Is Fortnite Actually Bad with AMD? (Fixes!)

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Today, we settle the debate once and for all: is AMD bad with Fortnite? It’s a rumor so persistent that there has to be some truth to it, right? After our testing, we finally have the answer AND how to fix it.
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1:49 The GPUs
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[@ZachsTechTurf]

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[@tinklenugget7863]

Zach you can use replay mode to have the exact same benchmark everytime for fortnite

[@maybacher]

Heyyyy! I still can't believe I guessed it was the Vista MB! I guessed that case when you did the sevenhero build on twitch too!

[@Morphantos]

If the game is choppy when starting the first game its because its building the shader cache in the storage

[@MrRant-hl6yd]

When I did this same test with a 7800x3d and 6800xt and 7800x3d and 3080ti I was getting around 200-400 fps more with the 3080ti also performance mode is significantly better than dx12 as long as you have your pc and game optised for it

[@Mrhandyhitman]

If you lower settings and resolution you are more CPU bound than GPU bound. This game needs a beefy CPU to run smoothly as well the lower the settings

[@NukaOrQuantum...]

The amount of people repeating information on the internet that they heard is uncanny. I personally used an RX580 on Fortnite for about 6 months and had absolutely zero issues.

[@Sp00n_]

it all depends on what is good enough for people. some people want more smooth gaming, and others are fine with what they got.

[@TristinDeHoff]

I'm getting tons of frame drops with my 580, only at 60-70% usage, not a CPU (as far as I can tell) or bottlenecking issue either. can't figure it out

[@Darius-hn4gp]

Fortnite is badly optimized to be fair, I had the same issues with my Rx 480 ​@@TristinDeHoff

[@kingtuckgesus8879]

​@@TristinDeHoff u have a rx 580 that's the issue, The more they update it, the more obsolete those older cards will be get you a 6600 XT

[@StarsIWNL]

@@TristinDeHoffperformance mode

[@sak-atWork]

You come to learn that people, who have never owned an AMD gpu, and/or do not know the FIRST thing about optimizing their PC, are so quick to say silly things like "AMD Sux". It's a shame that ignorant people tend to be the most confident. Thanks for the video, as someone who has an NVIDIA GPU, I hope to see AMD do better in the future. We need competition in the market.

[@consciousness__7797]

good thing there is competition, AMD!

[@tguit-fiddler5692]

They got my money this time lol

[@sak-atWork]

@@consciousness__7797 Yes, there is just talk about them being hesitant to compete in the high-end market due to poor numbers. I hate to see it. I feel like I'm part of the problem. I just had to prioritize low-energy use over sheer power-per-dollar. My electricity bill is near $300 a month unfortunately.

[@200pumb]

I my self have a 4070ti super yet I convinced 2 of my friends that wanted low budget gpu to get a 7800xt ! I made the adjustments on andrenaline then told them to use only D12 and with some in game settings the game runs smooth as butter !! 🧈 amd cards are really good 👍 and best value for money 💰

[@loryt690]

I have both and nvidia is absolute with 0 dubt better in fortnite

[@gamerstreater9314]

Anakin was NOT having it 😭 0:03

[@Holygroceries]

I'd do the same

[@jordanmntungwa3311]

Lmao

[@xgas.hurried9894]

you spelt his name wrong lmfaooooo

[@gamerstreater9314]

@@xgas.hurried9894 Anakin* 😃

[@ZachsTechTurf]

Great work from my editor there

[@Lottsa_Luv]

9:38 -it is because of shader caching, basically it is compiling shaders ready to use in future games, after the shaders have been "cached", the game can use these precompiled shaders in future games which takes some load of the GPU, but they do need to be compiled every time there is a driver changed or a major game update.

[@iconfuez6538]

I don’t play fortnite so I don’t know if its the case but doesn’t it install shaders before you enter a game like Call of Duty does?

[@misterbrickest]

@@iconfuez6538 No this in particular is a Unreal Engine 5 issue, a lot of these games have shader compilation issues when traversing the map etc, shaders will compile. This is actually the problem with this I know other tech guys have covered it. Digital Foundry has talked about it in their latest UE 5.4 update video.

[@theredpineapple9485]

If I recall correctly, Fortnite does have a replay mode where you can test the same environment with different settings or GPUs, I remember seeing Daniel Owen's video about the RTX 3070 vs 4070 and he was using it to compare them.

