Since the Edge of Fate update, I’ve been experiencing severe frame pacing issues in Destiny 2 on PC.
The game reports a rock-solid 170 FPS, but Steam’s FPS graph shows constant dips into the 30–40 FPS range every 3 seconds or so. This results in gameplay that feels like 30–40 FPS — choppy, jittery, and far from smooth.
Before this update, I was running an actual, stable 170 FPS without these dips. This is not an isolated hardware issue:
My drivers are fully updated.
I’ve tested other games — all run perfectly smooth.
I’ve seen the exact same issue reported by players on RTX 5080 + Intel 14900K systems, as well as many other high-end builds.
This is 100% a frame pacing problem introduced with Edge of Fate and tied to Bungie removing Exclusive Fullscreen mode. Borderless Windowed (forced by the update) is clearly not handling frame presentation properly.
Specs:
Ryzen 9800X3D
RTX 3080
32GB DDR5
1440p @ 165Hz
Community Evidence:
There’s an active Reddit thread where many others are posting videos and Steam FPS graphs showing the exact same frame dips:
🔗 https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/1mfvlwe/hitchingstuttering_post_edge_of_fate/
[b]*Videos by Reddit user fluidzreddit*[/b]
Orbit - https://youtu.be/53rTDyQqW3E
Kepler - https://youtu.be/2qsjBI-FhZk
Edz - https://youtu.be/0NaZUVIBSwE
Bungie, please address this ASAP.
The game is unplayable for many of us right now — this is not a minor hitch or FPS drop, it’s a fundamental frame delivery problem affecting smoothness and aiming across the entire game.
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Yep, im having the exact same issue Ryzen 7 9800x3d, rtx 4070ti super 32gb DDR5 ram. Funnily enough it was doing it since the launch of edge of fate, however when solstice arrived it completely disappeared. Fast forward to the second week of solstice its back again, definitely something to do with the full screen change.