Shader compilation on first launch — how long did yours take? (low-end setup)

Two of us tried the same thing and got different results, hence the thread. Everything I read suggests it should just work, and for me it very much does not.

The patch notes hinted at this but never actually spelled it out. Curious whether that matches what everyone else is seeing.

From experience, nine times out of ten it is a driver or a background process, not the thing you suspect.

Short version: this changed for me after the last patch, so older threads may steer you wrong.

This comes up a lot, so: check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.

Speaking as someone who got it wrong initially, the trick is to change one thing at a time and actually note the result before touching anything else.

Good luck, it is a common snag.

From experience, check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.

Agreed on most of this, except the defaults are conservative on purpose, so there is usually headroom to gain.

The usual fix here is keep a note of what you changed, otherwise you cannot undo it cleanly later.

Worth checking first: if it only happens in one mode, that narrows it down considerably.

Good luck, it is a common snag.

Counterpoint: check whether an overlay is running before blaming the game itself.

Had the exact same issue. the wiki number is theoretical; real results are always a bit lower.

Worth a shot before anything drastic.

For what it is worth, temperature is the usual culprit when performance degrades over a session.

That fixed it for me, at least.

Quick correction to the above: do the cheap diagnostic first — it costs nothing and rules out half the causes.

Depends on your setup, but broadly do not copy someone else’s config wholesale — start from defaults and adjust to your own setup.

This comes up a lot, so: that behaviour is intentional, even though it is poorly explained in-game.

For what it is worth, verify the files before anything else; it catches more problems than people expect.