PSA: Don't bother with Devil May Cry 5 on PC if you suffered stuttering/freezing in Resident Evil 2 Remake

[jett]

Just about the same kinda crap that affects a random lineup of PC configurations, no matter what your specs are, what CPU, GPU, RAM, HD, SSD or OS you got. Seems like it's random luck at this point when it comes to the RE engine on PC. It doesn't matter settings you have, what changes you make to your PC, there's no fix for those that suffer from these issues.

Note: this doesn't affect everyone, but there's no way to know if it will affect you.

What's really terrible is that the game does not synchronize audio and video during cut-scenes, so when it stutters, it desyncs, and if it stutters (it's more like the game freezes for a fraction of a second) a lot, the audio can end up being ahead by several seconds, totally ruining whatever cut-scene is playing.

A few posts on the DMCV performance thread on this forum to confirm it ain't just me.

My video will stutter during cutscenes, and then the audio will be desynced for the rest of the cutscene :(

Anyone else getting this? Are my graphics settings too high?

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Im getting stutter like I did when I played Re2, the fps doesn't drop, the game just gets choppy. I tried the dx11 thing.

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4690k @ 4.5, RTX 2060 with newest drivers and everything is on high @ 1080p and I'm "usually" sitting at 100+ fps. However, just like RE2 remake it STILL has the stuttering issue. The game is on an NVME drive and anytime the game has to load a new area just like RE2 remake the game chugs to 30 fps and the entire game itself slows down. My CPU usage and GPU usage drops to sub 60% until it finishes loading the area. All of my SSDs including the one its on is running perfectly fine and getting proper speeds.

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Lots of people reporting and I've experienced it myself cutscene stuttering which causes cutscenes to go out of sync really breaks the experience sometimes.

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Capcom never fixed RE2, so there's no guarantee that they will fix DMC5. You've been warned.

 

[Lunatic]

Only thing I can suggest is to try the denuvo-less EXE floating around. Could very well be the cause of the shit performance going on for some people but i couldn't guarantee it.

 

[Talus]

Just reporting in that the game has been phenomenal so far. No stutters or syncing issues here. Sucks for those affected :/

 

[raketenrolf]

Isn't this only a problem on PCs with an i5 or lower?

I got this problem with RE2 and I am not buying any RE engine games on PC anymore.

 

[Deleted member 8593]

I didn't have any issues with RE2 even on my ancient rig so I'm curious how DMCV does.

 

[jett]

Isn't this only a problem on PCs with an i5 or lower?

I got this problem with RE2 and I am not buying any RE engine games on PC anymore.

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Nope.

Intel Core i7-9700k

Exaccccccccccccccct same shit with RE2 is what happens here man. Very disappointing...very.

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I have a 4670K myself.

 

[daninthemix]

So if I was fine with RE7, I should be fine with these 2 games?

 

[pswii60]

It's bizarre how random this is. Certainly intriguing to understand what exactly is causing it in certain configurations.

Sucks for those affected, Capcom should be all over this.

 

[Dreamboum]

I had audio desync in cutscenes in RE2 aswell as constant stutter even if I put in extra low settings

I know my 970 is aging, but not that extent

 

[Solaris]

No 21:9 ultra wide support either :(

RE2 had it though..

 

[Kuro]

I have an i5 4690k and no stutter. I think there's something more than hardware that is the cause for some people. Something running in the background perhaps?

 

[Okabe]

 

[fertygo]

I mean you can refund through Steam. So there is no "dont even try" scenario here.

 

[Duffking]

Hmm, I had very minor stutter issues in RE2 a little bit but none in this so far.

 

[Zombie]

No 21:9 ultra wide support either :(

RE2 had it though..

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People were able to mod it in for RE7 which used the same engine so it should only be a matter of time before someone finds a workaround for DMC as well.

 

[Acquila]

I'm suspecting this is software related.

 

[Zeel]

I have an i5 4690k and no stutter. I think there's something more than hardware that is the cause for some people. Something running in the background perhaps?

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Something like Denuvo perhaps?

 

[jett]

I mean you can refund through Steam.

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Not if you got a key from another store.

