Traversal stutter on PC

[MrH999]

The PC version suffers from traversal stuttering, moving to new areas very often causes the game to stutter, this can also happen randomly from my experience. I have read 100s of reports on ResetEra and Reddit, it is not a hardware issue. I literally built this PC yesterday so everything is fresh.

https://streamable.com/ga6zlg

I have uploaded a video showing 100% reproducible stutter when entering a new area, this is not an isolated instance. 13700k/3080/32GB DDR5 6200MHZ, NVMe SSD, Win 10 Pro

[MrH999]

Here's my DXDIAG.

[S1xthsense]

I also get the same, its very annoying traversial stutter, i think Digital foundry will release a video of Dead Space Performance on PC in about two days. I heard Alex and John talking about it. I think it's a problem with asset streaming. Because the problem is reproducible, every time you step in a new area/room or elevator it's stutters. 

Intel Core i5 13600K / Noctua NH-D15 Chromax black
Gigabyte Z790 AERO G
Corsair DDR5 Vengeance 2x16GB 6000
Gigabyte Geforce RTX 4090 Windforce 3
Samsung 980 PRO 2TB M2

[Der_Hutmacher]

Does this mean that PCI 5.0 rigs with NMVE drives also have this problem? I thought it was mainly because the game was designed for the fast storage connection of the current-gen consoles. So PCI 3.0 rigs will have a big disadvantage. Also, I assume if the game would facilitate “direct storage” it would run better on PC?

[S1xthsense]

Just what Alex says from Digital foundry, you cannot power through the stutter, no matter how powerful your rig is. We just have to wait for a patch to fix this.

[Der_Hutmacher]

Ok. it seems a new patch is already live, but only on Steam, not for Origin / EA App, 🤷‍♂️

Addressed PS5 performance related issues.
Added a new option to disable VRS on PC.
Addressed various glitches and bugs.
Addressed an issue related to black screen issue.
Added stability and performance fixes.
Added general stability fixes.

[S1xthsense]

Frametimes are slightly better overall it seems, but the traversal stutter is unchanged. Plus you can disable VRS on PC with this patch.

[GloomyGhoul451]

Me and several other people I know are also having this problem. I'm still running a 2080 Ti, but it seems to handle the game quite well outside of these asset loading stutters that occur as you traverse into different areas. I've messed with lowering graphical settings, but it seems unaffected by it. 

Also attaching my DxDiag. Would love to see this fixed.

[MrH999]

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@S1xthsense wrote:

Frametimes are slightly better overall it seems, but the traversal stutter is unchanged. Plus you can disable VRS on PC with this patch.

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That's also my experience, slightly better frame times but the stuttering remains. I'm really hoping stuttering is next on the agenda for the devs.

[S1xthsense]

Any update from the developer on the traversal stutter? It's so annoying when entering a new room or area the game starts to stutter for MS.