Terrible Stutter in Tarkov

[scavo]

Hi, I am at the end of my problem solving capability... I have terrible stutters in Tarkov. First I suspected the CPU to be too old, so I changed it

First Setup:
Asrock X99X Killer 3.1
Intel i7-5820k
G Skill F4-2133C15-16GRK (4x4 in dual and triple channel, quad was broken)
Asus RTX 2070 ROG Strix Advanced Gaming 8GB (90YV0C91-M0NA00)
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB
SoundblasterX AE5

New Setup:
Asus Prime Z390-A
Intel i9-9900k
G skill F4-3200C14D-16GFX (2x8)
Asus RTX 2070 ROG Strix Advanced Gaming 8GB (90YV0C91-M0NA00)
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB

Monitor: Samsung C27HG70

Here's what I tried so far:
Bring PC to another place to test for home power and internet connection
Set up BIOS for throttle free settings
Swapped PSU

Nothing of the above seemed to help, so I can only change cooler, gpu and case now to eliminate every hardware issue...

So the last thing to do is ask the world.....


This is a typical game in Tarkov




This is recorded with CapFrameX, whenever there is a Frametime Stutter, the Framrate also really spikes to a high value, Tarkov was capped at 60 FPS.

[bapt337]

Tarkov is one of the most unoptimised game actually, i stutter also in this game with r5 2600 and 1080ti, 16gb ram.
Just try on a decent finish game pretty sure you will not see this behavior

[scavo]

Ye I know, but I tried it on 2 other PCs and the frametime where nowhere at my frequency/intensity... it was playable, which I also didnt believe before ; D If it doesnt change I'm just giving up, spent way too much time already in "repairing" I also tried FPS cap settings with different suppliers (ingame, RTSS, Nvidia) at different values... It was always there.. How the context of the spiking frametimes with the jumping FPS has to be interpreted would be interesting though

[MT_]

HPET/TSC? Wrong Timers?

Try Timerbench and show results.

Just see if it is isolated to only this game or if others also have this behavior.

If its a bad engine the only thing you can do it try an even faster NVME, precache stuff into memory (Think PrimoCache), set cpu/gpu clocks to max. (This all might improve frametimes, or doesnt do jack ****).

[Chief Blur Buster]

Suggestion A

You got a VRR monitor already. Another idea is to enable variable refresh rate (G-SYNC Compatible).

VRR is usually a great eraser for microstutters, see animation at www.testufo.com/vrr ... It's a great framedrop eraser. (A) Enable VSYNC OFF in Tarkov and (B) Enable G-SYNC Compatible + VSYNC ON in NVIDIA Control Panel. Maybe Tarkov is not VRR-friendly, but you could still give this a try. It's okay to use opposing VSYNC settings in (A) and (B) for proper de-stuttering.

Do this test without any secondary monitors AT ALL. Temporarily unplug all monitors EXCEPT for your variable refresh monitor. If that last suggestion alone fixes the problem, then use FSE-primary only (don't even use borderless, gotta be true-FSE). But failing that, purchase DisplayFusion shareware to automatically connect/disconnect via mouse click instead of physical cable.

Suggestion B

Try turning off power management temporarily -- CPU 100%, GPU 100%, lock your clockrates, even temporarily slightly underclock so clockrate doesn't gyrate crazy up and down (heat throttling effects). Temporarily disable some of your cores, try enabling only 4 cores. Or better yet, try using core/thread affinity to force your game to stay on the same core rather than switching cores on the fly. (There are tricks to do this)

Some game engines behave better with consistency instead of performance -- so try consistency-tweaks rather than performance-tweaks.

BTW, cache layers is also a consistency tweak too. RAM caches to replace disk access overheads.

Most games prefer performance. But I've seen framerates co-operate better with consistency.

Use a profile of some kind so you switch to this consistency mode only when you launch Tarkov.

It's a left-field suggestion, but not much to lose?

[scavo]

Yea thats already a great list of suggestions, I will try anything happily
As for G-Sync, I already enabled it in Tarkov, the motion was clearly smoother but the stutters still there. Although this was on the old system, so why not.

So I can look for Unity tweaks and head over to Nvidia forums and Overclockers to answer all my other open questions! Thanks

[scavo]

Ok so far so good. Nothing seemed to help. Downgraded driver to multiple versions (started with 445.98->440.97->436.60->432.00) and reinstalled windows.

I've tested this now in Nioh: Complete Edition as well.


The stutters seem to be coming every 3 seconds

[scavo]

Quick Update:

I have changed cooler. - No change
Installed another OS (Win 8.1) onto a different SSD. - no change

Normal 60 fps frametimes are about 17ms. I'm getting jumps every 1-2 seconds to 35ms thats like 30 fps for a splitsecond in continuous fixed intervals. Now please tell me I'm insane and this is normal....

[pwn]

Does memory work in XMP mode?
The only problem is tarkov?

about this:
Asus Prime Z390-A
Intel i9-9900k
G skill F4-3200C14D-16GFX (2x8)
Asus RTX 2070 ROG Strix Advanced Gaming 8GB (90YV0C91-M0NA00)
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB

[scavo]

Yes memory working in XMPII mode. I have tested with and without it, there was no difference. The same behaviour is also present in Nioh