How to stop VRAM stuttering in Code: Jie with RX 9060 XT?
While exploring the open world, I was getting these micro-freezes every 10 seconds, and it was driving me insane. My VastArmor Radeon RX 9060 XT's 16GB of VRAM was getting slammed, sitting between 15.1 - 15.7GB, which forced the system to swap to the slow page file. I tried bumping my virtual memory up to 64GB, but that actually made things worse by creating disk I/O conflicts, and the stutters just got more frequent. I eventually dropped the texture filtering quality from Ultra to High and set the power management to 'Prefer Maximum Performance' in the driver. GPU-Z showed the VRAM usage dropped to a much safer 12.2 - 13.1GB, and the map transitions became seamless. I also tried undervolting for stability at first, but the game crashed three times during the loading screen before I went back to stock voltage and just tweaked the power limit. Core temps are now steady at 62 - 68℃ with fans at 1600 - 1800 RPM. The input response is finally tight and follows my movements perfectly.