[@ZachsTechTurf]

I need to look into this. Thanks!

[@theredpineapple9485]

@@ZachsTechTurf 👍

[@robin5298]

​​@@ZachsTechTurfi would really appreciate an update into this! I'm currently a 3070 x Trio user thinking of upgrading to 7800XT, i would like to know if it'd be worth making the move.

[@Ultimate-tech-channel]

Fortnite ain’t that bad with AMD; I occasionally play it at 1440p with the 6800. Just runs at a lower frame rate than expected

[@IPowder4105]

Maybe you are using ray tracing

[@Ultimate-tech-channel]

@@IPowder4105 I think so

[@redexexile795]

@@Ultimate-tech-channel i got same gpu at any setting and resolution 1% lows goes below 60 fps

[@mynickisalreadytaken]

@@redexexile795 Whats your CPU and RAM Speed+Latency. Also Temps?

[@madlad32]

@@Ultimate-tech-channel if you have it in high settings or above it will use raytracing technology at default so lower it to medium you will see a huge differnce

[@bigrob029]

This was actually really interesting and helpful. Definitely a nice break from the usual pc building videos, good to see you stretching your technical commentary legs! I try not to play fortnite.... but when I did it was on a RX570 *with no issues*. Finally upgraded to a 6600 and I think a lot of these tips can apply to a lot of games out there. Looking forward to seeing you take on other popular games with this angle.

[@flexiblefelix]

Zack, is it possible you could do more of these for other pvp games? I would love to see this for say, valorant, apex, tekken, LoL, OW2 just to name a few that I don't really have a personal gauge on for the best hardware choice, and I'd enjoy also seeing this for even CPU choices if you wanted to open it up to more than just team green and team red. I've been following you for a while now and I think you have some really great content that seems very down to earth with the more veteran side of PC building enthusiasts. It's great stuff and I think you deserve to hear this. Cheers ✌️

[@ZachsTechTurf]

Thanks for the suggestions and kind words!

[@Stands01]

9:38 - this happens because the game has to compile shaders for the GPU again as you have updated to a new GPU driver

[@knutkj]

Finally! This was so needed! I also finally learned what DX12 Pro settings mean. It was practically impossible to find good material on Fortnit graphics settings before this video was made. I would also appreciate it if you could do a follow-up video on non-pro settings since I want both: Look decent and good enough perf. What kind of card is needed? Which settings are important? Again, thanks a lot for pulling this video together. You made the Fortnite community a big favor, in my opinion.

[@MicahDaRhuler]

Thanks so much Zack, I could not figure out how to fix Fortnite lag after updating drivers, but now I know that just restarting the game fixes it. I think the bug is related to shader compilation though, and how UE just doesn't do a good job of throwing shaders to their own thread.

[@logmeme5271]

Anakin in the beginning kill me Off💀🤣🤣

[@ZachsTechTurf]

Same lol

[@Pineapplecubes]

@@ZachsTechTurf i know

[@Ruin1.0]

Can you do a vid with performence mode instead of dx12 since the input delay is much lower compared dx12. Input delay is also really important since you have to build a lot and with dx12 the input delay is much higher making it really hard to build.

[@kkooi556]

Hi Zach ive been watching your videos ever since i bought my gaming pc but i am facing a issue in GTA 5. I am getting rough edges in it Should i use or not use MSAA?

[@kerwex]

Good video, but few things to consider that dx 12 is very experimental on fortnite and it has worse input delay then performance mode, you should really test those gpus in really intense build fights, there would be a really clear winner. Also dx12 has stability issues and more animations adding to the input delay it already has

[@DanteGalvan]

Same I don't know why performance mode fps is so bad but the input delay is good

[@Taavett]

You said the NV cards are horrible in the first game, after a driver update. I think it may be something to do with the shader compilation, but idk why it doesnt happen to amd.

[@dotxyn]

One of the reasons people use performance mode is because it reduces visual clutter, like removing grass, which significantly improves player visibility. Also, FWIW, when I had a 6800XT, the initial stuttering did happen after driver or game updates. You can reduce this on any card by pre-downloading streamed assets in your Fortnite Epic launcher settings. On that AMD card with the same PC, Fortnite crashed sometimes with a UE5 or driver timeout error. This was after multiple game and driver installs, DDU, etc. It didn't crash nearly as much as the 2080Ti I mained, or now my 4080. However, this could have been due to problems with the game itself and variance with stability on certain updates. I will add that driver timeouts in UE5 games are practically non-existent on my Nvidia cards, whereas I experienced them frequently on AMD, and so have some of my friends.

