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HandsomeBear89
7 years ago

Seemingly random FPS issues.

Hi.

My PC looks like this:

GeForce GTX 960 - Intel(R) Core i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz - 8(7.88)GB RAM - 1920x1080, 60Hz Monitor - Some SSD with 35+ GB free memory.

I'm running most setting on low/medium.

The problem I've been having the past half a year or so is that sometimes when I boot up the game and enter a match I'll be around 45-65 FPS, jumping up and down. Other times I got 65-85 FPS and the game runs perfectly smooth. Sometimes when I got the FPS issues, I restart origin and it's gone(despite not changing any settings or anything). Other times I restart and it's not gone. Same with rebooting the PC, sometimes it fixes the problems and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it's fixed when the map changes, sometimes it isn't. Sometimes it's working fine until I switch server. Etc. I have no idea how to troubleshoot this. I have no idea if it's my PC or the software since sometimes I have no problems and sometimes I do. When I'm not experiencing FPS drops I can record myself with NVIDIAs inbuilt video recorder without it causing any issues with FPS.

Things I've tried:

Repairing BF1 via origin.

Going into the NVIDIA settings and choosing pre-rendered frames 1, 2 and letting application decide.

I tried the GPU memory restriction option in-game.

I tried limiting frames to 60, 120, monitor refresh rate(which is 60).

So if someone could help me troubleshoot this I'd be greatful. The most important thing for me is figuring out whether it's my PC or the game, since I will be buying BFV and I don't want to deal with this in that game as well.

battlefield 1

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  • iluminatethesky's avatar
    iluminatethesky
    Legend
    7 years ago

    Hey @HandsomeBear89,

    Thanks for sharing some of the steps you've tried to resolve this.

    Have you also tried the following steps below:

    1. Turn off Origin Overlay in the Launcher and the Battlefield 1 Game Properties in Origin

    2. Make sure your Firewall has access to Battlefield 1

    3. If you're using Nvidia GeForce Experience, try turning it off or disabling it

    Also, it looks like your CPU is under the minimum specs as well, so you might have a bit more issues with FPS.

    Battlefield 1 requires a Processor (Intel): Core i5-6600K at the very minimum.

    But, you can try the steps I listed above, and see if it works a bit better for you.

    Let us know.

    Thanks 🙂 

  • HandsomeBear89's avatar
    HandsomeBear89
    7 years ago

    @iluminatethesky

    Thanks for your answer.

    My CPU might be below the minimum requirement but I had no problems at all keeping the game above 60 FPS in all scenarios barring zepelin crashes from launch of the game until about half a year ago, I've been using the same PC and in-game settings throughout.

    As mentioned, the FPS problems I've been having aren't a constant issue. It's like I have a 50% chance when launching the game for it to run smoothly or not, that's the part I'm worried about. Getting the game to perform better overall is helpful (I will take your tips) but that doesn't seem to be the problem since when I don't have these issues, I can record gameplay at 60 FPS and 55 bit rate without it giving me any FPS issues at all. Also when I record during the FPS issues it doesn't make it noticeably worse.

    I recorded gameplay(with NVIDIAS inbuilt recorder) when I'm having the issues and when I'm not, sorry about the small FPS counter(top right corner) but the NVIDIA inbuilt one doesn't show when recording BF1 in fullscreen so I had to use the in-game one. Here is the video, first half is with the issues(I included text top-center screen to indicate which is which if the FPS counter is too small):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXEEIqqJaU8&feature=youtu.be

    Before recording this I turned off origin overlay and checked to see if the firewall was blocking anything bf1 related, which it wasn't.

    I also used the Windows Memory Diagnostic Tool (mdsched.exe) and it says no issues.

    I forgot to mention that I cleaned the PC from dust as best I could 2~ months ago, which was needed but didn't help.

    Again, I strongly doubt it's the CPU unless the CPU is acting up somehow, not sure how to test that. As said I initially had no problems at all running the game and now it's running smoothly(consistent 60+ FPS) 50%(or whatever) of the time.

    Regards.

  • EA_Atic's avatar
    EA_Atic
    Icon for DICE Team rankDICE Team
    7 years ago

    Hey @HandsomeBear89 tanks for all the detail information. 🙂 

    What you can try is Clean Boot the PC to see if there any programs slowing down the PC while you are playing Battlefield 1 and CCleaner to remove any old temp files on the PC. 

    /Atic  

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