lol. has anyone found ways to optimize starfield for their pc, like reducing stuttering, FPS drops, etc?

  • @FluorideMind
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    181 year ago

    Ran horribly until I put it on my SSD. Runs flawlessly now.

    • @[email protected]
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      581 year ago

      if you’re running new games off a hard drive in 2023, todd is absolutely right and you should just spend the 50 bucks on an ssd

      • AlphaOmega
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        181 year ago

        SSDs have been the standard for like a decade

        • @[email protected]
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          01 year ago

          yeah, and the only reason hard drives have been viable for games for so long is that consoles had slow storage so cross-platform games needed to be able to work with it. pc gamers will literally complain about consoles holding games back and then complain about games running poorly on their 10 year old hard drive when consoles aren’t holding games back anymore.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      On Xbox, Starfield won’t even install on a standard HDD. Honestly, this should have been a requirement on PC as well

    • TheCrispyDud
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      41 year ago

      Same, it’s pretty much unplayable on an HDD, buttery smooth on my SSD though. I feel like it needs to be a rather loud PSA/notice on store pages about it.

      • qwesx
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        151 year ago

        On Steam the system requirements are very clear about this: “SSD Required”.

    • kindenough
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      I run Starfield on a 7700x with 6750XT, 32 gb, Samsung ssd and a freesync oled and it is not flawless at all. It’s alright but framerates are all over the place. In gunfights with many enemies fps drops and input lag occurs making it hard to aim for instance. In denser enviroments it is starting to drop frames a la fallout 4, and in 2023 that is still a big problem even on recent systems.

      My friend runs it on a 7900xtx and although he has an awesome rig, Starfield is all over the place with fps. No steady frame rates. He can run it ‘flaweless’ though, but it requires more than just an SSD, but a very expensive rig as well.