Settings that bring your fps down?

[Benc12]

What are some options that drastically bring your fps down that dont really change much? i know that shadows does it but my pc has a 1060 6gb and yet my fps seems to be going under the 80s mark on games such as fortnite. So i just want to know what are some settings that dont really affect graphics or game play to much but make your fps go down dramatically

 

[JalYt_Justin]

Anti-aliasing and shadows are usually the two biggest settings that affect FPS. Anisotropic filtering could also be a setting that can affect FPS depending on the game. Textures could affect your game based on what your CPU/GPU is, but as long as it's not a really low end one it won't affect it that much.

Usually just anti-aliasing and shadows are the biggest offenders. Especially anti-aliasing.

 

[Barty1884]

Each title will vary re: what'll impact graphical quality proportionate or disproportionate relative to system resources.

Typically selecting a "max", "ultra", "epic" preset for example, with crank up shadows, AA and Phsyx among other things. And those (again, typically) can be reduced to varying degrees to lower the resource requirements, while not actually impacting much to the eye.

Not a game I'm overly familiar with, but from what I can find..... on capable hardware relative to the resolution, "Epic" presets are aiming for 60FPS..... Low can be >200FPS. A balance of Medium-High should net you an improved experience, without impacting much at all.

If that doesn't fix anything, it may be an issue with your rig (either hardware-wise, or software/background tasks etc).

Please post your full system spec.

 

[delaro]

Hairworks dramatically drops FPS on Nvidia cards though not many games use it.

DX Version... DX 12 doesn't work as well on Nvidia cards

DX 11... Intel has a lead here as it's more focused on a few select cores over true multicore performance.

Antialiasing... This has a larger impact with higher resolutions

Anisotropic Filtering.. This was a issue on older GPU's not so much on newer cards

Draw Distance/Field of View... This has a huge impact and depending on the game can bring both the CPU and GPU to a crawl.

Lighting/Shadows... This has always been a issue with dragging down fps and is one of the first things I reduce.

Resolution and balancing Lighting/Shadows and AA accordingly, going with a larger res these three combined have a much larger impact on overall performance.

 

[Benc12]

Each title will vary re: what'll impact graphical quality proportionate or disproportionate relative to system resources.

Typically selecting a "max", "ultra", "epic" preset for example, with crank up shadows, AA and Phsyx among other things. And those (again, typically) can be reduced to varying degrees to lower the resource requirements, while not actually impacting much to the eye.

Not a game I'm overly familiar with, but from what I can find..... on capable hardware relative to the resolution, "Epic" presets are aiming for 60FPS..... Low can be >200FPS. A balance of Medium-High should net you an improved experience, without impacting much at all.

If that doesn't fix anything, it may be an issue with your rig (either hardware-wise, or software/background tasks etc).

Please post your full system spec.

So i turned shadows AA and post processing, and it is still the same frames dipping and parts of the map struggling to load at the start of the game my specs are

Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5 Quad Core Processor i5-7600 (3.5GHz) 6MB Cache

Motherboard ASUS® STRIX B250H GAMING: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs

Memory (RAM) 8GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 4GB)

Graphics Card 6GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!

Hard Disk 2TB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 3.5" SSHD - UP TO 5X FASTER THAN HDD!

Power Supply CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET

Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)

Processor Cooling CoolerMaster Hyper 212X (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler


Operating System Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence

 

[Barty1884]

Are you monitoring CPU/GPU/RAM utilization in game? Are you monitoring temps?

 

[Benc12]

Are you monitoring CPU/GPU/RAM utilization in game? Are you monitoring temps?

no whats a good program to use for that?

 

[Barty1884]

I use HWMonitor personally, but various other programs are good for it too (MSI Afterburner et al). Some have in-game overlays, others are stand-alone applications, so you have to minimize your game to see.

 

[Benc12]

I use HWMonitor personally, but various other programs are good for it too (MSI Afterburner et al). Some have in-game overlays, others are stand-alone applications, so you have to minimize your game to see.

So i downloaded HWMonitor and my gpu got to 73 Celsius whilst gaming, cpu got to 56 and i couldnt find ram on the list

and their utilzation was 99% for the gpu and 100% for the cpu and all 4 cores

 

[Barty1884]

99% utilization is a known bug on GPU - and actually means 100%. Are those "peak" numbers, or consistent? You'd have to keep a close eye on it when you minimize to HWMonitor to see the "current" tab instantly --- MSI AB's OSD is probably better for 'real time' monitoring.

