My game is stuttering if I open any other programs.

[SoDI]

Why does it happen?

[Elford]

lack of RAM. activate a swap file

[SoDI]

Originally posted by 💀ELFORD💀:

lack of RAM. activate a swap file

What swap file?

[animal_PLANET]

They are talking about a page file. Windows makes a file to use drive space to act like virtual RAM if system RAM is low, but usually only helps with programs and not 3D games. It is also not good to use page files for games if you are on a mechanical hard drive due to the slow read and writes. So at this point it is not recommended you try that.

So basically if RAM is ok page file will just be used for windows reporting/error logs.

Please post your specs so we can offer more suggestions.

[Frank Knowhere]

It could be a lot of things, but I'll go ahead & prepare you for the worst,
it just might be the game itself.
Could be Denuvo as i think pirated copies may run better?

Back when i had a 1060 6GB with 16GB DDR4 & bought a fresh SSD,
stillllll had stuttering. Even with programs to help, nothing worked for me.
Odyssey had none of these issues on a standard HDD.
So i ended up caving in & buying it on console.
Now that i have a 3060? Not a problem. But maybe since they've updated it, idk.

It's referenced on PCGW along with some fixes you can try:
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_Origins

Good luck.

[SoDI]

I have a RTX 2060 super with a I5-9600k and 16gb ram.

[animal_PLANET]

Originally posted by SoDI:

I have a RTX 2060 super with a I5-9600k and 16gb ram.

Your specs are ok. Just so we on the same page. What do you mean by game is stuttering when you open other programs? Are you playing the game and than trying to do something else at the exact same time? Or do you have programs open in the background and than go to play?

Either way if you run the game and open other programs before playing or during. You are taking away CPU resources. Your CPU also does not have hyper threading thus limiting your multitasking performance.

Same thing goes if you open a program that needs GPU power. What programs are you running with the game?

[SoDI]

I just want to listen to some music during the game on youtube and that's all

[animal_PLANET]

Well thats most likely the reason. Youtube takes away GPU resources as it is playing back video. Thats why your game is stuttering. Example. When playing a video on youtube my GPU usage goes up to 39% peak at 1440p. Which is almost half the GPU so that would take away a lot from a game and probably would cause stuttering in my games too. I lowered resolution of video to lowest setting and usage went down to around 10%.

So make sure to lower resolution of the the video and that should help, but i persoanlly wouldnt have video playing in the background for that GPU. Or any really this way you get smoothest performance for game.

Try using a different program like spotify to listen to music. It wont take away GPU resources. Steam has a music player built in as well but I have never used it and not sure how much resources it consumes, but you also need to have your own music on the computer.

Also look at other programs that maybe running in the background taking up resources. Here are some things to look into to free up CPU resources.

Disabled xbox game bar, game mode, background recording, and make sure GPU scheduling is disabled? Disable any running GPU tools like afterburner or precision X.

Disabled background services, tasks, and programs that are non essential? Using Task scheduler, msconfig, and task manager startup options.

Also check for Windows 10 updates. Make sure you are on latest build with no insider, optional or preview builds. MSFT has made a lot of improvements to Win 10 and has patched a lot of issues regarding gaming performance.

[∆̷2̷∂̷∑̷R̷∞̷֎∦]

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/increase-page-file-size-virtual-memory-windows


set page file to performance
manage start-up applications, disable unnecessary apps not related to your main system.
manage windows background applications in system app settings,
privacy, reducing less apps sending data or running in the background will save memory and processing, try going to privacy settings to disable them and in display options, manage your multi task options, set to this desktop only,
disable remember window display tasks, multi-able displays, tablet mode, anything to free memory and processing of your hardware there's a how to guide on windows Central .com for everything for speeding your system or setting it for gaming.

[Frank Knowhere]

Originally posted by A҉2҉D҉3҉R҉S҉0҉N҉:

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/increase-page-file-size-virtual-memory-windows


set page file to performance
manage start-up applications, disable unnecessary apps not related to your main system.
manage windows background applications in system app settings,
privacy, reducing less apps sending data or running in the background will save memory and processing, try going to privacy settings to disable them and in display options, manage your multi task options, set to this desktop only,
disable remember window display tasks, multi-able displays, tablet mode, anything to free memory and processing of your hardware there's a how to guide on windows Central .com for everything for speeding your system or setting it for gaming.

Shouldn't need to go through all this hassle with his rig on a game 4+ years old though.