Need for Speed 2016 Directx error and low fps and stutter issues.
Not sure why this post keeps disappearing but i guess i will just keep re posting till it shows up. 😕
My PC
Windows 7 Home 64 bit. Fully up to date.
AsusZ87 V-edition MB
16GB G-Skill 1866 ram
Intel I7 4770K over clocked at 4.3 mhz via XMP automatic overclock in BIOS
EVGA GTX 1080 SC over clocked with MSI After burner.
Corsair SSD and WD Black HDD
Game installed on WD black edition hard drives.
Issue is NFS has suddenly become buggy a lot. If i even try to overclock my card the game will crash and give me a Directx device function " video card has been removed" error every time.
I can make it crash every time by going into the map and move the view around to look at different areas of the map. 100% every time doing this in map access crashes the game. Other games handle a much higher over clock via MSI with out issues. I even ran Metro 2033, Furmarks and Heaven benchmark each for 30 minutes plus with out a single issue . NFS 2016 is the only game that im having this crash issue with. Even when i over clocked my gtx 780 ti it never did this. GTX 1080 how ever with a mild over clock and the game crashes every single time. Only way i can get the game to not crash is to run stock clocks.Can leave MSI afterburner with Rivatuner on and i get no problems, but try a over clock and the game crashes. My normal over clock only pushes the card to 2088mhz on the core and 5400mhz on the memory so its in line with the pascal over clock numbers many have been getting. PC case is well cooled .I have a led read out fan controller built into it and the temps remain at 21.3 degrees Celsius and the card never goes above 65 degrees Celsius. So temps are not an issues ether.
Second and more annoying issues is with the new gtx 1080 is i get a bad FPS drop a lot now. The game will run perfect 60fps ( 60 hz 30 inch monitor ) with vysnc but play for more then ten minutes and then it starts acting up. Again i monitor my temps in my G510 lcd display and they never get above 65* c . I can cause the low fps every time by leaving the garage, heading for A Legends Wheel by the police and fuel station area and the game will drop to 43 or so fps and stutter terribly every time there. Just do circle at that areas intersection and watch the game nose dive in FPS. Not all spots do it in game though it is only certain areas in game that causes a major drop. Always seems to be the same spots that do it to. It isn't because i dont have the hardware to run this game that's for sure. Here is everything i have tried and yet the game still runs crappy in areas. As you can see it certainly points to the game as being at fault.
Uninstall Nvidia driver via Driver Uninstaller ( DDU ) in safe mode and CCleaner as a extra good measure.
Tried drivers 378.78 , 378.66 and 375.95 , each a detailed clean install.
Each driver install contained only the driver and Physix software.
Turned off Origin in game
Compatibility mode on and off both
Set game exe with administrator permission.
Origin with admin permission on and off.
Reset Modem and reduced system services.
Internet speed in 90 mbps hard wired, not wireless.
6 foot Cat 6 cable from cable modem to pc.
Gave NFS and Origin services High priorities
Uninstalled MSI and unplugged Xbox windows controller to test with keyboard.
Repaired game
Updated game , even though its was already as a long shot
Reinstalled game as well.
So even though I tried every one of these things no way will the game run a solid 60 fps all the time with my GTX 1080. The card works like a dream in every other game. It will rip through Crysis 3
with SMAA x2 at my 2560 x 1600p res and never once drop below 60 fps. Like i say it is just NFS only that drops fps big time now. I even removed my Reshade 3.0 preset , reinstalled the game and tried it with out the preset installed and still , i swear to you the game still drop fps and stutters in certain areas. I even prefer SSAO over HBAO so the game isn't even technically " maxed". I have weeded every thing else out and everything is pointing to the game being bugged imho . If any one wants to check your fps drops in the areas described to see if its happens to you. Its enough to drive a person mad at this point. This is the error i get when over clocking . With the fps issue no errors come up it is just the game runs poorly and stutters like crazy.
