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A Strategy Game Used To Be Smooth. Then I Updated ATI Graphics Driver

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Accepted solution by Tariq Lopez — check Power Options : a Windows update or driver installer can switch to Balanced or a battery saver profile. on laptops, also check teh…
  1. Luca C.
    @lucac893

    ok weird one i play a strategy game every evening on my gaming laptop and know exactly how it should feel. After installing ASUS ATI Graphics Driver 8.561.0.0, it's noticeably choppier, frame times are all over the place, and tonight it even crashed once:

    Fatal error

    Fatal error
The game has crashed and will now close.

DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED
The GPU device instance has been suspended.

    I havent changed any in-game settings. Temps look normal. Is it possible a driver update makes things this much worse, or am I imagining it?

    facepalm

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  2. Tariq Lopez
    @tariq_ember

    hmmmm quick q did any control panel settings reset after the updtae?

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  4. Tariq Lopez
    @tariq_ember
    in reply to @lucac893

    ok so to measure properly, use a repeatable in-game benchmark or the same route, log frame times with a tool like PresentMon or CapFrameX, and compare average and 1% lows on both drivers. One run each isnt enough. good luck man!

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  5. Tariq Lopez
    @tariq_ember

    After a driver update, games often rebuild their shader cache, which causes stutter for teh first sessions. Give it a couple of runs, or clear the driver shader cache manually in the control panel / %LocalAppData% cache folder and let it rebuild once.

    thumbsup

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  6. Tariq Lopez
    @tariq_ember
    Accepted solution

    check Power Options: a Windows update or driver installer can switch to Balanced or a battery saver profile. on laptops, also check teh manufacturers performance mode app.

    it works on my machine™

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  7. Rowan Dalton
    @earlygarage-134

    ehh frame time tools are great but honestly if it feels worse and the old driver feels better, rolilng back is a valid fix too.

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  8. Luca C.
    @lucac893
    in reply to @tariq_ember

    @tariq_ember WOWWW power plan back to High performance and two sessions to rebuild shaders. Stutter is gone on ATI Graphics Driver 8.561.0.0.

    DNS. its always DNS

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