- Sep 23, 2018
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I recently bought Forza Horizon 3 from the Microsoft Store, and was eager to try it out. I knew that I wasn't going to get the greatest performance considering how graphics intensive the game is (and how old most of my system is), but I didn't expect it to be THIS bad...
The game automatically recommended Medium settings for 1080p. So I gave it a try. I started out getting 40-50 fps for the first few minutes. But as time progressed, I got more and more stuttering and dropping of frames. So I put all graphics settings to as low as they could go and reset the game. I would start out at 50-60 fps, but again, after a few minutes, it would drop down to 20-30 plus stuttering every couple of seconds.
I would also occasionally get a "Low Video Memory" message at the top of my screen. So my guess is that 3GB isn't enough to run FH3, but even on the bare minimum settings? Also, would my CPU be anything to blame? My GPU doesn't heat up nearly as much as in other games (Overwatch, Black Ops 3, etc.) but the Task Manager claims that my GPU is running at 100% most of the time, and my CPU only 60-70% of the time (with occasional spikes to 100%).
Anyway, I was hoping to build a completely new system in a year or so. But I was considering buying a GPU with more VRAM as a temporary upgrade. Should I wait a year to build the new system, and deal with low framerates and frequent stuttering? Or would it be a good idea to invest in a temporary upgrade that would hopefully fix those issues? Or are there any suggestions for trying to improve the framerate and/or stuttering with my current system? At this point. I'd be happy with 1080p, constantly 60+ fps on medium (or higher) settings. But it just doesn't make sense to me why FH3 woud be getting such incredibly poor performance.
Thanks!
The game automatically recommended Medium settings for 1080p. So I gave it a try. I started out getting 40-50 fps for the first few minutes. But as time progressed, I got more and more stuttering and dropping of frames. So I put all graphics settings to as low as they could go and reset the game. I would start out at 50-60 fps, but again, after a few minutes, it would drop down to 20-30 plus stuttering every couple of seconds.
I would also occasionally get a "Low Video Memory" message at the top of my screen. So my guess is that 3GB isn't enough to run FH3, but even on the bare minimum settings? Also, would my CPU be anything to blame? My GPU doesn't heat up nearly as much as in other games (Overwatch, Black Ops 3, etc.) but the Task Manager claims that my GPU is running at 100% most of the time, and my CPU only 60-70% of the time (with occasional spikes to 100%).
Anyway, I was hoping to build a completely new system in a year or so. But I was considering buying a GPU with more VRAM as a temporary upgrade. Should I wait a year to build the new system, and deal with low framerates and frequent stuttering? Or would it be a good idea to invest in a temporary upgrade that would hopefully fix those issues? Or are there any suggestions for trying to improve the framerate and/or stuttering with my current system? At this point. I'd be happy with 1080p, constantly 60+ fps on medium (or higher) settings. But it just doesn't make sense to me why FH3 woud be getting such incredibly poor performance.
Thanks!
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