I did increase the speed of my RAM in the Bios to 3000 mhz (it was lower). Not going to OC. I shouldn't have to with my system.
You were running RAM at below 3000mhz at JEDEC specs in 2022 and complaining about low FPS in a Battlefield game?
You should probably invest in a better kit with an XMP profile of at least 3600 C16, or even 3600 C14 if you have the scratch. I can't speak from experience as I've only had Intel systems but Ryzen benefits significantly from fast RAM up to 3600 such that it can match the Infinity Fabric in a 1:1 ratio.
If you didn't know this already, Battlefield games benefit hugely from fast RAM. And not just 2042. But especially 2042 given how it is the most CPU demanding title in the entire franchise due to the 128 players.
No need to be a *.
I like everyone else update my computer a component at a time. I just updated my CPU and GPU. Next will either be my MOBO or RAM. You should know that almost no one has a rig with everything updated unless they just bought a new computer.
This computer as is should rock any game.
And FYI, some of the FPS issue seemed to be from me running FOV at 90-100 which is fine for all games I play except this one. It needs 60-70.
Also why would the game recommend all graphic settings be set to low for my computer. That's clearly a problem with the game as If I set Nvidia Experience to auto settings I get high to normal settings. Something is clearly wrong with the game and not related to my 3000 mhz RAM.
FYI, I exceed the games "recommended" hardware in every category.
PC hardware is not as simple as plugging and playing like a console is. Like you already demonstrated to yourself, it is completely possible to limit performance by not configuring hardware to perform at their rated specifications. Enabling the XMP profile in your BIOS is an extremely basic tenet of building a gaming PC. Your "as is" was you running your RAM at whatever arbitrary JEDEC spec your motherboard automatically set, which can decrease performance dramatically when compared to the XMP profile spec (which is technically an overclock).
It doesn't matter that you exceed the game's recommended hardware. You have lower than desirable FPS and there is a lot of knowledge building you can do about how your 5900x interacts with different RAM configurations, speeds, and timings and how to maximize performance on a game-by-game basis.
If you doubt that fast RAM has a significant impact on average and 1% low FPS in 2042, check out this CPU/RAM benchmark that Hardware Unboxed ran for 2042 back in November, when the game was far less optimized on the CPU/RAM side of things. You can see that a 5950x paired with 3000mhz CL18 ram was able to receive a staggering 18.1% boost to the average framerate just by increasing the speed to 3200mhz and lowering the cas latency to 14. An 18% boost in average frames is what you'd expect from a GPU upgrade, so this should tell you how impactful fast RAM is for 2042.
Your 5900X should be more than capable of handling 3600mhz RAM with cas latency at least as low as 16; some higher binned chips may even be able to hit 3800mhz and keep the Infinity Fabric ratio 1:1.
Sorry, but at this point you seem to be supporting your point more than considering other causes.
I went from an AMD 7 2700x to an AMD 9 5900x and upgraded my GPU from a 1070 to a 3080.
I could play basically all of my other current titles at max graphics with my old AMD 2700x and 1070. Here with BF2042 and the new CPU and GPU, I am forced to play on high to medium graphics while keeping my FOV at 70 with the game itself recommending low graphic settings. It's not my 3000 mhz memory causing that. That same memory set at the lower mhz ran all my other games fine. The problem clearly is the hardware demands of the game not my hardware. I far exceed the recommended specs of the game. This is like Crysis all over again.
