- Intel admits that stuttering can be a real immersion breaker for PC games.
- The team is currently focused on dealing with the prevalent stutters across PC gaming, highlighting initiatives like Precompiled Shader Distribution.
- Other studios like CDPR are also attempting to deal with stutters.
Intel, like AMD and Nvidia, has entered the GPU market in recent years. While Intel’s graphics cards are still very much a work in progress, the company has covered a lot of ground, especially considering how new it is to the discrete graphics market.
Much of the credit for Intel’s progress goes to executives like Tom Peterson, who are constantly monitoring the PC gaming space to identify ongoing problems. In a recent interview, Tom Peterson also discussed the current state of stuttering in PC games and how it ruins immersion.
Why it matters: Stuttering, particularly in games using Unreal Engine 5, has become all too common lately, with very few titles being immune to this issue.
Speaking to Digital Foundry, Tom Peterson acknowledged that realism isn’t his primary concern when it comes to the future of gaming.
He argues that a lack of immersion isn’t the primary factor breaking immersion in games today, since stuttering has yet to be addressed. As Tom Peterson puts it, Intel and its discrete graphics department are focused on making games run and look like ‘butter.’
The executive also pointed to Google’s project Butter, which aimed to make scrolling on Android phones as smooth as possible. This is effectively what Intel hopes to achieve for games, leveraging AI, better rendering techniques, and more in the process.
I don’t think that’s the primary thing that’s breaking immersion right now. It’s this whole stutter thing.
-Tom Peterson
To that end, Team Blue previously announced Precompiled Shader Distribution for reduced stuttering and improved shader caching. Although shader downloads will be limited to a select few games initially, the idea shows quite a lot of promise.
Elsewhere, studios like CDPR are also working on finding a solution to Unreal Engine 5’s stuttering. Clearly, then, the industry is aware of the gaming industry’s gripes with stuttering and is actively working on various solutions.
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Avinash is currently pursuing a Business degree in Australia. For more than 5 years, he has been working as a gaming journalist, utilizing his writing skills and love for gaming to report on the latest updates in the industry. Avinash loves to play action games like Devil May Cry and has also been mentioned on highly regarded websites, such as IGN, GamesRadar, GameRant, Dualshockers, CBR, and Gamespot.
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