[@danielmckellar397]

I was thinking the same thing about not using performance mode when he brought it up because I play Fortnite competitive and it is night and day between performance mode and direct x 12

[@zaboxingnation9351]

i play competitive and i usually run performance mode but direct 12 does run close to perfect onmy 4080@@danielmckellar397

[@Ruin1.0]

agreed, I also play comp and decreasing input delay is super important like stable fps

[@chaniibak7702]

@@Ruin1.0he showed dx12 because that’s what gives the stable fps

[@Ruin1.0]

@@chaniibak7702 but the input delay is much higher and there’s more visual clutter, I’d say dx12 is better for more casual competitive players but if you want all of the advantages, playing performernce mode is better do to less delay

[@infernoplayz3747]

love ur content, u taught me how to build PCs and I started a business in my skl :) tysm

[@SUDK153]

Love your vids man, and could you do a Hyte Y60 build.

[@parix8605]

I need to be on performance mode, cause when you play tournaments and there are like 30ish people in a very small place, the game will be a mess with x12. For casual players it should be fine though.

[@runemanny]

Are you on amd or nvidia? Also are you just saying this or have you actually tried?

[@parix8605]

⁠@@runemannyI have a 7800xt. I have played multiple cash cups on x12 and performance mode. And in the endgame on x12 I have lower overall fps and more stuttering compared to performance mode. (Before I played on amd I had an NVIDIA graphicscard and it was the same) +there’s a reason why most of the top tier players play on performance mode

[@defyblox7268]

It's ping and most pros have nvidia​@parix8605

[@kirabcg7091]

I playing cash cup on dx12 no problem in a full stack lobby With grass enable because my view distance is on far or epic doesnt remember But im on a nvidia card

[@vFxc]

@@defyblox7268most pros have Nvidia because of streaming

[@Sp3cialk304]

Hardware Unboxed have said multiple times the issue come when trying to get max gos possible for competive players. That AMD is worse when using performance mode. They say thats the way you would want to play the game. I dont play online shooters, but that's what Steve from HUB says.

[@Broyyyyyy]

exactly, this video completely missed the mark. I don't think he was aware of this though to be fair, as I don't think he knows much about fortnite or why players would still run perf mode over DX12 even if its more stuttery. Zach if you're reading this you should do this again but Performance mode only, guaranteed people would really appreciate a more authoritative figure in the PC gaming community diving into this topic to sort out any possible misinformation or if its actually valid claims about AMD. Cheers

[@nxtrixzer]

sorry but what does gos mean?

[@pmccraken]

This is a solid video! I've been struggling to find a balanced and non-hyped up approach to gpu performance in Fortnite. I really like your approach to solving this problem and I'm going to try out some of your ideas. Thanks

[@amti2326]

I know you’ve probably told us all this before but what software do you use for your fps monitoring in the corner ?

[@prestige934]

MSI afterburner

[@amti2326]

@@prestige934 thanks

[@MarjinComp]

Just a tip don't turn textures low if u r playing comp as u can't see through cracks on wooden builds so its much harder to track someone. Personally i would turn down 3d resolution to 70%-85% and make sure that shadows and post processing are off

[@loryt690]

also effects not totally off or you will never know where they are breacking the structure(cause it bounce)

[@MarjinComp]

@@loryt690 no cause the build still changes to the blue holo texture

[@loryt690]

@@MarjinComp blue holo? never saw that, I tested that like in ch 2 and you won t know from where they are coming. well good they fixed it

[@erisium6988]

i have no idea what are u saing bro

[@MarjinComp]

@@erisium6988 when u build a wall as soon as it takes damage it makes the wall have a holo effect. So if I place a wood wall and it takes damage some of the planks go a holo blue.

[@brodyismael1545]

I'd love to see these tests in stacked endgames where there is so much more demand on the gpu and cpu because of all the players and builds.

[@ZachsTechTurf]

Although it would be great data. I can't imagine how long it would take to test each individual GPU where you have to get to a stacked end game every time lol

[@brodyismael1545]

@@ZachsTechTurf maybe get a bunch of pros using different rigs to test out the gpus

[@vicvm.]

