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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 · PC, PS5 · version Early access (Oct 22) and launch (Oct 23)

Stuttering and micro-stutters in Multiplayer on PC and PS5

UnconfirmedUnpatched

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Players report frequent micro-stutters and short hangs in Multiplayer, even at high frame rates and with every setting at minimum, and changing graphics settings does not help. Most reports come from PC and a few from PS5; some players are not affected. No acknowledgement from Infinity Ward yet. The Xbox hitching Infinity Ward has acknowledged is a separate issue.

Lifecycle

Reported · stage 1 of 5

7days open

Since first report

  1. Reported (reached) · now
  2. Confirmed (not yet)next
  3. Acknowledged (not yet)—
  4. Partial (not yet)—
  5. Patched (not yet)—
In current stage 7d
Workaround none yet
Game
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Platform
PC, PS5
Affected version
Early access (Oct 22) and launch (Oct 23)
Kind
Bug
Confirmation
Unconfirmed
Patch status
Unpatched
First reported
Last updated
Latest fix or workaround
None on the record
How we label issues

Kind

  • Exploit: Repeatable and clearly advantageous to the player using it; essentially cheating.
  • Bug: Everything else: crashes, launch errors, broken features, visual or audio faults.

Confirmation

  • Confirmed: A developer or official account acknowledged it, an official known-issues board lists it, it appears in official patch notes, or 100+ corroborating posts on X were actually counted.
  • Unconfirmed: None of the above yet. Press articles are reports and never confirm an issue on their own.

Patch status

  • Unpatched: Known and open; no fix has been claimed.
  • Reported as unpatched: Players credibly report it persisting, including after a fix claim that never appeared in patch notes.
  • Partially patched: Official patch notes list a fix, but credible later reports say it still happens, or the notes only cover part of it.
  • Reported as patched: A developer, official account or player says it is fixed, but no official patch notes list it.
  • Patched: Official patch notes (a Steam news post or the publisher's patch notes page) list the fix, and nothing credible says it still happens.

Active means still affecting players: Unpatched, Reported as unpatched or Partially patched. Patched and Reported as patched issues are closed.

Estimated impact runs from 0.1 to 9.9 with one decimal. xploitr sets it from the rubric below. Factors: advantage to other players, reach, play blocked or progress lost, frequency, and whether a reliable workaround exists. Patched issues keep their historical impact.

Signed-in community members can report new issues and suggest status changes, such as Fixed or Still unpatched, with their platform, version and a source. Every report and suggestion is reviewed by an editor before anything on the record changes. A new issue is published only when the report has at least three independent sources (distinct accounts, or distinct sites for web pages, after blocked sources are removed), unless the owner approved that issue by hand. Approved input appears as a dated Update from the xploitr community source on the issue's timeline, credited to the member's username (reports can opt out and stay anonymous); nothing is counted or published automatically.

Impact bands

  • 0.1–2.9 Low: Cosmetic, audio, text and UI glitches with no effect on play.
  • 3.0–4.9 Moderate: Narrow gameplay bugs or small exploits, rare or with a workaround.
  • 5.0–6.9 Elevated: Bugs most players in a mode notice: hit registration, desync, balance-breaking damage.
  • 7.0–8.4 High: Widely abused competitive or economy exploits; crashes many players hit.
  • 8.5–9.9 Severe: Launch blockers, widespread progress or item loss, exploits that break the game for everyone.

Each issue has a dated timeline of updates (report, acknowledgement, announcement, fix, workaround). Update summaries are our own words; quotes and excerpts are the source's words, or our English translation when marked.

Estimated impactEstimated impact 4.5 out of 9.9, ModerateOur estimate from how many players it reaches and what it costs them.

Updates · 29

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  1. Report

    Oct 26: a PS5 player gets stutters whenever they run or look around.

    Community report on reddit ·
    “i have stutters everytime i run ir look around”
    Community report on reddit · Open source
  2. Report

    Oct 26: a PC player on wired 20 ms ping with all settings on low sees constant micro-stutter.

    Community report · Steam · Forum thread ·
    “It's like tiny micro-teleports while moving around, and it's very noticeable during gameplay.”
    Community report · Steam · Forum thread · Open source
  3. Report

    Oct 26: a PC player still sees a frametime spike every few seconds in Multiplayer.

    Community report on reddit ·
    “Every 4-5 seconds, there's a spike, which you can see in the frametime graph.”
    Community report on reddit · Open source
  4. Report

    Oct 28: a PS5 player says stutter now makes nearly every Multiplayer match unplayable.

    Community report on reddit ·
    “It wasn’t happening at first but now every multiplayer match is almost impossible to play with the stuttering.”
    Community report on reddit · Open source
  5. Report

    Oct 28: a player gets low frame rate and stutter after about 15 minutes of play.

