Slow down VRAM leak

Framerates dropping after some time? Here is a little tip to give you more time before frames die.

The VRAM leak

You start the game, all runs well.
You do Henry stuff all over the place, having fun.
Then you notice that you framerate just dropped.
And its dropping like Ubisoft stock price, there is no hope it will get better.

The game has an unsolved VRAM leak that seems to be caused by changing in game graphics settings.
Issue is, whenever you enter a conversation/cutscene, the game automaticaly enables extra sharpening and depth of field effects. This counts as graphics settings change, which causes the VRAM leak.

KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS SOLUTION IS NOT 100% FIX. VRAM WILL STILL LEAK DUE TO VARIOUS OTHER ISSUES.

But for me, this helps to slow down the leak from 20 minutes to 80 or so. Depending on various stuff again.

The "solution"

- Create a user.cfg file in you game's directory
- Open it with notepad
- Write these commands:

r_DepthOfField=0
r_sharpening =0
r_HDRBloom=0
r_HDRVignetting=0

-save
-Enable Vsync in game, lock your fps below what your game can run at. For example, my laptop can run the game at around 60fps when I boot it up, so I locked the framerate at 48fps.

And that should do the trick! Point is basicaly to avoid your GPU running at max capacity.


What also helps is lowering the graphics details, enabling FSR, running on lower resolution. Especially shadow details are quite demanding.

All of that causes your VRAM to run at full capacity sooner. Lowering it will give you more time.
Keep in mind that the game will eventually slow down if you play long enough, but it is better to restart every 2 hours rather than 30 minutes.

[Apollyon]

Nope

[TheDonDope]

Is it still necessary to add `+exec User.cfg` to the launch options like in KDC1 for the user config to be applied?

[Apollyon]

RTX 2050. Not the best, but gets the job done

[Cyklope]

Nice info
What's your graphics card ?