If you're maxing out at 100% CPU and GPU usage strictly from gaming, that's a well balanced setup and there's nothing you can really improve on.

IF however, you're hitting 100% CPU utilization due to resource-heavy background tasks; closing those should free up some additional resources for CPU-intensive parts of the game.

 

[Benc12]

99% utilization is a known bug on GPU - and actually means 100%. Are those "peak" numbers, or consistent? You'd have to keep a close eye on it when you minimize to HWMonitor to see the "current" tab instantly --- MSI AB's OSD is probably better for 'real time' monitoring.

If you're maxing out at 100% CPU and GPU usage strictly from gaming, that's a well balanced setup and there's nothing you can really improve on.

IF however, you're hitting 100% CPU utilization due to resource-heavy background tasks; closing those should free up some additional resources for CPU-intensive parts of the game.

no them stats are strictly whilst gaming, when idle gpu drops to 0% and cpu drops to 0-10% all all the cores thats with chrome open

 

[Benc12]

if im being completely honest now i think it might be something to do with fornite, as when loading overwatch a game thats more graphically demanding, i stay at 100-144 fps (v-sync enabled). Epic quality too, so maybe fortnite isnt optimized fully i dont know

 

[Benc12]

I kept HWMonitor on my second monitor whilst in game in overwatch and it says peak is 99% but when im watching the number its only flickering in thge 40-50 mark? :/

 

[Barty1884]

On the GPU? If that's the case, the CPU is the limiting factor....

I'm not 100% sure on Fortnite's optimization; haven't heard anything too bad though.

you're sure you're not running high CPU (or disk) utilization at idle?

 

[Benc12]

On the GPU? If that's the case, the CPU is the limiting factor....

I'm not 100% sure on Fortnite's optimization; haven't heard anything too bad though.

you're sure you're not running high CPU (or disk) utilization at idle?

nope it goes down to inbetween 0-10% whilst idle with internet open, my gpus peek is 99% but when i was watching it, it didnt go anywhere near 99% im going to benchmark it now

 

[Benc12]

now im just confused.. the benchmark came back with my gpu cpu and ram all performing fine, but my gpu is performing "68% good", yet when i check what peoples average overwatch fps is with the same rig with same settings and resolution theyre getting the same fps :/

 

[Barty1884]

Then your CPU is limiting you. Ie, a stronger CPU (more cores/threads, higher clock etc) would allow your GPU to output more, assuming you're running on a demanding graphical setting (and not on 'low')

 

[Benc12]

Then your CPU is limiting you. Ie, a stronger CPU (more cores/threads, higher clock etc) would allow your GPU to output more, assuming you're running on a demanding graphical setting (and not on 'low')

no i run at top settings whenever i play anything unless it really starts to feel bad, like in fortnite.. however if i was to change cpu i would need to send it back to pc specialist :/

 

[Barty1884]

Since the "problem" is only Fortnite, I'd have to assume it's optimization.

While a CPU upgrade may well improve performance, only you can judge whether it's worth the outlay (I suspect it's not).

 

[Benc12]

Since the "problem" is only Fortnite, I'd have to assume it's optimization.

While a CPU upgrade may well improve performance, only you can judge whether it's worth the outlay (I suspect it's not).

well i just changed my settings in overwatch to fullscreen instead of bordless window and now im up to 144fps all the time.. so i guess not

 

[Benc12]

nevermind it drops to 80 still, i thought the i5 quad cores could handle the 1060 :/

 

[Barty1884]

Ok, that makes sense ... to a point, I would've expected GPU utilization to be higher then. In "windowed mode" (borderless or otherwise), GPU is rendering both the game, and your desktop/anything else in the background. While it would also impact CPU utilization, I wouldn't expect the difference to be that dramatic. Very strange.

Are you monitoring your utilization now? Did the GPU ramp up to nearer 100% utilization?

 

[Benc12]

Ok, that makes sense ... to a point, I would've expected GPU utilization to be higher then. In "windowed mode" (borderless or otherwise), GPU is rendering both the game, and your desktop/anything else in the background. While it would also impact CPU utilization, I wouldn't expect the difference to be that dramatic. Very strange.

Are you monitoring your utilization now? Did the GPU ramp up to nearer 100% utilization?

yeah it goes higher but only as high as around 80-90

 

[Benc12]

its just hit 99% but it took a while

 

[Barty1884]

100% utilization is unlikely, more often than not. But provided you're in the 80%+ range (ideally 90%+), you've got a pretty well balanced system.

I'm really surprised windowed mode gave you such a performance hit.