AMD FX 8350 & Evga GTX 970 Low FPS/Usage

Hi iTzxXHaloXx, first off sorry no bumping allowed so I removed it. Now to try and help you fix this...

Edit... what windows do you have Win7, Win8 or Win8.1?

Ok lets rule out windows first making the problem so do this first please then post back and then I will give you the next things we look at. But first I want to rule out windows helping to make this issue...

Test your windows for errors as a clean windows install does not always make a stable windows.

NOTE: Running SFC does not guarantee the crash will not happen, but it will ensure it is not because a windows Dll or file is corrupted in windows.

This works in all windows O/S vista Win7, Win8 and Win8.1 windows system file checker :] Copy and past this to note pad and put it on your desktop. As open programs can give you errors when you run this.

sfc /scannow, ever hear of it if not your going to love this, it will inspect all the important windows files as well as the windows DLL files. If windows system file checker finds any issues with the windows files and windows DLL files it will replace them / try to fix them. This little tool as well as the event viewer on a PC saved me and fully helped me fix my BF4 issues as well as saved me many a format since I found it. This is the best toy they ever put in windows :womanvery-happy:

-For win7 go to start/ bottom left screen / windows globe .. Right click in search type cmd and right click cmd pick run as administrator.
-For win 8.1 right mouse click start bottom left of screen / windows box and pick command prompt administrator.

1-Open administrator command prompt and close web pages and programs like Origin, Steam etc.

2-Type or copy and paste in sfc /scannow and hit enter, This takes 5 min to 15 min SSD vs HD

3-This can go one of a few ways ..... no errors ... it fixed some errors ..... could not fix all errors...... does not finish checking and errors out ....... and the last one could not fix errors at all :/

4-After its done REBOOT PC and Run sfc /scannow again even if you had no errors the first time or had errors, could not fix run sfc /scannow again and when its done a second time reboot. You need to do this a and get no errors 2 x in a row ...

5-So if you ran it 2x and no errors your safe you can stop. If you had errors first time but not the second then run sfc /scannow again and when its done reboot. You need to get could not find any errors 2 x to be safe. If it still finds errors try and run it a few more times until it finds no errors 2x AND ALWAYS REBOOT BETWEEN RUNNING sfc /scannow

6-If you get a message indicating that it can not be repaired and you ran sfc /scannow more then 3x in a row on win vista or 7 mm you need a format or try repair win 7 :/ But after format or repair and all updates are done run sfc /scannow to make sure your windows is stable same deal 2x error free reboot between them.

NOTE-If your O/S is Win8 or Win 8,1 then you can run the next few command lines in administrator command prompt. Sadly this does not work for win vista or 7 :/ Note: After you run each command line Reboot PC.

This next part of windows scans is only for windows 8 & windows 8.1

Reboot PC after you run each command line and close programs and web pages.

And same deal as above run command prompt administrator.

1-This command line will scan the health of your PC:
dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth

2-This command line will restore the health of your PC and you don't lose anything on your PC :
dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

Note: If you get errors with the two command lines above and it cant be fixed with second command line and if you are on windows 8.1. Then use third command line but be warned it could take up to two hrs to fix your PC but it will save you a format. I had a friend test this on a PC with errors when it could not be fixed with second command line. :womanvery-happy:

This next part of windows scans is only for windows 8.1 : Credit goes to CptBigoso for finding this..

And same deal as above run command prompt administrator.

1-If restore heath gave you errors then you can always try this command line:

dism /online /cleanup-image /startcomponentcleanup

2-If you get Error 0x800F081F with the restore health scan then run this command line. After you reboot your PC then run third command line to be sure your windows is fully stable.

Dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /AnalyzeComponentStore

Thanks for the reply. My apologies I am new to the forums. Also I forgot to mention I am running Windos 7 Professional 64bit. I ran the sfc /scannow two times in a row and no errors were found to my surprise.  After that I ran dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth and then checked the logs and this is what caught my attention:

http://s26.postimg.org/m6rzmpybd/screenshot_2015_02_24.png

After that I tied to run dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth and this message came up:

http://s26.postimg.org/4urn1a4u1/screenshot_2015_02_24.png

Also I ran the command prompt in administrator mode. Forgot to mention I took a video displaying my frame rate and if you would like to get an idea of what I am dealing with you can find that here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHReaYOPnDY

This issue is really odd and I would extremely love to get to the bottom of it. Not only is it in Battlefield 4 (One of the games this issue is noticeable most on) but in others as well. My GPU usage is extremely low and I only use about 2100mb of vram on top of it. 

