Battlefield 3 - GTX 690 - Low FPS

[applejackguy]

Hi.
I got a GTX 690 card, and I tried to run Battlefield 3 on Ultra and 1080p.
I read some performance tests, and in those the min fps is around 80 and avg around 100 fps.
But I am getting FPS as low as 40! How can this be?

My specs:
Intel® Core i5-2500K Processor
ASUS P8Z68-V PRO, Socket-1155
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 16GB CL9 (Currently only using two of the ram bricks. 8gb ram)
Corsair TX V2 650W PSU

 

[quark004]

i have gtx 670 sli setup and i have the same problem. Its something to with scaling which might improve with driver updates.

 

[stickmansam]

Is this multi player or single palyer?

and what speed is your cpu at?

 

[plasmaj12345]

Did you update the drivers, or did you install the drivers that came with the card?

 

[blazorthon]

I'm not aware of any BF3 SLI scaling issue. Are you sure that it's not something else?

 

[applejackguy]

Did you update the drivers, or did you install the drivers that came with the card?

I didn't install the driver CD that I got with the card.
I had nVidia card before, and I had downloaded the newest update. So when i got the card, i just installed the newest update that i already had downloaded.

 

[applejackguy]

Is this multi player or single palyer?

and what speed is your cpu at?

How do I check the CPU speed?

 

[blazorthon]

CPU-Z does the job, although if you don't know it, then I'd think that its at stock.

 

[applejackguy]

CPU-Z does the job, although if you don't know it, then I'd think that its at stock.

http://oi50.tinypic.com/eugims.jpg

 

[blazorthon]

If that's the frequency it runs at during gaming, then it's potentially the problem. If it's merely an idle frequency, which is more likely, then it's probably not the problem.

 

[applejackguy]

If that's the frequency it runs at during gaming, then it's potentially the problem. If it's merely an idle frequency, which is more likely, then it's probably not the problem.

idle frequency

 

[stickmansam]

If you haven't overclocked, the cpu will be a limiting factor for large bf3 online multi player servers

 

[ern88]

I have an i5 2500K and I have it safely OC'd to 4.6 GHZ. BF3 works great with my Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-x. Try OC'n the CPU!!!

 

[applejackguy]

I have an i5 2500K and I have it safely OC'd to 4.6 GHZ. BF3 works great with my Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-x. Try OC'n the CPU!!!

What did you use to overclock your cpu?
And how?
And, will it help?

 

[stickmansam]

You OC the CPU through the bios by increasing the multipler
The 2500k should hit 4ghz easy on the stock cooler
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/07/how-to-overclock-the-intel-core-i5-2500k/1

It will help a lot for the multi player