Apex laggy, I think I've tried everything

[Shadehealer]

Hi! My game keeps lagging. I've read some "7 things to do to reduce lag" and so on, and tried as many of them as seemed to make sense.
More detailed: Especially in the first minutes of the game, but also later, my fps jumps wildly, rarely being smooth at 30+ fps, often feeling rather like a slideshow. This means I can't loot or aim properly.

Things I've tried:
* Lowest settings
* Latest game-ready geforce drivers
* Apex is highest priority app
* Changed some more ambiguous settings because some guides told me to.

I have:
* i5-4460 CPU
* 8 GB RAM
* Geforce GTX 970 GPU

* I use HDD to play Apex, but SSD to run OS.

Please help.

[Sick1Click · Accepted solution]

Hi @Shadehealer,

what is your screen resolution? There are a few things more you can do, look at my manual -> https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/FPS-Constant-Stuttering/m-p/9434072/highlight/true#M82535 

If you don't have a GSYNC monitor, follow the link on top of the guide.

Greetings

[Sick1Click · Accepted solution]

Hi @Shadehealer,

what is your screen resolution? There are a few things more you can do, look at my manual -> https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/FPS-Constant-Stuttering/m-p/9434072/highlight/true#M82535 

If you don't have a GSYNC monitor, follow the link on top of the guide.

Greetings

[AXiONMAMBAAA]

Explain why Studio driver is better than game driver ? All of this stuff with gsync and vsync ads some input lag even its not big you can still feel it. Even RTSS ads input lag.

[Shadehealer]

@Sick1Click The game still stutters, but just a little bit. Step 3 helped me the most. Thank you a lot! Now the game is a lot more playable than before.