Stuttering, gtx690, unplayable | Forums

**hitmanobietrice** · 05-28-2014

i have same problem here from denmark.
Driving is imposible all my settings are set to low. and not even in low the game can be played smoothly :S

i have Core2 duo intel 3,0 Ghz
Nvidia Geforce 560 Ti
and 6 Gig ram.

My frames er about 46 , when standign still when moving / driving they drop to 17, witch is unplayable

Dxdiag
http://pastebin.com/ZnpwWRq4

**The_reckonist** · 05-28-2014

Any chance of an acknowledgement that that 2 guys in Ubisofts PC tech support shed have looked at this? As, right now I dont have a working product.

Thanks

**obliter8d** · 05-28-2014

Have they though???

**Enomaa** · 05-28-2014

Okay, i solved my problem of insane performance issues and FPS drop by running the game in offline mode. Just played the game for hours without any problems. I suggest you try this just incase, quick fix for me anyway.

**StaresAtTrees** · 05-28-2014

Country + Format:
United States + PC/Steam

Usernames & Gamertags:
StaresAtTrees

Frequency:
When Driving and it also happens more when when there is a lot of headlights from cars at night time.

Since when does it happen:
Since launch day.

Describe what is the issue encountered:
The game Stutters/freezes when driving and loading up headlights on cars. It happens every 3-4 seconds while driving, less when running around on foot.

Define the Flow of the error:
Just happens all the time.

Anything else you think is useful:
Specs:
Windows 7 Home Premium
Intel i5 3570k @4.5Ghz
Nvidia Geforce GTX 770 2GB
8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz DDR3 RAM
Installed on HDD

DXDIAG

Spoiler: Show

The issue happens on all graphical settings, though turning down texture quality helps a little but not much.

**Seaclean** · 05-28-2014

Check this out:

This is what I'm dealing with, occasionally. Un-freaking-playable.

No matter the settings I choose. At other times, the game runs just fine on my PC.

Check this out: Same settings, same PC, a few moments later:

Everything works fine.

**TrueDevastation** · 05-28-2014

Unfortanatly i am having the same issues with FPS dropping and terrible stuttering, I seem to have made it better by using 1 GPU as the graphics running everything on ultra at 35-40fps, and the other as a dedicated PHYSX card, but whats the point to having SLI if you cant even use it.

, i have also tried the SLI Bit fix using assassin's creed 3 or the far cry 3 configurations, and seemed to have helped some but not enough to truly make this playable in SLI, I wish they fix this soon, i love this game and would like to play this how it is suppose to be played everything MAXED out,

Country + Format:
United States + PC (Uplay)

Frequency:
Every 3-5 seconds on any setting, even on low with no AA still stutters frequently.

Since when does it happen:
Since installing the game and first playing it.

Describe what is the issue encountered:
FPS stutters mostly while driving from one intersection to the next. even Worse while trying to drive fast, can't even really drive have to fast travel everywhere.

Define the Flow of the error:
Occurs while driving around, while running, even while moving the mouse around quickly between scenery it will stutter down to 15FPS, which is unplayable

Anything else you think is useful:
My specs
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Intel i7-860 overclocked to 3.8ghz
SLI (2) Gigabyte Windforce gtx 670 overclocked (yes these are stable overclocks)
16GB Corsair Vengeance timing 9/9/9/24
Running Current NVIDIA Drivers, even rolled back (made even worse)

**money_shot905** · 05-28-2014

the widely shared experience most of you are having seems to be a system interrupt, causing a massive cpu spike and stuttering the game intermitantly. I believe It might be caused by a windows process called Perfmon, short for performance monitoring. check your task manager processes and see if perfmon is near the top of cpu useage list after playing with stuttering for a little while.

You could try to disable the service:
Press <WINDOWS_KEY>+<R> to open the Run box
type "services.msc", without quotes, and press <ENTER>. You will nedd to respond to a UAC prompt.
Right-click on "Performance Logs & Alerts", then select properties
Change the "Startup Type" to "Disabled"
Click "OK"

worth a shot. I have been having system lockups when streaming flash videos and intensely investigating the cause, could be interfering with Watch Dogs in a similar way, depending on hardware configurations.

**metalfenix_666** · 05-28-2014

Originally Posted by Seaclean Go to original post

Check this out:

This is what I'm dealing with, occasionally. Un-freaking-playable.

No matter the settings I choose. At other times, the game runs just fine on my PC.

Check this out: Same settings, same PC, a few moments later:

Everything works fine.

Yeah, That's what I'm dealing too, I even have stuttering when walking. It's annoying, and my setting were down to low (every setting).

**IGF-Honorguy** · 05-28-2014

As this game is unplayable for me too here we go.

Country + Format:
The Netherlands, PC Disc Uplay

Usernames & Gamertags:
RiostarterNL

Frequency:
All the time it doesn't even stop. Stuttering is crazy and I also have random crashes to desktop every now and then. This is also in a different thread. I am getting the issue when hacking a sign.

Since when does it happen:
Since the game was installed and booted for the first time.

Describe what is the issue encountered:
FPS dropping/Heavy Stutter

Define the Flow of the error:
No errors just amazing stuttering no matter what I do. I can change the setting all I want and tweak SLI profile or even disable SLI but it remains horrible to play the game. Playing on Normal textures and Normal Graphics is slightly stable but not good yet.

Anything else you think is useful:
PC Specs:
Intel I7 4770k @4,4 Ghz
Asus Maximus VI Hero
16GB 1600Mhz Kingston RAM
EVGA GTX 780 SuperClocked in SLI (Driver 337.88 latest, btw Ubi when looking to the previous update we found that this update isn't different at all)
Game is installed on a Samsung 840 SSD 250GB

I have tried this with almost every setting that is possible. My system should run Ultra Textures on Ultra setting like a charm but it wont. The game is continuesly attempting to get more than 3GB VRAM even when on Normal Textures where it should be even below 2GB VRAM usage. FPS is between 30 and 120 ingame bouncing all over the place causing heavy stutter. When playing on normal textures with normal setting and Vsync on I can get some stability.

SLI: Setting the GPU Rendering to 1 card only is causing less stutter, also I used Nvidia Inspector to set the Far Cry 3 SLI profile in Watch Dogs what brought more stability. Same goes for Assassin's Creed 3 profile but then it just looks bad. Combining those 2 engines seems to be the most wrong thing to do as the game is close to unplayable now.

On the Uplay part: Uplay is broken now since I have Watch Dogs, I have to reinstall the whole service now.

DXDiag wont help as I am unable to even boot Uplay to get the game going now. I need to fix that first now...

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Same problem just bought it

My Fix

SLI = terrible stuttering and FPS drop

Perfmon