Issue Description (Required):
I have been trying to get my Darktide game to run smooth over the last forever… and after the reports of 24.7.1 driver fixing performance and me not getting an improvement I started to do some digging.
Initially I would get MASSIVE frame drops when things would spawn in, when explosions would happen. My textures would constantly look like playdough and take FOREVER to load in (still happens sometimes).
I found that disabling AMD SAM when playing darktide helped my big FPS drops massively though it did not solve them entirely, it just reduced the severity. After disabling HAGS, my game became way more consistent, smooth, and responsive. I am unsure why this is caused by HAGS, but this may be something to look into.
Performance issues are not gone entirely, but my drops are very small and my gameplay and input is massively smoother and more responsive.
Attempted Solutions (Optional):
- Experimental build with all variants of Direct Storage per Fatshark Julia’s post. (Inefective)
- Disabled Mesh Streaming in settings_common.ini (solved muddy textures but caused performance issues)
- Disabled AMD Smart Access Memory (helped somewhat)
- Disabled Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling (helped massively)
Platform (Required):
PC - Steam
[PC] PC Specifications (Optional):
9800x3D
7900xtx
32gb 6000mhz c30