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kk307
Seasoned Newcomer
2 months ago

Severe FPS Drop Overnight

Hi everyone,

I have been experiencing a very serious and confusing performance issue with Battlefield 6.

My Specs:
RTX 4080 Super
Ryzen 9 7950X
64GB RAM (32GB x2)
4K resolution
Medium graphics, DLSS On, Frame Generation Off

Normal Performance:
I usually get around 150 FPS with smooth gameplay.

The Issue:
The problem happens suddenly from one day to the next without changing anything.
One day the game runs normally at around 150 FPS.
The next day, when I launch the game, the FPS drops to around 70 and there is noticeable stuttering, especially when aiming or firing.

During the issue:
GPU usage is around 90%
CPU usage is around 30%
Changing graphics settings (lowest to highest) does not affect FPS. It always stays around 70.
This suggests a bottleneck caused by something abnormal, not hardware limits.

Troubleshooting Tried:
Restarted PC
Reinstalled game
Updated GPU drivers
Removed high resolution texture pack
Verified game files
Disabled overlays and background apps

Other games run completely normally.

Timeline:
The issue first appeared on October 19 and lasted 2-3 days.
After not playing for 3 days, the performance returned to normal (150 FPS).
Later, the same issue happened again under the same conditions.

Question:
Has anyone else experienced a sudden overnight FPS drop without making any system or game changes?
Could this be related to shader caching, server-side conditions, anti-cheat scanning, or GPU driver optimization bugs?

Any suggestions or insights would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

9 Replies

  • Rockeras2077's avatar
    Rockeras2077
    Rising Traveler
    1 day ago

    It`s a CPU optimization + netcoding issue 

    EA doesn`t wanna say anything on it - same issue was in 2042 and it got somewhat fixed but not 100% certain.
    Some builds have no issues but probably really strong builds not towards minimum or medium specs.
    My Ryzen ryzen 7 5800 H with Nvidia 3070 8GB should run it without any issue and it struggles on multiplayer 60 HZ 
    Portal works fine on 30 HZ - check if portal works for you atleast.

  • KamuriSan's avatar
    KamuriSan
    Rising Newcomer
    1 day ago

    Playing with absolutely everything on Low, the game looks like absolute crap and no FPS improvement whatsoever

  • KamuriSan's avatar
    KamuriSan
    Rising Newcomer
    1 day ago

    This just happened to me, today 07 of January 2026 ... Went from  110 fps yesterday to 55/60 fps today, 

    I have a i5 10400F and a 3060Ti 8gb 

  • Try turning rBar off through nvidiaProfileInspector.

    One of the nvidia updates changed it to default ON at the driver level for BF6.

    Not sure why,  but my 5090 laptop perf absolutely tanks with it on and runs fine again after turning it off. 

  • TL;DR

    What fixed the issue for my friend was downgrading the NVidia driver to version: 577.0

    ############################################################################

    Over the weekend I helped a friend that has a brand new Acer Nitro v15 with the following specs:
    - Intel i9 13th generations
    - RTX 4060
    - 16 GB of RAM
    - 512 SSD
    - Windows 11 Home (up to date in November)
    - Nvidia 581.80 driver

    The specs of the machine are fine and looking at videos on youtube showed many people playing BF without any issues with similar or worse specs.

    However, he couldn't get over 20 fps when trying to play the game. We checked every possible setting in the game and nothing would improve it. From putting everything to minimal to using recommended settings and going through each individual graphic options. BF6 does a great job showing what settings use for vRAM, CPU and GPU. Enabling the overlay for the stats helped showing the CPU was being used a lot more than GPU.
    We also tested:
    - Forcing BF6 to use GPU instead of integrated graphics from both Windows settings and from NVidia Control Panel.
    - Reinstalling drivers
    - Checking power/energy options
    - BIOS settings
    - Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling in Windows Display Settings
    - Steam integrity from the game

    And probably a lot more I forgot now. None worked.
    What eventually worked was downgrading the NVidia driver to version 577.0 from July. This solved the issue for him and managed to play with recommended settings without problem.
    It seems either the driver is broken, or the windows or a mix of both.

    Anyway, I hope this helps anyone.

  • kk307's avatar
    kk307
    Seasoned Newcomer
    1 month ago

    Looks like we’re dealing with the same issue. A few days ago, I restarted my PC and enabled EXPO memory overclocking in the BIOS. After that, the game went back to normal performance (4K 150+ FPS). However, this only lasted for a few days.

    Yesterday, the problem came back again — the FPS suddenly dropped the next day without any changes made. So now I’m really starting to suspect this might be related to memory.

  • kk307's avatar
    kk307
    Seasoned Newcomer
    1 month ago

    I’ve tried lowering the resolution to 2K, turning off Frame Generation, and setting DLSS to the “Ultra Performance” preset. The FPS only increased to around 90, and the stuttering was still very noticeable. I’m starting to suspect this issue might be related to memory.

  • Pordigy86's avatar
    Pordigy86
    New Adventurer
    2 months ago

    kk307​ yes, definitely!!

    https://forums.ea.com/discussions/battlefield-6-technical-issues-en/random-fps-stutter-stuck-at-30-40fps-with-pc-restart/12871170

  • Hey, what’s about 1080p and overkill settings without DLSS and NVIDIA Frame generation?

     

    How many FPS do u have ?

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