SageTweaks

Real Windows tweaks for competitive FPS, not placebo debloat. 1,200+ tweaks, one-click undo, auto restore points. Valorant · CS2 · Apex · Fortnite.

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i built an app that applies the windows tweaks competitive players actually use — mouse queue size, raw input, mmcss priority— and lets you undo any of them no injection, nothing shady.

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SageTweaks v2.2.0 is release here.

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seasonal drops in rivals are mostly the game itself piling on more effects and bigger fights, so dlss performance is already the right setting for a cpu-heavy title.
if the 1% lows are the ones that got worse each season while average fps still looks fine, run latencymon for a minute during a real fight — whatever new background service or wifi power-saving flag got added is the usual sneaky culprit that compounds over time.

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turn off background recording first — win+g opens game bar, click the gear up top, go to capturing, and uncheck “record in the background while i’m playing a game”.
then defender: start menu → windows security → virus & threat protection → manage settings (under realtime protection) → exclusions → add or remove exclusions → add a folder and pick your fortnite install path (usually C:\Program Files\Epic Games\Fortnite). the localappdata/nvidia clears only hit shader cache, so they wouldn’t touch this spike.

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@DeceivingIdiot Apex does this after every other patch. Cap FPS 15-20 under your average, turn off the EA App overlay completely, and verify game files. Most of the lag spikes disappear after that

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@4evercryinn @Vibxz112 @FortniteStatus Reload FPS collapsing like that is almost always shaders. Delete %localappdata%\FortniteGame\Saved\ShaderCache, verify the game, then launch with -dx11 once so it rebuilds clean. Gets a lot of people back to 240.

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@Bikoalt @JustTeddii @arCtyC Stutters and dips after this update are the shader cache again. Delete it, verify, and make sure you’re not on any “low latency” or reflex setting that’s fighting the new patch. Clears the 1% lows for a lot of us.

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@MRRATCHET_ You already did reinstall and drivers, so next is full shader wipe + disable any overlay + set the exe to high priority in Task Manager. Traversal stutter usually backs off after that.

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Mobile Fortnite has been rough for a while. Background apps + Spotify fighting for resources is a known killer. Force close everything else, clear cache in the Fortnite app settings, and try limiting background data. If it’s still 20 fps with spikes it’s mostly on Epic’s optimization side at this point.

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Classic after every big update. Do this:

1. Delete the whole PipelineCaches folder (%localappdata%\FortniteGame\Saved\PipelineCaches\)
2. Verify files in Epic
3. Check if Nanite / Ray Tracing / high Effects got turned back on (they reset sometimes)
4. Clean GPU driver install if you updated recently, or roll back one version if the new one is sketchy

Play 1-2 games after clearing cache so shaders rebuild properly. Most of the time the drops calm down after that.

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Team fights are pure CPU + effects load on these UE5 hero shooters. 3070 is fine but the dips are normal if Effects / Global Illumination / Post-processing are anything above Low.

Quick stabilizers that actually help:
- Effects + Post-processing to Low
- DLSS Quality (or Balanced), Frame Generation OFF
- NVIDIA Reflex On + Boost
- Cap FPS around 120-144 instead of unlimited
- Close Discord/Chrome/anything in background

Also let it sit in the menu or a casual match for a few minutes after any update so shaders finish compiling. That alone kills a ton of the hitching.

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Happens a lot in cups even on strong PCs. Especially in end game Try these in order:

1. Close Discord overlay + NVIDIA overlay + Xbox Game Bar completely (not just minimize)
2. Epic Launcher → Fortnite → three dots → Verify
3. Delete everything in %localappdata%\FortniteGame\Saved\PipelineCaches\ then relaunch so shaders rebuild
4. Cap FPS to your monitor refresh or 10-20 under)instead of unlimited stops a lot of the freezes mid-fight

If it’s still locking up, try switching Rendering Mode between Performance and DX11/DX12 and restart the game after each change. Temps okay?

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🚀 SageTweaks 2.1.0 removes 6 features—and the app is better because of it.

File Tools, app updates, and driver maintenance are gone.

Why? Dedicated tools do them better—and together they caused a large share of the freezes we fixed.

We also fixed the 2.0.0 licensing bug, improved stability across the app, and made Undo Center much more powerful.

Full changelog 👇
https://t.co/64dZERRHm3

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@Ardonic34 @FortniteStatus @Fortnite simpson reload map drops on a solid system are almost always the new assets forcing fresh shader compiles mid-fight. clear fortnite's shader cache and sit in a quiet corner for a full precompile first, or just drop view distance one step until epic patches the map streaming.

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@zaybuhr training mode kills the netcode excuse. is the fps number itself dropping hard or is it a steady number that still feels choppy? that one detail decides if it's thermal/power limit or a dpc spike from some background driver.