ELDEN RING!!!! I FIXED IT!!!! No lagging/stuttering/freezing ABSALUTLY FLAWLESS!!!!! This will work.

Summary

In this video, the speaker addresses stuttering and freezing issues in Elden Ring, where the game would freeze every 10-20 seconds. After trying various fixes like updating drivers, disabling overlays, and adjusting settings without success, the speaker ultimately resolved the problem with a factory reset and an upgrade to Windows 11. This reset cleared out any Nvidia driver or system issues causing the problem, and now the game runs smoothly. The speaker suggests backing up save data and performing a factory reset if all other methods fail.

Takeaways

• 😀 The speaker experienced severe stuttering and freezing issues in Elden Ring, which made the game unplayable.
• 🤔 The stuttering occurred every 10 to 20 seconds, followed by a quick speed-up and another freeze, making it difficult to fight or enjoy the game.
• 🛠️ The speaker tried multiple solutions, including updating drivers, disabling in-game overlays, adjusting Nvidia settings, playing in offline mode, and even deleting the Xbox app.
• 💡 The speaker noted that the game ran flawlessly before the issues began, suggesting that a global Nvidia setting might have caused the problem.
• 🔄 After trying everything else, the speaker decided to perform a factory reset on their PC and upgrade to Windows 11 in the process.
• 👍 The factory reset and Windows 11 upgrade solved the issue, restoring smooth performance not only in Elden Ring but also in other games.
• 💾 Before resetting, the speaker backed up all save data to avoid losing game progress.
• 🎮 After the reset, the speaker ran Elden Ring at high settings with minor frame drops on a GTX 1650, which significantly improved the gameplay experience.
• 🖥️ The speaker believes the problem is related to Nvidia drivers and suggests that a factory reset might be a solution for others facing similar issues.
• 🙏 The speaker encourages others to try a factory reset if all other fixes have failed and asks viewers to comment if the solution works for them.

Q & A

What issue was the user facing while playing Elden Ring?

The user experienced stuttering and frequent double freezes followed by fast-forwarding every 10 to 20 seconds, making the game unplayable.

What troubleshooting methods did the user initially try to fix the problem?

The user tried various methods including updating drivers, disabling in-game overlays, playing in offline mode, adjusting Nvidia settings, and even uninstalling the Xbox app.

What hardware specifications does the user mention for running Elden Ring?

The user is running Elden Ring on a GTX 1650 with 16GB of RAM, an i7 processor at 3.4 GHz, and six gigs of VRAM.

What solution ultimately fixed the stuttering and freezing issue for the user?

The user did a factory reset of their PC, upgraded to Windows 11 during the reset process, and then reinstalled everything, which resolved the issue.

What precautions did the user take before performing the factory reset?

The user backed up all saved data from Elden Ring and other games like those on Origins and Blizzard before performing the factory reset.

Did the user reinstall the Xbox Game app after the factory reset?

No, the user did not reinstall the Xbox Game app after the factory reset and mentioned that the game was working fine without it.

What does the user speculate might have caused the performance issues in Elden Ring?

The user speculates that the problem could have been caused by manual tweaks to Nvidia settings, a driver issue, or an incorrect download of a patch or update.

How does the game perform after the factory reset?

After the factory reset, the game runs smoothly with only minor frame drops on high settings, which are manageable compared to the previous unplayable stuttering and freezing.

What does the user suggest others do if they are facing similar issues?

The user recommends that if others have tried everything without success, they should consider backing up their save data and performing a factory reset.

How did upgrading to Windows 11 affect the user’s gameplay experience?

The user upgraded to Windows 11 during the factory reset and mentioned that they were enjoying the new OS, with Elden Ring and other games running better after the upgrade.

Outlines

00:00

🔧 Fixing Elden Ring Stuttering and Freezes

The speaker introduces the video, sharing their struggle with stuttering and freezing issues in Elden Ring. They describe the problem as occurring every 10 to 20 seconds, rendering the game unplayable. They tried numerous solutions found on various platforms like Reddit and YouTube, including updating drivers, disabling overlays, and trying different in-game settings. Despite these efforts, nothing worked, leading them to suspect a bug in their Nvidia settings or a software patch that failed to install correctly.

05:01

💻 System Specifications and Gameplay Adjustments

The speaker discusses their system specs, including a GTX 1650 GPU, 16 GB RAM, and an i7 processor running the game at 1920x1080 resolution on high settings. Although they still experience minor frame drops, the game is now playable, even while recording and streaming. The speaker emphasizes that while their system is modest, adjusting the settings has significantly improved the gameplay experience.

10:03

🔄 Factory Reset: The Ultimate Fix

The speaker explains that after exhausting all other solutions, they performed a factory reset on their PC, upgraded to Windows 11, and backed up their game saves beforehand. After the reset, Elden Ring and other games started performing significantly better. They suspect the issue was tied to their Nvidia settings or a faulty driver installation, and recommend others try a factory reset if they encounter similar problems.

