GTX 1080 Fortnite FPS drop (no cpu bottleneck)

[samoa_silao]

I've purchased a Galax Gtx 1080 exoc sniper white edition and am having trouble with stable FPS on Fortnite.
My specs are:
CPU - i7 4770
GPU - GTX 1080
RAM - Ripjaw DDR3 2x8gb
DRIVES: 150 SSD + 1 TB HDD
MONITOR: Viewsonic xg2401 (DP) + LG E2441 (HDMI)
Looking at people jump from the bus, Diving from the bus, being around the Tilted Towers area or large build fights drop the fps to 70 or lower (lowest I've seen is 40 fps). Other than that it averages around 180 fps+ *I'll upload photos to show proof once the servers are back online*

I use MSI Afterburner to monitor temps and usage and they both hover around 40-50% during general gameplay. However during the phases mentioned before the GPU usage drops to roughly 30% (CPU stays around 50%) and the fps goes along with it.

I've tried numerous amount of fixes mentioned on forum posts and Reddit and I can't find anything that helps majorly. I've upgraded from windows 7 to 10 pro, uninstalled and reinstalled Fortnite on both the SSD and HDD, used the graphics card on another computer to have the exact same issue, reinstalled graphics drivers both new and old versions, altered Nvidia control panel and in-game settings, reformatted my SSD and HDD and I've ran the game on both monitors (both on, one on one off etc..) with no fix at all.

Other games that I do own run fine (PUBG 70 FPS on everything ultra) Rainbow Six siege had stable ~144fps in ultra settings. 3Dmark showed decent graphics scores in benchmarks and stress tests.

I previously owned a Gigabyte Gtx 1060 3gb and no problems with it at all.
Completely stumped on this issue and any fix big or small I'd appreciate

 

[robwowlife]

I know the tilted towers area generally drops your FPS but should not be that much. Everything I would suggest you've already done.... Did you buy the 1080 new? is it possible its a faulty part? What settings are you running? I've seen disabling replay recording jump peoples fps crazy amounts.

 

[RobCrezz]

In nvidia control panel, 3dsettings, for fortnite set the power setting to Maximum performance.

 

[samoa_silao]

cheers for the swift reply fellas.

yup bought it brand new, thought it was a problem with the graphics card so I swapped it for the same card - so I'm assuming its software related

and yup ive got it on maximum performance at the moment. As i'm monitoring the gpu usage in game during fps drops, the card usage drops from 50% to 30%. It has the room to give but something prevents it?

 

[RobCrezz]

Yeah somethings limiting the usage.

Is the CPU running at the right clock speed when gaming? how hot is the CPU getting?

 

[rodolphe.viard]

Hi samoa_silao,

Do you have V SYNC enable?
If yes, disable it.


Rodolphe.

 

[samoa_silao]

Unsure on how to alter the cpu clock speed, but I've gone into the bios to check that turbo mode was enabled and it was

V sync has been turned off in control panel and in game

 

[samoa_silao]

CPU reaches 40-45 degrees

 

[samoa_silao]

bump

 

[cejay7904]

has this been fixed yet? I have exactly the same problem, I cant fix it.

 

[jovicmihailo3]

I might come in late, but I've got a solution for you. The RAM is considered as an extremely important component for Fortnite, so I would advise adding a 2x4GB DDR4 possibly at 3000MHz, and your fps will have a significant boost(talking about an overall 100+fps boost) 😀 cheers

 

[RobCrezz]

I might come in late, but I've got a solution for you. The RAM is considered as an extremely important component for Fortnite, so I would advise adding a 2x4GB DDR4 possibly at 3000MHz, and your fps will have a significant boost(talking about an overall 100+fps boost) 😀 cheers

His system runs DDR3 RAM.

Plus im pretty sure you dont get a 100fps boost from some faster ram...

 

[jovicmihailo3]

I might come in late, but I've got a solution for you. The RAM is considered as an extremely important component for Fortnite, so I would advise adding a 2x4GB DDR4 possibly at 3000MHz, and your fps will have a significant boost(talking about an overall 100+fps boost) 😀 cheers

His system runs DDR3 RAM.

Plus im pretty sure you dont get a 100fps boost from some faster ram...

However crazy this sounds, it is true. I own an internet cafe and a friend is trying to stream via YouTube. When he bought two 2x4GB 3000MHz sticks his fps had an around 100fps increase, which was absurd but true. Now he has minimal problems in tilted towers(the notorious place where everything drops) even on a 144hz monitor.
After I saw what he did, same thing was applied to some of my PC's in cafe. Stuttering and fps drops were completely gone. Amazing.

 

[RememberThe5th]

The improvment over from 1333mhz to 2400 (on ddr3 ofc) was 20fps at most, some 30fps ,but we talk from 1333-2400.

Have you tried using only one monitor?
Any background programs except games one?
Any downloading in background?

 

[Rogue Leader]

Dubious solution removed by moderator.

 

[RobCrezz]

I might come in late, but I've got a solution for you. The RAM is considered as an extremely important component for Fortnite, so I would advise adding a 2x4GB DDR4 possibly at 3000MHz, and your fps will have a significant boost(talking about an overall 100+fps boost) 😀 cheers

His system runs DDR3 RAM.

Plus im pretty sure you dont get a 100fps boost from some faster ram...

However crazy this sounds, it is true. I own an internet cafe and a friend is trying to stream via YouTube. When he bought two 2x4GB 3000MHz sticks his fps had an around 100fps increase, which was absurd but true. Now he has minimal problems in tilted towers(the notorious place where everything drops) even on a 144hz monitor.
After I saw what he did, same thing was applied to some of my PC's in cafe. Stuttering and fps drops were completely gone. Amazing.

Sounds like a problem was fixed rather than just faster ram giving a huge boost. Because it doesnt.