Performance issue, why can't I get a refund
I haven't played 2042 since the release of Patch 3.1 and even before that was only playing Solo as I couldn't go on servers as my fps will drop down to around 30 - 40 fps making it unplayable.
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I had the same issue with a 1080oc, which is about on par with your 2070, my CPU was older than yours so I was wanting to update anyway.
Anyways, I went with an i7 12700kf and overclocked it to 5.2ghz which solved all my issues, even using a 1080oc, low @ 1080. Now pushing 120fps almost all of the time but the games weather system pulls it down, as expected. Wish i could afford a decent video card, it would make this new system really sing, but on the other hand, even if I could, I don't want to support this price gouging.
Even going from 5ghz to 5.2ghz the performance noticeably changes. So i feel its 100% cpu related I'm sorry to say.
128player is very heavy on the cpu which is why we see alot of people complain about 3070s or even 3080ti's running with low frames, spending au$2000-3000 on a new video card just to combine it with an old cpu, bottleneck anyone? Thus I don't believe the game is as poorly optimised as people suggest. I've seen the game run very very well with new CPUs and GPUs.
In the games console type ' perfoverlay.drawfps true ' and you will probably notice the cpu is sitting in the red or at least bouncing to red a lot. If I'm wrong then ignore my reply but I suspect I won't be.. this is your cpu holding the game back.
You mentioned you have corsair ram? If it supports an XMP profile then maybe double check if that profile is enabled in bios, if it isn't then select profile 1. This may open up your cpu a little more.
I've also seen a few posts here of people making bf2042 cfg files to adjust the way cpu cores and threads work with bf2042, they claim success so I'll try to dig them up. Posted recently in the technical issue forum relating to a cpu usage thread I think?
@eiluaq wrote:I've also seen a few posts here of people making bf2042 cfg files to adjust the way cpu cores and threads work with bf2042, they claim success so I'll try to dig them up. Posted recently in the technical issue forum relating to a cpu usage thread I think?
I have tried everything possible to make it work but did report that the Game only really uses your CPU as I checked during gameplay on system manager and it was showing my CPU to be running at 100% and the game not really utilizing the graphic card at all, also there is memory leak which you can tell after one or two games.
I should be able to run this game on medium to high but it is that poorly optimized it struggles to play at it a low.
You or I shouldn't need to need to upgrade as we are using systems that are likely double the price of a PS5 but DICE has not even tried to optimize this game for PC and it really shows, and they can't even give an implementation date of when this will be fixed but have stated they are aware of this issue but it will take time, their words were 'We are aware of the issue but it will take longer to implement a fix'
And we can't even get a refund for a game that shouldn't have been released as it is not fit to play.
I understand but expecting a state of the art game, and with 128players in a small area, to run well with a 5year old cpu is probably stretching. I was in the same boat.
Sure, it may need further optimisation, and will likely get some, but I don't think it's that bad. My CPU load was 100% with old cpu and gpu was maybe 70, now the cpu load is around 60 to 70ish (from memory, I don't really check it) and gpu is sitting at 100%. So yea I push over 100 to 120fps constsntly on low at 1080 res, with a gtx1080oc
How did you go with your xmp profile?
So you've made a cfg file that specifies cores and threads for bf2042?
You have backed up my claim we were given false details and system requirements, my system should be able to run this outstanding in low, and out of all of the games i have this is the only one that has problems hense the mass PC exodus via steam.
You shouldn't need to update your cpu as this is absolute * optimisation on DICE's part which they have even agreed with, but they don't know when they will be able to implement a fix.
So we have been given a complete pile of garbage, that didnt really go through proof testing and I'm going on 65 days with a pile of dung that is being out performed by a $1 steam entry which is clownfield 2042
You absolutely meet the minimum requirements and thus you can run the game. Is it up to your standard? doesn't seem like it but you can still play, correct?! It's always been this way for PC, you have to upgrade as time goes on and as games get better. If you're in disagreement with this then to be blunt.. maybe grab yourself a console.
I've tried further more to assist you by finding the post I was speaking of earlier, it was posted by another user and appears to have helped a number of people with older CPU's.
Please find below:
@Player_dbadc7ks wrote:It's gotta be CPU related, 100%
I have an r5 3600 paired with a 2070 super and get 40-60fps all low 1440p/1080p (both resolutions have same performance)
I can't answer anyone else's numbers but personally I noted CPU usage is around 100% while GPU hovers around 30-60%
OP what really helped me was the following :
1. Creating a user.cfg in the game directory with the following lines (note the first two depend on your specific cpu, mine has 6 cores and 12 threads. the first is the core count and the second is mostly hit/miss depending on how many threads you have. I found from a reddit post from someone with the same cpu that 7 worked better for this value and it works well for me)
Thread.ProcessorCount 6
Thread.MaxProcessorCount 7
Thread.MinFreeProcessorCount 0
Thread.JobThreadPriority 02. Turning GstRender.Dx12Enabled to 1 and setting GstRender.ShadowQuality to 0 in PROFSAVE_profile. this is in the 2042 folder where your documents folder islocated
3. DLSS enabled, i like balanced but performance is a trade off between quality and slightly higher fps
I found these three things make 2042 more playable, in my case it nearly doubled fps (20-40 fps to 40-60)
All the best.
