[Solved] FPS drop on a mid to high end gaming PC. (Star Wars: Battlefront)
So I was playing Star Wars: Battlefront, I run it on high settings. I have RivaTuner Statistics Server on at all times to show me the amount of frames that I am getting. When I get to an area with a lot of players, gunshots, and explosions my fps drops from around 60.0 fps to around 45-51 fps. This is annoying because when Star Wars: Battlefront drops anywhere below 55 fps it starts to show extreme stuttering, to the point of extreme annoyance. I tried setting my settings preference down to medium once but to no avail. I am wondering if this is a optimization issue or some other bug. My computer should be able to keep a consistent 55-60 fps at all times, here are my complete specifications...
Thanks! ~EvanZilla
Operating System: Windows 10 Home (64-Bit)
Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core (@ 4000 MHz or @ 4200 MHz Turbo Boost, 16.0 MBs of Cache, and a Cooler Master Hyper Evo 313)
Graphics Card: Gigabyte G1 Gaming ATI AMD Radeon R9 380 Series (4096 MBs of GDDR5 Memory @ 1425 MHz, GPU Tonga @ 990MHz, 256 Bit Bus, and Windforce Dual Fans)
Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 (Revision 6.0, 760G Chipset, Version F2 BIOS, and a 1333 MHz Memory Frequency)
Memory: Corsair Vengence LP (1600 MHz Memory Frequency and 4096x2 MBs of DDR3 Memory)
Memory: Hynix (1600 MHz Memory Frequency and 4096x2 MBs of DDR3 Memory)
Computer Chassis: Themaltake V31 (ATX Water Cooling Certified Mid-Tower Computer Case, Corsair SP140 140mm Green LED Fan x2, Corsair SP120 120mm Green LED Fan)
Power Supply: Corsair CX750M (750 Watts)
Hard Drive: WD Blue (1 TB, 6 GB/s, 64MB Cache, and 7200 rpm)
Hard Drive: WD Black (2 TB , 6 GB/s, 64MB Cache, and 7200 rpm)
Disk Drive: HL -DT-ST DVD+-RW
If you are getting a consistent 60 FPS when you are running around, and then encounter high activity, a drop to 45-50 FPS sounds very normal.
Even though this is normal, I think there could be an issue caused by the Overlay program you are using to see your frames. I would start by disabling this. Follow the steps below, and this is a way to see your frames in-game, thru the game console, so no overlay is needed:
1. While in-game press the ` key (it is the key to the left of 1 and right above Tab
2. Type in PerfOverlay.DrawFps 1
3. Press "Enter"
4. Press the ` key again to close the console
You will now see your frame rate displayed in the top-right corner of the screen. If your frame rate is alot more stable now, let me know. I can give you the steps so that this command will load each time you start the game, so you don't have to do the steps every time you play.
