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Anonymous
12 years ago

Horrible Framerate drop in Hainan Resort and Lancang Dam

Hey all, first of all just want to list my system specs in case it has to do with the hardware 

GPU: 2x MSI GTX 780 SLI 
CPU: Intel Core I-7 3820 @ 3.6 GHz 
Mem: 16GB 
OS: Windows 7 
Playing at 1440P resolution. 


Basically my problem is that any game-mode/gameplay in these 2 maps results in horrible framerate after about 3 min. of play. It may start out smooth but just rockets downhill to like 10-20 fps. The weird part is that even if I drop all of my settings to low, it still has the same problem. I generally play with everything at max settings with the exception of effects on medium and textures on high. that is what nvidia shield sets it too. 

I have tried reinstalling NVidia drivers (as well as the newest one which just came out yesterday), as well as fully reinstalling the game. 

does any one have any ideas as to what the issue may be? Is it just poor 1440P resolution support? Is it my hardware? Whats goin on? Any ideas would be appreciated! 


Thank you, 

evamodel00

battlefield 4

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  • BeWary's avatar
    BeWary
    Seasoned Vanguard
    12 years ago

    I have a similar problem on those 2 maps.  Although my FPS never seem to drop below 50, it's still very annoying.  I'm using 680s in SLI, 1920x1080, using the Ultra settings.  I've tried everything under the sun to fix the problem, and as far as I can tell it's just a bug in the game.  Using GPU-Z, my GPU usage never gets above 50% in BF4, so the game is not utilizing my cards properly.  In contrast, the 3DMark app uses 100% of my cards in SLI and my scores are where they should be for my specs.

    As a comparison, I have a couple of machines with single 780 cards, 1 of which has a significantly slower CPU than my SLI rig.  Those 780s should perform worse than my 680s in SLI, but they are smooth as butter on every map.  So it appears it's just an SLI issue with the game and/or the NVidia drivers (I'm using 331.82).

    I think we just have to wait for a patch.  In the meantime, I think I'll just lower the graphics quality to High and disable SLI when I play BF4.  ☹️

  • BeWary's avatar
    BeWary
    Seasoned Vanguard
    12 years ago

    With yesterday's patch (dated 12/20/13), I thought the issue was solved.  The patch fixed an SLI "flickering" problem.  Suddenly I was getting a constant 60 fps on Lancang Dam, which was ALWAYS choppy (i.e., had poor framerate) in the past.

    The game continued to play great for another 3 levels, then it started to get choppy again.  I quit the game and started on Lancang Dam again.  This time it started out fine, but got choppy within a minute or two.

    So, while it seems better, they still have a lot of work to do to fix SLI in BF4.  Here's hoping they make it a priority.  I have yet to see them acknowledge the issue on their "issue tracker" page.

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