Massive FPS drops on BF4
Hey guys , recently when playing BF4 i have been getting massive FPS drops , like the game is literally glitching , i go from 67 fps to like 5.... sometimes the game even freezes for a few seconds cu...
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Can you attach a .txt of your DxDiag please? This sounds like it is a driver issue. Sometimes newer drivers will cause issues with games and you need to roll back to an older one, as I have had a similar issue.
The tick rate of a server will not affect your FPS, but it could cause lag if you have a poor connection as the high tick rate servers demand a higher speed.
here the dxdiag.txt file
For the guys running NVIDIA cards I've heard a lot of people saying that the latest driver package has caused issues. I experienced extreme lag and FPS loss with the latest NVIDIA driver and rolling back to the March 1 362.00 driver set solved the issue for me.
When rolling back your driver set be sure to choose advanced options and then check the clean install box.
@JadKadri Try driver 362.00 this is the driver I am on as the newer ones took my FPS down. For doing the driver install please do it this way....
Copy and past all of this to note pad and put it on your desktop...
When the time comes to install the video card driver you will be picking advanced you will only install two things from it for Nvidia cards 1- Graphics Driver 2- PhysX System and for AMD cards only check off display driver and catalyst control center. As well as check off CLEAN install
This is how you do a clean graphic driver clean install.........
Go download the free version of CC cleaner..
https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
Install CC Cleaner.....
Now use it to clean the registry, reboot PC and check the registry one last time for any issues. If it finds any repeat steps until it finds none. CC cleaner will give you the choice to back up or not and the first time you run it it is normal if it finds 80 + errors in the registry as every installed or uninstalled program will leave fragments behind in registry and CC Cleaner will clean this up.
Next
Start by downloading your graphic card drivers from here,
AMD; http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
NVidia; http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
Download the one you have and save it on desktop, you are going to need it!
It is very normal for windows to install a video card driver on you this is why you must pick advanced then clean install when you get to the part to install the new video card driver. See part 2 step 2
1- press windows button,NOTE>>> Or just go to device manger and skip to step 5
2- right click my computer,
3- press property’s, you will get a new window here.
4- in the new window click device manger on your left side of the screen, you will get another new window here,
5- you will see in the latest window a list of devices you have in your computer, click on the arrow beside Display driver and a small fall down menu will show you what kind of graphic card you have.
6- left click on your (graphic card name) so it’s highlighted in blue,
7- right click (graphic card name) and press property’s, you will get a new small window here,
8- in the new small window click on Drivers, you will see the name between the tabs,
9- in the driver menu click on uninstall, you will now get a really small window that ask you if you’re really sure that you want to uninstall you’re graphic card drivers,
10- click ok, Reboot PC
Part 2.....
1- after you have started up/ rebooted your computer run CC Cleaner again on the registry to be sure it is all clean then do the new video card driver after. Once registry is clean click on your graphic card install file,
2- follow the instructions of your graphic card installer, Pick Custom / Advanced and only check off for Nvidia 1- Graphics Driver and PhysX System as well as check off clean install
2- for AMD card only check off display driver and catalyst control center as well as check off clean install
3- when you have Installed your new graphic card drivers restart / Reboot your computer, and clean registry one last time. On a side note to help keep a PC stable it it a good idea to run CC cleaner after you remove or install any program after a reboot.
4- you’re done. Test BF4To make sure your going to get the most FPS please do this...
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.
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 and under video... resolution scale to under 100 like 80 or 90 will up your FPS
