-nowindow -console -vconsole +vr_fidelity_level_auto 0

You can probably take the console parameters off, but no harm leaving them there.

This will, among other things, disable the auto-resolution scaling. Some GPU's don't play nicely with it. If you want it to take note of your SS setting, this is a must - otherwise the game constantly pushes your GPU as far as it can with SS automatically. If the game gets it wrong, it can push your GPU beyond where it's comfortable and cause a LOT of stuttering (I had this issue with a 1070 on my system). The performance of the auto SS is probably worse if you have a low VRAM GPU.

Additional info: SS settings have to be in place when the game starts, so if you make a change you have to restart the game for the game to take the new SS settings. Also, this game was designed with auto-scaling res in mind so that means that some areas in the game will demand a lot more from your GPU than other areas - You will find yourself having to drop and raise your SS manually from time to time, or always play at a lower SS value.

[IanL]

Originally posted by The:

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the 3050 is still quite new and not really meant for VR levels of performance, which I think is the OP's problem on a Q2.

I'd agree, the 50 cards in any nVidea series have never been good gaming choices, bare minimum is usually the 60s

[zEx-M-]

there are malware on some Nvidia Drivers, and the have atm not the best Performance to. I guess waiting for some new Drivers or go back 2-3 versions.

[LemonyNebula]

Originally posted by IanL:

I'd agree, the 50 cards in any nVidea series have never been good gaming choices, bare minimum is usually the 60s

Yeah, the 50's are usually the budget option and are often worse than the mid range cards of the previous series.

Benchmarks so far show that the 3050 is worse than the 2060 for example,

Coming from a 1060 however, there should be clear performance benefits.

[Super Bambaspis]

Originally posted by LemonyNebula:

Coming from a 1060 however, there should be clear performance benefits.

Isn't it possible that his performance drop is because of possibly moving to a 4GB GPU vs his previous 6GB GPU? That's a high resolution headset, and I can't imagine there is enough VRAM to go around for the game to run without bad hitching.

Edit: Also doesn't Oculus Link use a large amount of VRAM just on it's own? Leaving virtually nothing for Alyx on a 4GB GPU?