Stuttering and fps drops in winter

[xtacjoe]

I have reached the winter season and now there is a lot more lag and stuttering. In summer and autumn it was running smoothly and well. Is anyone else having this problem? Any solutions?
(I just installed the new nvidia drivers (28/2) and loading previous games shows that still running smoothly in autumn and spring (except hogsemade of course😑)

[Starvey]

Yep, did that for me too.
Everything was running smoothly (but for the occasional hiccup when loading something for some reason). Then winter came and the game became a slideshow.
I don't know what fixed it between game updates, Nvidia updates and tweaks, but it's gone now. I run everything on ultra but RT and shadows (high) and DLSS off (yup, it actually imrpoved both visuals and performances), in 1440p with a 3070Ti. Still got the (more than) occasional hiccup, but FPS is decent in the castle and Hogsmeade.

Before all that (and before winter), when the game came out, I ran everything on ultra (and DLSS on) with the same result and a (slightly) nastier picture :-D

[AncestralWorm]

Happened to me today.

[Lt_Maverick]

I have a 3440 x 1440 144hz and a 4k60fps. When I play it in 4k, I need vsync on and the framerate capped at 60. When I play in Ultrawide, I have to turn vsync off and uncap the frames. Otherwise, I experience debilitating stuttering.

Not sure if this helps…

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