We are aware of and working on the poor performance being reported after the latest patch. In the mean time, switching to the experimental build should resolve this. Instructions on how to switch to the experimental build can be seen below, and you can opt out at any time by deselecting the build within the dropdown. Please bear in mind that this is experimental! This means certain aspects of Darktide, such as player portraits, may be missing. EXPERIMENTAL BUILD: Open the Steam client Right-click Darktide in your Steam library Select ‘Properties’ Select ‘Betas’ Enter the password cTYPtKTsfMDsLHAV Select ‘Check Code’ Select the ‘None’ dropdown, and experimental - Experimental Builds should now be within the list Select experimental - Experimental Builds Close the pop-up window A download should now start Play! [image]

it helps a lot with the latest patch. what is the secret sauce?

After the latest patch (patch #13 aka class rework) my performance heavily tanked… I am unsure how this happened but I dropped around 20-45fps overall, I was at a nice stable 120-140+ fps during missions and occasionally dropped in the low 90s. Since Patch #13 I barely manage to get 90-100 fps in a mission and drop down to low 70s or even mid 60s, which makes no sense in my book since my drivers are all freshly installed via DDU. There are no Overclocks or anything going on, nothing is overheating (GPU barely reaching 60C and CPU is at a nice 40-55C). Things I tried: Rolled back drivers/tested multiple different ones (537.42 , 536.99 , 536.40 , 535.98). Reinstalled the game, which did absolutely nothing. Removed all mods, also did nothing. Manually updated DLSS from 3.1 to 3.5 (talking about the DLL), which sadly also did nothing. Turned all settings to low which only gave around 10-15FPS (the visual downgrade is not worth it). Tried all DLSS options from Quality to Ultra Performance, and TBH anything below the Quality preset does not look good. Specs: i9 12900k 64GB Ram RTX3090 (also tested on a RTX 3080ti since they are not far apart) 6TB M.2 Gen4 and 5 SSDs 1440p 144hz Monitor (also tested at 1080p and 4k, with no FPS change at 1080p and 4k was lower which makes sense.) I’m mostly wondering if I am the only person who has less performance, I saw people in the discord saying their performance went up… So if anyone has any idea what else I could try I’d greatly appreciate any suggestions!

im on a rtx3060 and my frames are like 20fps tried turning on vsync and dropped my graohics quality to ‘Low’ and still runs awfully with frame drops

i changed an ingame setting to ultra performance and i get 120 frames on low graphics setting so i shall play like this until they release an optimisation patch

@Fasel same here. My system is mostly AMD and I have the same issues. Game used to run smooth at 75fps at 1440p. Now it dips and dives all over the place, 30fps to 70fps, then down to 20fps, then hangs at 50fps before bouncing around again. I too have tried different resolutions and graphic settings and nothing really changes. I have found some stability with vsync off, unlimited fps, and enabled “enhanced sync” in adrenaline. Sorry if the AMD jargon is not helpful :sweat_smile: R5 3600 32BG RAM 6650XT 1TB M.2 1440p 75hz Monitor (w/ FreeSync)

Running experimental build Have recently gotten performance issues after patch. Easily ran with fps in the 90 range +/-10. Now I’m in the 40 range. AMD 5900x AMD Radeon 6800XT 32 GBs RAM

my performace was top notch when the patch drop, but, the hotfix halved my fps and made it stutters like hell… on the outdoors maps its even worse!

just to update, on my 4080/5800x3d/32gb ddr4, made little to no difference switching to the experimental build. Open world maps, like Excise vault i have 70fps drops, while having inconsistence fps across the board in every maps, happen since the Hotfix! EDIT: Forgot to mention, even tho Experimental build is selected (and even says after the name of the game EXPERIMENTAL BUILD on steam library), nothing was downloaded.

Yep same here! Before the update I had 70+ fps 1440p now it goes down to 30 with bad stutters… C’mon Phatshark fix this!!!

Maybe with the anniversary update we’ll see some improvements.

KNOWN ISSUE: Poor Performance After Patch

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KNOWN ISSUE: Poor Performance After Patch

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