need help, low fps in Apex Legends

Hi, so i have a pretty good PC:

intel core i3 9100F

gtx 1650

8gb RAM

but in Apex even on very low graphic settings I have terrible FPS drop in bigger gunfights or during Gibraltars airstrikes. It also hapens when many granades are thrown at the same time. Usually I will get around 120 FPS but at those moments they drop to 30-20. I have the newest nvidia drivers, game is optimised yet its really laggy. What can I do?

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xkarqkarqx
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6 years ago
any help much appreciated, it makes game almost unplayable...
Sick1Click
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6 years ago
Hey @xkarqkarqx,
pretty good is relative. Look at my manual, it helped a lot of my friends https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/PC-Apex-Legends-Stuttering-Hitching-FPS-Drop-Frametime-Spike/m-p/8361138#M55318
Sick1Click
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6 years ago
@xkarqkarqxare there one ore two RAM modules in your pc?
xkarqkarqx
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6 years ago
@Sick1Click one
xkarqkarqx
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6 years ago
@Sick1Click also, the tutorial you gave me helped a tiny bit, now the lag during airstrike or in smokes reaches 40 fps which is still kind of hard to play
Sick1Click
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6 years ago
@xkarqkarqxyou should definitely buy a second one! With two RAM sticks it runs in dual channel, in single channel mode you lose ~40% fps, depends on the application.
Sick1Click
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6 years ago
@xkarqkarqx look at this by the way -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k5wA7EFwpo
MirageMatt
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6 years ago
@Sick1Click I really think that before recommending literally everyone your "guide" you should mention the side effects of using it. First of all you force triple buffering, which introduces a ton of input lag, which is so undesirable for FPS games. Second of all setting adaptive FPS target to 100 won't work as intended on all machines. On slower GPUs it will make the image insanely blurry. Furthermore there is no need to limit the game to 4 threads, as it only decreases the performance. And while well yes, it may work for you, it may make the game play "smoother" on your config, it's certainly not a solution for competitive gaming nor for everybody.
MirageMatt
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6 years ago
@xkarqkarqx Please undo any modifications to the game that you did or that were recommended to you. Now try to use settings recommended by this video https://youtu.be/WPAC9hBLNHk I think it's the best combination between graphics and performance. Remember to turn off VSync if you don't have GSync monitor. Next set you Adaptive Resolution FPS Target, to something between 60 and 100, experiment and set this to your liking (from now on the game will never drop below this value, but may drop resolution if needed, it won't hinder your gameplay by much tho). To improve performance you can exclude Apex Legends and Easy Anti Cheats folders from your Antivirus software. And in Nvidia Control Panel set "Prefer Maximum Performance" and "High Performance" Anisotropic filtering. I hope this helps.
Sick1Click
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6 years ago
@MirageMatt,
I think you really dont know what you're talking about. Vsync gives you much better frame times. My guide is working very well for many people, testet it on different setups. To limit the game to four threads will relieve your cpu to handle backround stuff better - he has anyway just a 4 core cpu 🙂
I dont know why you so mad, let people talk about it who understand something about it - he already replied that it brought him something.