[PC] Apex Legends Stuttering/Hitching - FPS Drop/Frametime Spike

[warmtofu]

• I7-7700
• GTX 1070ti
• 16gb Ram
• Samsung 850 Evo SSD

This game is phenomenal, which is why I am so pissed I can't play it. I honestly wouldn't care if it crashed every other game if it just ran smoothly.

https://streamable.com/zm018

When using MSI Afterburner it shows I am getting FPS Drops and Frametime spikes when these hitches/stutter occur. They can happen several times a game or a ton of them all at once.

Here is what I have done to try to fix this:

• Launch option to cap framerate - +fps_max 60
• Launch option for monitor hz - -freq 60
• Launch option for priority - -high
• Used display driver uninstaller
• Geforce drivers - 418.91, 418.81, 417.71, 417.35, 416.94
• Reinstalled Windows: 1609, 1809
• Installed all manufacturer drivers
• Installed the game to NVME SSD
• Installed Windows to only 1 drive
• Installed Windows and game to only 1 drive
• High Performance power mode in Windows options + nvidia control panel
• Literally every other fix on the discord, forums and reddit.

I am at a legit loss, what the world is going on here. Note this also happens when not using any monitoring programs.

Edit: I spoke with EA support chat, that the response I got from them was actually ridiculous. This is what they provided me as a fix to game stutters. None of the links provided work, they 404. None of the fixes worked/I have already done them all. 

https://imgur.com/a/KV9l927

https://imgur.com/a/G7DgRz3

[BeerfootNomad]

Hey man I have had the same problem and the only way I have got the game to run smoothly is to revert to Nvidia patch 417.71 and use Triple Buffering in the vsync options. I know you have rolled back your patches but have you tried it with triple buffering on in game? 

So frustrating man. I want to play on current patch with a higher FPS (my rig can definitely handle it) but at least by doing this my game was stable. 

All the best. I completely understand your frustration. 

[MegaCosmic]

Exactly my issue.

Tried older drivers past 416.

The only thing that remedies the stuttering is disabling full screen optimisations in the exe file. This adds considerable input latency though and is FAR from ideal.

This is a must fix, unplayable for me

i7 4790

GTX 1070

16gb ram

Smasung evo 860

[MegaCosmic]

I have seen loads of people talking about this but it isn't getting enough attention. This stuttering EXACTLY the same for me. I hate it.

Have tried fresh windows install, SSD its all the same.

[MegaCosmic]

Why would you want to play with V-sync on, input lag is the worst in competitive shooters. 

[BeerfootNomad]

I just saw an old titanfall 2 thread about this issue saying the game had a problem with 1000hz polling rates on mice. Try turn this down to 500hz and tell me how you get on. I am not at home so can't try myself. 

[brownieland]

i have noticed that this game suffers from graphical stuttering for everyone, radeon cards included.

im suffering from the same stutering/hitching you name it in the game and while the game feels *smooth* sometimes the stuttering gets annoying.

[DadPhilly]

I have exact same specs as you.

Play on low at 100fps but get frametime spikes up to 100ms and frame drops down to the high 70's.

I also get frame spikes every minute, to the exact second.  Something is happenning once per minute and im tryin to pin it down.

I just feel I should be gettimg 100fps locked without issues.

[h000gy]

1. Setting vsync to adaptive fixed it for me

[ASTABAX]

Check your cpu usage, if it constantly hitting 100% thats probably the reason.