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New World: Stuttering/Bad Frame Pacing compared to Windows

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doitsujin/dxvk#3686 · opened 2023-10-06 by Faugus · updated 2024-02-10 · 8 comments · github
FFaugus 2023-10-06 github

As the title says, the game runs significantly worse on Linux.
Here's a footage comparing:
https://youtu.be/-gN14wkNcX8
Proton Log:
steam-1063730.zip

I don't know if you can see from the video that the game feels choppy on Linux while it's smooth on Windows.
I recently played God of War (D3D11/DXVK) and the game ran very smoothly.
Is there anything we can do to improve the performance of New World on Linux?

Another thing I noticed with this game is that if I activate the Resizable Bar/SAM in the BIOS, the game stutters a lot more.
With VKD3D we have that VKD3D=no_upload_hvv parameter that helps solve problems some games suffer from when activating Resizable Bar/SAM.
Is there anything similar with DXVK?

I don't think it's a problem with my system, as the other games I usually play run fine.

Arch XFCE X11 (I've also tried KDE X11 and Wayland)
Kernel 6.5.5
Mesa 23.3.0-devel
Proton Experimental (also tried some Proton-GE versions)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
MOBO: Asus B550-A Rog Strix
RAM: Netac 32GB 3600MHz
Storage: Netac NVMe 2TB

BBlisto91 2023-10-06 github

Are the stutters constant or do they fade over time when running around in the same area?
Edit: Just checked your video and i guess the big stutters in the beginning aren't shader compilation related.

With VKD3D we have that VKD3D=no_upload_hvv

dxvk doesn't have similar no, you'd have to disable it in BIOS.
Edit2: nvm see below. Didn't know it was in the same vein.

Does anything change if you install the native d3dcompiler_47 into the prefix through winetricks or protontricks? I see quite a lot of spam in your log from the Wine one.

Ddoitsujin maintainer 2023-10-06 github

Is there anything similar with DXVK?

Yes, DXVK_CONFIG=d3d11.cachedDynamicResources=a.

That being said, random stutters aren't really all that debuggable especially remotely, this could be literally anything.

FFaugus 2023-10-06 github

Does anything change if you install the native d3dcompiler_47 into the prefix through winetricks or protontricks?

I tried to install with Protontricks, but nothing changed, unfortunately.

Yes, DXVK_CONFIG=d3d11.cachedDynamicResources=a.

I was testing again and looks Resizable Bar/SAM impacts negatively more on Windows.
I thought ReBar could be contributing to the Linux bad performance, but looks like it's not.

BBlisto91 2023-10-07 github

Does the issue not happen without dxvk? Just trying with wined3d

FFaugus 2023-10-07 github

I just tried with wined3d and it's basically the same + graphical glitches

BBlisto91 2023-10-09 github

Then it's very likely some issue outside the control of dxvk like Wine.
I can not test with dxvk Windows to check there because of Anti Cheat.

BBlisto91 2024-01-27 github

@Faugus Do you still have this issue today? I play a bunch of New World now and then and even though i mostly don't play with hud on i can't say I've really noticed this anymore.

FFaugus 2024-02-10 github

@Blisto91 I just installed New World to test and looks like it is a lot better now. Some small stutters when loading new areas, but that's normal.

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