bf 1 - fx 8350 gtx 970 low fps problem

[selbesoglu]

Hello everyone,

I am experiencing 30-40 fps on Battlefield 1 for ultra settings(1080p-%42 resolution scale- vsycn on-dx12 on) with the pc specs below:

FX 8350 (4.0 ghz - stock speed)
Asus gtx 970
Kingston hyper ddr3 2x4gb - 1600 mhz CL9(dual channel)
Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0
WD black 1 TB 7200 rpm

I have used "Afterburner" to detect fps drop and bottleneck existence. GPU-CPU usage level is quite normal and also ram usage is about 6000 MB. I couldn't understand reason of the low fps. However I am suspicious of Ram CLK and Speed. In order to prove it, I have overclocked the ram speed 1600 Mhz to 1760 Mhz with same CLK and fps has improved a little bit. Either I will buy new ram such as 1866 Mhz CLK9 4x4 gb or I will wait for a new patch or sth else I don't know.

Any help would be appreciated. Best regards

 

[ZaneDragon]

What about VRAM usage? Maybe that's the problem...
And when all the VRAM is used, the PC starts writing it on normal RAM and that slows the game down while you have ddr3 with low freq (ddr4 has 2133 and above).

 

[selbesoglu]

I forgot to write other details. Nvidia driver version is 376.33 and maximum performance is chosen. Bios is updated and there is no heating problem.

 

[selbesoglu]

VRAM usage is around %80. I have disabled all the slowing down settings in my Origin profile.

 

[ZaneDragon]

Then I don't know what's the problem...maybe just w8 for patch update then.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Turn off Direct X 12. There isn't a single game yet that's been improved by DX12. It's usually a performance hit across the board. Less on AMD than Nvidia but usually a hit on both. BF1 is as much as 10 FPS slower in DX 12 than DX 11.

http://www.gamersnexus.net/game-bench/2652-battlefield-1-graphics-card-benchmark-dx11-vs-dx12

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Also, although your 8350 will support slightly faster RAM it won't make any difference in gaming. The only game I know of that improves with faster RAM is Fallout 4.

If anything you would benefit from an SSD. It won't improve FPS but it will help noticeably with load times and level transitions.

 

[ZaneDragon]

So I asked a friend about your problem and he said that your FPS are perfectly normal...your run it on ultra man..
Here, take a look at this:
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-970/performance
But on this benchmark: http://www.gamersnexus.net/game-bench/2652-battlefield-1-graphics-card-benchmark-dx11-vs-dx12
it says you should have above 60 for sure...so I'm really confused right now...

 

[selbesoglu]

I have also tried your suggestion changing to dx11 and fps becomes lower compared to dx12. Before december patch, it was vice versa and CPU usage has been optimized. SSD will not much affect to the situation. At the beginning of the multiplayer game(64 player), it causes lagging for a short time because of loading of the map.