Microstutter or lag

[Fletch]

hi,

Love this game, played it alot, both on xbox and PC after I sold my xbox (my record is 4M)

I'm having trouble running the game smoothly on PC, it microstutters and/or lags when things get busy although it stays constantly at 120fps and gpu is only at around 30% load. I've tried various v-sync settings and different settings in game, makes no difference if game is at 640x480 or 1920x1080

anyone else experience this ?

my pc:
Intel i7-3930k @ 4.7GHz * Nvidia GTX 680 (1.25GHz/6.6GHz) * MSi X79A-GD65 (8D) * 32GB DDR3 G.Skill RipJaws * SSD's & HDD's * Asus Xonar Essence STX
CPU&VGA Watercooled * CoolerMaster HAF-932 * Corsair AX 1200W * 27" Asus VG278H 3D 120Hz * Windows 8 Pro x64

[ertesda]

I never had this problem before...Maybe you need to update your graphics driver?

[Fletch]

im running 314.07 now, no matter what driver I try it always micro stutters..... (none issue in other games)

[ertesda]

Hmm...that´s odd.What about DirectX? I never used Win8,but what about compatibility-mode?

[0mnicydle]

Forcing vsync in my graphics driver (nvidia) fixed this problem for me.

[AxeMan]

Same problem on my gaming rig, none on my laptop.

[KKiONI]

Bumping this (opposed to making a new thread).

I've been getting this problem on my laptop as well and it is really peculiar. This game seems to be a bit of an oddity when it comes to performance. No matter what setting I fool around with, whether it'd be in game or my GPU control panel, I seem to get stutters in game.

Weirdest part is the framerate doesn't seem to decrease at all during these moments. Fraps reports a rock solid 60 frames throughout.

For the sake of documentation, my specs:
Intel i5 3210M
6 GB memory
Nvidia GeForce GT 640M 2GB GDDR3 / Intel HD Graphics 4000
Nvidia Driver: 297.07*

*It's the recommended driver for my laptop and even my own tests show greater performance than newer versions.

[Fletch]

I've found that turning these things off helps a lot

Hyperthreading
HPET timer (bios)
Speedstep

[KKiONI]

Not sure if the hyperthreading might affect it though since the OP has the problem with his i7. But I'll give the last two a shot and see what happens.

[Fletch]

did it work for you?

This is how I get it to run smoothly
bios settings:
HT off
HPET Timer off
Speedstep off

Nvidia driver setting
Adaptive V-Sync
Power Management Mode -> Prefer Maxmum performance

maybe not all of these settings needed but with this its butter smooth

my pc now:
Intel i7-3930k @ 4.7GHz * Nvidia GTX 780 Ti (+250/+380) * MSi X79A-GD65 (8D) * 32GB DDR3 G.Skill RipJaws * SSD's & HDD's * Asus Xonar Essence STX
CPU&VGA Watercooled * CaseLabs T10 * Corsair AX 1200W * 27" Qnix Evolution II * Windows 8.1 Pro x64

[KKiONI]

Apologies, I completely forgot to update this. I went through it minus the hyperthreading and it was no different. My hardware isn't the most reliable though as I have seen other games perform in other peculiar ways. So I have concluded it's mostly that plus a hint of shoddy port syndrome (won't stop me from playing!).

[Fletch]

Finally fixed for me with new monitor!
Asus PG278Q Rog Swift, 144Hz and G-sync, now Geometry Wars is silky smooth :)

new record on 1st try, 3.4M
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=312468747

[DETERMINOLOGY]

Originally posted by Fletch:

Finally fixed for me with new monitor!
Asus PG278Q Rog Swift, 144Hz and G-sync, now Geometry Wars is silky smooth :)

new record on 1st try, 3.4M
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=312468747

Nice...I believe my record on xbox 360 was around 7M..And most def i cant wait to get on the leaderboards when 3 drops

[tactik]

Originally posted by 0mnicydle:

Forcing vsync in my graphics driver (nvidia) fixed this problem for me.

it never crossed my mind that turning on vsync might be able to fix this
most of my games seem to run a litter faster with it off, but not with geometry wars :/
that was a pretty simple fix... youre a genius :'p