Known issueFixUpdated · 7 replies on Steam

Phantom Blade Zero: Severe Stuttering and High RAM Usage After Latest Update (R7 9800X3D… (Workarounds)

Short answer

Suggested fix (unconfirmed): Disable VSync and Frame Generation to turn off NVIDIA Reflex, or install the mod from Nexus Mods (ID 541) to fix the frame pacing stutter.

The problem

Hi devs and community, The game was running extremely smoothly before the recent patch, but ever since the update, I'm experiencing severe stuttering and micro-freezes during gameplay. I also noticed a significant increase in RAM usage compared to previous versions. My PC Specs: CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D GPU: RTX 5070 RAM: 32GB DDR5 Since my hardware is more than enough for this game, this seems to…

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What players suggest

9800X3D & RTX 5070 TI. I am in Penzhen rn. It ran already pretty good, but I fee like I got a bit more FPS now with the Update & no stutter at all. It uses a lot of RAM though, I'm always at 27G of RAM usage at 4k.

ArdaZeno

You can try disabling the NVIDIA Reflex feature to see if it helps.

吉里里

I FIXED IT!!!!!! Turns out new patch forces Reflex on now when you turn on Vsync Or Frame Gen, and Reflex is trash specially on Amd setups like mine, it breaks the framepacing of the game and introduces that heavy stutter Solution >>>> https://www.nexusmods.com/phantombladezero/mods/541 Download that mod which forces Reflex always On by default and heres what we do >> on the RULES part at the…

kadan

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Source: original Steam Community discussion. Quotes are shortened; all credit goes to the posters. Tags: performance, nvidia, amd, save, mods

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