Also I forgot to mention I updated my UEFI and I recently used Display Driver Uninstaller in safe mode and did a clean install of Nvidia driver 347.09 and the issue still persisted.

The video helps for BF4 :womanwink: Try this....

Nvidia BF4 settings ....My settings for GTX690 on screen res 5760 X 1080 and I pull off 120 - 180 fps on med in game settings.

First step open Nvidia Control panel under 3D settings go to Adjust image settings with preview

Pick use my preference and set it to performance and hit apply.

Next go to Manage 3D settings, Program settings tab and add BF4

Once BF4 is added in Program settings tab make sure all this is in place..

Ambient occlusion- not supported
Anisotropic filtering- use global settings off
Antialiasing - FXAA - not supported
Antialiasing- Gamma correction- use global settings on
Antialiasing-Mode - use global settings off
Antialiasing- setting - use global settings none
Antialiasing- Transparency - use global settings off
CUDA- GPU's - use global settings ALL
Maximum pre-rendered frames - Use the 3D application setting
Multi display /mixed GPU acceleration- set to what your display is
Power management mode- Prefer Maximum Performance
Shader Cache- use global settings on
Texture filtering - Anisotropic sample Opti.... - use global settings on
Texture filtering- Negative LOD bias - use global setting Allow
Texture filtering - Quality - use global setting Quality
Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization - use global settings on
Thread optimization - use global setting Auto
Triple buffering - use global settings off
Vetical Sync - use global settings off
Virtual Reality pre-rendered frames - use global settings 1

In game video settings right side set to custom and set everything to medium or low but last three turn them off .... The small bit of eye candy you lose is no big deal to get the FPS

1-antialiasing deferred off
2-antialiasing post off
3-ambient occlusion off

on left side be sure vertical sync is off and in your video it is off.

See if this will fix it . The error you got with the scan I need to go back and look at again this second just working on your FPS.

Edit ok the error 87 is due to your on windows 7  not windows 8 or 8.1 :womantongue: You can only  run dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth on  windows 8 or 8.1 

Also to see FPS in game do this....

To see FPS in game with out fraps etc:
1- open note pad
2-put this in the note pad..... perfoverlay.drawfps 1
3-when you make the user.cfg in notepad,change the file type from text to all. And name it user.cfg
4-Put in .....:\Program Files\Origin Games\Battlefield 4
5-You will see your FPS in top right of screen when you start BF4

Other settings to make BF4 run more smooth and do them all please all 5....

Run the game as Administrator:
Go to the Origin games folder (C:\Program Files (x64)\Origin Games\Battlefield 4) and find Bf4.exe. Right click it and go to PROPERTIES, then COMPATIBILITY and check the box next to RUN THIS PROGRAM AS ADMINISTRATOR.
Do the same with BF4_x86.exe as well.

Run Origin as Administrator:
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin and right click on Origin.exe and go to properties. Then go to compatibility tab and check the box next to RUN AS ADMIN.

Disable Origin in game:
In Origin - Application settings - Origin in Game - disable Origin in game

Origin Cloud Storage turn it off
Origin, settings, General

Make Sure BF4 is set to 64bit if your windows is 64bit
1- open origin and go to My Games
2-Right click BF4 and go to Game Properties
3-Under when launching this game set it to x64 and check off disable origin in game.
4- Hit apply REBOOT your PC and then test your BF4

Reboot PC test BF4

If you still have problems  see information below....

Try a clean boot : run a Clean Boot: http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-clean-boot-your-pc/
This should ensure that no programs are interfering in the background.

Below are programs known to make issues in BF4

Disable Mantle if you have it and try Direct X, Turn OFF Anti-Aliasing Deferred in video card settings in game. If you have page file turned off then turn it back on as this can make errors even with 32gigs ram.

Others have said if they uninstall MSI Afterburner issues / crashing is stopped. So if you have this installed remove program and test BF4. Also look at other programs as Asus Game First Service, Razer synapse, Razer Cortex, Qualcomm Killer Service , Fraps, EVGA Precision, Geforce experience, be sure to turn off the streaming function that is enabled by default ,Raptr, RivaTuner , ASRock eXtreme Tuner, Steam, Skype, aero ,Overwolf extra program in teamspeak and xfire are known to make issues as well. And I am sure more programs not in my list yet turn one off at a time and test BF4.

