Stutters only in FF14, sometimes hours between stutters

[Beavertales]

Mine are microstutters... Like, fractions of a second. They can vary in length, but 1/2 a second is a very long time and they very rarely pause for that long. Also, when it does happen it's usually several quick stutters in a row.

What hardware are you running?

[Beavertales]

Our stutters seem to be different in terms of length, but similar in that they can happen anywhere under any circumstances, and can go hours between them. Maybe we're having the exact same issue, maybe not. :shrug:

[FriendlyPerson]

How about setting character and object quantity to minimum? Stutters can still happen but hopefully can make the game a bit more playable.

[Beavertales]

How about setting character and object quantity to minimum? Stutters can still happen but hopefully can make the game a bit more playable.

It seems like the issue we're dealing with happens regardless of what's on screen. It's happened while I was standing in a zone with 0 other players and all that was displaying was trees. I've done hunt trains with 150+ people all being rendered and my fps go down, but there are no stutters. Either way, we all seem to be running rigs that are way above the recommended specs, so it would be strange for our issues to be being caused by too many objects or players being rendered, y'know?

[Beavertales]

I have to wonder if DiasFlacOg and gilmorej are having a slightly different issue than aqualenne and I. We seem to be having complete freezes for half a second to a second, whereas you guys seem to be having a much smaller stutter. Maybe it's the same fundamental issue, which seems to be something up with 14 that doesn't like background processes that it didn't have issues with before, but aqualenne and I are experiencing a different conflict and therefore longer stutters? Intel, AMD and Nvidia are all presented in this thread, though, so maybe that rules out the issue being specific to a certain brand of hardware.

[Clawhammer]

Maybe Fullscreen vs borderless improves the stutter?

[Beavertales]

Maybe Fullscreen vs borderless improves the stutter?

I can't speak for anyone else, but fullscreen vs borderless windowed makes no difference for me in terms of the stutters.

[gilmorej]

Same.. No difference.

Borderless vs. Fullscreen
FPS capped vs. no FPS cap
vsync on vs. vsync off
FreeSync on vs. FreeSync off
minimum settings vs. maximum settings
gamepad plugged vs. gamepad unplugged

None of it makes a difference... It's frustrating.

[Votraftur]

Good morning! Thank you for posting in the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

Please try the following:
- Please try adjusting/lowering the resolution.
- If you have multiple peripherals (such as multiple monitors) please try removing them to only the necessary components to see if it helps.
- Please try running the game as an administrator.
- Perform a clean boot by opening the task manager and select the 'Start up' Tab. Disable everything.
- Please be sure that Final Fantasy XIV is installed to the C: Drive. (If Steam version, make sure both the game and Steam are installed on same drive)
- Verify installation files (Steam)
- Reinstall game (If steam version, try uninstalling and reinstalling both the game and Steam)

If you had attempted any of the above, did any other the steps help or perhaps even made the issue worse?
When the issue occurs, is your system overheating at all?
Were there any recent changes around the time of the issues began?

Thank you once again for visiting the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums!

[Clawhammer]

- Please be sure that Final Fantasy XIV is installed to the C: Drive. (If Steam version, make sure both the game and Steam are installed on same drive)

Why does it need to be on c: drive? I have the m2 ssd just for the OS and 3 1TB SSDs for games in my system, so ff14 is on drive H: (Steam Version)