My RTX 2060 is underperforming

sYnope · October 30, 2019

Hey guys so, my rtx 2060 is underperforming. When I play minecraft other ppl who have rtx2060 have 1k+ fps but I have below 500 like 300. The same with Fortnite I get only around 90fps on lowest settings.

My pc specs:

Jurrunio · October 30, 2019

1 minute ago, sYnope said:

I play minecraft other ppl who have rtx2060 have 1k+ fps but I have below 500 like 300

are they using Ryzen CPUs?

2 minutes ago, sYnope said:

The same with Fortnite I get only around 90fps on lowest settings

CPU-Z memory tab screenshot please?

spartaman64 · October 30, 2019

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AMD Ryzen only:

If you're on Ryzen 3000-series you probably do not need to do this section. Try it if you like, it won't hurt anything but you may not see the same gains that 1000-series and 2000-series Ryzen users get from this as 3000-series has more robust IF. Just disable SMT. If you're keen on overclocking, you can increase your Infinity Fabric (IF) clock instead.

With the May 2019 version of Windows, the scheduler should handle threads across the CCXs correctly. If you still get framerate drops you can still isolate the game to a single CCX.

This will cover how to do so on any Ryzen 3, 5, or 7 tier processor. If you use Ryzen 9 or Threadripper you'll need to research the CCX/CCD layout of your processor.

(I get too many people asking how to do it on processors like the 2600 to the point where it's kind of a meme to me now, so I decided to make it much easier. Unfortunately this means it doesn't apply to processors such as the Ryzen 9 3900X or Threadripper due to the different CCX design.)

The compromise is that the less cores you use, the higher the CPU usage on the remaining cores. On higher graphics settings this can result in the same stutter you're trying to mitigate if for example in Remastered mode you only have a few cores enabled pinned at 100% usage while running a fast horse across populated cities.

For the most aggressive way to curb frame drops in combat is to set BlackDesertOnline64.exe to only use cores on one CCX, as well as disabling simultaneous multithreading for the game. I've only tested this on my 8 core Ryzen 7 1700, which leaves me 4 physical cores for processing the game. Gameplay is quite smooth on lower settings; but in Remastered mode all 4 cores the game is running on are pinned to 95-100% in cities which results in stutter and framerate dips anyway.

In Process Lasso, after doing the Intel and AMD section of the guide to disable SMT, find Black Desert's executable and in the "Always" section select "Select CPU Affinity". This should open a Window where you will see your affinity settings for BDO with SMT disabled already.

Disable half of the cores sequentially and click OK.

It does not matter if you disable the first half or the second half, but I prefer isolating BDO to the second half as Windows will prioritize the first half for other processes first. This prevents other processes from interfering with BDO as much as possible.

For 4 core processors like those in the Ryzen 3 series, disable the first two that are still checked. For 6 core processors like the Ryzen 5 series, disable the first three that are still checked. For Ryzen 7 series you can follow the screenshot directly and disable the first 4 cores. CCX design diagram here.

Threadripper users may see benefit from installing Coreprio, however standard Ryzen users should not use it.

Threadripper, you will need to research which CCX is the primary/secondary CCX which has direct DRAM access to do CCX isolation tweaks for BDO. I think it's CCX 3 on a 16 core Threadripper but I'm not sure.

Ryzen 9 has two chiplets with two 4-core CCXs in each. You'll need to isolate BDO to 4 cores on the same CCX, or simply allow the Windows Scheduler to handle the game for you with just SMT off and ignore this section of the guide.

After some weeks using Process Lasso I noticed it nags you a lot to purchase the premium version. If you're comfortable using Prio, you can use it instead if the nag is really bad. Just set the same cores in Prio that you would to PL. You do lose the ability to set the affinity and priority for xcoronahost and coherentUI as they'll inherent it from the BlackDesert64 executable with a Prio setup though.