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I stopped playing fortnite about 2 years ago and it used to work perfectly there were no lagspike/stutters, and i wanted to come back to the game now. I started a solo match and when i got into the game i was getting insane lagspikes/stutters, i was pretty confused, i looked up some videos and stuff on youtube how to fix this issue but none of them have helped yet. My fortnite is installed on my SSD which is my C driver and it currently has valorant installed on it too with 50gb of space left. Valorant on the other hand works smooth af over 60 fps no probem, no lagspikes, no problems, i also play genshin impact that also works smooth and good, my drivers are up to date. I have tried capping my cpu % as in youtube videos its said that 100% cpu usage is most likely the problem, capping did not help instead it decreases my GHz speed from 3.36 GHz which is the max to 1.19Ghz which is the base GHz. Fortnite takes 3.6 gb of my ram when its running 60% of my cpu. What happens is every time i get a lagspike/stutter my game freezes for about 5 - 15 sec and everytime it does this my ping seems to go really high up always above 300ms and when its not lag spiking which is rare its back down to 30 - 50.
I under stand my cpu is not the best nor my graphics card but the thing is when its not lagspiking my fps is above 40 always, which is all i need. I would really love to get some help
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Hi, so I wasn't able to get a usb, but what I did what reinstalled windows, installed fortnite again, and the lagspikes reduced by quite a bit, then I found this video (https://youtu.be/hCmaWMBOFv4) did exactly what was said in there, and my lagspikes have reduced even more close to none lagspikes now.
How do you format it?
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Hello YktnkaiLegend, welcome to the Microsoft community, I'll be happy to help you today;
I understand that you are having performance issues when playing Fortnite;
What exactly is your PC model and manufacturer?
If it's a desktop, what exactly is the model and manufacturer of the motherboard?
Before answering the questions I suggest you try the following;
Change the power plan to High Performance;
Access the Control Panel and click on System and Security;
Click Power Options;
Click Show Additional Plans and select High Performance;
Download the Intel:registered: Driver & Support Assistant (Intel:registered: DSA) to update your Intel Display Driver:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support...
Check if you are updated with the latest version of Windows 10;
Press Windows key + i and go to Update and Security;
Click Check for updates and do ALL pending updates;
run a disk cleanup;
Press Windows key + R and type: cleanmgr press Enter;
Click on clean system files and wait for the files to load;
Select all files and click ok to delete them;
Perform a clean boot;
Press together the keys: Ctrl + Shift + Esc to access the task manager;
Click on start and disable all programs that start with Windows;
Restart the PC and check if the behavior persists;
See you later!
Dear YktnkaiLegend,Is your processor usage still limited?
If so, I recommend that you undo this change;
Use Dell SupportAssist app to check if all drivers are up to date:
https://www.dell.com/support/contents/en-us/art...
Configure Windows for better performance;
Right-click on the start menu and go to System;
Click Advanced System Settings;
In the Performance section, click on settings just below;
Check the option "Adjust for best performance";
Follow the instructions provided in the link below:
https://www.epicgames.com/help/en-US/fortnite-c...
Check if the problem is fixed;
See you soon!
I did all the things you said, set power mode to high performance, did a disk cleanup, my graphics drivers are up to date, the stutters are still not gone. Im including some pictures of fortnite when its going through a stutter
And this picture is when my game is not stuttering