Or if you spent a few hundred quid on an AMD card to take advantage of the promotion they were running.

 

[Kewlmyc]

I mean you can refund through Steam. So there is no "dont even try" scenario here.

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Not if you bought a key from a 3rd party site like Green Man Gaming.

 

[Okabe]

Only thing I can suggest is to try the denuvo-less EXE floating around. Could very well be the cause of the shit performance going on for some people but i couldn't guarantee it.

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Something like Denuvo perhaps?

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So im seeing people get about 30 fps increase from it but in regards to stuttering and sync issues etc I'll give it a shot tomorrow since it was released from Capcom themselves apparently.

Or maybe ill wake up to some miracle patch...

 

[Deleted member 12447]

Do do have the random nature of it that's being perceived I would almost say it's probably an anti-virus issue. everyone with their antivirus software let people know which one that you have installed.

If it's not antivirus there's got to be some sort of common app for something among you

 

[Holygriever]

Goddamit, I have this issue on RE2. Never caused audio desyncs though, and borderless windowed alleviated it some. Still hopeful.

 

[VFX_Veteran]

Just reporting in that the game has been phenomenal so far. No stutters or syncing issues here. Sucks for those affected :/

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Yea, sorry for those having these issues. RE2 and this game are rock solid 60FPS 98% of the time. I do get some stuttering with occasional scenes and a number of lights casting shadows but never in cutscenes.

 

[Knight in Shining Armani]

For the ones affected in both games, did it also happen in the one shot RE2 demo? A free way to check it would be nice.

 

[fertygo]

Not if you bought a key from a 3rd party site like Green Man Gaming.

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That goes without saying. But there is way to try without risking yout money.

 

[Okabe]

For the ones affected in both games, did it also happen in the one shot RE2 demo? A free way to check it would be nice.

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It did but makes sense considering the RE2 demo build was the same as the RE2 release build. Iirc they took the one shot demo off steam btw.

 

[cowbanana]

I had microstuttering in RE2 on PC running in borderless windowed mode. Running in exclusive full screen mode completely eliminated the stutters.

 

[vestan]

People were able to mod it in for RE7 which used the same engine so it should only be a matter of time before someone finds a workaround for DMC as well.

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There's a basic Ver- solution going around using a hex editor but it's honestly just godawful. It was so bad that I decided to just play on my 16:9 monitor.

 

[danmaku]

That's a bummer, considering MT Framework ran like a dream on PC. Still downloading the game, hopefully my PC isn't affected.

 

[jett]

Do do have the random nature of it that's being perceived I would almost say it's probably an anti-virus issue. everyone with their antivirus software let people know which one that you have installed.

If it's not antivirus there's got to be some sort of common app for something among you

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I have nod32. I tried disabling it when this happened with RE2 but didn't make a difference.

I really don't have anything of note running in the background. It's a mystery to me.

I had microstuttering in RE2 on PC running in borderless windowed mode. Running in exclusive full screen mode completely eliminated the stutters.

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It's not really your garden variety microstuttering/frame pacing issue. It's more like a slight freezing, but it can happen multiple times, one freeze after another, and bam, audio/video is desyncd during a cut-scene.

 

[lawliet013]

To the people having cutscene issues, have you tried this solution from PCGamingWiki? This is from RE2's page.

 

[KainXVIII]

I had heavy stutters in RE2:R demo, too bad =(
RE7 was fine though (on medium texture settings)

 

[ProstatePuncher]

Has someone considered putting together a spreadsheet of configurations and passing it onto Capcom in some way? Would make sense to do this if its happening so widespread to have a thread made about it.

 

[Digital Savior]

Game runs well for me. No stuttering. But I did notice the lip syncing seems off. It's not the worst I've seen. But still annoying.

 

[cowbanana]

I have nod32. I tried disabling it when this happened with RE2 but didn't make a difference.


It's not really your garden variety microstuttering/frame pacing issue. It's more like a slight freezing, but it can happen multiple times, one freeze after another, and bam, audio/video is desyncd during a cut-scene.

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That sucks. Hopefully I don't get that in DMC5 as I had no such issue in RE2. I'll know later today when I get home.

