Battlefield 1 getting huge FPS fluctuations with gtx970

[Wetles89]

Hi.

I am playing battlefield 1 with a MSI gtx 970 Gaming 4gb and a i5 4690k

I get some huge differences in Fps. It can go from 80 to 30 in seconds.

I am playing on ULTRA but i have turn certain things off you on low, like:
Post process quality LOW
Ambient Occulation OFF
Antialiasing OFF

So today i clean out all my old drivers and installed the new one released 28 oct.
This didnt help much. I still get huge drops in FPS.

What can i do?

Turning my settings down does not help. Playing on high might even be worse.
Putting some things on low might help a little, but its hard to tell with all the drops happening anyway.

Can someone please help me with this?

Cheers!

 

[heavyartillary9]

well what is your cpu and gpu usage, what is your cpu and gpu temps, etc ?

 

[Wetles89]

well what is your cpu and gpu usage, what is your cpu and gpu temps, etc ?

GPU is running fine on 55-59C and the CPU gets to around 60C average on every core.

CPU usage was 100% all the way, but my GPU was between 45% to 60% changing all the time, and it didnt look like it had any relation with the FPS.

 

[dudeman509]

DX 11 or 12?

I have massive stuttering in the cutscenes with DX12 on, but I swear the gameplay is smoother. Cutscenes are fine under DX11.

 

[Wetles89]

DX 11 or 12?

I have massive stuttering in the cutscenes with DX12 on, but I swear the gameplay is smoother. Cutscenes are fine under DX11.

I dont know! how do i find out?

 

[heavyartillary9]

yep, bf1 is having cpu usage issues right now, dice said there working on it, just wait up for them to fix stuff, its the game not your hardware

 

[heavyartillary9]

and i dont know how to change dx versions, but i heard dx11 is mroe stable for nvidia cards

 

[Wetles89]

and i dont know how to change dx versions, but i heard dx11 is mroe stable for nvidia cards

I use DX11. i Found out by dxdiag in seach bar.

 

[Wetles89]

yep, bf1 is having cpu usage issues right now, dice said there working on it, just wait up for them to fix stuff, its the game not your hardware

But it allready uses 100% of my CPU. My GPU on the other hand seems to by using only 60%.

 

[dudeman509]

DX 11 or 12?

I have massive stuttering in the cutscenes with DX12 on, but I swear the gameplay is smoother. Cutscenes are fine under DX11.

I dont know! how do i find out?

It's in the advanced video settings menu in the game (if you're running Windows 10). Worth a shot switching to see if it improves at all.

 

[sizzling]

BF1 is showing significant bottlenecks in multiplayer with i5's, your CPU is stuck at 100% and can't keep up with your gpu hence why you see low gpu usage. Although this is being looked into I'm not that hopeful there is a fix otherwise they would have fixed it before launch, its clear there is,good reason why the recommended CPU is a modern i7

 

[burgessanthony]

Haswell i5 stock clocks will give you frame drops and 100% usage.
Stock 6600k - I see plenty of sub 60 drops, cpu maxed etc

6600k 4.4 - all problems gone, even on 64 player maps. CPU around 90-95%

You need the headroom from 100% usage which only a well clocked newer i5 or i7 will give. I7 of course ideal, but I find it 100% playable on my i5, pegged at 70fps.

 

[Wetles89]

Haswell i5 stock clocks will give you frame drops and 100% usage.
Stock 6600k - I see plenty of sub 60 drops, cpu maxed etc

6600k 4.4 - all problems gone, even on 64 player maps. CPU around 90-95%

You need the headroom from 100% usage which only a well clocked newer i5 or i7 will give. I7 of course ideal, but I find it 100% playable on my i5, pegged at 70fps.

Clocked my i5 to 4.1 but no change.

 

[Widowmaker92]

Hey, my temporary solution was to put the scaling up to 195% and somehow my cpu usage is lower 60-80% and my gpu usage is 100% all the time, i have an i5-4460 and an r9 390. i dont have huge fps drops since i changed it , but i have lower fps as it is expected but more constant with this i have 45-60 fps (and when its 60 it feels like 60 fps, not like when i was on 100% scale with 80fps it still felt laggy for me) but then my gpu mem usage is 4800 so i dont know how a gtx970 can handle this. I know it makes no sense but it works for me until Dice fix something

 

[burgessanthony]

High clocked i5 needed. After more testing id say 4.3/4.4 on a 6600k required for smooth mp. Sits around 90%.

You'll need 4.5+ with has well and upwards of 4.7 with ivy sandy based on scaling estimates.