This game CHUGS on AMD hardware

Issue Description (Required):

I have a fairly high end PC and get stellar performance on most demanding games at ultra settings (cyberpunk, Witcher 3, battlefield, RE 4 Remake, etc.) But i struggle to get even 40 FPS during gameplay in Darktide, if I’m lucky. The game also seems to stutter like crazy, the 40 FPS my FPS counter reads, feels more like 20 FPS. I had hoped the FSR3 update with unlocked an loaded would fix the issues, but no such luck. Hell, performance feels even worse than before in certain areas. Does ANYONE else have these issues as well, and if so, do you have any recommended fixes? Any settings i can set to low, or options i should turn on? ANYTHING would be helpful at this point, i am so sick of not being able to enjoy this game to the fullest degree because of crappy FPS.

Platform (Required):

PC - Steam

[PC] PC Specifications (Optional):

GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-core
RAM: 64 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5
2TB SSD

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I know this probably isn’t the answer you wanted to hear, but I had to turn on upscaling to get tolerable framerates. Even with all my stuff cranked down to the lowest possible settings I still had terrible FPS, so it clearly wasn’t the issue there. Maybe it’s my Ryzen 7 2700X.

I use DLSS for my FPS booster. This game needs mad optimization.

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What resolution are you playing at? 4K?

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Yes I am, I play on a big 4k TV. Does the game struggle on 4k, or is it an issue with my hardware?

Maybe irrelevant, but I have similar hardware:

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

However my OS is Arch Linux, yet it has Steam and with Proton 8.0-5 it also runs Darktide. I use the default graphic settings and the game runs fine.

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Try grabbing an RTX 4090 if you wanna play 4K. Also the tide games really don’t like CPUs with 2 CCDs, consider grabbing a 7800X3D while you’re at it.

Best of luck!

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Thanks! Maybe I’ll try lowering my resolution and see if that helps.

fatshark’s engine tends to chug on high graphical settings regardless of what you try to do to make sure you can run things on max settings. this isn’t a strict hardware problem, it’s that is has very odd processing priorities and after a certain point you’re both wasting your time trying to get more pretty out of the game and beating your CPU to death with pointless tasks.

AMD does not like fatshark’s weird priorities, so they get it worse but it applies to everything to some degree. turn ray tracing down or off, this is usually the main offender in graphical crap for fatshark and it’s usually not even being used for much you can actually see.

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The first game every day suffers from extremely stutters and audio glitching for me.
But it’s only the first. Sometimes the issue fixes itself halfway through the mission too.

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Uninstall the current drivers using AMD Cleanup Utility, then download and install the 23.12.1 drivers. This will significantly improve performance issues, and at least you’ll be able to play. Ps. Remember to turn off vertical sync.

AMD Cleanup Utility
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.12.1 Release Notes

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I’ve got a 7800x3D and 7900xtx and this game runs like terrible for me too.

My best suggestion to get the best baseline experience is

  1. Be on the latest 24.9.1 driver
  2. Disabled AMD Smart Access Memory when playing darktide (it makes a BIG difference)
  3. Use then experimental build and disable Direct Storage

I hope this helps because its diffidently helped me, but still hasn’t solved my issues sadly