@@ZachsTechTurfJust play a single scrim match and then use replays XD

[@Iker3329_]

The view distance on enemies is 250 meters no matter what setting u use, it only changes the LOD of the textures from far away and that only gives u more fps drops, the only advantage that it gives is that u see floor loot from far away, which if u put more than medium view distance it doesnt increase so medium distance should be the best setting edit: i think people doesnt know that performance mode is made for low end devices, and that directx its just worse because its not the latest version of directx, its like the problems on counter strike, newer gpus werent able to get more fps than a 1050 because of csgo being a dx9 game, but now on cs2 with directx11 its way better for high end devices (and worse for low end ones)

[@troopV10]

Hey, A random question I know, but I need your help, I'm trying to make a gaming PC out of an old PC from Amazon but I'm facing a problem in understanding If it will be putting an RX 6400(GDDR6) in a PC that supports DDR4 RAM.....I'm really new to this stuff so I'm a bit lost

[@bogdansgaming8106]

Usually competitive fortnite players use performance mode, that's the real competitive settings. The thing they meant is that some settings actually carry over from dx11/12 to performance (not graphics but some techical settings are hidden in performance but still apply)

[@fenypoo]

that’s with the case with Nvidia, not amd. Amd runs incredibly bad on performance mode so using dx12 is better in this case. Definitely not loving it but gotta live with what I have

[@bogdansgaming8106]

@@fenypoo oh. I did not know that. Maybe it depends on architecture and specs since at some points in fortnite's update history performance mode ran worse for nvidia cards too. if so then yea, mb

[@alessandropisano9903]

I'm on 280hz monitor but i cap the frames a 240fps and i'm one of those people who notice even the differnce between 200 and 240fps. And for the past year i have been using an rx 5700xt for like 6 months with a r7 3700x which i swaped with a 5800x3D in august of 2023. All the chapter 4 was a mess: in mega city while dropping even with the 5800x3D, wich i bought exactly to push the gpu because in that cases with the 3700x the gpu was going under 20% of usage making 60 fps and even the 5800x3D changed nothing. When og season came back in november with the old graphic of chapter 1 i was getting 240fps IN EVERY PLACE!!!!! and the gpu was barely used at 20%!!!!!!!! When chapter 5 came i was getting the same fps as chapter 4 and in reckless railways i was getting 100+/-fps. for me is unplayable. At January of this year i sold my 5700xt and i bought a used rtx 3070 and now i have 240fps capped in every place of the map and this helped me a lot and in just 3 months i improoved a lot just for swapping the gpu. this is not to belittle amd GPUs which i really liked because of the software and in general i didn't have any specific issue and i've Always had a smooth experience but for fortnite (in dx11 and performance mode) amd GPUs are not good. In dx12 they are good because it is optimized for consoles and consoles use an amd GPU which is not a case in my opinion. One solution that i'm curious to try if i have an amd GPU is to use d3d11ond3d12 or whatever is called

[@vicvm.]

I have a rtx2060 with a 5800x3d for a year now and I remember getting 300+fps stable anywhere in mega city, it never dropped from 240 there.

[@alessandropisano9903]

@@vicvm. Are you stupid or what?

[@NotRealFailure]

been waiting for this video.ty so much

[@ilvulcanoislandese]

Zack, we need the ultimate video editing pc guide.

[@chubbyloco957]

Ok but whenever I try switching back to DX12, even with the lowest possible settings on my RX 560 4gb, I go down from 107 to 80 fps, the game doesn't load correctly, and it drops way below 60 fps when it wouldn't in performance mode. Also, Fortnite is kind of CPU demanding as well from what I've tested with overclocking and stuff.

[@mtbwithjure7809]

Amd for the win!

[@horchatakevin]

You haven’t even seen the full video

[@mtbwithjure7809]

Ik i am just saying that amd is the best

[@lile4life713]

@@mtbwithjure7809amd cpu > invida gpu >

[@horchatakevin]

@@mtbwithjure7809 how is it the best?

[@russianguns-47]

​@@lile4life713 Hate to break it to you raw Performance amd gpu ray tracing nvidia

[@pooriakhosravi9415]

did you download the compiled shaders for these tests?

[@captainxl]

Really liked the video. Very useful and good info.

