HUGE Fps drops in Fallout 4 on GTX 1080, this is not normal is it

[killastrra]

In places i get 110 fps then it drops to 60 then 80 then 120 then back to 60. in mere seconds. What in the world is going on. I watched benchmark videos and this never happened to them. what is going on. My temps are fine. my gpu % is about 50 - 60% always dipping

 

[Supahos]

Rest of rig?

 

[Belphegore]

As a fellow Asus Strix 1080 owner, I can say that Fallout 4 is not exactly endowed with superior optimization.

There were sections that I saw go down to 35 FPS (notably in the BoS airship), and when in larger parts of Boston itself, I went down to 50-60 FPS from 144 in enclosed areas and 100-120 in other open areas.

Granted, I had my settings completely maxed at 1080p.

 

[coconoot]

yeah, I had this happen to me too, mainly in areas where there were many physics objects loaded or AI's and such, I was having mostly similar FPS to your 1080, (when I was using an r9 280) and I had to switch to lower AA and that fixed things, so I think that the game is more optimized for AMD somehow. But also, what is your CPU and RAM?

when I upgraded to a 390, things got much better and I was able to play max settings with nothing going under 45.

EDIT: I also think that Nvidia's drivers need a little erm... 'fixing' if you know what I mean (I have a laptop with a gtx 950m and it does the same thing)

 

[Supahos]

You're hitting your cpu max, nothing to do with the gpu. There are a max number of frames a cpu can render in a situation. I suspect of you were running in 4k you'd get the same 35 fps in that spot. Truthfully a 1080 at 1080 is overkill beyond all hope. Try ocing your cpu further if you need more fps. (Faster memory has shown some effects in fo as well)

 

[burgessanthony]

^purely the game optimisation and cpu usage. You could put 2 1080s in their with the same issue. The game on high isn't that graphically taxing, it's just terribly coded, uses ridiculous cpu power and doesn't use hardware properly. At least in towns.