Watch dogs stutter after 15 minutes of gameplay

roselegend

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May 11, 2015
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Hey, I installed WD couple of days ago, it runs fine ranging 35-60fps on high preset 720p,
but after 15-20 mins of gameplay the games starts to stutter like HELL
it becomes almost unplayable, max cpu temp while playing is 64, i tried turning down the settings but it doesnt help, locking the framerate to 30 doesnt help either, does anyone have any suggestions why is this happening and how can I solve it.
Specs
WIN 10pro 64bit
Gigabyte 7790 1gb OC
6GB ddr3
I5 2500 3.3ghz

Thanks in advance
 
Solution
I think your VRAM is being used up perhaps. Another possibility is that some background process starts using your CPU. Just to eliminate that possibility, take a look at task manager when the stuttering starts and see which process are using the most CPU.

Other than that, Watch Dogs is pretty poor port so lower your settings further and see if the stuttering still occurs. Lowering ambient occlusion and shadows might help.

Potato13

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I think your VRAM is being used up perhaps. Another possibility is that some background process starts using your CPU. Just to eliminate that possibility, take a look at task manager when the stuttering starts and see which process are using the most CPU.

Other than that, Watch Dogs is pretty poor port so lower your settings further and see if the stuttering still occurs. Lowering ambient occlusion and shadows might help.
 
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Burga

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Hate to break it to you, but the PC port for Watch Dogs is really, really bad. That might be the reason why your game acts like it has been hit by a virtual pickup truck.