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AlanCray
9 years ago
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Game capped at 60fps even when Vsync turned off

Ever since the new windows 10 update (09-Aug-2016) I'm only able to play the game at maxed 60fps, even when the Vsync in the game setting are turned off. I even went to Nvidia control panel and turn ...
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    AlanCray
    9 years ago

    FINALLY its back to normal now. Turns out it was something to do with the Xbox app on my laptop. whenever i launch the game i get this green box at the bottom saying (click something to record gameplay) and so i got curious and when went into the xbox app that came with the update, turns out that in the settings of that app it is set to video streaming or something and quality settings are set at standard. So i got pissed and disable everything and now my game is back to normal :D I'm back at 160fps. Thank you guys for helping.

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MADrag0n
9 years ago

Hello @AlanCray

Check in bf4 folder for user.cfg file if it exist, check option in it such as GameTime.MaxVariableFPS 60 and increase a value

But for monitor that cant handle more 60Hz refresh rate using more 75 in this option is pointless

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2042isNotBF
9 years ago

@AlanCray Give this a try for settings please.....

- Video card settings in game BF4

In game video settings right side set to custom and set everything to medium or low but last three turn them off ....

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

on left side be sure vertical sync is off also resolution scale to under 100 like 80 or 90 this will up you FPS

Nvidia BF4 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


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    AlanCray
    9 years ago

    I tried this but it still doesn't work ☹️ thanks for the help though.

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      2042isNotBF
      9 years ago

      @AlanCray Did you already try to make a new game cfg as your old one could be blocking it if not give this a try as well as try a clean boot to be sure a program is not making a issue. As well as your video card is only mid range so it will not pull off the FPS a high end card in BF4, As well as this issue is from win 10 update from the sounds of it. So your best bet if all this fails to help is set everything to low in game for now and keep off all this in game as stated in my first post :] ....

      In game video settings right side set to custom and set everything to LOW but last three turn them off ....

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

      on left side be sure vertical sync is off also set resolution scale to under 100 like 80 or 90 this will up you FPS


      Try a clean boot : run a Clean Boot: https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/kb/929135 >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...ROG Game First , 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.

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        AlanCray
        9 years ago

        @2042isNotBF well i did exactly what you said about the "Moving settings folder to Desktop thing and repair game" and it still didnt work. As for the Clean boot, i dont think there is any application that can affect the game since i reverted my Windows to the previous update and back in the previous update i was using whatever that i am having now(in my service tab) to play and i can get my game to run at 120fps+. After hours of time looking for solution online i think my last shot here would be to reset my windows to its factory settings and start over.....All because of some stupid Windows 10 update and i cant play BF4 now. I just dont understand why other games on my laptop can work over 100fps+ like BF3 and BFBC2 and BF4 just messed up like that.

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