BF3 & BF4 FPS drops Help please

[sirsleepzalot]

Hello, i ve been having huge fps drops. every 20 seconds the fps would drop to 20-30 fps. I already disable origin in game and my drivers are the new GTA5 drivers version 350.12

any input would be appreciated. this is only happens in BF3 & BF4. I can play GTA5, skyrim, fallout 3 and new vegas with a bunch of mods. also dying light. these are the games i've been playing lately and i seem to have issue. only bf3 & bf4. im totally clueless. i unparked my cores idk if that really helps

 

 

• CPU
  i5 4670k @4.0 GHz (OC GENIE)
• Motherboard
  MSi Z87-G55
• RAM
  Corsair Vengeance pro (4x2) 8GB @ 1866mhz
• GPU
  EVGA GTX 980 4GB
• Case
  NZXT H440 White Edition
• Storage
  WD blue 1Tb / WD black 1Tb , samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 120GB
• PSU
  Corsair 750M Watt
• Display(s)
  Asus VG248 24" @ 144hz

 

 

[Altecice]

I think this is a known fault with the latest Nvidia driver, Go back one or two and it should fix it.

[sirsleepzalot]

would that mess up GTA 5 if i go back to old drivers ? how do i find old drivers on the nvidia website or through geforce ?

[sirsleepzalot]

idk if this is normal... but this is a big drop in usage 

[Xorbot]

idk if this is normal... but this is a big drop in usage 

 

The following is just circumstantial evidence.  It may not be the total explanation.

 

When large dips like that occur, it can be because of a big virtual memory swap to video ram because you've run out.  I had no problems running BF3 original content on my 1 GB video card.  When the new maps came out, I kept getting stutters and dips.  Those new maps at the time were a lot larger and used more textures.  I basically blew my 1 GB limit and was forced to lower my texture settings.

 

The dip in CPU usage was because of the fraction-of-a-second pause while texture data was transferred back and forth between system memory and video memory.  On graphs, this shows a big drop in GPU usage for a short moment.

 

With all that said, I do not see how this applies to you since you have a 4 GB card.  You should have no troubles maxing the settings on this game and have video memory to spare.  Is there anything else you are running in the background that would consume large amounts of video ram?

[sirsleepzalot]

The following is just circumstantial evidence.  It may not be the total explanation.

 

When large dips like that occur, it can be because of a big virtual memory swap to video ram because you've run out.  I had no problems running BF3 original content on my 1 GB video card.  When the new maps came out, I kept getting stutters and dips.  Those new maps at the time were a lot larger and used more textures.  I basically blew my 1 GB limit and was forced to lower my texture settings.

 

The dip in CPU usage was because of the fraction-of-a-second pause while texture data was transferred back and forth between system memory and video memory.  On graphs, this shows a big drop in GPU usage for a short moment.

 

With all that said, I do not see how this applies to you since you have a 4 GB card.  You should have no troubles maxing the settings on this game and have video memory to spare.  Is there anything else you are running in the background that would consume large amounts of video ram?

 

My 1st build i had a 650 ti 1gb, and i ran it fine on medium settings 1080p.

but no i have nothing else running in the background when playing bf3 or bf4.

where do i find the old drivers ?

[Xorbot]

My 1st build i had a 650 ti 1gb, and i ran it fine on medium settings 1080p.

but no i have nothing else running in the background when playing bf3 or bf4.

where do i find the old drivers ?

 

I wouldn't get that drastic, yet.

 

Older drivers may make GTA 5 run a lot worse than BF3/4 is running now on the latest drivers.  I'd keep trying to find a solution.

[sirsleepzalot]

I wouldn't get that drastic, yet.

 

Older drivers may make GTA 5 run a lot worse than BF3/4 is running now on the latest drivers.  I'd keep trying to find a solution.

 

yeah i really didnt wanna go find the old drivers just to play bf3 or 4... i've been playing gta 5 lately on steam so i guess i'll keep searching 

[Xorbot]

Definitely a shot in the dark, but give a "Verify local files integrity" a go in Steam if that's where you installed GTA 5.  Maybe there's a bad or corrupt texture that occasionally gives your video card a problem when it tries to load it.

[Xorbot]

Definitely a shot in the dark, but give a "Verify local files integrity" a go in Steam if that's where you installed GTA 5.  Maybe there's a bad or corrupt texture that occasionally gives your video card a problem when it tries to load it.

 

Actually wait a sec, nevermind.  This was about BF3/4, which is obviously Origin.  My bad.  I am currently also watching a thread on improving GTA 5 performance, lol.

[sirsleepzalot]

Actually wait a sec, nevermind.  This was about BF3/4, which is obviously Origin.  My bad.  I am currently also watching a thread on improving GTA 5 performance, lol.

 

lol GTA 5 runs fine  it better with a 560$ GPU