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Big drop in BF1 performance on Nvidia add since December update

Kirby Wurm

Kirby Wurm

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Has anyone else experienced this? Since the recent update I've lost a lot of performance in BF1 withny 980Ti. Running at 1440p I was getting 65-110fps with usual framrates around 85/90 but now I experience regular drops to 40/45 when things get more intensive with general framrates of 65/70. Even with G-sync the experience is very sluggish compared to what I was used to.

Monitoring in afterburner my overclock is still running smoothy at 1480 (I dropped from 1500 to as temps were a good deal lower with less voltage) but GPU usage stays down around 60-65%. Only in the menu does it reach a high of 85%. I didn't monitor this figure before the update so I don't have a point of comparison bit surely this is the culprit? I've tried installing the latest Nvidia driers but they've made no change. I'll check CPU usage when I get home.

Any ideas on what the culprit could be, or is it a case of waiting for DICE/Nvidia to rectify it? A quick Google seems to show other users have been affected.
 
I very much doubt it has anything to do with RAM usage as it played beautifully before this damned update, though I will monitor that now (and if it's an issue it'll be time to say "sorry wife!" and reclaim the 8GB I gifted her to replace her mismatched 4/2GB pair).

Improved performance on a 1080? My friend with a 780 Ti also saw slight increases. Bah! A 750GB SSD I ordered has arrived so I'm doing a fresh install of Windows 10, let's see if that helps.
 
Framerates are definitely down here, figured it would be the vRAM usage but when dropping textures down HWINFO/RTSS shows lower usage but core remains maxed

4k mixture of ultra/high/medium, rig as in sugnature
 
Well, since the OS reinstall I've played a round and GPU usage is back up along with performance. CPU usage is 100%, though this seems common and a separate issue. I'll try DX12 (which always crashed in the menu before) to see what, if any, impact that has.
 
https://forums.battlefield.com/en-u...s-responsible-for-fps-drop-with-the-new-patch

Try this!

It seems to help many gain a few more FPS in the game although it does reduce the gfx quality although not something you notice very much when actually playing.

I chug along at 140+ now and its far more stable. I am a little limited by my i5 and Dice's inability to code well however every other setting is at Ultra. Can't speak for the 980ti coping as well with that setting but its got some grunt so should be ok and will certainly give you a solid 60fps.
 
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^Ha ha! Is it that time already?

oaksmokedbacon said:
https://forums.battlefield.com/en-u...s-responsible-for-fps-drop-with-the-new-patch

Try this!

It seems to help many gain a few more FPS in the game although it does reduce the gfx quality although not something you notice very much when actually playing.

I chug along at 140+ now and its far more stable. I am a little limited by my i5 and Dice's inability to code well however every other setting is at Ultra. Can't speak for the 980ti coping as well with that setting but its got some grunt so should be ok and will certainly give you a solid 60fps.
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Thanks for the tip, I'll give that a shot tonight. If they have simply fixed issues and upgraded the visuals then I suppose I can't complain. I still don't understand why the engine maxes all cores on my i5 when nothing else comes close to doing that but oh well.

It also highlights how accustomed I've become to FPS over 60, if I had a 60hz screen I wouldn't really have noticed a difference, now dips to/just below 60 are intolerable!
 
oaksmokedbacon said:
https://forums.battlefield.com/en-u...s-responsible-for-fps-drop-with-the-new-patch

Try this!

It seems to help many gain a few more FPS in the game although it does reduce the gfx quality although not something you notice very much when actually playing.

I chug along at 140+ now and its far more stable. I am a little limited by my i5 and Dice's inability to code well however every other setting is at Ultra. Can't speak for the 980ti coping as well with that setting but its got some grunt so should be ok and will certainly give you a solid 60fps.
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The post process setting is something everyone should set to low in every game they have, as it makes almost zero difference yet affects the performance immensely (same was true in the Witcher 3).
 
I have the same issue. Lost 10-20 fps . If you revert back to an earlier driver , will get that performance back on your rig.
 
I did experience a heavy drop with the driver set before the last two but the ones since have provided excellent performance up until this December patch.
 
Stuttering and all sorts of horribleness with my 980ti now too. May just revert back to the driver before, they really seem to have messed something up this time.

(first time i've had an issue with this card though).
 
spolsh said:
Stuttering and all sorts of horribleness with my 980ti now too. May just revert back to the driver before, they really seem to have messed something up this time.

(first time i've had an issue with this card though).
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Are you using rivatuner, and do you have origin overlay enabled? Disable both of those and see if your performance improves.
 
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