rise of tomb raider stuck at 38-41 fps no matter what settings even after removing 2nd 980 ti from case.

[Nine-Tails]

please help. no matter what i do i cant get 60fps which doesnt make any sense at all with a 980 ti and a 6700k

 

[LaborinjoRt]

Other people have trouble with it aswell. Maybe its not properly ported or something, or the drivers update messed everything up.

 

[bystander]

Have you adjusted any graphical settings? There may be a particular setting that doesn't perform well.

 

[azzazel_99]

Are you having trouble in any other game? If so then it's a driver issue with the gpu's.

 

[Nine-Tails]

no all other games run fine. and rise of tomb raider has been updated like 4 times since my post and issue remains.

 

[bystander]

What settings and resolution are you using? Just because you have top of the line hardware does not mean you can play at max settings and get 60 FPS.

 

[Nine-Tails]

it doesn't matter if i change settings still the same

 

[Nine-Tails]

and if 6700k and 980 ti sli can't then i don't know what can especially since my res is only 1080p

 

[Gamer1985]

Do you have Vsync enabled? Are you running windowed or full screen? ROTR is not optimised well for SLI however you should be getting more then 60FPS. I get much higher and im running 1440P 144Hz. When I had just a single 980TI I was gettinf about 60-85FPS on Ultra 1440P. With SLI I add about 10-20 FPS only.

I would disable Vsync and run in Full Screen mode. Depending on your monitors refresh rate you can raise that as well if its higher then 60Hz.

 

[Nine-Tails]

yes.yes.60hz

 

[Nine-Tails]

fullscreen

 

[Gamer1985]

Disable Vsync in game.

 

[bystander]

it doesn't matter if i change settings still the same

So you turned off Gameworks and lowered settings to low without a change in FPS? That probably means you have a FPS limiter, or your CPU is not clocking up, possibly due to a heat issue. If the FPS doesn't change with settings changes, that means there is something wrong on the CPU side.

 

[Nine-Tails]

if thats the case then why is it only rise of tomb raider and not witcher 3 fallout 4 gta v? by the way i have liquid cooler during idle highest core is 20 c and during load 45c is the highest. so your saying 45c is to high of a temp for 6700k during load? and ill try game with vysnc off tomorrow. in the middle of something currently.

 

[Nine-Tails]

cooler in sig

 

[bystander]

if thats the case then why is it only rise of tomb raider and not witcher 3 fallout 4 gta v? by the way i have liquid cooler during idle highest core is 20 c and during load 45c is the highest. so your saying 45c is to high of a temp for 6700k during load? and ill try game with vysnc off tomorrow. in the middle of something currently.

Like I said, if settings have no effect on FPS, it's most likely a CPU issue. I said it is "probably heat", but if it's not, you should at least check the CPU clocks while playing it. Maybe the game isn't properly ramping up the clocks on the CPU. The other thing to check is a FPS limiter. Otherwise, it's simply a game bug that we can't really help you with. And be sure to turn off Gameworks.

Lowering settings will ease up the demand on your GPU, which will raise FPS. The only reason it won't is if there is something else bottlenecking it.

 

[bystander]

cooler in sig

Water cooling is the most common reason people have heat issues. Not that it can't work well, but because there are more prone to falter. Don't assume that Water cooling makes you immune to heat, but if you checked the temps, you can check something else. It's still likely due to the CPU, or some other possible bottleneck other than the GPU.

 

[Nine-Tails]

tryed it without vysnc and still issue and what is gameworks ts not listed in ROTR settings.

 

[Nine-Tails]

i guess my game is just bugged cause i dont know what else to try

 

[AtotehZ]

i guess my game is just bugged cause i dont know what else to try

Try reading this, maybe it'll allow you to home in on your problem:
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-graphics-and-performance-guide

From what I could gather it might help to try changing the exclusive fullscreen option, but I don't have the game.
Using DX11 with VXAO might help you as well.(in case you're using DX12)

Something that really shouldn't be a problem for you can also be attempted. Change "max frames rendered ahead" to 1 in the Nvidia control panel for ROTR.

In case SLI really messes that much with the game you may want to disable the use of a core in the nvidia settings as well, but removing a card should not be necessary.

 

[Gamer1985]

I run SLI as well and it has nothing to do with it. The game is really poorly optimized for SLI but as I mentioned before even at 1440P Im still getting 80-100 FPS. He should be getting more at 1080P. Im not sure what else to try. Did you use Geforce Experience to optimize your game settings? Maybe a fresh install of the game? Clean driver installation? Run Hwinfo just before running the game and monitor that your cpu and GPU is reaching the proper clocks?

 

[AtotehZ]

Im not sure what else to try.

I just gave him 3 things to try 😛

 

[gamerk316]

Use DX11, not DX12. The DX12 code path results in less performance.

 

[Lee-m]

If you are using DX12 mode, you are lucky to be getting the FPS you are now.

 

[azzazel_99]

it doesn't matter if i change settings still the same

So you turned off Gameworks and lowered settings to low without a change in FPS? That probably means you have a FPS limiter, or your CPU is not clocking up, possibly due to a heat issue. If the FPS doesn't change with settings changes, that means there is something wrong on the CPU side.

So im not sure where you are getting this from.........................This is more likely a bad install. You need to completely uninstall the game and delete any traces of it on your computer. Reinstall it and once its installed verify the files. If you use steam, steam has a file verify method, ubisoft has one etc etc.......Its to make sure everything was downloaded and installed correctly. If its ONLY tombraider then this very much so sounds like a bad install. However do monitor your temps with coretemp, real temp, hwmonitor also use cpu-id to make sure your cpu is clocking up correctly. CAM from nzxt website is a great tool as well for monitoring your whole system.