[@SirPanix]

I have a question for you Zach (and anyone else): I have a i3-10105f and had bought a 6700xt last year thinking that it would be the biggest upgrade ever coming from a gt1030 and I was wrong. My 1% lows suck, no matter what I do, whether I'm on DX12 with the lowest settings or performance mode, the game just doesn't run properly. I've tried everything from reinstalling the game to even completely reinstalling windows. What should I do?

[@SirPanix]

Here is a list of all parts: - Intel i3-10105f - AMD 6700xt - 16gb DDR4 - 650w PSU - 500gb M.2 SSD Also not sure if it would be a problem but still wanted to mention that the airflow is pretty good with six 120mm fans.

[@-v3ga]

It is the cpu. The Gpu is being bottlenecked like crazy by the Cpu and also Fortnite is a mostly processor intense game. If you kept your GT 1030 and instead got a 13600k (same price as 6700xt) you would most likely have gotten a lot more fps. Mind you that would not be very great because even though it’s not super graphically intense it still does need a competent GPU.

[@SirPanix]

@@-v3ga I wish I was able to tell my past self this, thanks! Is it worth it for me to just go from this cpu to like a ryzen 7 series and get a whole new motherboard + ram?

[@SirPanix]

Also, say I upgrade the mb, ram, and cpu, should I get a new psu too?

[@-v3ga]

@@SirPanix Well it depends. If you want to spend a bit more money you could go for a ryzen 7600 and a new mb and ram which performs amazing and also has a great upgrade path, or if you don’t want to spend as much money and you don’t care about upgrade path you could get a ryzen 5600 with a new mb but since it is ddr4 you won’t need new ram. If you have the funds i would personally go for he 7600 but it’s up to you. Also you shouldn’t need to upgrade your psu but it would be good to do eventually if you ever want to upgrade again.

[@charliesretrocomputing]

Every tutorial always says "gO IntO pErfOrmAncE mOdE tO InstAntLy gEt 1000 fps!" but that's not true. On my AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, the two things that fixed stutters and low FPS were 1. DX12 rendering and 2. Uncapped FPS IN-GAME, and cap FPS in RTSS (this is important because I was getting tons of microstutters when setting an FPS cap in-game and setting it in RTSS (RivaTuner) fixed it. And if you want to remove grass in DX12, just set your view distance to low. Edit: I’m talking about casual non competitive players, I’m not an idiot and I understand how many people there are in an FNCS or cash cup endgame. If you’re a professional or competitive player, I understand that performance mode will help.

[@dotxyn]

Among some other objects, view distance on low reduces your ability to see loot from a distance. All you see is a glowing dot.

[@Gonebeef]

Pretty much true for me Performance mode stutters so much on my 6600 but on dx12 the stutter is reduced or gone

[@charliesretrocomputing]

@@dotxyn That's why I use far view distance... I'm fine with losing 5-10 FPS if it means I can have grass and see enemies and objects from a distance - I use what Zach calls "Pro settings" in DX12

[@charliesretrocomputing]

@@Gonebeef Nice!

[@dotxyn]

@@charliesretrocomputing For me, it's not really about the FPS because it's already high enough. I use performance mode so I can still see some objects from far away and get rid of visual clutter which improves player visibility. For example, sometimes fighting on a hill, someone's head will be peeking over the top, and without grass you can see it, whereas if with grass the player would be hidden.

[@mohamedalimaaroufi4327]

First time running a game whatever be your GPU maker or after installing or updating the drivers will be a mess because of something called shaders compilations it's when the engine of the game is reading and communicating with the drivers to optimise their workflow some games like Call of duty will notify you about it but some others will keep doing it in the background and very specifically unreal engine based games (like fortnite in this instance) and Nvidia drivers tend to take more times, so I do not recommend to restart the game but let it sit for a moment (some games take up to 5min to compile) until it finishes that process and it will run smoothly

[@Michael-uo4jj]

that stuttering after installing drivers is the shader cache / pre loading shaders

[@donovin07]

Ive actually been wondering this lately. Alot of people are saying its bad but mine runs fine 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@eonisbest4313]

Do you get stutters in fortnite and any other games also what’s your build ?

[@donovin07]

@@eonisbest4313 i havnt noticed any stutters. Except for this season of fortnite, it so so badly optimized that i get crazy frame drops. I have a 7900xt and 7800x3d 32 gb ram

[@user-lu2bi2iy7d]

@@eonisbest4313 ONLY ON PERF MODE DX 12 IS MORE STABLE THAN PERF MODE AND AMD GPU HATES PERF MODE

[@tguit-fiddler5692]

@@user-lu2bi2iy7dwhy are you yelling?

