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Fps stuttering (lemm.ee)
submitted 8 months ago by Rubanski@lemm.ee to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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Hello fellow gamers,

I recently upgraded my GPU to a 7800xt nitro+, but in high FPS situations, like overwatch 2, the card stutters sometimes. Like going from the desired 160fps down to like 80 for a second. In general, the FPS are not stable. Before a match it hovers in the 100s regions. That can't be right?

I tried setting everything very uncompetitively on ultra or max just for giggles and because I thought I could. 3440x1440p. Is this the dreaded "AMD driver issue"?

CPU: 5600X PSU:750W SSD: 980pro nvme

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[–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Monitor your temperatures for starters, like GPU temp (+ junction temps) and CPU temp.

How old is your Windows installation? If you haven't reinstalled in years (or even upgraded Windows versions from one version to another), do a fresh install. It fixes up a ton of issues.

There's a few more things to try, but those are the major ones. Besides maybe running DDU and reinstalling your GPU drivers. Also don't forget to install the CPU chipset drivers if you didn't do that.

[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Both temperatures are around 67C, so no worries there. Windows is around 1.5 years old. I just installed the driver with DDU because I come from Nvidia. But I will check the chipset drivers

[–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Do you have this issue in every game or just Overwatch? It has been years, but in the original Overwatch I had a similar issue, ~200 fps and constant random stutters. Unfortunately I'm not sure what fixed it back then.

It was either fixing G-Sync (Try running the game without FreeSync with your 7800xt, does the stuttering persist?) or sound issues (Disable all sound devices you don't actually use, for example HDMI, or DP etc.).

[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

I haven't really noticed it elsewhere (cyberpunk, Baldurs Gate), so that it really has something to do with high fps. Maybe I will download cs2 just to benchmark it and see if it's a overwatch specific problem. I will try disabling freesync and will report back

[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I found the likely problem. The card has trouble with overwatch running DX12. If I run it in DX11 it works fine.

[–] Vlyn@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Huh, weird. AMD cards usually run better in DX12. But glad you found a solution.

[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

I am quite positive it's a problem on Blizzards side. They officially still don't support RX 7000 cards in overwatch 2. They are a small indie studio after all.