How To Delete NVIDIA Cache to FIX Game Stutter & Performance issues 2024 ✅

[@Mista_Mist]

holy shii, the stutters actually stopped, I thought it was my computer overheating or something, but so far I've had 0 sudden frame drops. Thanks for the help!

[@LetsGetit26x]

Fixed my system I have a brand new build 4080 super and 7800x3d and I was getting crazy frame drops from high frames 230 down to 4 in call of duty and I even dropped my graphics nothing still did it set my frames at 60 just to see and still did it. Now after doing this I get a steady 230 to 180. Thanks man this video was a life saver been so stressed.

[@diogoleca07]

I have a 7800x3d 3070ti lot fps but crashes

[@christophnewberry2429]

i have the same problem. after reading your comment i had high hopes. Sereval days of trying to fix it. This didnt fix it for me. damn.

[@LetsGetit26x]

@@christophnewberry2429 what all you got going on man.

[@christophnewberry2429]

@@LetsGetit26x looks like one of my ddr4s got loose when putting in the new cpu lol. I only noticed when looking for new RAM that the hardware scanner website only showed 1 of them.

[@LetsGetit26x]

@@christophnewberry2429 well that’s good. It sucks to have issues going on with are pcs after spending so much money. I’m glad you figured it out.

[@mangualc]

I have a high end PC and could never figure out why it was performing poorly. Watched so many videos to fix it. THIS ONE was the one that did it. My games are buttery smooth now thank you sooooooo much

[@marsovac]

one thing to note: do this only if you have problems because in 99.99% of the cases this is just a waste of time that does nothing and detrimental to the game experience since you need to wait for shader rebulding again.

[@masic.]

Worked amazing for me, I play Microsoft Flight sim and deleted my shader cache, instant 10fps gain which is huge in Flight sim

[@DylanOConnor]

Don't know what would hurt.. Just gotta rebuild the shader cache the first time...then it's good.

[@reidbailes4422]

So I have a problem nvidia isn't showing up in my files , said the location changed for the cash after the 511 update

[@reidbailes4422]

Can't find it

[@RealSraiku]

@@reidbailes4422 Install it again

[@SkitBit]

You sir, are an absolute legend!! I have been getting tons of crashes on my 4090 rig and has been driving mad as everything looked spot on. Followed your steps on this video precisely, set the shader cache at the end back to 10GB after cleaning everything out and not a single crash since (was happening multiple times in just 1 hour on various games). I think NVIDIA should watch this and take note. Their install process for driver updates should be doing this automatically. Thank you again! Brilliant!

[@user-eh9uy3cr2p]

My gosh. I feel this should be a 1 click mission.

[@jackr.749]

Agreed, I could never understand why nVidia didn't make the cleaning of shader cache a 1 click deal in the nVidia control panel, AMD's Adrenaline software has this feature which is handy. I use mostly nVidia GPUs but do have a 6900xt, I do like the Adrenaline software suite as compared to the nVidia's control panel.

[@younevertears]

I hate Nvidia control panel and geforce experience they are biggest flaws over amd, none of them have temperature color changer, and they look extremely outdated, and obviously lacks a lot of features

[@jackr.749]

@@younevertears Personally, I don't use or install GeForce Experience, too much of a resource hog with very little purpose.

[@TITANa7x]

Nvidia is great and all buttttt AMD there software lets you click one button to reset cache and shaders 😅

[@karkardawney599]

Cheers!!! 1660Ti laptop, problem with Path of Exile 2. Huge spikes after cache clear and 2 settings in game, got running it as before. That's really annoying that developers don't care to make all automatic; must search in the internet such cool guys like you. Cheers!

[@III_DarkAngel]

Thanks for fixing a major issue I was having, it's nice to FINALLY come across a fix/tutorial that is actually useful instead of some AI voice telling me to turn the power on and off again.

[@rivercitymud]

When KZbin recommends a video to me and I find that it uses an AI voice, I make sure to block the channel entirely. I've never gotten anything useful out of channels that do that, it's a sign of a lack of effort. If anyone uses those because you're embarrassed about how you look or sound: first, nobody likes the sound of their own voice because we're used to hearing it through the acoustics of our own skulls, and second, we're all nerds, we all look weird, don't worry about it.