[@UltraVegito-1995]

It's Lisa Su from Fortnite

[@Dr_cHeNGo]

A really informative video. I would love to see these tests with PUBG. I get a lot of framedrops during my matches and I‘m still wondering if it has 🎉something to do with my RX6800 or my Ryzen 5600 isn’t strong enough… 1440p

[@trashtrash1565]

The Nvidia driver issues I actually encountered with an AMD card specifically the RX7600, i just upgraded my gpu from nvidia and when i installed my AMD card and its drivers i got a total of 7fps in the lobby (yikes) but after a re-install of the amd drivers and a quick ddu for the Nvidia ones it was all good! Just a quick question tho.. after my new card was installed and i used ddu to remove the nvidia drivers i now encounter a really fast flickering issue on startup for about 1 min then its all good, any advice?

[@Pepperrifle]

Question did you put raytracing or however you spell on because Fortnite supports all of nvidia’s features like that

[@MouldyMozzie]

Hey Zach how do you get the info on the top left while you are gaming

[@solarium4659]

Hay zach is a ryzen 5 7500F and rx 6600 xt good for a 650 budget? Or is there room for improvement

[@shanu5136]

Big fan man and huge respect for you making this video but one thing kind of seemed wrong to me. Arnt all pros who actually play Fortnite competitively using performance mode? Does any pro play on dx 12? Am I missing something

[@xMogu64]

thank you so much for this video i just bought my pc with the 7900 xtx but dont have it know it needs to build but so many people said i cant use the card bc its crashes or lags you the best thanks a lot

[@captain187cloudy9]

Whenever I turn on Lumen High and RTX, my eyes and fps start to hurt, I think the lighting in build fights makes it hard to focus.

[@Gaetan.N]

Really good knowledge, still you forgot to factor a couple of nvidia things… for competitive players, Nvidia Reflex low latency is super efficient, and AMD does not have a true conterpart yet. Reflec also acts as a good in-game adaptative frame limiter, therefore removing some need to cap your frame rate but still getting the 1% low at a better level. Besodes,Nvenc encoder is very valuable to many people which needs to be accounted for in price to performance..

[@PC_Tips_101]

Hi zach! for me, dx12 makes loading into a match take ages, i always load in when on the battle bus! could i have some help pls?

[@Greenify2]

I own a Dell XPS 9100 and it's not performing well. I'm considering upgrading it as I cannot afford to build a new PC. I'm thinking of replacing the motherboard with an AMD AM4 motherboard. What upgrades should I consider?

[@popcorn6057]

Hi zach! I am building a pc with ryzen 7 7800x3d and for a gpu Rx 6700 xt am I doing the right thing or should I buy anther gpu?

[@kevinsangara]

Hi, I'm thinking of getting a gamer pc with an i5 13600kf or 12600kf processor and a rtx 4070 TI Super graphics card to play at 4k. My first question is to confirm with you whether with this combo I'll eventually be able to play all the new and old games in all resolutions because I have a 4k TV that automatically adjusts the resolution according to the games I'm playing and I suppose we won't be able to play all the games in 4k, it depends. So I'd like to know if this combo works with all resolutions and all types of games, whether they're more cpu games, i.e. single-player games, or more gpu games, i.e. shooters. Then I'd like to know if, for example, you tell me that this combo works well, and if so, what is the ideal power supply that you'd recommend without it costing too much. Thank you in advance.

[@zakkomatic]

The i9-12700k would be a better fit for a 4070ti for 4k

[@Titxnn]

are you saying for the most fps play direct x 12 with the settings you explained(I play competitive and i want the most fps)

[@user-vx9ch6rs1w]

Hey zach a questionwhat does the bios on the 7900 gre xfx do? i've got one myself but i found no info or reviews

[@user-vx9ch6rs1w]

@ZachTechsTurf123 winner of what

[@user-rv9uv5yk2y]

what do u recomand for an intel lga 1155 socket pared with an nvidia 9600gt and 8gb os ddr3 1333 mhz ram with in an 400w psu

[@0HP]

Did you try changing the settings to low on dx 12/11 then switch to performance mode? Cause if you don't that will affect your benchmark!

[@GhostOfSatoshi]

Is there a trick to getting anti-aliasing to work in performance mode? It's not a setting in Fortnite, and when I enable via Adrenaline software, it does not work.

