Hi folks,
Hoping someone can help troubleshoot a bizarre performance issue I'm getting with the EE.
At maximum desktop resolution, maximum graphics settings, performance is silky smooth. No drops, stutters or hitching.
At anything other than maximum desktop resolution, performance is a stuttery garbage fire and completely unplayable, with FPS at Powerpoint slideshow levels. Performance remains terrible even with every graphical option set to low or disabled, and with fairy/particle effects disabled via mods.
Obviously, I can continue to run the game perfectly fine at maximum resolution. However, because my desktop monitor is extremely wide (resolution 7,680x1,440), playing at fullscreen desktop resolution isn't a great experience. As NWN does not allow user interface elements currently pinned to the extreme left and right of the game display to be moved, there's about a metre of meatspace distance between these elements and they're not all visible in my field of view at once - I keep having to turn my head left then right then back again to respond to dialogue options, or use inventory, or etc etc.
As above, performance at max resolution is completely fine, so this is not an insufficient hardware issue, but system specs are Win10 x64, TR2-2950X, 32GB DDR4-3,200 CAS-14, 2x Titan X (Pascal) (SLi). Running latest Steam build, cache verified.
Attempted troubleshooting steps:
- Uninstall and reinstall game;
- Set nVidia control panel to always maximum performance;
- vSync enabled and disabled;
- Tested borderless windowed mode;
- Multiple sets of nVidia drivers;
- nwmain.exe affinity mask set to physical cores 1 and 2 only;
- nwmain.exe affinity mask set to single core only;
- performing sacred libations and making appropriate burnt offerings.