Random stutter/lag in windowed mode

JRunior · March 2019

Hi all,

Not sure if this issue has been raised is the past, although I cant seem to pinpoint this issue.

After some time, 10-30 minutes, my game will start to stutter - without my frames dropping, almost as if the game would be running in the background - the only fix I've found was running in fullscreen.

I've checked my power options, nvidia control panel, addons... and can't quite figure it out.

Specs:

8700k - 4.9ghz
Gtx 1080
3000mhz gskill trident
Z370 gaming 7 aorus

Has anyone experienced something similar?

ZOS_Bill · March 2019

@JRunior

Some dips in game performance may be a symptom of having too many audio devices active in the background. Make sure to remove all game add-ons before performing the following steps:

Disable any add-ons you have installed for ESO.
From the Start menu, click on Computer and then System properties.
On the left hand side, select Device Manager, then expand Sound, video and game controllers.
Right-click and disable each audio driver EXCEPT the primary audio device.
After each is disabled, close the window and reboot the computer.
After the reboot, open up the Device Manager to check that all devices remained disabled after restarting.
Launch the game again to see if there are still dips in performance.

Any devices not currently in use should now be disabled.