[@InTheTree]

I loved this new type of video, keep it up!

[@botobonnl]

I always play on performance mode with my rtx 2060 and ryzen 5 3600 on steady 144 fps with no issues and now i tested on directx12 on low settings and i cant play my cpu was over 90 degrees celsius wen i was joining a battle royale game and i did not join. How can did happen because you recommend directx12 over performance mode with low end pc?

[@famousfighter2310]

Can you repaste your cpu?

[@Mrfortnite69]

I’d recommend dx12 all lowest settings because in far you see stuff like long grass and have high meshes which could put more strain on your GPU

[@sh1n0xw0lf]

Should I use directx12 on the Rog Ally? (Z1 Extreme model)

[@JavaJake123]

directx shader cache might be why the first game thing happened, when updating drivers nvidia might default to deleting that cache

[@dumboy69420]

i use a laptop and i have 2 dedicated gpu's that are nvidia 4050 and amd radeon 760M and my cpu is ryzen 5 7640HS shall i still use radeon? i would really appreciate if you could answer quick!

[@misterbrickest]

Unreal Engine 5 has a shader compilation issue. I think Digital Foundry just made a video recently testing UE5 vs UE5.4 (latest version) and mentions this, or it's in one of their recent Unreal Engine videos. On top of that many other tech enthusiast websites and channels have mentioned this problem. The longer you play the game, the less stutters you get (with Nvidia and AMD I'm presuming) as less on-the-fly shader compilation is needed, once you've traversed everywhere for like an hour or so. I have both Nvidia and AMD recent cards, I might test this myself, but I don't play fortnite lol

[@Arbes.Hallunej]

Hey bro how is it going, i play fortnite on a thinkpad yoga 460 laptop and it terribly runs at 15 to 30 fps. Can you please give me a hand and find me some good settings or give me another way to play it without being on 20 fps?

[@thelastapple8926]

I have a i3 9100f and rx 5700xt and i live games on Facebook, i find it the my cpu is struggling to live and game at the same time, im planning to upgrade to a ryzen 5500 or 5600, what do you think is better?

[@Kholanee]

Haven’t watched the whole video, but I need to know if there is any reason the replay feature wasn’t used

[@Greenlife-ok3um]

Can you pls test the input delay between dx12 and performance mode because mainly people avoid dx12 because of its high input delay and because fps is not everything when it comes to fortnite input delay is everything. Thx for the video though really clears everything up.

[@shaggyblanco9898]

9:04 this also has happemed to me with amd gpus (but not that often recently) fortnite works weird but when you load it first time it starts to compile shaders, there is no warning or something to tell you about it, so the game goes laggy cause its working on that too

[@tiay6269]

it used to be really bad in january for me ( i have a 6800 xt) there was a driver update in january that made it even worse but in febuary they more or less fixed it i can now run performance mode just fine on an amd card with 300 avg and 1% of around 180 the only time i drop under 140 is if there are 30+ people close together ( stacked endgame or spawn island) so not a gpu caused issue and i dont even have my fps capped

[@federalbubinspector1869]

Is an EVGA GeForce rtx 3080 10 GB compatible with an i9 13900kf? I'm new to building a PC and I'm just starting to buy all the parts

[@maryvalemade9840]

Can you do a video on which underwear are good for gaming in?? I'm trying to improve my aim.....

[@Joe_mama_3000]

I got i7 4900mq and nvidia quadrok1100m, should i run performance (both from 2013 and ddr3 ram)

[@michaeleales7548]

Turning on "pre-download streamed assets" in the epic launcher fortnite options is huge, removed most of those unnecessary stutters. Makes the game a little bigger but makes it run so much smoother especially for lower end hardware. I used to play on a GT 1030 and made it much more playable.

[@frijolesborracho9340]

used to play on a 1030 too lets go

[@Jet_wasHere]

Hey zach i was gonna buy a msi gf63 thin wich has an i5 11th gen and the rtx 3050 , if you gave it please make a full review video its a really good budget laptop

[@vayfn]

as someone who currently uses a amd rx6700XT (swift), the difference between amd and nvidia for fortnite is that, while on dx12, amd might have higher lows, but when you put the nvidia cards on performance mode which gives you better fps and lessinput delay, it out preforms amd by MILES and that is where most peoples problems come in as performance mode is significantly better for competetive.

