Possible fix, stutter free!

**Moon-Pye** · 07-04-2014

First off, Out of nowhere I was having a hell of a time getting Watch_Dogs to run in full screen, (Never had that issue before) but after a while of tweaking stuff, I found out that it was because Samsung Magician was running. (That's another bug for Ubi devs to fix). Anyway, I opened Samsung Magician and put my SSD into RAPID mode, rebooted and it seemed to fix the stutter issue. I mean completely. Not one stutter. I have everything on ultra settings, with the Worse mod (0.8) and Sweet FX enabled. So, maybe something to think about for everyone that this applies to.

I really hope that this will help at least some people. Also, maybe this will make Ubi devs look at this in a different light and perhaps help them too. (I hope so!)

I will try to list everything that I have done/tweaked so others can hopefully benefit as well!

1.) My PC specs are in my signature below.

2.) I have tweaked my XML to look like this

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I don't know why it says AntiAliasingQuality="temporalsmaa" I have it set to FXAA for the Worse mod.

3.) I am using the Worse mod version 0.8 along with Sweet FX

4.) I have overclocked my processor to 4.4Ghz

5.) I have my RAM overclocked to 1800Mhz with XML-profile, or whatever it's called

6.) I have overclocked my GPU's slightly (they are the "FTW" edition, so they already come OC)

7.) I have set my SSD to RAPID mode via Samsung Magician. For some reason this is the most important step, it eliminated my stuttering.

8.) I use Turbo mode through AVG PC Tuneup

I can't think of anymore at the moment, but this video proves that I have eliminated stuttering.
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**ashmiester1973** · 07-04-2014

**** driving and your vid looks a bag of wank its all furry with these mods on colours dont look right to me

**Gaddster** · 07-04-2014

It proves you have stuttering, how can you not see it?

**Master-OC** · 07-04-2014

This just proves what I've always been saying , some people cannot even notice the drops yet they are still there. In This video it looks a stuttering mess and you think it's proof it's fixed. Anyone who tells me they have no stuttering I'm just gonna point them here and laugh . Not taking the piss pal , if you don't notice them then really great for you buddy I wish I wasn't as sensitive but it just proves my theory flat out

**YazX_** · 07-04-2014

i cannot call it stuttering mess, sure it has micro stuttering but its way better than the vanilla version of the game.

the only way i was able to reduce stuttering is by deleting Patch.fat/patch.dat files (Ubisoft Patch files not Mods) and using Nvidia driver 337.88, i tried 340.43 beta driver but performance is very bad, so i rolled back. Maldo stuttering fix is not optimal and has impact on graphics quality, it will render all textures with jaggy edges, so better off without it.

Anyway, i play on these settings with very minimal micro stuttering and graphics look good:

Shadows: High (Huge stuttering and lag on Ultra)
LOD: High (Huge stuttering and lag on Ultra)
DOF: On
Motion Blur: Off (causes massive stuttering)
Shader: High
Water: Ultra
Refelections: Ultra
Textures: High
Resolution: 2560 x 1440
GPU Max Buffered: 1
VSync: off
Refresh Rate:100

**Master-OC** · 07-04-2014

Originally Posted by YAZ_H Go to original post

i cannot call it stuttering mess, sure it has micro stuttering but its way better than the vanilla version of the game.

the only way i was able to reduce stuttering is by deleting Patch.fat/patch.dat files (Ubisoft Patch files not Mods) and using Nvidia driver 337.88, i tried 340.43 beta driver but performance is very bad, so i rolled back. Maldo stuttering fix is not optimal and has impact on graphics quality, it will render all textures with jaggy edges, so better off without it.

Anyway, i play on these settings with very minimal micro stuttering and graphics look good:

Shadows: High (Huge stuttering and lag on Ultra)
LOD: High (Huge stuttering and lag on Ultra)
DOF: On
Motion Blur: Off (causes massive stuttering)
Shader: High
Water: Ultra
Refelections: Ultra
Textures: High
Resolution: 2560 x 1440
GPU Max Buffered: 1
VSync: off
Refresh Rate:100

but you've just proved my point by listing what you've put in their ... its microstuttering even AFTER you've gone through all this and lowered settings beyond what you should have to . put them settings back to ULTRA and run these so called fixes and itll stutter the same as befor ... hense no fix and a stuttering mess. im not trying to be pedantic but just be clear about what I mean

We both have rigs that should demolish this without problems its a shame were defending our third party fixes

**totte115** · 07-04-2014

Your damn step about RAPID almost ****ed my computer, I rebooted it and it made a bootsys error...

There is no option to add RAPID to Samsung Magician...How the hell did you do it?

**YazX_** · 07-04-2014

Originally Posted by Master-OC Go to original post

but you've just proved my point by listing what you've put in their ... its microstuttering even AFTER you've gone through all this and lowered settings beyond what you should have to . put them settings back to ULTRA and run these so called fixes and itll stutter the same as befor ... hense no fix and a stuttering mess. im not trying to be pedantic but just be clear about what I mean

We both have rigs that should demolish this without problems its a shame were defending our third party fixes

when i said stuttering mess, i meant the video posted by OP not the game itself and i thought you are talking about the video not the game as well, LOL.

so as i said its way better than the vanilla's version, so we are both on the same page and agree on everything

Unfortunately, there is no official fix for stuttering, as far as i know, it has been addressed and a patch is in the works, those info came from Forum Managers and patch progress thread. so lets wait and see what happens.

**Moon-Pye** · 07-04-2014

Originally Posted by YAZ_H Go to original post

when i said stuttering mess, i meant the video posted by OP not the game itself and i thought you are talking about the video not the game as well, LOL.

so as i said its way better than the vanilla's version, so we are both on the same page and agree on everything

Unfortunately, there is no official fix for stuttering, as far as i know, it has been addressed and a patch is in the works, those info came from Forum Managers and patch progress thread. so lets wait and see what happens.

Wow, Moderator, just delete this thread. Bunch of miserable people here, this forum is turning toxic.

**Moon-Pye** · 07-04-2014

Originally Posted by totte115 Go to original post

Your damn step about RAPID almost ****ed my computer, I rebooted it and it made a bootsys error...

There is no option to add RAPID to Samsung Magician...How the hell did you do it?

Don't even bother mate, apparently all of my effort is futile.

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