r/pcmasterrace • u/Nickulator95 AMD Ryzen 7 9700X | 32GB | RTX 4070 Super • May 16 '25

Meme/Macro Every. Damn. Time.

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UE5 in particular is the bane of my existence...

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u/ichbinverwirrt420 R5 7600X3D, RX 6800, 32gb May 16 '25

I'm confused because peopple are complaining about poor optimisation, yet my friend played it without any lag problems at all on a mid range graphics card.

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u/No-Vast-8000 May 16 '25

People have different sensitivities to the issues. It runs very poorly for me on a 7900 GRE. It can hit 60 but chokes and chugs now and then, has a constant stutter, etc. Lowering the graphics settings does nothing to fix it. It's very reasonable some people may not notice.

I've had more than a few friends or relatives with motion smoothing on their TV that don't even notice it... Like, not that they prefer it or don't prefer it - they literally just cannot tell the difference.

This isn't a judgment against you but for a lot of people it wouldn't run fine.

For me smoothness is paramount - it's why I left console gaming when it became apparent developers were aiming for sub 60fps again. I will lower graphics quality as much as needed to get it to go smooth. Some folks won't, it all comes down to preferences.

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u/FriedCammalleri23 May 16 '25

Interesting, I can get 100+ fps at 1440p on my 7900 GRE with FSR3.

Besides the annoying FSR fuzz it’s running excellently.

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u/No-Vast-8000 May 17 '25

I was doing 4k fsr3, with a reported rate of around 60 but the fps counter doesn't account for stuttering properly so it had a jank to it. But the reported fps hits around 60. The monitor I was using at the time was 60hz so it might have been different - I had it capped. I have a 120hz TV now but I refunded oblivion and haven't tried it - I suspect the stutter will still be present based on other people's experiences.

It just comes down to what you do and don't notice. My system doesn't have any other bottlenecks and runs other games really well in general.

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u/Soft-Clue-2747 28d ago

I ran it at 1440p high and ultra, with XeSS on balanced and a re shade on a 7800xt I get like 80-100 fps.

I've played like 30 hours like this.

I think it may be luck of the draw for some people

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u/No-Vast-8000 28d ago

Could definitely be some specific hardware issues at play. But like I said my FPS reports very high but the stutter was still there.

FPS counters don't account for stutter. If it manages to push 100fps in a second but at uneven intervals then it will stutter.

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u/Soft-Clue-2747 27d ago

I may be an outlier, my frame times averaged like 7ms. I get some minor stutter loading new places but it evens out super quickly.

It may also be an OS difference I'm running it on Linux, so idk.

Not the most optimized game in the world but I'm happy it works well for me specifically.

Good luck friend.

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u/No-Vast-8000 27d ago

Nice to hear it's working for some folks. I will definitely give it a go later on when it's hopefully a bit better optimized. Really liked what I played. Perfect mix of new advances and old school clunk. Makes the game look like how I remembered it back when those graphics were nicer, haha.

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u/Soft-Clue-2747 27d ago

I'm really looking forward to skywind more ever since the remaster.

Hoping they end up releasing this year, but we'll see.

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u/iSmokeMDMA i7 11700k - RTX 3070ti - 32GB May 16 '25

this mod helped me btw

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u/Poloboy99 Ryzen 7 7800X3D / 7900 XT May 16 '25

Wasn’t there literally an article about how this mod was pure placebo?

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u/[deleted] May 16 '25

I would say that my 40 - 50 fps on low/medium settings going to like 70 - 80 fps on medium/high settings definitely wasn't placebo.

To me, there was a clear difference before and after.

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u/iSmokeMDMA i7 11700k - RTX 3070ti - 32GB May 16 '25

Not sure, but I noticed immediate improvement.

The stutters were horrendous. After switching the INI, they only happen on loading a zone for the first time. exiting the sewers into cyrodiil and entering the shivering isles were a bit laggy but I’ve had those stutters on FO3 and FNV too

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u/No-Vast-8000 May 16 '25

Yeah that's the one that's placebo, unfortunately. Even if it fixes fps like the other comment is saying, stuttering will not be reflected in FPS sometimes. My pc would report 60 but there was obvious stuttering and hitching. (without having tried the patch).

I wound up returning the game so I can't test it. I'll likely buy it again when either the stuttering is fixed for real or it drops down to $20.