    Community report on reddit ·
    “I am able to play 15 minutes with no problems and then it just stops working.”
    Community report on reddit · Open source
Sources · 2929 Community@FluxNinjaa+ 28 similar community reportsHide
FluxNinjaa@FluxNinjaa
“@charlieINTEL And my game is stuttering 24/7 on MW4 Mp rn it’s basically near unplayable”
  • @cr1zp2GodlikeView post
    “Anyone else’s MW4 just straight stuttering?”
  • @TheRealTaco117View post
    “Anyone have stutters or a little lag when playing mw4…”
  • @NnnawttTView post
    “@charlieINTEL the stuttering issues on MW4 multiplayer is insane…. Definitely stay away from mw4 multiplayer til its patched”
  • AwkwurddSteam · Forum threadOpen
    “Title Not sure what is causing this but my fps is high 100 to 150 Changing settings doesn't seem to help either minimal to ultra has basically no difference. Running the game on a 3080ti 12gb 32GB ddr4 and 5800x3d. Anyone else having this issue or a fix?”
  • @rebelgrrrl_ttvView post
    “Is anyone playing MW4 getting really bad lag and stuttering? My ping shows 8ms and no packet loss. @Activision @Treyarch #mw4 #cod”
  • ʕಠᴥಠʔSteam · Forum replyOpen
    “You mean like a regular frame drop for no apparent reason? I’ve been calling in traversal stutter but it happens even on small maps”
  • CertilSteam · Forum replyOpen
    “so glad I am not the only one, driving me crazy im a constant 200fps and its full of micro stutters.. I have a 5700X3D / 4070ti and a second system with a 9800X3D / 4090 and its the same..”
  • @ZonsiUSAView post
    “why is it stuttering this bad... now have to play on p5 and it’s horrendous #MW4”
  • HarezeSteam · Forum replyOpen
    “7800x3d, 5070ti, 32gb ram and i cant get through a single MP game right now due to these insane freezes. The game is genuinely unplayable and I cant even get a refund for this garbage. ALSO ALL SETTINGS ARE AT MINIMUM/ OFF”
  • DFOLT12Steam · Forum replyOpen
    “same here”
  • Community report · redditOpen
    “This only started happening today, last night was fine. It seems like every 3-4 games, the next game will be completely choppy with stuttering and input delay.”
  • @AirJullianView post
    “Is anyone else getting like a stutter step when playing #MW4 MP it’s been happening to me all day”
  • @Kyle_mangView post
    “@CODUpdates The game runs like garbage. My eyes cant handle the stuttering. Refund please”
  • @FeltchidaView post
    “@CODUpdates After a few matches the game starts stuttering on PS5, don’t know if its the 120fps mode”
  • Community report · redditOpen
    “base if it matters but yeah I can play a handful of matches until I have to restart the game due to dropping frames hard, this is a memory leak or something right? Hope it gets patched soon”
  • Community report · redditOpen
    “Been trying to figure out what’s going on. On a 3080ti and i7 12700k, I’m getting massive stuttering and fps drops.”
  • Community report · redditOpen
    “The graphics are worse than MWIII and I get stutters while playing on PS5. Gameplay itself is pretty ok but they did something bad to the engine”
  • Community report · redditOpen
    “Anybody else having issues with low FPS and stutters on AMD? I've seen a lot from Nvidia players, but nothing AMD yet..”
  • Community report · redditOpen
    “my game has been stuttering hard mid game for a few seconds then returns normal and the cycle repeats. i updated drivers i rolled back drivers i updated windows i scanned and repaired the game made…”
  • Community reportSteam · Forum threadOpen
    “yesterday i was hitting 280+ frames but today i barely break 120-125. i havent changed any settings”
  • Community report · redditOpen
    “i played the beta everything running fine( i play pc). now that i am in multiplayer im having game stuttering fps drops and other random things that continuously happen and nothing seems to work…”
  • Community report · redditOpen
    “Anyone else experiencing constant stuttering and FPS drops in CoD?. My specs:. - RTX 4080 Super. - Ryzen 7 7700X. - 32GB RAM.”
  • Community report · redditOpen
    “the game is constantly skipping and bouncing around like a server lag”
  • Community report · redditOpen
    “i have stutters everytime i run ir look around”
  • Community reportSteam · Forum threadOpen
    “It's like tiny micro-teleports while moving around, and it's very noticeable during gameplay.”
  • Community report · redditOpen
    “Every 4-5 seconds, there's a spike, which you can see in the frametime graph.”
  • Community report · redditOpen
    “It wasn’t happening at first but now every multiplayer match is almost impossible to play with the stuttering.”
  • Community report · redditOpen
    “I am able to play 15 minutes with no problems and then it just stops working.”
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