🎮 Combat Performance and Final Thoughts

The speaker wraps up by showcasing in-game combat, confirming the game now runs smoothly with only minor frame drops. They note that while their PC might not handle the highest settings perfectly, the gameplay experience has drastically improved. They encourage viewers to consider factory resetting their systems if they’ve tried everything else without success. The speaker ends by thanking the viewers and asking them to share their experiences in the comments.

Keywords

💡Stuttering and Freezing

Stuttering and freezing refer to performance issues in video games, where the game halts briefly or skips frames, causing a choppy experience. In the video, the speaker describes how these issues made 'Elden Ring' unplayable, occurring every 10 to 20 seconds, making combat impossible.

💡Nvidia Settings

Nvidia settings refer to the configurations available in Nvidia’s control panel, which allow users to tweak graphical performance for games. The speaker mentions manually adjusting these settings to enhance gameplay, but eventually suspects that tweaking them globally caused the performance issues in 'Elden Ring.'

💡Factory Reset

A factory reset restores a device to its original system settings, removing all software changes. In the video, the speaker describes performing a factory reset on their PC, which resolved the stuttering and freezing in 'Elden Ring.' This was the final solution after many other failed attempts.

💡Elden Ring

'Elden Ring' is an action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware. The game is at the center of the video, as the speaker shares their experience of struggling with performance issues like stuttering and freezing, which significantly hindered their ability to play and enjoy the game.

💡GTX 1650

The GTX 1650 is a model of Nvidia's graphics card. The speaker mentions playing 'Elden Ring' on high settings using this card, which is a mid-range GPU, noting that it delivers good performance despite occasional frame drops, especially after the factory reset.

💡Drivers

Drivers are software components that allow the operating system to communicate with hardware, like a graphics card. The speaker mentions trying to update drivers as a potential solution to the stuttering issue, but eventually concludes that it may have been a corrupted or buggy driver update that contributed to the problem.

💡Overlays

Overlays are graphical elements that appear on top of the game, often used by software like Discord or GeForce Experience. The speaker tried disabling all in-game overlays as part of their troubleshooting process to fix the stuttering issue, but found no success from this step alone.

💡Windows 11 Upgrade

The Windows 11 upgrade refers to the speaker updating their operating system during the factory reset process. After upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11, the speaker noticed a significant improvement in 'Elden Ring's' performance, suggesting that the new OS may have resolved some underlying issues.

💡Frame Drops

Frame drops occur when a game does not maintain a consistent frame rate, leading to visual hiccups. The speaker mentions occasional frame drops while playing 'Elden Ring' on high settings, but emphasizes that these are minor compared to the severe stuttering they previously experienced.

💡Backup Save Data

Backing up save data refers to creating a copy of a game's progress files to avoid losing them during major system changes. The speaker took this precaution before performing a factory reset, ensuring that their progress in 'Elden Ring' and other games was not lost during the troubleshooting process.

Highlights

Fixed stuttering and double freeze fast-forward issues in Elden Ring.

Problem persisted every 10-20 seconds, freezing the game for a second before resuming and speeding up.

Tried several solutions including Reddit suggestions, updating drivers, disabling in-game overlays, and offline mode.

Tried adjusting Nvidia settings manually, including turning on VSync, but nothing worked.

Game initially worked flawlessly with over 60 hours of gameplay, then started malfunctioning without any clear cause.

Possible that Nvidia settings or a bug in global settings caused the issue.

Recommended solution: Factory reset the PC, back up saved data, and reinstall everything.

Performed factory reset and upgraded to Windows 11 during the process, leading to improved performance.

Game runs smoothly now, with minor frame drops on high settings, but no stuttering or freezing.

Runs the game on a GTX 1650 with 16GB RAM, i7 processor at 3.4GHz.

Didn't reinstall Xbox Game app after factory reset, which may have been contributing to the problem.

Even while streaming and recording, the game performs well without stuttering.

Noticed a significant increase in performance across other games after the factory reset.

Minor frame drops are acceptable now compared to the previous stuttering and freezing.

Recommendation: If all else fails, try factory resetting the PC and reinstalling everything.

