- Jul 16, 2021
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I am trying to troubleshoot something that happens specifically when I play Elden Ring (it could be happening in other games, but Elden Ring is locked to 60 fps so it's very noticeable). If I restart my PC, and play Elden Ring first immediately following the restart the game runs smooth for the entire session. 60FPS, maybe drops every once in awhile to 58fps, solid frame timing according to RivaTuner.
However, if I run Elden Ring following running another game (in my instance specifically, Final Fantasy 14) or even after my PC has been otherwise idle for a few hours, my FPS can almost never reach 60 and instead normally fluctuates between 48-58 with noticeable jitters in the game and horrible frame timing (again, according to RivaTuner. I was told frame time should be 16.6, which it is following a restart, but when I have FPS issues it fluctuates between 9ms to 90+ms)
I've done a complete uninstall of my graphics driver with DDU and installed the newest drivers, my BIOS is up to date, Windows is up to date, I've run both MemTest86 and the Windows Memory Test ("mdsched") without any errors. I've tried tinkering with a frankly ridiculous amount of fairly obscure settings, from making Easy Anti Cheat / Steam / Elden Ring run with admin privileges, turning off SSDP Discovery, disabling Root Enumerator in Device Manager... The situation stays the same. In task manager, when I'm encountering these FPS fluctuations I can see my GPU randomly dropping to what appears to be 0% usage every once in awhile but I can't figure out what is causing it. One piece of advice I was given was to try plugging my PC directly into a wall outlet, however I have refrained from doing so as everything I've found on the topic insists on using a surge protector for your PC. I don't really know what other ways I can troubleshoot what is causing my GPU to act up like it is.
My build is an Intel 13900K, a 4090, 64 GB of 5600 RAM on Windows 11. Also FWIW Resizeable BAR is enabled in my BIOS, as well as XMP.
Ultimately if the only way to play Elden Ring with smooth performance is to restart beforehand it's acceptable, but it would be nice to find out what is happening in my system in case it's indicative of failure longterm (especially with how pricey the GPU was...)
Does anybody have any ideas? So far the two pieces of advice I've gotten from other forums is "restarting lets your computer relax so obviously it runs better" and "try plugging your computer directly into an outlet" which I have seen lots of conflicting advice saying you should always plug your PC into a surge protected power source.
However, if I run Elden Ring following running another game (in my instance specifically, Final Fantasy 14) or even after my PC has been otherwise idle for a few hours, my FPS can almost never reach 60 and instead normally fluctuates between 48-58 with noticeable jitters in the game and horrible frame timing (again, according to RivaTuner. I was told frame time should be 16.6, which it is following a restart, but when I have FPS issues it fluctuates between 9ms to 90+ms)
I've done a complete uninstall of my graphics driver with DDU and installed the newest drivers, my BIOS is up to date, Windows is up to date, I've run both MemTest86 and the Windows Memory Test ("mdsched") without any errors. I've tried tinkering with a frankly ridiculous amount of fairly obscure settings, from making Easy Anti Cheat / Steam / Elden Ring run with admin privileges, turning off SSDP Discovery, disabling Root Enumerator in Device Manager... The situation stays the same. In task manager, when I'm encountering these FPS fluctuations I can see my GPU randomly dropping to what appears to be 0% usage every once in awhile but I can't figure out what is causing it. One piece of advice I was given was to try plugging my PC directly into a wall outlet, however I have refrained from doing so as everything I've found on the topic insists on using a surge protector for your PC. I don't really know what other ways I can troubleshoot what is causing my GPU to act up like it is.
My build is an Intel 13900K, a 4090, 64 GB of 5600 RAM on Windows 11. Also FWIW Resizeable BAR is enabled in my BIOS, as well as XMP.
Ultimately if the only way to play Elden Ring with smooth performance is to restart beforehand it's acceptable, but it would be nice to find out what is happening in my system in case it's indicative of failure longterm (especially with how pricey the GPU was...)
Does anybody have any ideas? So far the two pieces of advice I've gotten from other forums is "restarting lets your computer relax so obviously it runs better" and "try plugging your computer directly into an outlet" which I have seen lots of conflicting advice saying you should always plug your PC into a surge protected power source.
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