How to fix Deathloop stuttering issues on PC

Deathloop is the big triple-A game of the moment, and it’s an amazing experience — assuming you’re not fighting your gaming PC to get it to run smoothly. Bethesda is aware, and a patch seems to be on the way. But as Digital Foundry’s Alex Battaglia explains in this in-depth video, there may be a few things you can try right now to fix it, including one weird, counterintuitive trick that instantly made my seemingly stuttery performance smooth.

Also, there’s a new patch as of September 21st that Bethesda says might partially fix the issues.

Here’s the TL;DR.

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  Obvious: Reduce your quality settings


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  Also obvious: Try the initial hotfix, now available in Steam


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  Counterintuitive: Lock your framerate at 60 or 120fps

Let’s start with that...

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