Terrible Fortnite performance for a good PC

[owenkingetc]

Hi everybody,

I recently purchased a new PC for streaming and for about the past month Fortnite has suddenly been un-playable for me. The game is suffering from frequent (every 20secs) stuttering, drops in FPS and freezing, and have come to the conclusion that this is NOT a network issue as it continues after trying different networks wired and wireless connection.

Just to be sure, I disconnect my Elgato HD60 when I'm not streaming and disable all wireless connections so there is no interference and run off a wired connection. I have tried absolutely every single "solution" throughout multiple forums and sites.

The reason I want this fixed is due to it effecting the quality for streaming and overall enjoyment.

PC SPECS:
Ryzen 5 1600
GTX 1060 6GB
16GB 3200MHz RAM

If there is any knowledge you have that is outside of the generic "lower your settings", I'd love to hear it!

Thanks for reading, I appreciate your time.

 

[SgtScream]

What happens if you disable all wireless connections but have the legato hd60 connected? Do you still experience a problem?

 

[owenkingetc]

What happens if you disable all wireless connections but have the legato hd60 connected? Do you still experience a problem?

Thanks for your reply!

Yes, the problems still persist

 

[SgtScream]

What happens if you disable all wireless connections but have the legato hd60 connected? Do you still experience a problem?

Thanks for your reply!

Yes, the problems still persist

And when you disconnect the elgato, the problem does NOT replicate correct?

 

[owenkingetc]

What happens if you disable all wireless connections but have the legato hd60 connected? Do you still experience a problem?

Thanks for your reply!

Yes, the problems still persist

And when you disconnect the elgato, the problem does NOT replicate correct?

Regardless of whether I have the Elgato HD60 connected or not and whether it's a wired or wireless connection, the problem still occurs.

 

[SgtScream]

The question is, did you recently update your graphics drivers or do you graphics drivers need to be updated?

 

[owenkingetc]

The question is, did you recently update your graphics drivers or do you graphics drivers need to be updated?

My drivers are all up to date.

 

[SgtScream]

The question is, did you recently update your graphics drivers or do you graphics drivers need to be updated?

My drivers are all up to date.

You only answered part of my question.

 

[owenkingetc]

The question is, did you recently update your graphics drivers or do you graphics drivers need to be updated?

My drivers are all up to date.

You only answered part of my question.

I only updated my drivers a few days ago, and still no change in performance.

 

[SgtScream]

Change your power settings to High Performance:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2843-change-power-plan-settings-windows-10-a.html

 

[owenkingetc]

Change your power settings to High Performance:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2843-change-power-plan-settings-windows-10-a.html

Already been done

 

[SgtScream]

What's your memory utilization like? Is it taken up by standby?
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/windows-10-not-releasing-standby-memory-when/874484bc-3c4d-4f0f-83ed-000e9dab971b?auth=1

 

[owenkingetc]

What's your memory utilization like? Is it taken up by standby?
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/windows-10-not-releasing-standby-memory-when/874484bc-3c4d-4f0f-83ed-000e9dab971b?auth=1

After reading what you have linked, I'm not too sure what I'm looking at haha! Is there a simpler way of checking my RAM?

 

[owenkingetc]

What's your memory utilization like? Is it taken up by standby?
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/windows-10-not-releasing-standby-memory-when/874484bc-3c4d-4f0f-83ed-000e9dab971b?auth=1

With Fortnite running, it is using 2,618MB of RAM causing me to use 40% of it in total. I'm looking at the processes tab in task manager

 

[owenkingetc]

What's your memory utilization like? Is it taken up by standby?
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/windows-10-not-releasing-standby-memory-when/874484bc-3c4d-4f0f-83ed-000e9dab971b?auth=1

Fortnite is also using a consistent 20% of my CPU.

 

[SgtScream]

Have you tried this?
https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/forums/technical-support/hardware-support/342237-potential-lag-stuttering-fps-fixes-for-pc-windows-10

 

[owenkingetc]

Have you tried this?
https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/forums/technical-support/hardware-support/342237-potential-lag-stuttering-fps-fixes-for-pc-windows-10

I have done all of those things

CPU USAGE: 40%
MEMORY USAGE: 45%
GPU USAGE: 60%

These are the numbers I get when I run Fortnite, is this normal? If not, how do I fix this?

 

[ryanmcevoy81]

Hi, you shouldnt worry i have a i7 8700k Water Cooled 32gbRAM 1080Ti and im getting same problems.. Epic will fix this hopefully soon, last night i went to sleep and everything was butter smooth Today i wake up and this problem is here with new Update.. just check this out others are having same problems https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteBR/comments/9dh5xw/anyone_else_getting_bad_performance_on_pc_after/

 

[owenkingetc]

Hi, you shouldnt worry i have a i7 8700k Water Cooled 32gbRAM 1080Ti and im getting same problems.. Epic will fix this hopefully soon, last night i went to sleep and everything was butter smooth Today i wake up and this problem is here with new Update.. just check this out others are having same problems https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteBR/comments/9dh5xw/anyone_else_getting_bad_performance_on_pc_after/

Thanks man, as bad as it sounds, I'm glad I'm hearing of others with this problem so I know it's not me! I can't believe they just let this go on for so long without any improvement at all.