0.3 CPU HELL

I have tried so many of the tricks folks have had with CPU performance since launch. I have never had a problem until 0.3. I am now unable to play without constant stuttering and the culprit seems to be CPU. Sometimes shaders shoot up but it really seems like all latency is tied to CPU problems.

Stuttering in action: https://imgur.com/74mD2q8

Shorter clip: https://imgur.com/OTilsLk

2025 ASUS ROG G16
Windows 11
Intel Ultra 9 275HX
Nvidia 5070Ti
32GB RAM

PLEASE GGG I WANT TO PLAY THE GAME. Who else is suffering? Please share your woes.

same issue for me. Shaders maxed and CUP with like 30+ms response time. Never had this issue in the past and it seems to get way worse around abyss spawns

4070 GPU
7800X3D CUP
16gb ram

I've been running into the same issue as you two. I've found what I think is the problem. The game is only running on a single core, and continues to reset affinity when I try to force it to use more of the processor.

I'm able to temporarily fix the CPU spikes by going into Task Manager and manually setting the process to leverage more threads. When I make that setting change the performance immediately becomes smooth. However, the affinity settings will then reset back to a single core after 30 seconds/min/whatever, introducing performance issues again.

Can you check your affinity settings while the game is running to see if it's only using four threads? And if the game resets affinity for you as well after manually forcing the process to use more? I'm wondering if this is a more common issue. I've tried changing a bunch of the settings in-game, including multithreading, but it doesn't change the issue.

ASUS ROG B650A
CPU: 7800X3D
32GB RAM
GPU: 5070 Ti

Settings: https://imgur.com/a/5g9NCf1