Framerate Issues Since Dawntrail Launch

[Cindertail]

I saw something on Reddit about going into Device Manager and disabling 2 System devices called "Microsoft Device Root Enumerator" and "Microsoft RRAS Root Enumerator".

I've disabled both, I'll report back once I've managed to play a bit.


EDIT: My stuttering has reduced significantly, not 100% gone but not as often as before.

Just tried this, still the same. Queued up for The Abyssal Fracture as a test, my game absolutely ate itself during Nostalgia's cast. Never had this issue back in 6.55 or 6.58 when this was current content.

[Larirawiel]

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Your GPU does not meet the minimum requirements.





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[keichirou]

If the game drops from 60 to 30 fps then VSync is a very likely reason for it.




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no is not the reason


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[Cindertail]

Your GPU does not meet the minimum requirements.





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Yes I do. A GTX 1660 Ti (6 GB) is much faster than a GTX 970 (4GB).

Recommended GPU: NVIDIA Geforce GTX970 (4GB) or higher / AMD Radeon RX 480 or higher.

Cheers.

[gold13821]

Just dropping an update here since people have been quite critical of my setup, I'm clearly not an IT expert either

I was reading from CPU-Z which seems to give the base DRAM frequency not the effective clock rate in a dual-channel environment. Checking in performance monitor my RAM was at 2400MHz which led me to realize my XMP reverted to disabled, so enabling that bumped that up to 3000MHz which slightly increased FPS in the trouble areas.

Also, I realize my CPU is an older generation, but replacing that isn't as simple as slotting in a new CPU(need new MOBO and probably new RAM) so that's why I have a much higher tier GPU as it's plug-and-play. Incremental upgrades, you know?


tl;dr
Enabling XMP in the BIOS did slightly alleviate the issue (getting 57 FPS at the same area vs 47), so if anyone is having similar issues this might be an avenue to look into.

Nobody is criticizing you, it's just that you've put racing tires on an old 1 litre city car and asked why you can't keep up with F1 cars. Nothing wrong with "small" upgrades, just don't expect any significant jumps in performance.

Would this be a suitable upgrade?
https://www.microcenter.com/product/...obsidian-black

Wish I could help you, but for some reason I could never load microcenter's website. Perhaps it's geo-blocked, who knows. Maybe someone from NA can help you.

Your GPU does not meet the minimum requirements.





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Except it does. It's not a gaming monster, but it's faster than a 970.

[Larirawiel]

The mobile GPUs are usually way slower than their desktop counterparts.

Anyway, you could try one thing: set the FSR scaling down to the minimum. Yes, the image quality will be way worse now. But if it helps with the framerate then the GPU is the bottleneck.


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[gold13821]

The mobile GPUs are usually way slower than their desktop counterparts.

Anyway, you could try one thing: set the FSR scaling down to the minimum. Yes, the image quality will be way worse now. But if it helps with the framerate then the GPU is the bottleneck.


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Somehow I've completely missed Cindertail plays on a laptop. Still a mobile 1660ti is so close to a desktop 970 in terms of performance, I'd say it meets the minimum requirements... if barely. In some games/benchmarks it should even pull ahead thanks to the bigger memory. Still, the upscaling throws a big monkeywrench in the whole troublehooting. I agree it might be worth it to pull it as low as it goes and see if it changes anything.

[Cindertail]

Somehow I've completely missed Cindertail plays on a laptop. Still a mobile 1660ti is so close to a desktop 970 in terms of performance, I'd say it meets the minimum requirements... if barely. In some games/benchmarks it should even pull ahead thanks to the bigger memory. Still, the upscaling throws a big monkeywrench in the whole troublehooting. I agree it might be worth it to pull it as low as it goes and see if it changes anything.

My performance is fine with Laptop High & Laptop Standard settings while in the overworld, but in a handful of dungeons and trials with excessive boss effects is when it chugs. Dungeons and trials I never had problems with before. I've honestly given up and might step away from the game if there's really nothing I can do except have the game look low quality during combat/cutscenes.

[gold13821]

My performance is fine with Laptop High & Laptop Standard settings while in the overworld, but in a handful of dungeons and trials with excessive boss effects is when it chugs. Dungeons and trials I never had problems with before. I've honestly given up and might step away from the game if there's really nothing I can do except have the game look low quality during combat/cutscenes.

If it chugs only during graphically more intensive moments then it might simply be that your laptop just barely hits the minimum requirements. I did see a way do "turn off" upscaling. Wheter it works or not I have no idea and it requires modifying a file the game uses, so it's against ToS and I can't post it. But if you google hard enough you'll find it.

[Cindertail]

I can't say if this is an accurate fix or not, but I have been running the game in full-screen 1920x1080 (my second display's resolution). I changed the game's resolution to 1600x900 (not my display) and ran The Abyssal Fracture & Storm's Crown. 0 lag/stutter/hitching during Nostalgia & Curling Iron respectively. I will update this post after I conduct a few more tests. Settings are currently set to Laptop High, will also run Laptop Standard.