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2a799fb82e6e10d's avatar
2a799fb82e6e10d
7 years ago

Re: FPS below 10 with i7 and gtx 960m

Nvidia gpu is being used, Trim is enabled, everything set on high performance. I also cleared up temp files.

I can't stress this enough: everything else on the computer is working perfectly and has been for years.
The craziest thing is that I get the same fps no matter the settings, no matter the resolution, and on top of that my cpu usage is at 22% and the gpu is at 12%. I have never, ever, encountered a behaviour of this kind.

To put it simply, it feels like the pc is just getting the message "we need to get about 15 fps for the sims 4" and it's going "all right, we can easily do that at 20% usage". There is no throttling, no bottleneck, nothing.

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  • holger1405's avatar
    holger1405
    Hero+
    7 years ago

    @2a799fb82e6e10d5

    Yes, your NVIDIA GPU is not utilized by the game.

    The question is indeed why.

    How much space is now available on your drive?

    Disable "Origin in game" > Test

    Shut your laptop down > disconnect the second Monitor > restart > Test.

    If that don't works, preform a clean boot and test the Game in clean boot mode.

  • 2a799fb82e6e10d's avatar
    2a799fb82e6e10d
    7 years ago
    Oh. My. God.

    Since I had already turned off all the "online features" in the game options to no avail, I decided to go route one and turn on airplane mode.

    40 FPS on ultra settings. cpu 30% gpu 60%.

    I am speechless. Still, both the cpu and gpu are underloaded and a normal, decently coded game should push at least 60fps, but I can live with 40 after all this hassle.

    Thanks a lot to everyone who helped guys

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