Sign in with
Sign up | Sign in
Your question

Borderlands 2 Low FPS with GTX 980?

Tags:
  • Video Games
  • Low FPS
  • gtx 980
  • borderlands 2
  • Gtx
Last response: in Video Games
Share
October 14, 2014 9:09:16 PM

I just got borderlands 2 and tried it out and noticed that i cannot get stable 60FPS on close to high settings which seems weird for my rig. I have a GTX 980 that i havent overclocked and a 4690K not overclocked. Im running on a 2560x1440 and even with some settings on medium in some fights scenes and seemingly out of nowhere i drop to around 40fps. Im looking at MSI Afterburner and it says the GPU usage is staying around 70 percent. whats the problem?

More about : borderlands low fps gtx 980

October 15, 2014 7:43:23 AM

If the CPU is also constantly at 90~100% load, it might be a bottleneck (although it shouldn't be the case, it's worth checking anyway).

Also, although the game is relatively old and the 980 shouldn't have any problems running them, have you tried lowering physx to normal or low?
m
0
l
October 15, 2014 7:57:41 AM

Good idea, I'll check that out when I can and get back. I sure would hope this gpu would be able to max out this several year old game though.. On geforce experience it tells the optimized setting have everything maxed out.
m
0
l
Related resources
Can't find your answer ? Ask !
October 15, 2014 8:06:51 AM

Yeah, the game can be maxed out relatively easy.
However, I get the feeling it wasn't planned for resolutions above 1080p, and that the system is thus struggling a bit to scale textures correctly. It's just a hunch, honestly, but worth checking IMO.

Physx, on the other hand, are so abused in that game that they actually bog it down. With my AMD GPU and my i5 I obviously can't max them out, but I can keep them on nornal. The amount of clutter generated is just ludicrous....
m
0
l
October 15, 2014 9:53:15 AM

can you disable GPU physx entirely?
m
0
l
October 15, 2014 10:05:26 AM

Unfortunately, no, but setting them to low is essentially the same thing as disabling them. Only base physics are covered at that level (like ragdolls, jumps and explosions) and no extra clutter is generated.

Used to run the game almost maxed out on a downclocked i5 2500 (TurboBoost disabled, down from 3.3 to 3.0 ghz) and a 1gb HD 6870, so I can pretty much confirm that.

Since we're still on topic, what are your specs, just in case? If you're having stutters with a decent hardware, the issue might be somewhere else.
My fault for not noticing the signature. Weird tho, the 660 should handle the game well enough. What resolution are you playing at?
Aaand I even fail at reading. Never had a multi-gpu system, so I don't know for sure. Is there any way for you to run the game in a single-gpu mode?
m
0
l
October 15, 2014 12:17:11 PM

Ok so this is a screenshot of my GPU and cpu performance during a big fight in BL2 with fps droping to around 40. http://i.imgur.com/s4glpKk.png

I dont know why im dropping FPS whhen neither are maxing out. I have setting all to ultra at 1440x2560p except Anisotropic filtering is at x2 only. Also my FOV is at 100 and i have a second 1080p monitor hooked up via HDMI that has these applications on them to monitor
m
0
l
October 15, 2014 1:38:43 PM

Quite weird...are you sure that the Nvidia experience isn't forcing some particularly heavy effects?
m
0
l
October 15, 2014 1:42:01 PM

what do you mean by that...
m
0
l
October 15, 2014 1:56:37 PM

The game normally uses its own technologies for anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering and other things like that. The GPU's control panel can, however, override those settings with the driver's proprietary technologies.

Depending on the game's optimization, you can get a better or a worse performance.
m
0
l
October 15, 2014 2:00:32 PM

well my Nvidia control panel all is in defaults. I built this computer like a week ago so basically everything is stock. How can i override it
m
0
l
October 15, 2014 2:30:57 PM

Hmm, when changing everything to lowest settings it has same FPS drops at same spots. Is this the games problems or my CPU/GPU/ system in general. This is like the third game ive played on this system so i dont really have a reference point if this is abnormal or not
m
0
l
October 15, 2014 11:46:45 PM

I'm assuming you already did this, but are drivers, as well as .NET frameworks, VC++ redistributables and DX libraries, all up to date?

GPU usage is fine, as nothing will fully load one except benchmarking applications (which are specifically made to push it to its limit).
It looks like it averages around 70%, as you said, and CPU is ok too.

EDIT: looking at the image more carefully, temps are constantly on the rise (that usage drop on the graph doesn't correspond to a significant decrease in temperature either); plus, fan speed is set to auto and detects it has to be set to 1%...
Temperature shouldn't be high enough to cause it, but are you sure you're not just experiencing thermal throttling?
Try setting up a user fan profile, starting from 20% at idle temp and up to 80%
m
0
l
October 17, 2014 9:52:54 AM

I'm sure the drivers are up to date but how do I check the other stuff. Also the temp was rising because I just started the game and ran to a fight to take the screenshot. When i am in a game for a while the temp even out quickly after about 5 mins
m
0
l
!