Fallout 4 performance degrading

[amdfan22]

Basically my fallout 4 game runs like a charm . I get about 50 to 55 average FPS in the most crowded areas and 60 FPS on most other areas . Until the game starts stuttering all over the place.

I checked my ram usage and pagefile usage and it was using 4.8 GB of ram out of ram ( I have 6 GB so it wasnt maxing that out ) and the pagefile usage was also normal.

This usually happens after about one hour of playing the game . So after one hour of great performance the game starts stuttering really badly and I need to restart it.

While this isn't game breaking since you should technically take a break after about every hour gaming I am wondering if there is anything I can do to reduce it .

My specs :

i5 4460 , r9 270x , 6 GB of CL7 1600 mhz Ripjaws ram.

 

[mamasan2000]

I wonder if it isn't your graphics card. Fallout 4 eats more and more VRAM all the time. For me it starts at 1.5 gigs and after couple of hours it's up to 3 gigs.

Does it happen even if you have lower VRAM footprint?

 

[davmazin]

odd i never had that trouble after hours of playing did you check the temps on video card, ram and cpu?

 

[affinitydesigns]

I've seen some posts where users had to verify the integrity of the game cache in steam and it fixed weird stuttering issues and hang ups. Try that or try redownloading and reinstalling the game.

 

[amdfan22]

I wonder if it isn't your graphics card. Fallout 4 eats more and more VRAM all the time. For me it starts at 1.5 gigs and after couple of hours it's up to 3 gigs.

Does it happen even if you have lower VRAM footprint?

You might be onto something .

I will check my VRAM usage and report back,

It is very possible that is the issue since my textures are at ultra and I am using TAA.

 

[amdfan22]

The game starts stuttering even with 1.3 Gb of VRAM used and onlt 4.8 GB out of 6 GB of ram used.

I dont think I can do anything for now . I will add 4 more GB of ram totalling 10 GB soon and will see if that helps it .

 

[mamasan2000]

You could also play around with the .ini-tweaks found here
http://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/mods/searchresults/?src_cat=26

Shadow distance/resolution and godrays are pretty heavy on FPS.