[@xialabs1977]

Thanks so much for the video! My video was lagging, freezing up and it was becoming a chore to even copy and paste after the programs ran for a few minutes. CPU % usage was from 40 to 100%. CPU Temp was running about 170 -189F. Now CPU usage is now about 5% and as low as 2% running the same programs that I was running before, and now CPU temp is about 116F. I have spent hours and knocked myself out trying to solve this problem. I am so glad I came across your video. AWSOME!!! Using Acer laptop with Nivida 3060 graphics. Running smooth and seamless now.

[@spas6128]

I have no "Nvidia" folder in "LocalLow"

[@zzzzzzzzzzzzsjrufrjducujdj]

the folder “DXCache” can be found in the NVIDIA folder where you first deleted the GLCache files

[@WaZeOne87]

has fixed my Rocket League severe stutter/hangs that showed up randomly. I had tried all the reddit "fixes" to no success. My search for a fix led me here. Am pleased to say my frames have never been more stable according to the built in datalogging the game has (f10 while in rocket league). I will keep this in mind if this issues pops up anymore. Thank you!

[@cyrusmoini8676]

What a stud! I cant tell you how much i appreciate the work you do, Mr. Panjno. I've learned SO MUCH from watching your videos. Keep up the great work brother :-)

[@Panjno]

Haha thank you :)

[@Kawoaa]

@@Panjno im so lazy i'd probably just 'Format C: /q'

[@bnielsen7000]

Try read a real Windows Bible, then you'll know a lot more than he does!

[@cyrusmoini8676]

Oh boy here we go. @@bnielsen7000 I've been watching Panjno's videos for YEARS. The videos are well made, tremendously informative, easy to follow and otherwise helpful. These optimization videos can be tricky if you yourself are not relatively meticulous and pay close attention to what is being said and done. I'm cool with the way he does things, he's usually on the ball and gives fair warnings and disclaimers where need be. Sorry sir but i wont let you throw arrogant shade at my guy like that. 86.

[@SimCarCollector]

What a big difference cleaning out shader cache makes. No more stutters! Thanks very much!

[@michaeldejesus7576]

Thank you very much I was having severe frame drops and stutters in some of my game after installing a RTX 4080 super, I thought it was because my CPU (and was going to go spend $300.00+ on a newer one) thinking the one I have wasn't fast enough to keep up with the RTX 4080 super but after doing this my games play buttery smooth with frame rates that are out of this world now!!!!! Love your videos on how you might be able to fix something without having to upgrade or build a new system. I would have never thought to clear my Shader Cache after upgrading my GPU and doing a fresh install of the NVIDA drivers I needed for the new card! Worked great for me and I'm now going to play some games on my 2 days off and have fun. Thanks again for such a great video!!!!!!!!!

[@SP3CTR3-Au]

thank you panjo, i was stuttering so bad playing cs i thought my poor old 3080 was dying

[@MrSem0123]

i don´t even have the glcache folder, when i open the nvidia folder it´s empty

[@Rice-EChickenGaming]

As always thank you for these videos. Been so helpful over the years. ❤

[@josue21josue]

What do I do if my "NVIDIA" folder is empty? is that a bad thing?

[@jahphi9gemz920]

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="142">2:22</a> when i go into the local low folder i have no NVIDIA folder there?? what does this mean?

[@forresteranderson-d5f]

make sure your graphics card is nvidia

[@YanIsEdging]

i don’t have that just NVidia folder

[@ibanez0711]

1: deleted and installed fresh the Nvidia drivers - went from 30 to 60 fps. 2: did what you said in this video - went from 60 to 90 fps. Thank you (i7-9800x, 32gb RAM, 4060ti 16gb, FS2020)

[@syn55555]

bro pls upgrade your cpu the reason why ur system is slow it cuz of ur cpu

[@ibanez0711]

@@syn55555 I would love to upgrade - don't have the money, right now. Hence why I am grateful for the video; it helped. Thanks for the heads up about the cpu.

