Low Fps on Battlefield 1 no matter what video setting

Jul 9, 2018
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Hello,

My setup is as following:
CPU: FX-8350 Black Edition (8 Core/8 Threads)
GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Gigabyte Windforce OC Gaming
Ram: 16GB 1600MHz DDR3
Motherboard: Gigabyte ga-78lmt-usb3 rev 5.0
HDD: 1TB (No SSD)

I recently upgraded from a gtx 750ti because thats just not doing the job these days and got a 1060 6gb. I am really pleased with the results so far, however, certain games just have not been running good.

I can run BF4 at max everything at 125% resolution with a smooth 60fps without drops, but for BF1, I am at a constant 35-45 fps on any video setting. On low settings I get worse fps sometimes than I would on ultra (auto). Resolution for BF1 is set to 100% and lowering it doesn't seem to help anything either. I've tried everything, (Render.drawfps ahead, V-Sync off/on, DX12/DX11, film grain settings, max number thread count, you name it, GPU memory restraint... any user.cfg modification that was told to help performance) and nothing has worked.

I have spent the past 4 weeks on this issue and its making me go crazy. I have looked at every forum possible and any of the solutions have not fixed my problem. I have been forced to play on 24 player TDM games to manage a 50fps max with many drops which is somewhat more playable than a conquest/ operation 64 player game.

My CPU and GPU usage is around 80% for both, and ram usage only goes to about 12 gigs max. CPU temps are around 70-80 C and GPU never goes above 65. GPU VRAM usage is about 3-4 Gigs which seems normal for this game.

The only thing I can think of that could be making this happen is my Motherboard being old (lastest driver was in 2013). BIOS is updated and all my graphics drivers are updated. I've done countless driver removals and reinstalled windows 10 three times which screwed me over once bc I forgot to upload one of my mechanics labs to the cloud before submitting it and had to redo it. I have tried to overclock both CPU and GPU but doesn't make any difference. I don't understand how BF4 and other games work flawlessly and BF1 is having this issue.

Any help would be greatly appreciated and would help me get back to focusing on whats important, dicking kids on BF1.


 
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If your cpu is hitting 70-80c it is overheating. I’m seem to recall the FX series start to thermal throttle at about 67-68c.

Also total cpu usage doesn’t tell you much. Just 1 or 2 cores hitting 100% can limit performance while total cpu usage is well below 100%.

Your motherboard isn’t good for 125w cpu’s but being the 5.0 version which has VRM heatsinks it’s probably ok if case airflow is good and using a cpu cooler with top down airflow.

BF1 is a very cpu intensive game, especially multiplayer, far more than BF4
You may be right about the board. That 760G chipset is old and outdated, but it has HyperTransport 3.0 (5200MT/s), so that shouldn't be an issue. Are you sure the 8350 isn't throttling? Some folks feel the GA-78LMT-USB3 isn't up to the task of handling the 8350 at full load even tho it is on the CPU support list.
 
If your cpu is hitting 70-80c it is overheating. I’m seem to recall the FX series start to thermal throttle at about 67-68c.

Also total cpu usage doesn’t tell you much. Just 1 or 2 cores hitting 100% can limit performance while total cpu usage is well below 100%.

Your motherboard isn’t good for 125w cpu’s but being the 5.0 version which has VRM heatsinks it’s probably ok if case airflow is good and using a cpu cooler with top down airflow.

BF1 is a very cpu intensive game, especially multiplayer, far more than BF4
 
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