In the recent 1.18 betas, after a short period of flying around performance starts to dip significantly, with chunk culling starting to break and framerates going extremely low compared to the averages found in 1.17.40 with experimental generation. My average frames per second in 1.17.40 while experimental generation is on at the exact same settings is normally 60-70 frames per second, while the latest 1.18 betas have brought that far down to around 20-30 frames per second.
Steps to Reproduce:
Create and enter any infinite world with Ray Tracing on (preferably in creative)
Fly around for a short period of time and observe
Observed Results:
Performance with Ray Tracing on starts to drop significantly, and chunks start to cull incorrectly. This results in holes throughout the world and an overall terrible experience playing the game.
Expected Results:
Performance with Ray Tracing on at the exact same settings as used in the previous versions of the game should be retained, and chunk culling and loading should work properly.
Here is a short video I have captured of this occurring:
Here is some information on the game's environment:
Game Settings:
Upscaling: On
Ray Tracing Render Distance: 24 Chunks
PBR Resource Pack: https://www.mediafire.com/file/ngisqn3mkjn4c44/Defined_PBR_v1.1.5.mcpack/file
Device Information:
Running in a 1920x1008 window (windowed mode on a 1080p monitor)
CPU: Ryzen 5 2600
GPU: GeForce RTX 2060
RAM: Dual Channel - 16GB@3000MHz
Storage: 128GB NVME SSD
Graphics Driver Version: GeForce Game Ready Driver Version 496.13
OS: Windows 10 Pro Build 19043
If it may be related, Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling is on as well.
Experienced the same thing, also have a Geforce RTX 2060. It happens faster with higher render distances, set by using the options.txt file. In task manager I watched the dedicated VRAM on the GPU fill up to about 4.5 GB before beginning to experience the issue. Despite only 25% GPU usage.
CPU: Intel i5-10600k
GPU: Geforce RTX 2060
Graphics Driver: Geforce Game Ready Driver Version 496.13
OS: Windows 10 Education 19041.1288