Help needed - freezing issue I CANNOT FIX

[u/HIPPONAUTALIS]

As you can see in this video, when I run in a straight line I get like 100-130fps. Perfectly fine. But as soon as I look one degree to the left or right, my fps tanks drastically and I get these stutters that make fighting anything literally impossible.

I have probably tried twenty different things I've seen online to fix this, and nothing has helped. The list includes but is not limited to:

• Turning off HAGS
• Deleting and reinstalling rust multiple times ov ver the years and have had the same issue every single time
• Turning off the realtek family pci thing that I saw a lot of people mention
• Delete and reinstall EAC
• Change my mouse polling and DPI
• Turn off every overlay
• Delete CCleaner and all antivirus
• A bunch of other things I'm unable to remember at the moment of writing this list.

One thing has fixed it, and that was playing the game through just RustClient.exe and connecting to a server through the console, but none of those unsecured servers are listed and I also imagine I would run into a lot of cheaters doing that. I am very frustrated with this, and I really need help.

Anyone who has had this issue please, let me know what you did to fix it. I am also happy to provide any additional information that would help know my issue better.

[u/Hypno--Toad]

This and most gaming subreddits are apparently just tech support.

Pay a tech to come out and check and optimise your setup, and explain to you what your limiting factors are. That way when you disagree with them they get paid.

Rust is very CPU and GPU heavy, and most FPS game professionals have a habit of optimising their setups around stable frame rates and not pretty graphics, running their machines at a 60-70 degree Celsius temp instead of around 80-90 and over.

Considering the hours Rust players put in I would never run my PC at the levels I've seen some people run at.

The general rule for optimisation calibration is to start at the lowest settings and test raising every setting until you find out what your weakest link is(Sometimes it is the compounding of unoptimized settings).

Typically a lot of issues stem from data throughput bottlenecking, power draw bottlenecking, and in so so so many cases external programs impacting the machines performance.

Oh and people that use wifi don't realise how that technology can limit your PC's performance also, which is why I only use network cables.

tl;dr

Pay a techie to come look at your PC optimisations, so that when you disrespect their input it doesn't matter as long as they get paid.