 

[The Pharmercy]

never noticed it in RE2 but had weird hitching once ina while on DMC5 and then in the Nero/Goliath cutscene I noticed the dialogue was out of sync. By like half a second, maybe a little less but still extremely noticeable.

Performance in general is pretty insane though.

 

[Arsene no Kiseki]

I stuttered and dropped constantly in RE2. DX12 was unplayable. Even on DX11 particle effects would tank my framerate. 1 shot from the electric charger and my fps would tank to 30.

DMCV runs like butter on DX12 for me however. Solid 60 on near max settings. Having an amazing time with it.

 

[JahIthBer]

Cutscenes are probably due to Windows, Microsoft have really screwed up video playback in recent updates, one of which made FF-Type 0 unplayable.
The performance in the actual game though, im going to guess might be Denuvo or simply an issue with RE engine, or a mix of both? either way Capcom should get on this ASAP.

 

[JahIthBer]

I stuttered and dropped constantly in RE2. DX12 was unplayable. Even on DX11 particle effects would tank my framerate. 1 shot from the electric charger and my fps would tank to 30.

DMCV runs like butter on DX12 for me however. Solid 60 on near max settings. Having an amazing time with it.

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Spark Shot causing a big FPS drop was just a bug & not really an engine issue or something.

 

[Deleted member 12447]

I have nod32. I tried disabling it when this happened with RE2 but didn't make a difference.

I really don't have anything of note running in the background. It's a mystery to me.


It's not really your garden variety microstuttering/frame pacing issue. It's more like a slight freezing, but it can happen multiple times, one freeze after another, and bam, audio/video is desyncd during a cut-scene.

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Today I installed it while reading this thread and got Micro Stutter on it. I fixed it on my end though. Here are the programs I disabled.

Battle Net
Epic Launcher
Origin Launcher
UPlay Launcher
Avast (10 minutes)
AdiIRC

I don't know which of these programs caused my micro stutter, but closing them led me to a free from stutter experience

 

[Carlius]

No issues for me besides a lil stuttering. If i am going to say dont buy, its going to be because of no ultrawide support which is total bs

 

[Wise]

Happened to me with RE2. Had to buy it again on PS4. I told myself I wouldn't be buying a Capcom game on PC again

 

[Ada]

I had the loading stutter on RE2 but that was running on my SSD. I have DMC5 running on a normal HDD and no loading stutter. Maybe that could be the cause.

 

[sinny]

I had that problem with RE2, it was unplayable, 0 problems so far in DMC V.

 

[Deleted member 3010]

Man, this sounds like a very irritating issue.

Surely there's a way to get rid of that ffs. A check somewhere, or removing Denuvo.

 

[Issen]

Been suffering stupid issues like these in so many recent PC ports. No, it's not my fucking PC. I have two different gaming laptop models, same shit in the same games.

I'm so glad I dodged the bullet for this one. Just bought it on PS4 instead. I don't know why so many games struggle with random stutters these days. FFXV is a nightmare.

 

[Kyle Cross]

There is definitely some sort of bug in RE Engine on PC that needs looking at. I had RE2 running perfectly one day, only for it to be stuttering the next even tho absolutely nothing changed on my computer (i7-7700 RTX 2080 ti) or the game. Strangely enough, I was able to fix it by changing the framerate limit and vsync settings. (At one point I was jumping rapidly between 35 and 62 fps just from standing still in RE2, and then when I turned vsync on it was suddenly jumping between 52 and 60.) Then a couple days later it did it again, so I switched back. It is completely random, and I imagine the same thing could be happening here in DMC5.

 

[jett]

BTW cut-scenes in DMCV are real-time so it's not a video playback/codec issue.

Only thing I can suggest is to try the denuvo-less EXE floating around. Could very well be the cause of the shit performance going on for some people but i couldn't guarantee it.

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I just tested this with another run through mission 2.

Really makes no difference as far as this issue goes.

 

[Zombegoast]

I've been getting stuttering last night in Re2 which was unusual. I gotta try DMCV

 

[ArnoldJRimmer]

There is this thing called steam refunds.

If it doesnt work for you getting a refund is perfectly legitimate.