Steel Division 2 performance problems

[additiveint]

Steel Division 2 is an RTS and is experiencing constant stuttering in the menus and in-game regardless of quality setting. Textures are also constantly glitching out. Can we check if whether this is something that should be resolved on Intel's end or on the game dev's end?

(in the recording, the mouse looks like it's glitching, but it's just a recording artifact)

The game runs fine on my GTX 1070ti with settings on High.

Thanks team!

[AlphaTop89]

...let's get right to the point stuttering regardless of quality settings, persistent texture glitches, and UI instability were likely looking at a compatibility or driver-level issue, not something directly caused by in-game settings or hardware performance ceilings strong indication this is hardware- or driver-specific, especially since it works well on a known, stable NVIDIA platform ...Not load-related. Likely points to render pipeline issues possibly tied to shader compilation, VRAM management, or API mismatch (e.g., Vulkan vs DirectX) ,,,that’s a classic sign of either driver bugs, improper GPU memory allocation, or incomplete support for the rendering API the game is using. Update GPU drivers (Intel) to the latest WHQL version. If you're on Arc, use the Intel Arc Driver Optimized for Games. Force DX11 launch if the game allows it via command line or config override. This bypasses some unstable newer API layers. Log a ticket with Intel if the issue persists. Include your system specs and a DXDiag report. Log a bug with Eugen Systems especially if you have a repeatable reproduction case. While it’s likely an Intel-side issue, flagging it allows the dev team to potentially implement workarounds or pressure Intel for fixes.

Given the stability on NVIDIA hardware and known spotty support for some rendering paths on Intel GPUs (especially newer Arc models), this is almost certainly an Intel driver stack issue. Eugen Systems might be able to patch around it, but Intel owns the root cause and resolution path...

...AlphaTop89