Unplayable Lag on High-end GPU

[Herr_Klopek]

Hello.
This game ran great for the opening section but as soon as I got to Hogwarts it became unplayable. It's not really low frames as much as it is persistent lag and stuttering. Cut scenes are also unwatchable. I was running it on an RTX 2060 Super but upgraded today to a 4070 Ti and I don't think it's made any difference! Switching to Ultra Performance DLSS and Low Settings across the board does nothing.
My other hardware is a Ryzen 5 2600 and 16 GB of memory. I know my CPU is old but it meets the recommended requirements.

[CutUDOWN]

Sometimes the game takes roughly half an hour to an hour to run smoothly (sometimes) once you get to those bigger and more populated areas, and that's after that 20 minutes shaders load. Just another totally normal game on pc. Unfortunately, I'm just gonna wait a while till this hopefully gets fixed because the way this game runs is terrible.

[Malvictus]

you're probably bottle necking your GPU which is why you're not noticing much difference

[Wojo Wojtek]

i have same issue. RTX 3080, 16GB RAM and i5 8600k. I know im bottlenecking GPU (cant affort to change everything) BUT it doesnt matter if im playing on low or ultra. Lag to 1 fps always occurs and it getting little bit better after ~20min. I dont have this issue in any other game so thats frustrating.

[50 Cal]

You cant just upgrade the GPU you need the whole system updated. gpus are getting faster than cpus can handle so you need a good cpu with a 4070ti. But you need everything upgraded ram mobo ssd. Cant just throw a high end gpu on an old system it does not work like that.

[Psyringe]

Originally posted by Wojo Wojtek:

i have same issue. RTX 3080, 16GB RAM and i5 8600k. I know im bottlenecking GPU (cant affort to change everything) BUT it doesnt matter if im playing on low or ultra. Lag to 1 fps always occurs and it getting little bit better after ~20min. I dont have this issue in any other game so thats frustrating.

Well, if you know that your CPU is bottlenecking your GPU, then why would you expect low graphics settings to be faster than high graphics settings? The load on the CPU is the same, and the CPU is what determines your machine's performance in that scenario.

(Graphics settings would make a difference for CPU load if we're talking about switching raytracing on or off, but I doubt you're having it on. If you somehow do, switch it off to ease load on the CPU.)

[lordmaik]

hogwart needs 32gb(it uses 20gb on my system with os). and i have a gpu with 24gb vram so no swap to the system ram.
(sorry for my bad english)

[MIGHTYANDYMAN]

What is your screen res, hopefully not 4K, and that CPU has 60% bottleneck at 1080P

[subjenna]

It seems there always are some frame drops in asset-dense areas, but it's certainly better on my 6900xt+32GB RAM compared to the 2070+16 (both 9700K). Outside those areas the game even runs fine on a 1070+9600K.

Overall, it's far from "unplayable" but sure, you might have expected more after shilling out the money for a current-gen GPU.

[Wojo Wojtek]

Originally posted by 50 Cal:

You cant just upgrade the GPU you need the whole system updated. gpus are getting faster than cpus can handle so you need a good cpu with a 4070ti. But you need everything upgraded ram mobo ssd. Cant just throw a high end gpu on an old system it does not work like that.

Yeah but no other game has problem like that. FH5 1440p ultra ~100fps, Forsaken Demo was running fine as well.

[lordmaik]

you also have to use an ssd.

[subjenna]

Make sure you cap the framerate ingame and set the corresponding values in windows and any other handler (control panel, afterburner). I guess wrong Sync settings is the major reason for people to experience "stutter". With the 12 Gigs of VRAM you probably don't want to go higher than "High" on texture quality. And in the end, 32 Gigs of RAM will do this game good. Also with your AM4 platform, an upgrade to a 5800x is easy and affordable.

[Herr_Klopek]

Thanks for all the input. I’m hoping the CPU is the culprit. Just ordered a Ryzen 5 5600X so fingers crossed I’ll see a significant improvement.
It’s just crazy because I’ve played games like Elden Ring and RDR2 on this set up (with the 2060 super) on my 4K tv with a mix of medium and high settings with decent performance. I knew it was past time to upgrade my CPU but experiencing such a massive performance hit caught me by surprise.

[MIGHTYANDYMAN]

Technically a 5600X is still to weak for the RTX 4070TI
also 4070TI is not the best GPU for 4K especially with Hogwarts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw_axwlehjU&t=115s

[KaiserSenpai420]

Oooookay, now I'm kinda freaking out.

The lag made the game unplayable on my 1070 after this patch, I was hoping my new build ( Ryzen 5 5600X x 3070ti ) would eat this game for breakfast but you're having trouble with a 4000 series card??? I'm screwed.

[margalus]

Originally posted by KaiserSenpai420:

Oooookay, now I'm kinda freaking out.

The lag made the game unplayable on my 1070 after this patch, I was hoping my new build ( Ryzen 5 5600X x 3070ti ) would eat this game for breakfast but you're having trouble with a 4000 series card??? I'm screwed.

Don't worry. Your new system will perform great as long as you turn of RT and have 32GB of ram.