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ALEXJAMIESON
6 years ago
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PC Massive FPS Drops/Lag

Hi all. Out of nowhere I'm getting huge FPS drops in BF5. I normally maintain a comfortable 60 to 80fps but it will then randomly drop to 2 or 3 (YouTube video below). Nothing has changed since this ...
  • ALEXJAMIESON's avatar
    ALEXJAMIESON
    6 years ago
    @XTRA-Larsiano Thank you for your help. I've found the issue!!! Turns out this has all been caused by my XBox controller (don't judge) believe it or not.

    I noticed my controller had stopped vibrating but assumed it was a symptom of the issue or was just low on battery. While trying some 32 player games I saw my controller disconnect itself while playing. I switched to keyboard and mouse and it the game seemed to run fine.

    I disabled the bluetooth connection for my Xbox controller and used a usb cable and then joined a 64 player game and it's running perfectly.

    I removed the xbox bluetooth driver and re-installed but unfortunately the issue returned immediately when not using a USB cable connection. So i'm just using the USB cable from now on.

    On that note, my bluetooth keyboard and mouse have also been know to intermittently disconnect, so I'm guessing there must be some issues with the bluetooth device. If I remove the driver/device will it re-install automatically after a restart?

    I can't believe it's been down to a wireless XBox controller this whole time... meh.
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XTRA-Larsiano
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago

Thats quite a lot of 'tests'. 

besides asking in what region you play?

have you tested on low ping server?

what is the average ping in the game

have you tested on 16 player max server

are you playing with wireless?

have you updated network drivers / test other NIC is possible

try different game modes on differeent times on the day / avoid prim-time internet hours (18.00 /23.30)

also unplug as many as possible usb device / external devices

and reinstall / upgrade the intel chipset software driver

good luck!

ALEXJAMIESON's avatar
ALEXJAMIESON
6 years ago
@XTRA-Larsiano Thank you for your help. I've found the issue!!! Turns out this has all been caused by my XBox controller (don't judge) believe it or not.

I noticed my controller had stopped vibrating but assumed it was a symptom of the issue or was just low on battery. While trying some 32 player games I saw my controller disconnect itself while playing. I switched to keyboard and mouse and it the game seemed to run fine.

I disabled the bluetooth connection for my Xbox controller and used a usb cable and then joined a 64 player game and it's running perfectly.

I removed the xbox bluetooth driver and re-installed but unfortunately the issue returned immediately when not using a USB cable connection. So i'm just using the USB cable from now on.

On that note, my bluetooth keyboard and mouse have also been know to intermittently disconnect, so I'm guessing there must be some issues with the bluetooth device. If I remove the driver/device will it re-install automatically after a restart?

I can't believe it's been down to a wireless XBox controller this whole time... meh.
  • EA_Atic's avatar
    EA_Atic
    Icon for DICE Team rankDICE Team
    6 years ago
    @ALEXJAMIESON are they using the same bluetooth device?

    /Atic

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