Sporadic Stuttering

[dresoccer4]

i9-14900kf
rtx 4090
64gb ram
2tb ssd

I have newly installed DCS on my new PC and with maxed out graphics It's running a smooth 120fps...most of the time. But sporadically the game has heavy stuttering and the fps drop to the teens for a second or two. This seems to happen more frequently when switching camera modes or performing heavy maneuvers. It's quite jarring and has even caused me to crash before.

This happen to anyone else? Hoping for some tips or tricks to stop this from happening. 

UPDATE: I caught one of the stutters in my screenshot

Edited December 7 by dresoccer4

[onib89]

I've notice that too since the previous update. also random freeze for 1-2 seconds very very randomly and 1 or 2 times during a 2 hours flight

10900k

4080 strix gamingOC

64gb ram

win 11

2tb  m2

dcs.log

Edited December 8 by onib89

[sleighzy]

Please attach your "C:\Users\username\Saved Games\DCS\Logs\dcs.log" file (might just be a text document named "dcs" if your Windows is hiding file extensions). Make sure you've loaded all the way into the game and replicated the issue and not just the launcher.

Edited December 8 by sleighzy

[Sparviero1978]

It seems the same problem that I post some days ago for VR (here 7800x3D/4080/64gb6k). I also notice that if you refly the mission, the massive drops strongly reduced.

 

 

 

 

[LOW_Hitman]

If HAGS is set to on - give it a try and set it to OFF. On my rig every single game is performing way better with hags turned off.

[williehayesjr]

Where the hell is hags? Thanks.

[sleighzy]

24 minutes ago, williehayesjr said:

Where the hell is hags? Thanks.

System settings in Windows. Go to the graphics settings and its "Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling".

[MAXsenna]

2 hours ago, williehayesjr said:

Where the hell is hags? Thanks.

@sleighzy beat me to it. Just added screen grabs, and add DCS.exe application for "High performance" while you're add it!

Edited December 13 by MAXsenna

[sleighzy]

Thanks @MAXsenna, nice followup. I'll have to keep those screenshots in my back pocket, cheers

 

[Miro]

Same here, flat screen, my game freezes ocasionally, what i saw in ctrl+pause window - rendering thread bound

[Nealius]

I have horrible stutters specifically when flying Channel in the Mosquito, at higher graphics settings, in 2D. Which is quite bizarre because the exact same flight in VR was smooth as butter, and the same high graphics settings in 2D do not cause stutters in any other maps or modules. 

[rrutko]

I am have the same freeze/stutter issue. I turned off HAGS (was ON) and un parked all cores. Attached is my log. There where 2 big spikes and 1 small one. Game updated today 12/14/24.

EDIT: Watching the CPU usage in resource monitor and I am using around 80% cpu. When the Stutter/freeze happens CPU usage drops to 20% for about a second or so. Only happens when in the modules not within main menus.

I9 12900k, 4090, 128g DD4, 2G NVME.

 

dcs.log.old old log file was before parked core disabled. Same stutters/freeze x 3.

dcs.log

Edited December 15 by rrutko

[Porkbrain]

On 12/10/2024 at 3:33 PM, LOW_Hitman said:

If HAGS is set to on - give it a try and set it to OFF. On my rig every single game is performing way better with hags turned off.

Thanks for that, turning that off has cured the 1 to 2 second freezes which were randomly spoiling my normally smooth VR flights.