[@genlongtsang1093]

@@ibanez0711same

[@gamertechlive1780]

@@syn55555 I'm using 3700x , give up money if you want us to upgrade.. This is the reason why we do tweak BIOS & Windows.

[@WIZGONE]

@@syn55555 maybe u give him some money

[@harrihautalampi3940]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="142">2:22</a> i cant find NVIDIA folder inside of LocalLow. anyone know solution?

[@boarwars2587]

Same

[@Hazieon]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="124">2:04</a> there is no glcache folder for me Edit: I found the folder. It was in the Steam App folder on the D drive. Located at D\SteamLibrary\steamapps\shadercache\1091500 vidiav1\GLCache

[@DXSK_RL]

Bro

[@DXSK_RL]

I have the same issue and I’m panicking

[@DXSK_RL]

Can u tell me where to go to find it??

[@Hazieon]

@@DXSK_RL D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\shadercache\1091500 vidiav1\GLCache

[@Hazieon]

@@DXSK_RL It could be slightly different for you. If it is, just go to the "this pc" search bar and search "GLCache"

[@travissimpson3199]

Yo thanks so much i stop playing eso a few months ago because of performance issues some how came across this video followed your instruction jumped on to eso and games running amazing thank you

[@jassem3441]

Tried fixing my stutters for a week, and your method worked. Thanks !

[@hermicks]

Bro omg, you the freaking goat, i tried every dang thing and couldn't feel my game getting better I was getting constant stutters and freezing at times... After doing this I've been having no issues, game running smooth like some trucks on a overwaxed rail... you the goat

[@hermicks]

okay no I lied i still stuftter, but it's less often

[@reidbailes4422]

How did you find your nvidia cash 511 doesn't show for me if I do this

[@Matt-pn7cq]

can you make a guide for the finals please, would really appreciate it

[@jasonbrody6837]

From 250+ To 290+ FPS I have on Apex Legends Stutter Freeze is gone thank you soo much it works!

[@genlongtsang1093]

Really?

[@goldenglove8513]

​@@genlongtsang1093nah. He's probably just saying it

[@freedivert]

250 not enough? Lol

[@goldenglove8513]

@F1ipsydez 😆

[@persephone_8949]

I tried to access the GLCache through Nvidia folder but it was completely empty??? (This was exactly after updating the drivers the day before, only "change" I had done)

[@rivercitymud]

It's important to note that whenever you've installed a new game and spent a lot of time getting its settings just right, you should perform these steps again after you are done with that, because the shader cache will likely be filled with data from configurations you are no longer using, which can, at a minimum, take up valuable space in the cache disk allocation you have set, or worse, cause graphical anomalies when incorrect shader data from previous configurations gets loaded in your newer, better configuration.

[@monkeydguitarist9833]

Yooww thanks bro! BTW how often should you do this?

[@andranasazkaviarno6861]

why there's no folder in my %localappdata% > NVIDIA (FOLDER) there's nothing inside here, is this gonna be an issue? please help

[@johnlorenzo1074]

Awesome, it did work for me 🙏🏻, how often would you recomended doing this ?

[@free-t3k]

why i got nothing in my nvidia folder normal or not ?

[@johnblanco4200]

gotta start looking for it good luck

[@frankmjr6571]

Thank you!! All the info on this had the DXCache folder in a different location. Great video

[@NinjaGamingTV88]

thnx alot man I'm glad I found this video. I was having packet loss issues on mw3 and high latency issues and all the ways people explain to fix it did not help. I followed the instructions you gave and all that trouble went away I played 4 matches with zero issues now.

[@MrRickPatel]

Wow this is amazing, bo6 was stuttering out of no where, cleared the cache and upped the nvidia cache to 100gb and after it was smooth as👍 thanks!

[@interbi8087]

Лучший! Были фризы из-за прогрузки шейдеров, теперь все четко) Спасибо тебе!)

