Death Stranding stutters with FreeSync

[Vegasus]

Death Stranding on Steam runs pretty smoothly without FreeSync but with FreeSync it stutters badly. Other games on this PC run smoothly with FreeSync.

Hardware specs:

Core i5-6400 2.7 GHz
16 GB DDR3
Radeon RX 480 8 GB
7200 RPM HDD
Monitor: ViewSonic XG2402. 1920x1080, up to 144 Hz, set to 120 Hz, has FreeSync (maybe FreeSync 2?), connected by DisplayPort

current version of Windows 10, Radeon drivers and Steam

Game settings:

1080p
Vsync on
60 FPS max
model detail very high
shadow resolution high
streaming memory default
AO & SSR & motion blur & dof = on
TAA
Steam input per-game setting is forced off

 

[Stuka87]

Mods may want to move this to the video card section.

However, Death Stranding has a lot of stutter issues. Lots of threads on reddit about it. A lot of people say that turning off full screen optimizations resolve the issue.