[PC] May Patch | FPS Drops from ~96 to 45| Possible reason: 2D Graphics Overlay?

Hey @WoollyMammoth10 Thanks for the detailed information on the issue! 

Have you tried clenabooting? 

How to do a cleanboot: https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/faq/how-to-clean-boot-your-pc/

Also worth moving the battlefield 1 document folder to desktop and see if that changes anything in terms of performance 

This is to make sure its not on your end, hence why I'm asking you do try these steps. 

/Atic 

Thank you for replying

1. This is after an upgrade and a clean install of Windows. I don't see how a clean boot would help anything, as it is a FPS issue only with this game.

Also wouldn't that shut off the Nvidia Drivers? So how would the graphics card even function. I'm sorry I don't feel like using my computer as test bench for stuff like this,

especially since the page says it can cause damage to the system, which of course EA would take no responsibility in, so no change

2. Moving the document folder to desktop? Wouldn't that just reset my settings?

Thx for trying, but this issue is with the game I'm pretty sure tbh. Even with everything on low it can happen, even from a clean install of BF1

Possible other causes:

1. One thing that came up is that in BF4 when somebody would cheat in game it could cause server performance issues. This might be a player cheating, when they join.

2. I'm keep an eye on thermal throttling. Testing so far with some settings shows the CPU at 60%, and GPU at 70% about with temps around 50 and 62 degrees respectively about. However, I'm seeing cases where the CPU will go up to 100% for a short period of time, to go back down to about 80%.  I've readjusted the cooling to maintain around 50 degrees, because at some point I saw the CPU temp spike at about 60, and GPU temps running at 72. Which compared to the normal averages is a significant spike in temps. What this is caused by I don't know. It possible seems effects related as well, however turning down to effects to low for example doesn't seem to solve the issue.

Now in 2. that spike could cause the CPU/GPU to throttle perhaps which could be causing the FPS drop, which may also explain why it can happen after a duration of playing instead of right away (in some cases). There is a lot of unknowns and maybes here, and just from observations so far, and these may change as a clearer picture develops.

Hope it helps in tracking it down though. I'm going to try to take screenshots when the fps drops, and at the same time look at the CPU/GPU graphs. Although this may be tricky, hopefully it will help track this down.

One thing that I find is interesting is that other people reporting this are reporting similar numbers in FPS drops e.g. 45 as a low, and then back to 100 or so later. It's just weird, it runs at 79/80 the entire time, and then for a bit just starts fluctuating, and then goes normal again, to start fluctuating again. Something's causing, just not sure what yet

No problem ! @WoollyMammoth10 

1,

Clean boot is not the same as safe boot, clean boot is to see if there are any programs on the PC that is interfering with Battlefield 1. It will not shut off any drivers, only programs. 

2, I have seen performance issue reports to be solved with cleaning out the document folder. That is why I recommend it. 🙂 

So far I have only seen your report an issue with the UI elements of the game (if you have seen more reports on this, more then welcome to link me those topics), and I want to make sure its not on your end. 🙂 

/Atic 

To clarify the issue is the FPS drops, and a possible cause may be the 2D graphics which is clearly stated in the title, as this was reported to be an issue before.

Here are links to topics with similar complaints:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Game-Information/bf1-fps-issue/td-p/5916363

https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/130968/strange-fps-drop-in-bf1

https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/135692/random-fps-drops-on-good-pc

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/902701-bf1-huge-fps-drops/

https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/133542/fps-drops-stuttering-fall-creators-update

https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/129948/bf1-stutters-occasionally-and-fps-drops-at-times-on-certain-maps

https://www.reddit.com/r/Battlefield/comments/6w822g/bf1_having_terrible_fps_drops_on_all_settings/

https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/125520/fps-drops-stutter-whatever

https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/126316/fps-drop-on-every-setting

And on and on...

I may have narrowed an instance of this down:

I set FPS to remain steady at 60 outside of the game, and uninstalled GPU Tweak II and Razer Cortex

I also changed achievements to see if that would make a difference.

The game keeps a steady 60 fps about for  the rounds played on St. Quentin Scar. However I'm seeing severe FPS drops in the following, playing as recon:

1. On St. Quentin Scar when the blimp crashes

a. If you're close to where the blimp crashes then FPS will drop down to low 40's (and possibly lower) about, you can notice the game struggling

b. If you're far away when the blimp crashes (say it crashes on E but you're on B about) then FPS will stay the same.

However when you come close to the crash site, even minutes later, then FPS tanks to similar values as above in point a