[@BlueLineVibes]

Thanks I appreciate the vid

[@pxtrey]

Np gang

[@dnnyed1229]

u r the best friend I never had bro !!!!!!! seriously been into gpus since my first pc way back when.... and I was obsessed with performance optimisation of my system and never found anyone like u man, keep up ur work bro just subbd to you !!!! ur guides r god sent !!!

[@RayZ__5]

I don’t know how all these years ur still making all these videos but i gotta say, one of the best guiders out there keep it up man 👍🏻🌹 Tried ur setups for several stuff and didn’t experience any chronic issues at all 💯

[@steveramundo4946]

Yes but did it fix anything?

[@RayZ__5]

@@steveramundo4946 if it didn’t improve something it won’t break anything.

[@wyatt40259]

it solved my fps drop in last epoch ^_^ @@steveramundo4946

[@stevenrudish5773]

This guy is the best of the best at getting you the most out of you PC by optimization!!! Thank you bud love the videos keep up the great work 🤘

[@stawsky]

Man wake up. Problem is with those type of tutorials that they never shown Before and After. I did try many of them and I really never experienced any proper improvements. What about You ?? Any improvements ??

[@Blue-Dreams719]

@@stawsky Exactly. This guy changes so many settings in one video and then you see he revert them in his other videos. These are not stable solutions.

[@hellblazer44]

thanks a lot @Panjno, I've recently bought a RTX 4070 and was wondering, why the heck I'm getting stutters in WoW....The FPS was spiking from high to mid and again to high (unbalanced) and some mechanics like in Raid and M+ were unplayable, I was frustrated till now. Again Kudos for this!!!

[@mercifulminutes]

Panjno I dont see any GlCache folder??

[@josehanuman5222]

Awesome!!! Bro!!!... What was the FPS gain you got by doing this?... How many FPS did you have before doing this? And how many FPS did you get after this guide?... Thanks 😎💪🤜🤛🤙🚀🎇

[@St1mi]

Excellent vid, straight to the point and extremely concise. Appreciate it!

[@Blue-Dreams719]

Dude you have so many videos about this kind of fixes, optimization etc but which one is the best and correct one for the all time use? example you disable the shader cache size in this video but in the other one you enable it. You change many settings in one video and the other one you revert them etc. I am kinda confused of which video of yours is needs to be followed for the full PC and game optimization.

[@mehDOGIESRATS2222]

I accidently deleted the shader Cache and didn't use the bin icon . Do you think it will be ok lol .

[@MrJavishjoel]

This is kind of a dumb question. I have my games installed on the E drive instead of C so should I follow the video step by step, or should I select disk E on the Disk Clean-Up app?

[@SillySausage-mq3so]

I don't have shader cache, I have changed this before, but mot an option now :( Same system.

[@HRproYT]

why to re enable shader cashe when it fixed my problem, makes no sense

[@Gamejone_123]

Shader cache works like bios, it keeps prefetches game assets so that game doesn't have to load it every time it cold boots. You might have noticed some games (i.e.: Hogwarts legacy) does take a while in to load assets, map levels etc in the loading screen.

[@mercianeightseven]

Perfect, Thanks for this. I noticed the Cache files had been moved from where they used to be and this helped. Thanks for this video!

[@meecholpc]

Hey Panjno I’m wondering why you rather 100GB over driver default I know it means more space but I noticed more latency when I use the 100gb option

[@tuckeriftictommy236]

If you are running an old device and are having lag / stutter issues; this really does help 🙏 the first step I was not able to do as the folder he had, I did not; but I followed all other steps and managed to get my Day Z running from low setting with stutter lag, to a mix of medium / extreme settings with a steady hard cap fps of 60 🙏 this along side some other steps really can make a 13 year old pc with a GTX 970, 8gb Ram and I5 processor run like new again 🙏 might only be temporary but consistent maintenance really does help 🙏

[@plantpotman9785]

I was following all the steps but in my localappdata file i only have one nvidia file and its nvidia corporation.. what should i do?

