Consistently poor performance is something that's synonymous with Warzone. I get it. But, I'm watching content creators with systems that are the same as or even inferior to my own that don't appear to have these issues — issues that seemingly plague a considerable portion of the community.
Before I jump into settings and such, here are my relevant specs:
I've tried running Warzone on a mixture of High/Ultra and Normal/Low. The results are largely the same. Aside from inconsistent frames ranging from 50-200, every few games my frames will randomly tank and won't recover without rebooting the game. When I say tank, I mean they drop to unplayable numbers well below 60, often hovering between 30-40.
I used to think it was an issue with the Cache Sun/Spot Shadows so I disabled them. Issue persists. Read that it can be caused by VideoMemoryScale in adv_options so I set it lower and higher but the issue still persists. NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency? Off, Enabled, and Boosted. Each with the same result. It's not a resource issue either. Both because I have an absurd amount and because I've tried closing everything but the game client with no luck. For lack of a better term, I'm very tech savvy. I've ruled out all of the basic troubleshooting steps. There's no throttling or heat issues. I don't overclock. I've checked voltages and metered the power draw of both the processor and GPU. I've run mem tests using the Windows diagnostic and 86. It's not a hardware issue unless my GPU is faulty which doesn't seem likely because no issues manifest in a wide variety of other titles, including Black Ops and Modern Warfare MP. Ray tracing in Black Ops works fine. Only thing that has stood out is the GPU memory clock and VRAM nearly maxing out but that doesn't seem abnormal. Perhaps there's something I missed though.
It's worth noting that this is a brand new system and I've already reinstalled the game and my drivers about a dozen times each. I'm not going to keep doing that. Not when I have absolutely zero issues running other current titles at Ultra-buttery settings. This is a Warzone-specific issue.
Imgur link to my current graphics settings: View: https://imgur.com/a/t018eWQ
Note: you'll notice the images look weird but that's because I'm using NVIDIA filters to improve the overall image quality of the game. They do hurt my frames by about 10-20 but that's fine. My frames still perma-tank with or without these filters.
I posted this exact thread on the Warzone subreddit with limited feedback; generally just people experiencing the same thing, looking for answers too. I've spent the last few weeks stressing, thinking this is a hardware issue but I just can't figure it out. This performance drop comes and goes. Last night, I needed to reboot every other game until I went AFK for about an hour, closing the game, and when I came back, the performance drops were gone. They'll be back though, as always.
I'm sending up a prayer. Anyone have any ideas?
Before I jump into settings and such, here are my relevant specs:
- i9-10900K @ 3.7GHz (auto OC)
- MSI RTX 3070 (no OC)
- 32 GB DDR4 @ 3600MHz
- 1TB M.2
- ASUS PRIME Z490-P
I've tried running Warzone on a mixture of High/Ultra and Normal/Low. The results are largely the same. Aside from inconsistent frames ranging from 50-200, every few games my frames will randomly tank and won't recover without rebooting the game. When I say tank, I mean they drop to unplayable numbers well below 60, often hovering between 30-40.
I used to think it was an issue with the Cache Sun/Spot Shadows so I disabled them. Issue persists. Read that it can be caused by VideoMemoryScale in adv_options so I set it lower and higher but the issue still persists. NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency? Off, Enabled, and Boosted. Each with the same result. It's not a resource issue either. Both because I have an absurd amount and because I've tried closing everything but the game client with no luck. For lack of a better term, I'm very tech savvy. I've ruled out all of the basic troubleshooting steps. There's no throttling or heat issues. I don't overclock. I've checked voltages and metered the power draw of both the processor and GPU. I've run mem tests using the Windows diagnostic and 86. It's not a hardware issue unless my GPU is faulty which doesn't seem likely because no issues manifest in a wide variety of other titles, including Black Ops and Modern Warfare MP. Ray tracing in Black Ops works fine. Only thing that has stood out is the GPU memory clock and VRAM nearly maxing out but that doesn't seem abnormal. Perhaps there's something I missed though.
It's worth noting that this is a brand new system and I've already reinstalled the game and my drivers about a dozen times each. I'm not going to keep doing that. Not when I have absolutely zero issues running other current titles at Ultra-buttery settings. This is a Warzone-specific issue.
Imgur link to my current graphics settings: View: https://imgur.com/a/t018eWQ
Note: you'll notice the images look weird but that's because I'm using NVIDIA filters to improve the overall image quality of the game. They do hurt my frames by about 10-20 but that's fine. My frames still perma-tank with or without these filters.
I posted this exact thread on the Warzone subreddit with limited feedback; generally just people experiencing the same thing, looking for answers too. I've spent the last few weeks stressing, thinking this is a hardware issue but I just can't figure it out. This performance drop comes and goes. Last night, I needed to reboot every other game until I went AFK for about an hour, closing the game, and when I came back, the performance drops were gone. They'll be back though, as always.
I'm sending up a prayer. Anyone have any ideas?