A sudden drop in performance?

[SnuggleViking]

I skimmed the fora, both discussion and bug, but found no mention, so here goes.

Has anyone noticed that performance on PC had tanked since 1.3.04? It seems every 1.5~2 seconds, my framerate drops to around 20~30 FPS, irrespective of where I am, or how much art needs to be drawn. It's really, really, awfully distracting.

I've fiddled with graphics settings from top to bottom, but it still acts, basically, like it doesn't know if it wants to wait for VSync or not. Will post specs if necessary; this is just a bit of a survey to see if I'm alone.

 

[FrodoHobbits]

You are not alone.
Since 1.3 came out the stuttering has certainly become more prevalent.
My GPU (GTX 750 Ti) constantly runs at 98% no mater where I am in the game.
I've not messed around with any settings apart from vsync on/off and this has no affect on the performance, same thing happens.
I will try and capture a video and post it in the bugs section hopefully at the weekend.
It would be nice to get to the bottom of this issue once and for all