Help with Performance Issues
Specs:
CPU: i5-13400
GPU: RTX 5060 (8GB)
RAM: 16GB
Windows 10
1080p, 60 Hz monitor
I just bought the game and am having stuttering issues. These manifest shortly after launch and do tend to get better as I play, but still flare up occasionally as I play.
I investigated the issue a little on my own and have some theories as to what may be going on. I have three drives on my computer - an SSD where Windows and Steam are installed, an SSD that Avowed is installed on, and an unrelated HDD. When Avowed loads, Task Manager shows my HDD is 100% active for some bizarre reason. Stuttering is pretty much 100% correlated with spikes in the HDD being active. I thought this may be because my computer was running out of RAM and writing to the pagefile on the HDD, but after configuring my settings so the HDD had no pagefile allowed (and the SSD with Avowed did), Avowed is still is using the HDD for some reason. I do still suspect it might be a RAM issue, as Task Manager shows 15.1-15.5 GB used out of the available 15.8 GB during launch, but I'm not sure.
I'm also experiencing an issue where when closing the game, the game doesn't actually fully close and continues running in the background until hit the "Stop Game" button on Steam. This is apparently a common issue based on a google search, but have the devs seriously not fixed this issue since launch?
Also, I tried using this performance "mod" (editing the Engine.ini file) but it had no effect.
Any help would be appreciated, including ways to try and reduce the RAM usage so I can see if that's the problem. The game supposedly should be able to run on 16 GB of RAM (and I'm not running any other programs while I play) so if it is a RAM issue that's pretty frustrating. I'm not interested in buying more RAM right now with prices as crazy as they are.