Stutter? vSync? Jittery movement.

[ElementXero]

I see a lot of people on here talking about stuttering, but usually in the context of FPS changing rapidly or pauses during area loads. But, is anyone talking about the same issue I'm seeing, which is driving me insane to the point that I don't want to play this game :(

I have found that if vSync is on (Lock Framerate), movement with the mouse just isn't smooth. I was calling it a stutter, or a jitter but, it has NOTHING to do with my framerates. I'm maintaining 55-65 FPS, cut scenes and animations are smooth, yet when I move the mouse it's just not smooth, there is 'jitter'.

Now, if I disable vSync, this jitter I speak of disappears. But, then I get screen tearing, which is equally as distracting to me... I tried forcing vSync via CCC, alas that doesn't seem to work, I still get tearing. I even tried a CCC profile on the BS exe to no avail.

Anyone else have this issue and has found a way to resolve it? I don't want guesses, and ini hacks that you've read elsewhere. I would much prefer someone who is actually seeing this and knows what to do about it. I want to play this game so desperately, but these issues simply pull me out of the experience, it's all I can see and I'm missing what is probably and exceptional game....

Thanks in advance!

[ElementXero]

Holy hopping happy days... I can't verify if this works (at work) but it sounds so legit that I just had to post it just in case it really is the fix for my above mentioned issue:

-How to fix Microstuttering-

For Nvidia cards, Adaptive V-Sync can be enabled through the driver control panel. Set 'Vertical sync' to Adaptive.

For AMD cards, Dynamic V-Sync can be enabled using the third-party program RadeonPro. Click the Add new profile icon and find the executable. Click the newly created profile and click the Tweaks tab. Set 'VSync Control' to Always on. Enable 'Dynamic Framerate Control' and set 'Keep up to' to 60.

[pxlwrld]

As mentioned above. Try enabling triple buffering, see if that helps. Make sure that it doesnt sync 2 frames, like FarCry3 had the option for example. Another thing I found a must have to be was setting the number of prerendered frames to 1 or 2.
Keep in mind that even my 7970Ghz is sometimes struggling loading in stuff or levels, as the game does that constantly. Usually those are 1 sec spikes and Im back for another 20 to 30 minute of Irrational goodness, but it is hurting my ego as a pc player *hurr durr max out!*.

[ElementXero]

Thanks for the tips! I have the same GPU, so very helpful tips indeed.

[Cakefish]

Same problem here!

[paramedic157]

me too my gtx 690 run the game at 230 fps and bang shut down to 25 fps

[ElementXero]

Cakefish, we meet again ;) I just replied to you on the 2K forums, same Element_Zero, try the Nvidia Inspector tool, it allows you to force vsync to adaptive I do believe!

[paramedic157]

thank

[Cakefish]

Originally posted by ElementZero:

Cakefish, we meet again ;) I just replied to you on the 2K forums, same Element_Zero, try the Nvidia Inspector tool, it allows you to force vsync to adaptive I do believe!

Haha I am the same cakefish too! Yeah already replied to ya over there. I am about to try and see if it works...

[ElementXero]

Strangeness, it would seem a lot of people simply can't see the stutter?!?! I watched a bunch of video's on Youtube, I knew the inevitable "Bioshock Infinite - Ultra Settings" videos would be there, and all of them had this stutter yet the posters of the videos and those commenting didn't even seem to notice it!!!

[ElementXero]

Originally posted by Deft Grinders:

Since I installed my game on my SSD, my frame rate is now much more fluid. I'm wondering how much of a bottleneck can hard drives be nowadays...

And I cannot install a second game on it X_x...

What I'm describing isn't a framerate issue, I'm maintaining 50+. But, great tip, SSD's definitively do help increase FPS overall, or at minimum load times especially for monster sized textures and huge environments.

[Cakefish]

I hae SSD. It's not a famerate issue I agree. I can have a solid 60 but still noticeable jitters.

Oh and NVIDIA Inspector didn't work :(

[ElementXero]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :( Heart broken :(

[Wonderboy]

The stuttering and loading-in FPS drop issues are being experienced by nearly everybody. There was a 16 page thread on NeoGaf about just this. There is currently no real fix. Wait for a patch, or better drivers. The game was still fully playable (i beat it!) with an xbox360 controller plugged in.

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