Posted April 21, 2017
Anybody else experiencing this?
NuffCatnip
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Registered: Apr 2015
From Germany
NuffCatnip
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Registered: Apr 2015
From Germany
Posted April 21, 2017
As expected changing the resolution etc. didn't change anything, neither did compability mode help resolve this issue.
tremere110
Hmmm...
Registered: Mar 2011
From United States
Posted April 22, 2017
Try turning off post processing and see if that helps.
NuffCatnip
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Registered: Apr 2015
From Germany
Kalkuv
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Registered: Feb 2014
From Germany
Posted April 23, 2017
On Steam with High settings the game runs with about 35 FPS.
But the GOG-version on the lowest possible settings runs only on 22 FPS.
But the GOG-version on the lowest possible settings runs only on 22 FPS.
GrossorMD
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Registered: Dec 2012
From Spain
Posted April 25, 2017
Having this same problem, performance is horrid...
superstande
amigaaa
Registered: Jan 2012
From Finland
Posted April 29, 2017
yeah, I've got a decent pc and steam version was running so smoothly (everything as high as they went) I couldn't see any slowdown in frames...
But the cutscenes after switching to GOG version recently... like someone downgraded my graphics chip.
Do you fellows have Nvidia... Windows 10... a laptop... wondering if there is a connection or is it for everyone...?
Yeah, should sent a ticket, I might do that later.
But the cutscenes after switching to GOG version recently... like someone downgraded my graphics chip.
Do you fellows have Nvidia... Windows 10... a laptop... wondering if there is a connection or is it for everyone...?
Yeah, should sent a ticket, I might do that later.
Post edited April 29, 2017 by superstande
NuffCatnip
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Registered: Apr 2015
From Germany
Posted April 30, 2017
But the cutscenes after switching to GOG version recently... like someone downgraded my graphics chip.
Do you fellows have Nvidia... Windows 10... a laptop... wondering if there is a connection or is it for everyone...?
Yeah, should sent a ticket, I might do that later.
I thought Windows 10 is the culprit of the framerate issue, but I gave it a try and installed the Steam version again and for some weird reason it runs smoothly. :/
superstande
amigaaa
Registered: Jan 2012
From Finland
Posted May 14, 2017
Ah. I've found out something, but may not be very helpful - GOG's GOTY edition of SRIV has a few extra graphics options that seem to default to on, post-processing stuff and such...
Puulis
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Registered: Sep 2015
From United States
Posted September 24, 2023
Sorry for necro on a 6 year old thread, but this is one of the top google results for the issue and I found a definitive solution for this. Also the audio desync, and it applies to SR3 as well. At least for nVidia, but may be possible on AMD too.
Setting a framerate cap -- ANY cap, as long as it's not absurdly high -- in nVidia control panel solves all the issues SR3 and SR4 have. Even if you aren't hitting the cap before you hit your vsync target. For example, I run the game vsynced to 60fps, but setting a 150fps cap in NVCP totally resolves the issues even though the game never actually hits that framerate, and runs comfortably at the 60fps vsync target.
I suspect something under the hood on the CPU side of things is spinning to the moon and causing issues, and setting a hard framerate cap on the game prevents whatever it is on the CPU side running too fast for its own good.
Do note that cutscenes are hard capped to 30fps for animation keyframing reasons, but now they'll actually hit that target.
Setting a framerate cap -- ANY cap, as long as it's not absurdly high -- in nVidia control panel solves all the issues SR3 and SR4 have. Even if you aren't hitting the cap before you hit your vsync target. For example, I run the game vsynced to 60fps, but setting a 150fps cap in NVCP totally resolves the issues even though the game never actually hits that framerate, and runs comfortably at the 60fps vsync target.
I suspect something under the hood on the CPU side of things is spinning to the moon and causing issues, and setting a hard framerate cap on the game prevents whatever it is on the CPU side running too fast for its own good.
Do note that cutscenes are hard capped to 30fps for animation keyframing reasons, but now they'll actually hit that target.
Post edited September 24, 2023 by Puulis
TheBobo1181
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Registered: Aug 2018
From Australia
Posted March 24, 2025
Setting a framerate cap -- ANY cap, as long as it's not absurdly high -- in nVidia control panel solves all the issues SR3 and SR4 have. Even if you aren't hitting the cap before you hit your vsync target. For example, I run the game vsynced to 60fps, but setting a 150fps cap in NVCP totally resolves the issues even though the game never actually hits that framerate, and runs comfortably at the 60fps vsync target.
I suspect something under the hood on the CPU side of things is spinning to the moon and causing issues, and setting a hard framerate cap on the game prevents whatever it is on the CPU side running too fast for its own good.
Do note that cutscenes are hard capped to 30fps for animation keyframing reasons, but now they'll actually hit that target.