[@biggonometry993]

for testing fortnite on different components consistently, you can play a game out, and then compare the performance with the replay system so they are consistent runs

[@zakur0978]

when you install a new driver, and you open a game it takes some time to load shaders. thats why that happen 8:58 the solution is to play like that until it finishes the shader loading. you can tell from the 100% cpu usage that the shaders are loading

[@Koala-muncher]

I am thinking about buying a pc, and I play valorant, Fortnite, and Minecraft, what GPU AND CPU should I get, (1080p) I want around 150 fps

[@Keloski]

I just recently installed a 3200 mhz ddr4 16gb of ram to my PC (i had 16 GB of ram before) and when i play fortnite sometimes i have a huge fps drop, i have It like at 150 fps and all of a suden It drops like at 3fps Aldo i have a rx 6500 xt and r5 5600x and play fortnite at performance mode and i dont know if It is my ram what can i do?

[@BLASTIC0]

nice job! more longer videos like this!, please!.

[@EOG_AXEL]

can you do a peformance mode of this video for amd and nvida I was reading the support and amd has bugs rendering peformance mode vs nvida I aggree with you on running dx12 but in tournaments the fps significantly tanks on amd and nvida thats why people run peformance mode on all cards

[@slghtrkng]

9:43 It happens because DirectX 12 needs to compile the map shaders. That's why your first 1-2 matches will have terrible fps drops

[@br0kenPixel]

12:02 there is no 90 FPS cap option, hopefully Fortnite's updated to have a customizable fps cap rather than a bunch of presets

[@Ancadriel]

Im using an amd 6750 xt and never had any problems running Fortnite except for one time where slurp barrels would nearly crash the game when broken but this Bug was also on Nvidia

[@spectralscarfs]

Hey zach. Do you think an i3 10105F and an RX 5700XT would be a good combo?

[@yahyaalrifai]

If this is for a new PC ( so you don't already have like a Intel Mobo) you could get a Ryzen 3600 for cheap used on like AliExpress. Because the 10105f will bottleneck the 5700xt while the 3600 has better performance and cores and can still be found for cheap. İ hope this helps😊

[@Yamaha69420]

i just bought a 7900xtx. will it work properly in fn?

[@Gamerking-ny9xo]

When will the Budget White RGB Gaming PC (Ryzen 5 5500 + RX 6600) be available

[@mnml3725]

9:40 It happens because game engine is building shaders, everytime new driver is installed "shader cache" is deleted and game needs to rebuild shaders. Its the same thing also on AMD. But after a couple games it gets sorted out, no need to restart Fortnite.

[@lisaexplains]

Which cpu is best to pair with rtx 3090 for 1440p gaming? Currently I have a 9700k and it goes 100% when I launch any game.

[@ogm19881]

My nephew has been playing fortnite on his pre build that came with a rx6400 with no issues at 1080p, tsr quality, view distance high and everything else to low. I just recently upgraded him to a rx 6650xt I got on a clearance deal for 170$ at my local pc repair shop.

[@robertswartz7958]

Hey Zach, I'm thinking about selling a pc with a 5600X and a 6650XT. Would that be a good combo to sell for about $600 dollars.

[@matte_08]

4:22 you could use replays to test with almost no run to run variations. The explanations of 1% lows is not very accurate and when you, for instance, said the RTX 4070 struggles at higher settings, you didn't consider the usage at 60% due to heavy cpu bottleneck. Still, interesting topic

[@JustAbee433]

i have a 7800xt, fortnite is my main game. it runs buttery smooth with dx12 high preset at 165 fps. i cap it at 165 fps to match my monitor refresh rate. it stutters sometimes in performance mode, not when fighting tho

[@SuperHeroNexus]

That NVidia stutter driver thing also happens after a game update.

[@itsTyrion]

5:20 Why view distance on far? serious question. It does not affect player render distance and "near" can give you a visibility/vision advantage due to grass being mostly not rendered

[@loryt690]

for render things more far(not players tho) it should render in high poly things in a certian distance while low render in low poly that distance, could be usefull for sniping but you have to be a god now for snipe like 600 m

[@codyfrancis22]

@@loryt690 you can't see players past 300m. View distance only affects floor loot and player builds visibility.

[@loryt690]

@@codyfrancis22 exactly what I said

[@ricky1000]

zach can you do a vid on Call of Duty. Always ger direct x error on amd gpu