Transcripts

hey guys we as one Rise

um I wanted to make a quick video

showing you guys how I fixed the

stuttering and the double freeze fast

forward in Elden ring so a problem I had

it just would not stop and it was like

every 10 to 20 seconds I would get a

freeze for like a whole second and then

it would go for like a split second and

then it would freeze again and then it

would like speed up now this was

happening like every 20 seconds

I couldn't play you couldn't fight you

know it was just unfightable right I

tried anything and everything you can

find on Reddit on YouTube on Google of

how to fix it the shadow cage

um I've tried making sure all my drivers

were updated I tried shutting off all

in-game pop-ups overlays

um I tried

everything man I tried playing offline

mode you know I went into Nvidia I

manually set it to where I had vsync on

I mean dude I've tried anything and

everything I deleted Xbox because some

people were saying that was the problem

anything and everything I tried here's

the catch-up at one point in time my

game worked perfectly fine perfectly

fine I had 60 hours plus into this game

and then all of a sudden it started

messing up now I started thinking just

like many of you you guys may have

messed with your Nvidia settings

and mess something up globally now it

could have bugged it out right

um

it could just something could have not

adjusted correctly or downloaded

correctly you know maybe a patch or

update or something was was glitched so

who knows but after trying every single

one of those if none of those have

worked for you then this is what I

recommend for you so I'm gonna show you

guys some actual gameplay

power while it's running I mean it feels

great to actually be able to play the

game now I am in my settings guys

we are in 1920x1080 on high everything

high right now

I'm on a GTX 1650 16 gigabytes of RAM

it's an i7 with 3.4 gigahertz and

I think I only have six gigs of

different right so nothing crazy and I'm

playing the game on high almost Vlogs

now I will say on high I do get some

frames dropping every now and then but

it's nothing like it was and I'll show

you guys I'm not getting the three

degrees

I'm also running software to record

right now and I can stream and play the

game

now that makes a huge difference when

you're in the middle of the boss fight

and all that and now this is where I

could turn it down to medium to just

pull this out

so I'm sure you guys want all the big

stuff right what did I do so what I did

I did a factory reset

when I first got my computer and I

opened it up I didn't mess with anything

I plugged it in and started playing I

bought Elden ring it was playing

flawlessly

somewhere along the line I started doing

manual tweaks

globally to my Nvidia driver you know

and for specific specific apps trying to

enhance my gameplay or push it to the

max

somewhere along the line

something I have no idea it could have

been a file I downloaded a driver that

updated wrong

something something messed up and it was

messing with Alden ring and after this

I'm getting phenomenal performance in my

Elden ring

and in other games

significant increase

all this I did

I backed up my saved data unseen

all my games uh any other games that I

had to like say you know origins or

blizzard stuff like that you know I

tried to back up all my saved data

and then I did a factory reset factories

reset my PC I upgraded to Windows 11 in

the process of factory reset so I didn't

wait until I got in and then updated to

Windows 11 in the factory reset process

as if I wanted to do the upgrade I said

yes I love it so far when those 11 is

pretty cool

tobacco reset I did the windows 11

upgrade and in that process

everything

so

again I don't know if it's something we

do in our Nvidia control panel I'll

update that installed you know

incorrectly

something we may have downloaded or

glitched out on our PC but the amount of

people having this problem with no fix

after trying everything

I think personally is something with the

Nvidia driver

and

when we factory reset it and then

updated everything seems to be fine

I mean I don't know

you know

like the Xbox

game app I haven't reinstalled that so

be real if you don't try to reinstall

that

but I mean the game works obviously if

you have tried everything at this point

back up your save data

factory reset man

I will actually show you guys combat but

remember this is

stand on top of all of that I was just

streaming over on my twitch

the game is actually playable now minor

mine are frame drops are in there

by 16.50

it feels so good because I knew the game

ran good because at one point in time it

already did you know now somewhere along

the line like I said it just started

messing up

from software it's not dude and if it is

whoa it only happened the first time

this time so

if you've tried everything and cannot

meet your game before properly I highly

recommend just a little bit between

factories that get rid of everything

like everything and then just

re-download your save data that's what I

did here

um

in case there was something in there

which just has an extra precaution

um but yeah I mean this is what I

recommend sorry if you guys hear my dog

over there

I mean the game's working flawlessly

highly recommend it now your PC can't

handle High that's totally fine it's

totally normal

on Lower medium settings

[Applause]

don't know what it is yet oh when I

started this again I could start I'll

just show you guys

and that save works fine too

it's nothing with like a save

it's not to save that as brother

but yeah I'm sorry I'm trying to make

this one uh

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and I'm gonna load in my other character

real quick and show you guys like I said

everything works totally Flawless guys

I hope it works for you if you do this

uh I have a slight cold right now as

well

stuffy nose but so here we go look we're

gonna upload my level 31 guy

I've noticed

significant Improvement I mean night and

day I don't even mind the FPS dropping

here and there and and more detailed

areas just because of what I was dealing

with with the freezing and the

stuttering I mean it was unplayable I

tried lowering the resolution as low as

I could go you know I tried lowering

everything was on those settings I mean

dude I tried every single thing because

nothing was working

nothing was worth

here we go I mean it was it would have

already did it multiple times like I

said it was every freaking couple

seconds it was unplayable guys it really

was now when The Games first loads in

you might get a slight like delay in the

loading but once you're in you're in I'm

in and

yeah that's what worked for me guys

I hope it works for you guys man good

luck give it a shot

let's go man

remember this guy

now I suppose I'm free I can do whatever

takes my fan I mate

yeah man I mean there you have it my

game is back to running optimal how it

should be flawlessly running great uh

feels great looks great love it give it

a shot if all else fails hope it works

let me know in the comments thank you

guys