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Title: Random FPS drops in Dying Light
PopeRigby 2 Dec 2019
Every once in a while, I'll get some FPS drops in Dying light. They go away a few seconds after it starts happening and the trigger seems to be arbitrary.
PopeRigby 12 Dec 2019
Quoting: GuestOut of VRAM?
That seems pretty unlikely. I have 6GB of it.
PopeRigby 12 Dec 2019
Quoting: GuestBackground processes or overheating, maybe...
You've to tell us a bit more.
What more information do you think would be useful?
PopeRigby 13 Dec 2019
Quoting: GuestSystem specs,Desktop environment,what runs in background...
Anyway,try even with dxvk or steam play; it is said to perform better.
System specs:
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Desktop environment: KDE Plasma

Things running in the background:
  • Firefox

  • KDE Connect

  • Discord


Those are the main things.
PopeRigby 13 Dec 2019
Quoting: GuestI'm running archlinux+plasma as well and I did not observed any slowdown, running on an i5+gtx1050ti, but i use the windows version via Proton; it even runs with less lag than the Linux build for me.
You may want to give it a try.
I tried doing that before. Same issue unfortunately.
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