[SOLVED] Performance issues Doom Eternal

Aug 25, 2024
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Hello I'm new to the forum... I'm having some performance issues with Doom Eternal, it seems very intermittent, when I downloaded the game It was running very bad, like 100 - 40 FPS with a lot of stutters, so I just restarted the PC and the game started running perfectly, like 200+ no stutters, but in the next day the game just returned to being unplayable and I just can't make it run better anymore, I tried to reinstall the game in different drives, clean installed the GPU drivers, updated BIOS in case of some issue, remove programs in background, turned high performance mode on both NVCP and Windows, turned off overlays, messed with v-sync, FPS limits, game configs, deleted cache and a lot other settings but none of those solved my issue. I also checked all my temps and CPU was on 60s and 70s and my GPU at 83 (it's very common to achieve that temperature, I tested in other games and no throttle), I have no OC and the game is running on the SSD, I really don't know what to do anymore, If someone knows any fix pls help me I just want to finish the campaign.

Here are my specs:

System: Windows 10 (64 bit)
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9400F
Memory: Kingston Hyper-X Fury 2x8GB (16GB) Dual Channel
PSU: Corsair CX550
Disk Drives: SSD Kingston 480GB (System and the game), Seagate 7200RPM 1TB HDD.
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
Monitor: LG27GL650FB - G-Sync Compatible

All the hardware was bought new 4 years ago

A video I recorded of the performance in-game:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mLHrUe1IyymYKZIYeN4x7YzGaCtjXu9h/view?usp=sharing

You can notice that right on the menu loading the GPU latency spikes UP, and that only happens when the game is going to run very bad, when the issue goes away it doesn't do that.
 
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PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, used, refurbished)?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

Source for Doom Eternal?
Here are the additional spec I forgot to include:

PSU: Corsair CX550 (I got it new 4 years ago at the same time as all the other hardware, its very conserved)

Disk Drive: SSD Kingston 480GB (Same as the PSU I got 4 years ago and it's 83% health on Crystal Disk, it has 60GB free space, also its the same drive where the system is);
And a Seagate 1TB HDD that I use for other games.

The game was bought on Steam, the standard edition.
 

Ralston18

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The 4 year old PSU is a likely suspect - it may be starting to falter and fail as a result of nearing its' designed in EOL (End of Life).

All the more so if used for heavy gaming.

Look in Reliability History/Monitor for error codes, warnings, or even informational events especially just before or at the times the game becomes unplayable.

Also the SSD Kingston 480 GB may be another problem - only 12% or so of available free space. Generally 20-30% free space should be left available.

Check the error codes, etc.

Try to free up more disk space.

Do you have another available, known working PSU that can be swapped in? (Be sure to use only the cables that come with the swapped in PSU.)

Before doing anything, ensure that all important data is backed up at least 2 x to locations away from the PC in question. Verify that the backups are recoverable and readable.
 
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I don't have other PSU to test unfortunately but I was able to free the necessary space on the SSD and checked the errors, not much of them were relevant, most of them are from some razer service that is force closed when I turn off my pc.

It's really weird because I'm only having this issue with doom eternal
 
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I manage to fix the issue, apparently it was related to steam's overlay, it wasn't turning off and Doom Eternal has a bad history with performance issues related to overlays, so I uninstalled steam, turned off overlay just for Doom Eternal and rebooted the PC and now it appears to be working properly, thanks for help anyway.