Game drops fps with new graphics card (AMD RX 6600)

Age of Empires II: DE II - Report a Bug
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:arrow_forward: GAME INFORMATION

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  • GAME BUILD #: 101.101.56005.0 7694700
  • GAME PLATFORM: Steam
  • OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 10

:arrow_forward: ISSUE EXPERIENCED

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As you can see it is an issue multiple people are reporting.

Got a new RX 6600XT graphics card as was relying on my AGPU Ryzen 5 3400g integrated graphics card before.

However the game experiences stutters/freezes as the game goes on with larger number of players (starts smoothly). Even though the RX 6600XT is significantly better than the Ryzen 5 3400g I’m having this issue.

Doesn’t seem like its a general issue with the GPU - it can AoE4 on medium-high settings very smoothly so you would think at the very least it wouldn’t stutter with AoE2. Have tried updating drivers, monitoring gpu/cpu temps levels and ram and disabling freesync.

When I’ve googled it, it seems lots of other players have had similar issues with AMD 6000 XT series in AoE2: DE.

Does anyone know if devs have even acknowledged this as an issue they are working on/aware of?

Further links from research I did:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AMDHelp/comments/lrnxjp/age_of_empires_2_de_wont_use_full_gpu_power/

:arrow_forward: FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

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  • 100% of the time / matches I play IF its a 3v3+ that goes on to mid-game or later. Also if I run the ranked benchmark test.

:arrow_forward: REPRODUCTION STEPS

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Here’s the steps to reproduce the issue:

  1. Run ranked benchmark
  2. Experience clear stutter/micro-freezes
  3. Get a score of over 1150 regardless
  4. Alternatively just play any game that is 3v3 and let it go to mid-game

:arrow_forward: EXPECTED RESULT

:point_down: What was SUPPOSED to happen if the bug you encountered were not present?
Game runs smoothly without freezes

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