{"id":1171295,"date":"2026-02-12T23:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/HvGagRp6jc3afAfacRV6fQ"},"modified":"2026-02-12T23:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:47:08","slug":"marvel-rivals-is-launching-an-experimental-feature-to-help-players-deal-with-the-games-awful-performance-and-insatiable-appetite-for-ram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marvel-rivals-is-launching-an-experimental-feature-to-help-players-deal-with-the-games-awful-performance-and-insatiable-appetite-for-ram\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Rivals is launching an ‘experimental feature’ to help players deal with the game’s awful performance and insatiable appetite for RAM"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The worst part of Marvel Rivals<\/a> is its optimisation\u2014loading in can take an age, and I’ve encountered my fair share of stuttering and even some crashes. The fact that I really enjoy playing this game, spitting whole teams off the edge of the map as Jeff, makes all of that even more frustrating. I’m suffering through the awful optimisation just for the love of the game. So I’m really excited to hear that the devs are trying to fix it with something new: “Switch Shader Compilation Mode.”<\/p>\n

“To address the memory overload, we’re unleashing an experimental feature in Season 2<\/a>: The Switch Shader Compilation Mode,” the patch notes<\/a> say. “With the Season 2 update, players can activate this feature through the PC launcher.”<\/p>\n

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This mode will enable a couple of enhancements, including changing the shader compilation process, which will only now run when first entering the game and after a new game version or graphics driver update, hopefully decreasing loading times. Memory usage is also “dramatically reduced, cutting down on severe FPS drops, frozen visuals, and crashes triggered by memory shortages.”<\/p>\n

I can’t even begin to describe how excited I am for this. I’m really hoping that this fixes the issues I’ve had with stuttering and crashes, because if it doesn’t, I don’t know how long I’ll be able to continue wading through Marvel Rivals games that feel like wet cement.<\/p>\n