How to fix scene transition lag on Sapphire RX 7800 XT 16G?
Every time I entered a new area, the game would just freeze for about 0.5 seconds, which was honestly pathetic. The drivers for the Sapphire RX 7800 XT 16G were struggling with shader compilation, with cache write speeds swinging wildly between 100-300MB/s, choking the rendering pipeline. I tried lowering shadow quality to reduce the load, but while I gained 5 FPS, the stutters remained—a typical 'band-aid' fix that just didn't work. I used DDU to completely wipe the old drivers, manually deleted 4.2GB of shader cache files, and updated to the latest Adrenalin version. In stress tests, the transition dips jumped from 15 FPS back up to 55 FPS, making the game feel vastly smoother. I did have to deal with a 3-minute longer load time the first time I launched the game after the wipe, but it was fine once the shaders recompiled. Core temps are now 65-72℃, and VRAM frequency is locked at 2400MHz.
