Under 144hz on Apex Legends with micro stutters from time to time

[ImZigaZz]

Hello everyone,

I have this problem that really grinds my gears. Apex Legends is the game i play the most, but it also happens on wz 2.0, less notable but still.

My system:
Asus Tuf  b450m plus gaming
Ryzen 7 2700 (not X)
Zotac RTX 2080 (not super)
2x 8GB DDR4 3200 Corsair Vengeance (DOCP enabled)
SSD samsung 970 evo plus
PSU is a sesonic gold plus 750w
Monitor Benq xl2411 1080p 144hz plugged via DP
2º monitor is a 60hz HP, 1080p also connected by DP

The temperature of the CPU and GPU never goes more than 85ºc

The problem:

When I'm playing Apex Legends 1080p with everything on the lowest possible quality settings, no v-sync and NVIDIA reflex doesn't matter if its off, on or on+boost, i'm always under 120fps and the worst is that from time to time (but in the same match on every match) it stutter for like 0,5 seconds and it really ruins the experience for me and I fell that with the hardware I own and the settings I have it should be butter smooth, am I wrong?

I've used DDU unistaller and have reinstalled the graphics drivers, windows is always updated (windows 10 pro ATM), yesterday I've done a fresh install of the OS, installed only the drivers + the Apex game, the problem still there.
I've also disassembled and reassembled all the components to minimize bad connections.
I don't know, what else I can do. Any ideas?

Thanks a lot to those who spend time to read this post
Much Love LTT fam.

[Allan B]

Try doing a Bios update and installing the latest drivers for your Asus B450m, do you have the fTPM enabled?  

[podkall]

Did you try, on Steam in launch options have "+fps_max unlimited" ?

[ImZigaZz]

40 minutes ago, Allan B said:

Try doing a Bios update and installing the latest drivers for your Asus B450m, do you have the fTPM enabled?  

I've done the bios update recently, but i will give it a shot anyway! thanks
Yes I do have it enabled.

 

[ImZigaZz]

27 minutes ago, podkall said:

Did you try, on Steam in launch options have "+fps_max unlimited" ?

I have EA launcher, but yeah I've tried that command and other variants

[DonGirses]

30 minutes ago, podkall said:

Did you try, on Steam in launch options have "+fps_max unlimited" ?

I recall reading somewhere that having above 190 fps in Apex causes micro stutters but that was years ago, surely it must have been patched by now.

[ImZigaZz]

1 hour ago, Allan B said:

Try doing a Bios update and installing the latest drivers for your Asus B450m, do you have the fTPM enabled?  

After the update it's the same... on the asus website the last bios to date was 2022/05/12, download it and after install the date is 2022/04/28 wtf

 

[podkall]

15 hours ago, ImZigaZz said:

I have EA launcher, but yeah I've tried that command and other variants

try this command if the game doesn't run at your monitor's HZ:

https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/ancqp2/to_get_144hz_in_your_game_you_have_you_enter_freq/

 

[ImZigaZz]

3 hours ago, podkall said:

try this command if the game doesn't run at your monitor's HZ:

https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/ancqp2/to_get_144hz_in_your_game_you_have_you_enter_freq/

 

Just tried and nothing change.. I really think the problem is the motherboard BIOS because on Asus product page they say this:
 

"TUF B450M-PLUS GAMING BIOS 3802

Versão 380210.81 MB

2022/05/12

"1. Update AMD AM4 AGESA V2 PI 1.2.0.7.
2. Fix AMD fTPM issue causes random stuttering."

 

Then I download the file and the version I get is correct 3802 but the date is 2022/04/28.
I've already contacted them but with no answer atm...

                      

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[podkall]

your bios is 4th month while bios on website is 5th month, I think

 

28th of April is older than 12th of May,

 

maybe it is same bios, maybe it's not, still worth a try..

 

updating bios is little tricky, so make sure to watch a guide if you don't know how

[ImZigaZz]

1 hour ago, podkall said:

your bios is 4th month while bios on website is 5th month, I think

 

28th of April is older than 12th of May,

 

maybe it is same bios, maybe it's not, still worth a try..

 

updating bios is little tricky, so make sure to watch a guide if you don't know how

Hello, thanks for keep looking !

The problem is that I have done the update, and the file I got from the website doesn't match the description! After the update the date of the BIOS on msinfo32 is 28/04/2022!

[podkall]

1 hour ago, ImZigaZz said:

Hello, thanks for keep looking !

The problem is that I have done the update, and the file I got from the website doesn't match the description! After the update the date of the BIOS on msinfo32 is 28/04/2022!

ok, maybe the file is older than the release date

[ImZigaZz]

On 1/28/2023 at 9:11 PM, podkall said:

ok, maybe the file is older than the release date

Still, the "fixed" things they say we got with this update doesn't match. The random stutters still happens

[ImZigaZz]

I've also updated to windows 11, just to be as updated as possible, the problem is still there.

[podkall]

3 hours ago, ImZigaZz said:

I've also updated to windows 11, just to be as updated as possible, the problem is still there.

try making a new thread about your issue, and mention that you've got latest bios and windows installed, and all the other things you've tried to fix it