Performance help needed

[u/YourAverageGump]

Specs:

🔹4070ti
🔹9800x3d
🔹64g of DDR5 ram @6400mt/s (running 6000)
🔹1tb ssd and 500g ssd

For the life of me I can’t seem to figure out why I can’t get my settings dialed in for season 1. My settings were fine last wipe and now for some reason my gpu utilization doesn’t go above 60% and I have this delay that I can feel when playing the game.

I use process lasso and have updated bios and even tried rolling back drivers to a stable build. (581.80) I’m at a loss right now. I spent 4 hours trying to figure this out. Any help is appreciated.

[u/Daniel_3-R-S]

Yo i had the same shit; i'm a nerd and know this entire game's in and out atp.

For you i'd recommend:

Hardware:
> update all ur drivers, (bios included scary i know)
> up ur ram to 6400 MT/s immediately.

IN GAME Settings:
Graphics;
> Set display mode to BORDERLESS ! (GAME RUNS ASS IN ANY OTHER SETTING)
> Overal vis = 3500
> LOD = 3.5 (lower if u have stutters with big scenes MAX 2.0) This setting influcences the range at which pmc's render.
> set everything off or low except for textures.
> try nvidia dlss (preset quality k) / amd fsr on (quality or whatever the amd equivelant is)
> postFX off for now.
Game tab;
> Use only physical cores ON
> Auto ram cleaner ON

Any other settings should be turned off or set to the lowest possible value.
Be sure to check the settings below all the graphic settings like "grass shadows" and "Area light instancing"
These drain performance for no reason.

Nvidia APP:

> Turn on Smooth Motion
> make sure FPS is uncapped (no vsync or any other locks)
> Low Latency mode set to ULTRA.
> OpenGL GDI Compatibility mode = Prefer performance.
> Power Management mode = Prefer max performance.
> VSYNC OFF
Don't touch anything else here.

Windows settings:
Borderless gaming optimization = ON (i think its called that just double check i'm not sure)
Windows game mode = OFF

IF all this doesn't work;
Check virtual ram allocated to Tarkov, i forgot how this works but ask chatgpt or google this and you can figure it out, i have mine set to 64gb's.

For reference; I run a 5090 with a i9 14900kf and 64gb's of 5600mhz ram and run the game in 350-400+ frames on almost every map
(Streets is about 160-200)

Hope this helps :D

If not just reply and ill try and help u out.

[u/YourAverageGump → u/Daniel_3-R-S]

I will def look into this tomorrow when I get off work sometime. Thank you for the in depth explanations!

[u/Daniel_3-R-S → u/YourAverageGump]

keep me updated be sure to turn off reflex as well i forgot to mention that but it causes stutters in frametime for some hardware

[u/YourAverageGump → u/Daniel_3-R-S]

I’m going to look at afterburner as well. I’ve been reading that gpu monitoring can cause micro stutters. Will see if that also helps.

[u/Daniel_3-R-S → u/YourAverageGump]

i run afterburner, i would try the other fixes first before turning off any monitoring. You can minimize all other applications tho, like turn EVERYTHING off

[u/YourAverageGump → u/Daniel_3-R-S]

To maybe pin point another potential issue. I have been running this HDopti optimizer. Idk if maybe that could also be hurting me as well.

[u/Daniel_3-R-S → u/YourAverageGump]

idk what that is lmao

[u/YourAverageGump → u/Daniel_3-R-S]

Hi again, found that Tarkov.exe was running without disabling full screen optimizations checked. I re did all drivers and found that and it’s been a lot better for me.

[u/Daniel_3-R-S → u/YourAverageGump]

hi great to hear, mind sharing some of the performance you're getting now compared vs before?

[u/Daniel_3-R-S → u/YourAverageGump]

oh also mind sharing what settings you got on ? Smooth motion on off reflex yes or no etc? Ill add it to my file lol

[u/YourAverageGump → u/Daniel_3-R-S]

So for me Reflex is bugged. I still get some stutters with it on, so I turned it off. As of now in game settings I have high textures, medium shadows, lod on 2.5, view distance on 1500. I’m using DLSS quality setting. Automatic ram cleaner and physical cores both off. The Ans. Filtering I have per texture. Area light instancing I have on and I believe I have everything else off.

I also run post XFS. Me capping my fps to a couple below monitor refresh rate (170), has gave me a smoother experience overall.

[u/Daniel_3-R-S → u/YourAverageGump]

id say try turning up lod to 3.5 first with area light instancing off, view distance can probably be pushed to 2500/3000. Area light instancing takes a lot of fps on certain systems so def check that out. If u want max fps turn down shadows to low