BF3 lags heavily

[Krishnas096]

Hey guys.. i have heard abt u all guys.. plz help me..
I am running windows 7 ultimate 64 bit and my specs are as follows:-
Motherboard- Foxconn H55MXV-AH
Ram- 6 gb
Processor- intel core i3-530
Graphics- Asus ENGTX 560Ti Direct CUII
What the hell is happening i dont know whether its my Hardware problem or some sort of softwares. but it lags too much and i am forced to close the game as it cant be played in that situation(10-12 FPS,u can imagine!!).
Although formatting my PC didnt helped and game's fps dropped to 15-20 on newly installed windows too..
Previously when i had issues i tried removing my RAM's and Reinserting 'em again and it was fixed but this time i tried everything:
Removing and reinserting rams..!!
Formatted my windows..!!
ran a memory test from BOOT menu..
updated my drivers..
earlier i was having a smooth gameplay and my fps were 59-60 on high settings but now i can barely manage 35 fps on low settings.. Plz guys help me outta my prob.. thanks!!

 

[corymartin66]

bf3 is the only game that lags on your system?

 

[Krishnas096]

bf3 is the only game that lags on your system?

yes bf3 is the only one and it also lags on 32 players matches...

 

[Krishnas096]

before updating to 301.xx, i was having the same problem..!

 

[fantastik250]

You need to revert back to the 296.xx drivers as recon-uk stated. Are you saying those drivers don't work too?

Also, turn off any other programs such as anti-virus or other programs you don't need before you play.

 

[Krishnas096]

i reverted to 296.xx back but lags are still there..Only kaspersky internet security is running in background.. my cpu utilization shows 100%.. and 1 more thing when i overclock my gpu using asus samrtdoctor the games lags are reduced but when i minimize the game my aero theme is gone.. why is it so? it didnt happens when i run the game widout overclocking the gpu..!!

 

[fantastik250]

The aero theme problem happened to me too. You may want to disable aero theme and desktop composition by Start -> Right-click Computer -> Advanced System Settings -> Advanced tab -> Performance settings -> uncheck/untick Aero peek and desktop composition.

If you had overclocked your GPU before raising it again, try default stock clocks and see if it the lag occurs. Turn off anti-virus. Battlefield 3 is both heavily utilizes CPU and GPU resources.

 

[Krishnas096]

ok i will try and let u know

 

[Krishnas096]

no dude its nt helping lags are there..!!

 

[HEXiT]

chances are its down to the cpu. you need 4 real cores to run the 64 player maps without it impacting on the gpu frame rates. so my guess is the system is unbalanced with a budget cpu and a midrange gfx card. as your cpu supports 4 threads you may just get away with over clocking but it will have to be a healthy 1 near 4.ghz if its the cpu's fault...
if you have decent cooling try 3.5ish ghz (you should manage that on stock volts) if some of the fps stutter clears up then you have an idea of how well another 500mhz will impact performance.

you should also try adjusting bcdedit. open the cmd but you must run it as administrator and type bcdedit /set increaseuserva 2500 hit return, then reboot the machine.

lastly http://bf3.realmware.co.uk/settings-editor/downloads try this... 1s you save the user.cfg file open it and make sure theres no double entries.
it sometimes adds rather than replaces.

 

[Krishnas096]

here is my speedfan result.. hope it helps..
http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/9814/123232.jpg

 

[Krishnas096]

chances are its down to the cpu. you need 4 real cores to run the 64 player maps without it impacting on the gpu frame rates. so my guess is the system is unbalanced with a budget cpu and a midrange gfx card. as your cpu supports 4 threads you may just get away with over clocking but it will have to be a healthy 1 near 4.ghz if its the cpu's fault...
if you have decent cooling try 3.5ish ghz (you should manage that on stock volts) if some of the fps stutter clears up then you have an idea of how well another 500mhz will impact performance.

you should also try adjusting bcdedit. open the cmd but you must run it as administrator and type bcdedit /set increaseuserva 2500 hit return, then reboot the machine.

lastly http://bf3.realmware.co.uk/settings-editor/downloads try this... 1s you save the user.cfg file open it and make sure theres no double entries.
it sometimes adds rather than replaces.

i will do dat and let u know thax.!!

 

[HEXiT]

when you run the config maker. turn off the dx11 features. you wont notice much of a difference visually but your fps should increase... same with shadows. leave em on but reduce them to 1024 or 512 and set em to low... again it will give a bump in the fps...
use ssao rather than hbao if you want to use ambient occlusion personally i dont bother with either when playing multiplayer...
personally i run at minimum settings with high textures@1920/1080 to get a solid 60fps i also lock off my max fps to 60 so i dont get any drops from 100+ to 60 as this can be just as off putting as running at 60 fps max and drooping to 30...

why 60? coz bf3 uses 60 data packets so you will sync every frame with every data packet which gives super smooth fps and accurate player placement.

 

[Krishnas096]

dont you think my mobo temp is too high 126 degree celsius while playing bf3?

 

[Krishnas096]

it aint working dude my fps is still 17-20

 

[HEXiT]

you dont have aa enabled at x8 do you? also go into your nvidia control panel and remove or dissable the bf3 game preset. and reset the standard settings to default making sure you dont have any of the aa and other multisampling settings enabled by mistake.

 

[Krishnas096]

u know what today when i started the game it gave me a whooping 85 FPS but after 15 min it dropped to 20 fps.. why is it so .. i have restored my bf3 settings under nvidia control panel..!!
and this is my speedfan result when game is running in the background:
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6721/snapy.jpg

 

[fantastik250]

dont you think my mobo temp is too high 126 degree celsius while playing bf3?

That is quite hot. Do you have enough cooling and air flow?

 

[13thmonkey]

its a bad reading not a real temp.

 

[13thmonkey]

I've had issues on 301.24 and .42 where if I have watched a video and then play BF3 the FPS is terrible. I assume you are on a clean boot. I would also follow the suggestions to go back to 296.10.

 

[Krishnas096]

That is quite hot. Do you have enough cooling and air flow?

dude the temp i told u is shown in gamebooster's interface while playing bf3.. and ya i have 2 extra fans attached to my cabinet..!!

 

[Krishnas096]

I've had issues on 301.24 and .42 where if I have watched a video and then play BF3 the FPS is terrible. I assume you are on a clean boot. I would also follow the suggestions to go back to 296.10.

as i mentioned earlier i have reverted to 296.10 but with the prob still there..!!

 

[13thmonkey]

u know what today when i started the game it gave me a whooping 85 FPS but after 15 min it dropped to 20 fps.. why is it so .. i have restored my bf3 settings under nvidia control panel..!!
and this is my speedfan result when game is running in the background:
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6721/snapy.jpg

find something that shows us your gpu temps on a graph, they respond really quickly to removing load

15mins of good and then drop sounds like heat.

Scrap that, look at your core temps 100+C on core? your cpu is too hot. Much too hot.

 

[fantastik250]

I think your CPU is getting overworked, also have you applied new thermal paste?

 

[shanky887614]

if the cpu was actually at 130oc it would throttle down a lot more than that and probably shutoff

it starts to throttle it down at arround 100oC i believe

i think you got a dodgy sensor