{"id":2087517,"date":"2026-08-11T09:20:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2087517"},"modified":"2026-08-11T09:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T06:20:22","slug":"marvel-tokons-dire-pc-performance-improved-massively-by-new-patch-drastically-reducing-cpu-use-and-stutters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2087517","title":{"rendered":"Marvel T\u014dkon&#8217;s dire PC performance improved massively by new patch, drastically reducing CPU use and stutters"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Marvel T\u014dkon&#8217;s dire PC performance improved massively by new patch, drastically reducing CPU use and stutters<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">A quick 180.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/marvel-tokon-spiderman.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Marvel Tokon Spiderman\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"marvel-tokon-spiderman.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"320\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Sony<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Staff Writer<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-11T09:20:22+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 11, 2026, 9:20 a.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"486357ec-c4b4-406e-bac8-8716c9229a0d\" data-name=\"Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls\" title=\"Follow Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls\"><br \/>\n  Follow Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls has struggled with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-pc-problems-stuttering-lag\">some serious technical problems on PC<\/a> ever since its release last week, resulting in a disparity between console owners and desktop diehards. Thankfully, a new patch seems to have swooped in to the rescue.<\/p>\n<p>This patch, announced on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MARVELTokon\/status\/2086830139434823865\">the official Marvel T\u014dkon social media page<\/a> and broken down at-length in the official Marvel T\u014dkon Discord server, attacks the most common performance problems players were experiencing. This includes micro-stutters, oddly high CPU use, and frame-rate drops.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the launch trailer for Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J381wx0K7jY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the detailed patch breakdown, these CPU and performance issues were caused by &#8220;periodic audio processing&#8221; and &#8220;unnecessary&#8221; periodic checks of audio devices. There were also additional bug fixes including customisation settings being reset to default when the game restarted, and online lobby button input now being displayed properly.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The developers have also suggested two things PC players can do to further improve performance of the game on that platform. This includes warming up the in-game shaders and making use of the auto graphics via the in-game settings. That second one was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-tokon-pc-problems-strange-fixes\">a popular community fix prior to this patch<\/a>, though the setting itself has also been improved..<\/p>\n<p>So has this patch worked? Well, according to the reports of players on social media and the official Discord, it appears to have made a significant difference.  One player &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/abhinav51996334\/status\/2086873054924394543\">abhinav on X<\/a> &#8211; wrote: &#8220;CPU usage slashed in half for most including me. Also played online a few games and got smooth games even in other regions as well now. But the netcode still seems worse compared to other games as of now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another player, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fchampryan\/status\/2087013107738796343\">FChampRyan on X<\/a>, wrote: &#8220;Marvel T\u014dkon actually fixed the PC issues for most users. Unfortunately there&#8217;s still some Potato PC&#8217;s ruining the online experience. But overall this is such a fast turnaround.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a result of this patch, some players are heading back to the game&#8217;s Steam page to try and steer the platform&#8217;s communal review score away from &#8216;mixed&#8217; and towards something more positive. <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/id\/RaydenBelmont\/recommended\/3787240\">Steam Reviewer Rayden Belmont wrote<\/a>: &#8220;If you&#8217;re seeing negative reviews and wondering why, It launched in a near unplayable bad state. It remained that way for a few days, but as of August 10th, 2026, the performance issues have been fixed with a 10GB patch, so my vote goes back to Recommended. One of the best fighting games we&#8217;ve had.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls has struggled with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-pc-problems-stuttering-lag\">some serious technical problems on PC<\/a> ever since its release last week, resulting in a disparity between console owners and desktop diehards. Thankfully, a new patch seems to have swooped in to the rescue.<\/p>\n<p>This patch, announced on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MARVELTokon\/status\/2086830139434823865\">the official Marvel T\u014dkon social media page<\/a> and broken down at-length in the official Marvel T\u014dkon Discord server, attacks the most common performance problems players were experiencing. This includes micro-stutters, oddly high CPU use, and frame-rate drops.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the launch trailer for Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=J381wx0K7jY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the detailed patch breakdown, these CPU and performance issues were caused by &#8220;periodic audio processing&#8221; and &#8220;unnecessary&#8221; periodic checks of audio devices. There were also additional bug fixes including customisation settings being reset to default when the game restarted, and online lobby button input now being displayed properly.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The developers have also suggested two things PC players can do to further improve performance of the game on that platform. This includes warming up the in-game shaders and making use of the auto graphics via the in-game settings. That second one was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-tokon-pc-problems-strange-fixes\">a popular community fix prior to this patch<\/a>, though the setting itself has also been improved..<\/p>\n<p>So has this patch worked? Well, according to the reports of players on social media and the official Discord, it appears to have made a significant difference.  One player &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/abhinav51996334\/status\/2086873054924394543\">abhinav on X<\/a> &#8211; wrote: &#8220;CPU usage slashed in half for most including me. Also played online a few games and got smooth games even in other regions as well now. But the netcode still seems worse compared to other games as of now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another player, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fchampryan\/status\/2087013107738796343\">FChampRyan on X<\/a>, wrote: &#8220;Marvel T\u014dkon actually fixed the PC issues for most users. Unfortunately there&#8217;s still some Potato PC&#8217;s ruining the online experience. But overall this is such a fast turnaround.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a result of this patch, some players are heading back to the game&#8217;s Steam page to try and steer the platform&#8217;s communal review score away from &#8216;mixed&#8217; and towards something more positive. <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/id\/RaydenBelmont\/recommended\/3787240\">Steam Reviewer Rayden Belmont wrote<\/a>: &#8220;If you&#8217;re seeing negative reviews and wondering why, It launched in a near unplayable bad state. It remained that way for a few days, but as of August 10th, 2026, the performance issues have been fixed with a 10GB patch, so my vote goes back to Recommended. One of the best fighting games we&#8217;ve had.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Marvel T\u014dkon&#8217;s dire PC performance improved massively by new patch, drastically reducing CPU use and stutters A quick 180. 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