[@DavidSoeiro]

Thanks. Someone know if Steam Shader cache is useless when we already have Nvidia shader cache ? What's the point of having two applications that do the same thing ? Aren't they likely to come into conflict ? Thanks

[@OG.Stitches]

I have no GLCache folder in my nvidia folder

[@liftedcj7on44s]

clearing the shader cache will just make it have to be rebuilt again, that in turn will cause you to get stutters when you start the game again. The default shader cache size for Nvidia is 4gb, You could install 100 games and not even use up 50mb from the shader files from all those games.

[@def-po8tu]

It may resolve corruption issues with shader cache tho

[@pvtvenom]

I mean I have 4 games installed and 192mb of shader cache.

[@earnestleesaddened3779]

Thank you for the Shader cache size info, it will make my decision in the Nvidia control panel much easier.

[@goldenglove8513]

Hmm. Seems it's working for pep

[@GenX-Gamore]

Thank you for the rundown on this issue, I sure will share it, I am interested in the FPS counter you are using and can it be captured by obs.

[@GeorgeKonto94]

How sure you are that g sync and v sync must be on ??? g sync must be on but v sync on with g sync is better? is it right..?

[@subhranshu12345]

After being harassed for 1 week, i finally got the solution. Thank you from the core of my heart, liver, pancreas and lungs. ❤

[@VahdaMage]

I don’t have GLCache in my NVIDIA folder

[@divyanshdivyansh5607]

Really really thanks ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@gamainku]

I thought my pc’s overheating after updating my driver, noticed how my game’s stutter alot while playing. Already finished doing all of these, hope this fix it.

[@Emoore176]

Hey does this help with black flickering lines in games ?

[@GabeGabe-w4e]

thank you so much it took a while to settle in and fix the problem after the process of the shader cache thing but it works good now thanks

[@kenshikenone]

I don't have any files in folder "NVIDIA". But, also I've updated my driver. Could it possibly have deleted all cash already?

[@Jack_Napier23]

I did this today and made game sound only work in stream if i was talking in mic. Shut pc down and now it wont turn back on. Dont know what would be causing it but i followed instructions exactly

[@fulmetalraven1]

Thanks, man. I think this fixed my issues with the restart bug.

[@maddoggt6145]

Ive come to realization that most all videos about optimizing windows for gaming is nonsense. I left default windows 11 as it was, started downloading my steam library, at 40-80MB/s. Then as that was happening went in to pla y a game and was getti ng 182 FPS, cpu 8%, 35 ms network latency, and no shutter at all. Just no differen ce. So its BS really to be optimizing anything. Windows can handle it as is just fine even when system is downloading at max behind the scenes while playing another online game at max settings.

[@godlugner5327]

Yeah mate kinda same but also realized knowing what each setting does is way more helpful but never a straightforward answer

[@frontlife900]

They should implement a smart cache clearing feature that clearing your cache from time to time without need you to manually doing it.

[@SleezYtb]

it is necessary to carry out the manipulation every how long ?

[@0ldPlayer]

thank you so much i had no idea how this worked

[@pri1ime880]

What if I don't have a Nvidia folder at all? The only one I have is "Nvidia Corporation." It's said that it doesn't matter if there are more or fewer files in that folder, but what if you don't have the folder at all?

[@monsoonv314]

What is that app next to steam called? I've always wondered what it was but I can never find out.

[@Skipper_the_Leader]

I have problem with very low draw distance in all games. This can be help for that?

[@rickallanolsen]

There is no show more options

[@joeyanderson3646]

man i thought i followed it exactly and now i cant even open nvidia control panel to reenable shader cache

[@navidrezaee471]

Thank you so much bro ❤

[@TRUTHabouttheagenda2024]

Why do you have low latency off ? that is a good setting to have on.

[@FrankMalek-c9j]

Hi, thx and first for your videos. I have a problem, I cannot find the GLCache-folder. I have been running a system-wide search, no result. I habe a rtx4090 gamerock. What should I do?

[@benf7958]

Simply amazing 😊... This solved my issue.. Thank you so much

[@hagridsbeardguy1399]

Thanks for the awesome video mate! I'm really curious about which DayZ standalone mod you had on display at the end of the video - looks epic! Cheers

[@jonocooper3869]

Thanks for the update as always Panjino. Not sure if it's something that people would find useful, but my system drive is actually pretty small, but i have a SSD 256 GB system drive, a 2 TB SSD and a 2TD normal hdd. I tend to make use of a hardlink linking the DXCache and the GLCache onto my bigger SSD drive, which is pretty easy to do, and for people who are pushed on hard drive space on their system drive and want to use the 100 GB or unlimited shader cache size this could be useful. Just a thought.

