Almost a year from this post and theres still not a true solution?
I tried everything from change components, fresh windows install and tried in other pc.
Edit: I found this solution: Persistent FPS Drops in War Thunder: Seeking Solutions - #20 by RomZero
And i think it working for me just for now. . .
Edit 2: Doesn’t fix at all . . .
For about the last year I’ve been having random unpredictable freezing. System was rtx3080 and 5950x running 4k. Sound Arctic’s nova pro wireless using GG software.
The problem before changing the gpu.
The game runs perfectly fine then I get a heavy stutter and then a few seconds later the sound stops and a second or 2 later game completely freezes. Could alt+tab but couldn’t get Windows apps to work and processes was blank. Only way to start over was a fresh reboot. This could happen a few times in a session or sometimes I could go days without it happening at all. Only happens in WT.
After hardware changes 3080 changed to 4070ti super ram swap and after full windows format a clean install on a different M.2.
Seems to have become more frequent last few weeks but now no stutter and the sound stops exactly when the game freezes. Windows now completely unresponsive, can’t alt+tab anymore so have to hard reboot.
So I’ve eliminated
windows install
Hard drive/storage.
RAM
Game install
Graphics card
Driving me insane.
I have finally upgraded my PC :P
Ray Tracing is buggy af
So you’ve had improvement?
Very, but there are still moments where this game chokes.
Hello. I’ve been able to do this for so long and no more. I simply feel like I’m smashing my entire computer with a hammer. I can’t play, the image is so choppy and choppy. No matter how much I adjust the graphics settings, it doesn’t improve. I have the latest drivers and it still does it. And not only while playing, but the main menu graphics are also choppy. There’s mouse movement, smoke, everything. It’s like I’m stopping the video for a moment. It’s impossible to play with it, even though I’ve already invested a lot of money in the game, premium vehicles, golden eagles, etc…
this is my problem: https://youtu.be/Zu7IHRGgfQU
ASUS ROG STRIX B550-E GAMING
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (Navi22 XT) [GIGABYTE]
32GB DDR4 Hyperx Fury
If you have only one drive, and run windows, the game, and your capture software storing on the same drive you’re going to end up with this sort of thing.
M.2 SSD - they are all on the same 500GB drive, really
Yea, I myself have a bunch of SSDs. I got the M.2, and then 4 SATA SSDs.
I’d try disable ReLive if it does recording that you push a button and it has the last 5 minutes footage saved. I know ShadowPlay plays up and makes up to 8 copies of the same footage, and that makes the FPS and drive speed chug.
Hello from 2025! issue is still persistent! I have an AMD Radeon RX 7600 OC and it seems to have its VRAM redlined regardless of graphics settings. The problem is mitigated but not entirely eliminated by using undervolting presets for the GPU, and I can confirm that the problem is exclusive to war thunder since HALO INFINITE of all things runs better and smoother and with less VRAM usage.
I don’t use recording software and a different computer I have does not seem to be suffering the same issues.
The PC with the problem is a brand new computer with
AMD Ryzen 7 5700x
AMD radeon RX 7600 8GB OC
32GB DDR4 RAM
4 TB M.2 SSD with 7,000 MB/s read, 5,000 MB/s Write speed,
GPU VRAM is redlined by the game even at minimum video settings.
The Pc without the problem is a Lenovo 5-year-old Ideapad Gaming 3 15IHU6 with
32 GB LDDR4 RAM
Nvidia RTX 3050 laptop 4GB
Intel i7 11th gen
256 GB m.2 SSD
1 TB 2.5 inch HDD
This leads me to believing the current iteration of the issue is primarily involving AMD hardware and is specific to war thunder. A VRAM leak.
Both PCs use Windows 11.
I strongly recommend anyone with this issue if they cannot find a solution stop playing war thunder until Gaijin at least acknowledges it. the issue if it matches mine will shorten the lifespan of your computer if you keep playing the game.
Whilst you share symptoms, it doesn’t necessarily mean that you have the same trouble as the OP, or that the issue is a long term one.
Telling people to stop playing is also a no-no.
sorry.
“If you find yourself having your graphics card inexplicably redlined at all graphics settings, heating up until the PC ultimately crashes like I and others do, then then continuing to play war thunder without finding a solution first may almost certainly shorten the lifespan of our PCs, However, I am worried about how long it will take for Gaijin to acknowledge the problem and find a solution and the toll it will take in the meantime. I see that similar problems have been persistent for multiple people on this thread for some time as well and hope they can find a solution for these issues soon.”
Better?
All of this is assuming that you have the same issue… All you seem to be having is shared symptoms, which going by history, the ammount of people that complain about FPS stuttering and the various reasons for it, it can be varying commonly.
But everyone just wants to blame the game at the first outset, and any mention of it being something else can be attacked because it’s ‘wrong’, but really, is it wrong to question and point to other things to even check…
It’s becoming unbearable for me i had no trouble running the game max settings + ssaa 4x before the update but now it’s stuttering, fps drops and weird s*** going on also i’ve noticed my gpu started running hotter.
let’s just say if it was the game that’s the issue due to poor optimization and gaijin just won’t acknowledge it, it wouldn’t exactly be the first time… or the second… or the third.
If it isn’t reported correctly, then there is nothing to acknowledge or fix…
if it’s an AMD GPU you might be able to partially mitigate the overheating issue temporarily by switching the game to HYPER-RX Eco mode to slow down overheating, and then close the game every couple of matches to let your PC cool down. worked somewhat for me.
Few days ago Battleye was enabled for Linux and MacOS. I am 99.99% certain the current problem is Battleye’s fault. Huge freezes in the first 30-45 seconds of every match, until the game crashes if you play long enough. Never had such problem before.