Hi folks.
I need a little advice as to what (more) I can try (if anything) to alleviate the stuttering I'm seeing in pretty much every Trainz (2019) route I try. First, here's my system.
Asus Rampage V Extreme mobo.
I7 5960X 8-core (Liquid cooled. OC'd to a stable 4.3 Ghz on all 8 cores. Boosts up to 4.5Ghz.)
32Gb DDR4 RAM (2300)
MSI 2080 TI Gaming X Trio Graphics Card.
(4) 1TB Samsung 860 SSD drives.
(2) 4TB WD Black storage drives.
Dual Asus ROG 27" 1440P 144Hz G-Sync Monitors.
Windows 10 Pro. (Spring 2018 update)
Here's an example of what I've tried: I've created a test route consisting of a single (bare) baseboard with one straight length of track. No signals, no junctions, no scenery. On the track, I place a single loco. For settings, I've tried moving every slider to the left (lowest), and disabled shadows entirely. My MSI afterburner overlay indicates between 60fps and 140fps, depending upon my current V-Sync setting (I've tried them all). Before the train rolls, CPU temp is the low 40's. The moment the loco begins to roll forward I see stuttering (almost immediately) about every two or three seconds. During the test, the FPS never drops below the mid-50s and the CPU temp remains relatively low (considering the overclocking that's applied.)
Ironically, the test route above demonstrates the greatest amount of stuttering. Many of the routes that have very dense scenery and multiple AI consists seem to stutter much less than my bare-bones test route does. Even with the test route, I find that moving all settings to the right (High, Ultra, etc...), the stuttering neither increases or decreases ... it seems to be the same regardless of the settings that I apply. I've tried running MemTest, thinking that perhaps I have some failing memory sticks, but all tests pass perfectly. As I noted above, I've tried the various V-sync settings (including none). I've also tried enabling and disabling G-Sync on my monitors. Other than the differences in FPS (all of which stay reasonably high), nothing seems to change the rate or intensity of the stuttering. Although most of my tests have been running Trainz using the 2560 x 1440 : 60Hz, I've also tried the 120Hz setting, as well as running trains in various 1920 x resolutions. I've also tried turning off all overclocking on the mobo ... just as a test. Nothing changes.
Other than that, the only other things I can mention is that my mobo BIOS is the most up-to-date that's available, and my video drivers are also the most recent from NVidia. I should also mention that I'm not seeing this type of stuttering in any other game (or sim) that I routinely play.
Any thoughts on what I might try?
Thanks.
- Tom
P.S. I really do love Trainz 2019. It's the best one yet, IMO.
I need a little advice as to what (more) I can try (if anything) to alleviate the stuttering I'm seeing in pretty much every Trainz (2019) route I try. First, here's my system.
Asus Rampage V Extreme mobo.
I7 5960X 8-core (Liquid cooled. OC'd to a stable 4.3 Ghz on all 8 cores. Boosts up to 4.5Ghz.)
32Gb DDR4 RAM (2300)
MSI 2080 TI Gaming X Trio Graphics Card.
(4) 1TB Samsung 860 SSD drives.
(2) 4TB WD Black storage drives.
Dual Asus ROG 27" 1440P 144Hz G-Sync Monitors.
Windows 10 Pro. (Spring 2018 update)
Here's an example of what I've tried: I've created a test route consisting of a single (bare) baseboard with one straight length of track. No signals, no junctions, no scenery. On the track, I place a single loco. For settings, I've tried moving every slider to the left (lowest), and disabled shadows entirely. My MSI afterburner overlay indicates between 60fps and 140fps, depending upon my current V-Sync setting (I've tried them all). Before the train rolls, CPU temp is the low 40's. The moment the loco begins to roll forward I see stuttering (almost immediately) about every two or three seconds. During the test, the FPS never drops below the mid-50s and the CPU temp remains relatively low (considering the overclocking that's applied.)
Ironically, the test route above demonstrates the greatest amount of stuttering. Many of the routes that have very dense scenery and multiple AI consists seem to stutter much less than my bare-bones test route does. Even with the test route, I find that moving all settings to the right (High, Ultra, etc...), the stuttering neither increases or decreases ... it seems to be the same regardless of the settings that I apply. I've tried running MemTest, thinking that perhaps I have some failing memory sticks, but all tests pass perfectly. As I noted above, I've tried the various V-sync settings (including none). I've also tried enabling and disabling G-Sync on my monitors. Other than the differences in FPS (all of which stay reasonably high), nothing seems to change the rate or intensity of the stuttering. Although most of my tests have been running Trainz using the 2560 x 1440 : 60Hz, I've also tried the 120Hz setting, as well as running trains in various 1920 x resolutions. I've also tried turning off all overclocking on the mobo ... just as a test. Nothing changes.
Other than that, the only other things I can mention is that my mobo BIOS is the most up-to-date that's available, and my video drivers are also the most recent from NVidia. I should also mention that I'm not seeing this type of stuttering in any other game (or sim) that I routinely play.
Any thoughts on what I might try?
Thanks.
- Tom
P.S. I really do love Trainz 2019. It's the best one yet, IMO.