[@mainuser98]

How to do it?

[@zeryt_1957]

since i done it i cant launch a few game like rainbow six siege, call of duty and counter strike do you have a solution ???

[@TheLEOyondaime]

You'll need shader cache for playing this games! And many other games use this feature to prevent shader compilation stutters during gameplay.

[@TheLEOyondaime]

Don't forget to re-enable it!

[@TexxasPapi]

Just did this on a new build rtx 4060, it cleared up at first and after a minute it started dropped frame rates with stutter 🤔🤔 any idea ?

[@gali1450]

Hello, I have a problem with World of Tanks. If v-sync is turned on, I don't have a constant 60fps, it just jumps from 40 to 60 all the time. How did you do what you showed in the video so that the fps disappeared and the game will be smoother?

[@DjBetoon]

Doubt it, but it's a possibility

[@GG_SYMBIOTE]

I am facing some unusual issue. Sytem: Ryzen 7 5800X, ColorFul RTX 3060 12GB, Samsung Odyssey G4 240Hz Monitor So, I am booting my PC it starts with 240Hz, For a couple of minutes(2-3 minutes). It stays in 240Hz, but after that it immediately switches to 60Hz output. Highlight: All the NVidia control panel settings, windows settings, monitor settings are already in 240Hz. this is something very unusual happening. First occurence: I was playing Valorant, There was a power cut and as soon as I turned my PC back on. This issue was there. Sometimes, it fixes itself automatically but it can be like as soon as I restarted it. This issue will start again. Troubleshooting: I tried clean install of nvidia gpu drivers, I tried clean install of windows, I tried clearing shader cache in Nvidia Control Panel. After all this this issue is still there. Please help

[@gilbertthee2733]

It worked but after, the next day it starts capping fps again, what do I do?

[@DyingStar2022]

I don't have GLCache folder dude, did they changed the location?

[@Ic420z]

No i just did all in the video

[@ComeonmenID10T]

or you just set the Shader Cache Size to 512Mb so you only have the latest Cache ( will be overwritten by new ones ) and not for Month upon Month stored

[@LicDudu]

Todo esto me vuelve loco, cuando desactivo el cache del sombreador y borro los archivos tal como en el video el juego me va genial pero tartamudea, pero si pongo el shader cache en 10gb o ilimitado, el juego no tartamudea nada, pero no l o siento fluido, siento que va como con retraso JAJAJA hasta el escritorio se siente lento, vere si tu consejo ayuda, nunca lo había pensado..

[@102allenwalker]

Thank you so much , so many of my games been stuttering,thought I have to get new parts

[@spaff_hazz]

no nvdia folder in the appdata/local folder. where can i find it?

[@johnnytoast8215]

I was on the way home from a trip when I saw this, I thought it would work and wanted to do it when I got home, I sent it to my friend because his rig has stutters and lag in games more than mine does. He later texts me that his computer is much slower, and won’t run any game longer that a few seconds, before it goes to blue screen

[@38Kilo]

Greetings, do you know if ATI has something like this? I cannot find a way to get hickups and stutters out of every game from recent to even old ones.

[@efrenbarraza357]

when they say its in the description so we can copy and paste and it never is :(

[@pure_rl]

For the shader Cache Size, if we have multiple SSD's could we up that to 100G my C drive has about 80G but my other SSD has 1TB left of space.

[@FateXO]

just put unlimited it doesnt matter because you will never come close to even 10 gbs of cache

[@mainuser98]

Good question , i want to know aswell

[@8anidoron903]

That really worked!!! Thank you so much!!!!!❤

[@QwertyMeloned]

So when do i do this? Every week? month? months?

[@hugosalinas9485]

Is it necessary to reenable the shader cache? What happens if i leave it off?