How to fix Sapphire RX 7650 GRE pipeline stalls in DS2?
Walking through the rainforest, I noticed these tiny, periodic hitches. In a slow-paced game like this, that lack of fluidity is super obvious. I checked the GPU load and it was only at 70%, yet the shader pipeline was showing delays of 15-25ms. I tried lowering the shadow quality, but the stutters didn't budge, which proved it was a driver-level issue. I updated to the latest Adrenalin drivers and disabled Radeon Anti-Lag, as it was fighting with the game's own sync mechanism. The performance overlay showed pipeline latency dropping to 8-12ms, and the rain scenes became way smoother. I did notice the game took 5 seconds longer to boot after the update, but disabling the driver overlay fixed that. Temps are steady at 65-71℃ with fans at 1300 RPM. A 3DMark stress test confirmed the pipeline is now error-free.
