Hi all. First off i use a -
Radeon R9 280x
i5 4xxx (something
) Haswell 3.5Ghz watercooled.
8GB DDR3
Biggest Hamster i could find to drive it all
42" LG Full HD TV @ 1920x1080
Ultra setting, no HDR, D.O.F or AA and 200% scaling.
This only applied to my system that has an AMD graphics card, i have no idea if an Nvidia card has a similar option in their drivers.
Dispite really enjoying the V2.0 map, i too have suffered micro and macro stuttering. I've tried everything from in-game settings, external gfx card settings, different drivers, different version of windows, even overclocked the CPU to 4.5Ghz as well as 3rd party utilities reporting to cure all stuttering. But i stumbled on something that took me by complete suprise (and i admit to still not fully understanding it, any help would be appreciated
). In a fit of frustration i tried the 'Frame Rate Target Control' in the Catalyst -now called Crimson- control panel). From what i understand it's purpose is to only limit framerates from 55 to whatever upper limit it goes to (no i haven't checked what it is), thus saving power and heat from the graphics card. Anyway, i always use V/Sync and framerates with Promods V2.0 ranged from 60 f.p.s dropping to 34 (ish) f.p.s in towns/cities. I've always had stutter at 60 f.p.s and the stutter changing into micro stuttering as the framerates dropped lower.
So with a bit of testing (because i really didn't know what i was doing), i set the target frame rate to 40 f.p.s. What i got was micro stuttering all the time whether in cities or the open road. So i set the target frame rate to 60 and tested again. What i have got now is no macro or micro stuttering, a steady 59-60 f.p.s wherever i am -cities, open road etc.- I have had a couple of large frame rate drops (only lasts a few seconds), and only in a few places. As the map is still being worked on, i'm assuming some degree of optimisation is in progress for the heavy areas.
As i said, i have no idea why the 'Frame Rate Target Control' should boost the lower frame rates, when to my understanding, it should only limit the upper range of framerates. I originally thought perhaps the V/Sync in-game and/or graphics card was not functioning properly, and setting this target frame rate sort of low-level locked it. For whatever reason i have no micro or macro stuttering at all (fingers and toes crossed as you do)
Something i may ask whilst i'm here is despite having ultra graphics settings on, the Sat-Nav display is always in a much lower resolution. The edges of the Sat-Nav road is very jagged. Changing graphics settings does not make any difference.
I hope the above may help someone.
Regards