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Cory5C26
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August 16, 2026

Constant lag, stuttering, and freezes every few seconds with Steam version of Substance 3D Painter 2026

  • August 16, 2026
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The Steam perpetual version of Substance 3D Painter 2026 has significant lag and stuttering every few seconds. I saw patch notes claiming this has been fixed, but it has not been fixed on the Steam version it seems.

Specs:
OS: Windows 11
GPU: NVidia RTX 5090
CPU: Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
RAM: 64GB DDR5
Storage: 2TB+ NvME

Things I’ve Tried:
Reinstalled
Close Logitech lamp array services
Restart PC
Force Substance to use dedicated GPU

Any way that Adobe could look into this issue would be great. It’s negatively impacting my ability to work.

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      Cyril Dellenbach
      Community Manager
      Cyril DellenbachCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      August 18, 2026

      To be clear, Steam versions and CCD versions have the exact same update. We did fix performances issues in our latest release, but we still face VRAM problems on certain hardwares. Does it work better on previous versions (if you have some)?

      Cyril Dellenbach (Micro) | Product Manager | Substance Painter
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