FPS cut in half after last update

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Performance Feedback
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Issue Description (Required):

My fps went from 100+ to 50-60 in the last update. Seems to be cpu related, as my GPU is only at 80% and changing graphics settings does not help. My CPU will be capping out while in the morningstar.
Uploaded one log from before the update and one from after.

Attempted Solutions (Optional):

Verified integrity of game files.
Played with the worker threads launcher setting.
Lowered graphical settings.

Platform (Required):

PC - Steam

[PC] PC Specifications (Optional):

Intel 12700
Nvidia 4070 TI super
32 GB DDR4
Running on an SSD, no hard drive in the system.

[PC] Upload Console Log & darktide_launcher.log (Optional):

console-2026-09-09-11.27.03-0b37cdc8-2e93-455f-81cb-b0d8cdcb9081.log (777 KB)console-2026-09-30-10.02.27-e685d63d-b3bd-4365-9fbc-d2aee675c445.log (96.4 KB)

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fps is fine for me until i go into menus to do anyhting then each time i lose about 10fps until im sitting at sub 20. only a restart fixes it. its been doing this for over a year at this point.

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For the the hotfix f’cked up the game.
I thought the new AMD driver is the issue (26.10.1.), but after a clean reinstall of the previous driver the game still suffering from Micro Stutters.

Intel Core i5 10600K

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

32 GB DDR4