Can I fix Civ 7 render lag on a Zotac RTX 2060 Super?
Late-game turn calculations in this game are an absolute nightmare for the GPU; my 2060 Super felt like it was gasping for air. Render times were spiking over 50ms, and panning the camera felt like watching a slideshow. I tried disabling all shadows, but it only gained me 5 FPS and made the game look like a relic from 20 years ago—just pathetic. I decided to go nuclear: used DDU to wipe everything, installed the Studio driver for stability, and manually bumped the shader cache size to 10GB in the NVIDIA settings. RTSS showed render latency dropping from 45-60ms to a manageable 22-30ms. I did run out of disk space briefly because of the massive cache, but a quick temp file cleanup fixed it. The card is running hot at 72-78℃ and the fans are screaming at 2000 RPM. It's still a struggle, but at least it's playable now.
