Mr. Plankton
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Better than "Prefer Maximum Performance"?
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Dark Souls 3 PC performance thread
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Better than "Prefer Maximum Performance"?
Anyone else getting quarter-second stutters every 30 seconds or so? It doesn't seem to have anything to do with the autosaving and it happens in virtually every area in the game. Maybe an asset streaming thing?
When the game first launched, I'm pretty sure I was only getting pauses when the game autosaved so this is different.
My system is good enough to handle this at 60 FPS so it's not substandard hardware.
When the game first launched, I'm pretty sure I was only getting pauses when the game autosaved so this is different.
My system is good enough to handle this at 60 FPS so it's not substandard hardware.
If by "anyone" you mean "everyone", then yes. Something engine-related, I assume, since it's happening regardless of hardware.
Hehe.. I wonder if their solution to the auto-save hitching was to save at fixed intervals rather than right when you picked up the item. Happened to me in the middle of a boss fight once.
EDIT: Anyone else having issues with ambient audio since the last patch? It's going quiet like it should when a NPC starts talking, but it ramps back up again during the conversation (still quiet enough to hear what the NPC is saying), and then goes back down to dead quiet when they speak the next sentence. Very odd. And it's occasionally happening when I'm just walking around, the ambient audio will suddenly get very quiet, then slowly come back up to normal.
Backfoggen
Banned
I'm still getting fucking freezes with this. Will be playing it just fine and then a clean complete freeze. Sound still going. Have to quit via task manager. Any tips on what could fix this?
lordfuzzybutt
Member
That sounds like your system is unstable, GPU driver crashed. Do you have your GPU overclocked?
I don't have that option.
Would this feature even be necessary if you plug your laptop into a power outlet? At that point, it should be indistinguishable from a desktop.
Backfoggen
Banned
It's factory overclocked but the temps are low and other games don't cause this problem. It seems like they haven't fixed the crashing on 7 series Nvidia cards completely. It has happened twice so far in 10 hours of play but it's still frustrating depending on the situation it freezes in.
dr_rus
Member
I'm thinking that this option just turns off Optimus and forces everything to run on the discreet GPU. But that's just my idea, I don't know what it does.
lordfuzzybutt
Member
Temp doesn't mean anything regarding stability though and factory OC can still cause that.
It doesn't hurt to try. Just google your card reference clock and set it at that. Test and see if it helps.
Wrestlemania
Banned
So is anyone else still having crashing issues? It got really bad for me at
and isn't fixed with the latest patch. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling to a new drive, but it's still happening. Not sure what triggers it, seems pretty random.
Central Irithyll
Exactly the same issue here. Used to be save stutters and now it's constant. Somehow beat the last two story bosses despite this. Really bad.
Krusenstern
Banned
The save stutters were fixed in the previous patch for me.
But this one here introduced new random micro freezes that weren't happening before, sometimes lasting for a good second.
What the fuck FROM. I'll just stop playing this game until all technical issues have been resolved. Even if it takes months. I can't play like this anymore. Completely fed up now.
But this one here introduced new random micro freezes that weren't happening before, sometimes lasting for a good second.
What the fuck FROM. I'll just stop playing this game until all technical issues have been resolved. Even if it takes months. I can't play like this anymore. Completely fed up now.
Looks like everyone's GPUs are randomly switching between idle and full load with this new patch. That's what is causing the random performance. People are reddit were discussing it here. https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls3/comments/4j5dph/pc_patch_1041_is_out_now_on_steam/d33tyy7
Reddit thread says to try this:
"I went to Device Manager to downgrade my [Xinput driver] to the one from 2009. I'm running Windows 7. I have no problems
"I'll give it a shot and report back later. If anything, it should be immediately noticeable as it was hammering me pretty hard in the gardens earlier.
EDIT: bleh, greyed out roll back option ftl T_T I'll see if I can't track down an older driver.
EDIT2: can confirm it has nothing to do with Xinput on my end. Tried playing the game with mouse and keyboard, and had the same issues.
EDIT3: Have tried setting all settings to low and scaling upwards to see if its a bugged setting, and nope. Have the same issue hard stutter regardless.
Just to follow up on this: I don't really know.
When I was originally getting constant and frustrating stutters fighting a certain boss (P
ontiff
It may be helping some, but it definitely wasn't a silver bullet.
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
Dont know if updating to the new AMD version or the dark souls 3 patch is causing stuttering :|
AMD 7970 3GB GHz is my card. Never had issues before..
AMD 7970 3GB GHz is my card. Never had issues before..
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Aw crap, new patch introduced even worse stuttering? I was already fine with the save stuttering, but during in-game and exploring now would not be good. Hopefully they fix this soon...
I can definitely confirm that. The game now actually freezes for a second or so at random.
Wrestlemania
Banned
Got the patch. Still crashing, now with occasional big stutters. FFS.
Zombegoast
Member
The game was near unplayable after installing the patch. Still sutters after installing the new driver
Also installed Razor Cortex and it gave me a 20fps boost averaging the fps to 60fps. Using a GT 650m btw.
Also installed Razor Cortex and it gave me a 20fps boost averaging the fps to 60fps. Using a GT 650m btw.
Backfoggen
Banned
Just perfect. Bet they didn't fix the freezing too.
zephervack
Member
Damn these freezes are awful against bosses, can I go back to a previous patch?
I'm on a 290x btw
I'm on a 290x btw
Having massive issues with the game now with 980Ti. Game stutters hugely now to 25fps or less sometimes and it happens way more often. Previously it was very rare and would drop to 55fps. This patch is so fucked now b
Yeah, I noticed that the last time I played... when the performance hiccuped for a few seconds, my card got really quiet, like it was no longer under load. I wish they could get this crap sorted.
go_la_clips
Member
I have an AMD card and experience the same thing, something in the patch broke the game.
Yup, annoying.
JudgmentJay
Member
Nope.
TheThunder
Member
Yup, new patch introduced straight up freezing for a second instead of stuttering.
I mean, I know FROM's technical team is not as good as their other departments but come on now...
I mean, I know FROM's technical team is not as good as their other departments but come on now...
allangelsgone
Member
Me. Then again I'm at 1440p on a GTX970 so I'm often below 60fps.
Wrestlemania
Banned
It has been a very long time since I've had an issue with a PC game which has left me completely unable to play, but this crashing issue has has done it. And what's worse is that is seems to be pretty uncommon with no real indication of what's causing it!
Same here, same setup. The autosave hitches were annoying but minor, this is actually gameplay breaking if they happen at an inopportune time. I guess I'll switch to something else until From gets their act together.