Battlefield 4 FPS problem

Poxier · Nov 21, 2013

Hey.

So, I've been having this problem when playing Battlefield 4, that my FPS hangs around 40 while playing, even though I have a high-end PC. (I play on ultra-preset settings) I'd imagine that I'd be getting atleast a bit better performance.

Specs:

-Geforce GTX 780 ti (Slightly overclocked)
-i7 2600 processor.
-12 gigs of ram
-750W power supply.
I've got a Windows 7.
(Ask if you want to know more)

I've tried updating my BIOS, updating drivers for GPU and for chipset, unparking CPU, playing with stock clocks for my GPU and defragmenting the drive the game is in. Nothing has helped yet...

The thing here is, that in other games I am getting the FPS I am supposed to, atleast I am supposing so. (Metro: Last Light around 70-110 FPS all time ect.(SSAO off))

So... Might something be bottlenecking my rig? (I don't think so tho'), or what could be the cause?

Thanks for answering.

**Playing in 1080p.

nao1120 · Nov 21, 2013

I dunno, Sounds like its not far off if you play at 2560x1440 - However if its 1080p it should be at least over 60fps all the time, However would expect some dips occasionally. All these cards have dips under 60, and in some cases 30-45 FPS.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-780-ti-review-benchmarks,3663-5.html - the 280x still looks like the best value to me.

I once bought a geforce 3 for 600 bux, and it wasn't worth it due to cost vs performance.

Poxier · Nov 21, 2013

nao1120 :

Yeah, I am playing in 1080p. I know the cards have dips to 40 or so, but it's quite constant for me.

Poxier · Nov 21, 2013

Nubitz :

Hmm... So my CPU is indeed bottlenecking it...? I've heard from couple of guys that it really wouldn't bottleneck it, but they might be wrong. Anyway, anything else I could do?

rgd1101 · Nov 21, 2013

single player or multiplayer? single player is ok. multi player would be an issue.

Poxier · Nov 21, 2013

Nubitz :

Alright, thanks for answering. I'll look into that.

If anybody else comes up with a way to ease the bottleneck, thx.

azzazel_99 · Nov 21, 2013

2600 i7 is not bottlenecking the gpu. My 2500k i5 is running the game with no issues what so ever. I highly doubt its the cpu but maybe. Overclock it and see if it changes. Surely the 2600 i7 isnt slower than a 2500k i5 is it?

nao1120 · Nov 21, 2013

I agree, The 2600 is in the top tier of cpus. That shouldn't be bottle necking it.

The 780 ti is new, So there may be driver issues. Some drivers work better than others.

This is the drivers used in Toms Review - If you are using another one, that could be the reason.

Nvidia GeForce 331.70 Beta (GeForce GTX 780 Ti)

Nvidia GeForce 331.65 WHQL (All OtherNvidia cards)

azzazel_99 · Nov 21, 2013

Im pulling 70+ with the random few and far between dips into the 40's for half a second. Im running 1080p all high settings with no AA and medium setting for dynamic lighting. Granted im running a gtx560ti classified edition with 1.2gig of vram and not the standard 1gig but I would def not think the 780ti would be bottlenecked by the i7.

azzazel_99 · Nov 21, 2013

Saying the 780ti is in fact bottlenecked because its more powerful than a titan is not a great statement and infact probably incorrect. The 780ti just got released and I would run exact same drivers toms did and go from there. Bf4 is still serverely broken and will get better.

nao1120 · Nov 21, 2013

While i accept the 2600 is old, It however is in the "exact" same tier as the 4770, in fact the same line as far as performance goes.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html

These guys are bang on with performance.

I feel like this CPU is just as good as the last 2 generations, In fact nothing has really changed except smaller/less heat, and fine tuning. What i would love to see intel do is release a cheaper 6/8 core, But they won't. It'll be smaller and more fine tuned going forward until AMD can answer the current line ups.

I also agree the game is new, and thus may need to also be tuned up via patches and so forth. So as history shows like i mentioned, Buying the best GPU and having the best video card at the time, isn't always the best choice when it appears you need to tweak the custom settings anyhow in the game.

azzazel_99 · Nov 21, 2013

People almost. Always have issues upon release like this. The cpu is not the issue. Its way more likely to be driver related than cpu bottleneck.

nao1120 · Nov 21, 2013

Agreed,

All i know is we should be thankful the "eye" focused:
on multi display/GPU solutions when 1080p gaming is completely fine, Thus cheaper for us. We are in a good place in time where average desktop parts are way cheaper than 10 years ago.
Tablets and phones.

Any Quad Core in the top tier will be good till the CPU/Board dies. No reason to upgrade really. Normally CPU's had a shelf life of 4 years and was way at the bottom of the chain, Not these days. A person would be smart to buy a spare Motherboard to be honest and not be forced to get a new CPU/Board next round with all the fixings. But thats just me.

Poxier · Nov 21, 2013

Alright, I'll try the drivers Toms used and see, if it affects anything. I'll go from there.

Poxier · Nov 21, 2013

nao1120 :

I don't think the drivers will do the trick actually, as I am currently using even newers ones than the beta drivers are, so...

Poxier · Nov 21, 2013

I don't actually think that the CPU is bottlenecking my rig, as I know people who have i7 2600K, and they're running the game just fine. (The only difference between 2600K and 2600 really is that 2600 can't be overclocked, and they haven't overclocked their's.)

nao1120 · Nov 21, 2013

I think you are just going to have to tweak the game till a patch comes out. Just remove x anti-aliasing, and try again till its always 60 FPS. See what custom setting is causing it to crap out. These new games will always have issues at first like the guy said.

Poxier · Nov 22, 2013

Well, I gotta look into that, but I know people who are running the game quite fine.

azzazel_99 · Nov 22, 2013

Its a toss up I think. I think its just random mixes of driver conflicts and once some uodates come out all will be peachy. Nvidia is starting to follow suit with amd and producing jacked up drivers it seems like.

Poxier · Nov 26, 2013

I suppose I should just play around with drivers then, and wait for patches.

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