Uninstall the HD Audio Driver from the video card driver install add/remove programs. This silly thing makes issues in BF4 for some. Reboot then repair BF4 to be safe.


If all this fails to fix it then try this...

C:\Users\your PC Name\Documents\Battlefield 4

BF4 folder in my documents holds game configs and screen shots even if BF4 is installed on different drive. When you uninstall BF4 it does NOT remove this folder. So when you install the game again you can still have the same issues. Even if its not a new install it is still worth trying as the game cfg could be mucked up.

1- Go to my Documents and remove BF4 folder place it on your Desktop for now.
2- Be warned you do have to set up your in game settings again.
3-Repair BF4
4- When done go test your game. If it fails reboot your PC and run repair game again and test BF4.

Thanks for the help! I recently just downloaded Windows 8.1 with a clean install. I just downloaded Battlefield 4 and tested it out .The outcome is definitely getting somewhere. On some team deathmatch maps I reach 97% usage for a while then it goes down to 80% and sometimes 70%. My fps is around 70-98 now but this is on team deathmatch. The one this is that my usage and fps are fluctuating a lot but I at least am getting some better frames. Yet once I step into Seige of Shanghai on conquest my framerate suffers a bit. I get about an average of 68-75 and it drops to 50 a good amount of times. I know this issue is not 100% fixed but we are getting somewhere :P

Depending on how the map is made and what it on the map as well as whats going on FPS will go up and down as you know already. In your video you have settings on ultra and this will make your FPS drop more then if you had your ingame video settings on Med.

For testing try everything on med but what I had you already turn off and see how this goes. Ultra is power hungry and will make FPS drop even more and this is why I never run Ultra even though my PC can pull it off. My GTX690 is a 4GB card but I still run it on med as I want my FPS over the eye candy of ultra. :womanwink:

True I hear you. Yet I just want to know whats causing such poor framerate because I am getting nowhere near what everyone else is getting. Its just very upsetting because I payed a lot of money for my PC and am not getting the performance I should be getting :robotsad:

I fully understand as I have smashed my head on my desk many times with this as well. My video card settings I gave you are months of testing in BF4 I did.

Not sure if this will help but for me when I had my old cpu and ram I had to run BF4 on low to pull off the FPS I wanted. When I put in new CPU  and new ram I could go up to med and have the FPS I wanted. For me it is harder due to my screen resolution 5760 X 1080 and in truth I did not expect the new CPU and ram to make a difference but it did and this was my face at it all :womansurprised: My ram alone was $600 @ the time  but I wanted best gaming ram this time around and it turned out to be worth every cent for me. Had I gone with 16 gigs yes creeper but I always use 32gigs last 3 mother boards and it makes my spouse nuts :womanlol:

I have no clue if this would help but here are some videos I took of my performance. Not to mention I currently am overclocked to 4.6ghz stable and now have windows 8 and here is my most recent video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF0MoJVx8D0

Also here is my performance on Windows 7 (4ghz Stock):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHReaYOPnDY

Here is my performance on Windows 8.1 (4ghz Stock):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1wRlilBFfU

Are you using fraps as this could be helping to make the issue, as it is in my list of programs known to make issues for some. Try the clean boot again and see if your fps come up don't use fraps do this to see fps....

To see FPS in game with out fraps etc:
1- open note pad
2-put this in the note pad..... perfoverlay.drawfps 1
3-when you make the user.cfg in notepad,change the file type from text to all. And name it user.cfg
4-Put in .....:\Program Files\Origin Games\Battlefield 4
5-Also close Origin to put cfg in just to be safe :}
6-You will see your FPS in top right of screen when you start BF4

Try a clean boot : run a Clean Boot: http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-clean-boot-your-pc/
This should ensure that no programs are interfering in the background.

Below are programs known to make issues in BF4

Disable Mantle if you have it and try Direct X, Turn OFF Anti-Aliasing Deferred in video card settings in game. If you have page file turned off then turn it back on as this can make errors even with 32gigs ram.

Others have said if they uninstall MSI Afterburner issues / crashing is stopped. So if you have this installed remove program and test BF4. Also look at other programs as Asus Game First Service, Razer synapse, Razer Cortex, Qualcomm Killer Service , Fraps, EVGA Precision, Geforce experience, be sure to turn off the streaming function that is enabled by default ,Raptr, RivaTuner , ASRock eXtreme Tuner, Steam, Skype, aero ,Overwolf extra program in teamspeak and xfire are known to make issues as well. And I am sure more programs not in my list yet turn one off at a time and test BF4.