Fallout 4 FPS

[Hydraengineer]

Hello all!
 
I wanted to get some opinions about it whether it's my system or the game that has issues.

 

Whenever I go into a building and look around, my FPS drops from 55-60 down to the 30's. For example, I went to a water treatment plant for a quest. When coming up to the last lever, I pass a big yellow pump. If I stand close and directly look at that pump, my FPS drops to 30. If I back away however, while still looking at it, my FPS goes back up to the 55-60 range.

 

Is something bottlenecking my system, or is it simply because the game hasn't been optimized yet?

 

Medium game settings (with low God rays and medium shadow distance)

Also have the beta update installed.

 

CPU: i5-4460 3.2 GHZ

Ram: 8GB 

GPU: R9 380 4GB  (15.30 driver installed, which is the latest)

Windows 8.1 x64

 

 

Thanks!

[EarthboundHero]

Everyone has this, it's an issue with the game. There are a few mods to help, but I can't guarantee much improvement. One sec, I'll find links.

 

Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/3uhgun/if_your_still_having_fps_drops_and_stutter_issues/

 

Edit again: This is also nice. http://dev-c.com/fallout4/shadowboost/

[RyanMacRocks]

Sounds like a game error, looking at a pump should not cause any FPS drops.

[Hydraengineer]

Everyone has this, it's an issue with the game. There are a few mods to help, but I can't guarantee much improvement. One sec, I'll find links.

 

Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/3uhgun/if_your_still_having_fps_drops_and_stutter_issues/

 

Edit again: This is also nice. http://dev-c.com/fallout4/shadowboost/

 

I'm hoping it's just that the game needs fixing. Just wanted to be sure it wasn't my system.

 

Thanks for the help!

[elpiop]

I'm hoping it's just that the game needs fixing. Just wanted to be sure it wasn't my system.

 

Thanks for the help!

Yeah, I have been having similar fps drops as well. 

[MarvinKMooney]

if you have the game on steam you can opt-in for beta updates wich can fix that but at the same time it can break some other things. * at your own discretion *

[App4that]

if you have the game on steam you can opt-in for beta updates wich can fix that but at the same time it can break some other things. * at your own discretion *

Do not use the beta, it kills your fps, flat out murders it. Stick to the normal version and make sure you have the latest Crimson driver.

[MarvinKMooney]

Do not use the beta, it kills your fps, flat out murders it. Stick to the normal version and make sure you have the latest Crimson driver.

I would have to disagree with you on that, it fixxed my FPS drop but did break other things like my compass bar no longer shows things unless im in a crouch position.

[App4that]

I would have to disagree with you on that, it fixxed my FPS drop but did break other things like my compass bar no longer shows things unless im in a crouch position.

Beyond easy to fix. First page on the nexus is the files you need to fix the compass. Just don't use the NMM, do it manually. Then you get the fps without the broken compass.

[BTEL]

The water treatment plant seems to have that issue for everybody as far as I know. I don't have a great computer, so I am yet to complete the treatment plant mission due to the intense spikes.

[Hydraengineer]

Everyone has this, it's an issue with the game. There are a few mods to help, but I can't guarantee much improvement. One sec, I'll find links.

 

Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/3uhgun/if_your_still_having_fps_drops_and_stutter_issues/

 

Edit again: This is also nice. http://dev-c.com/fallout4/shadowboost/

 

Well, I tried all the mods that were suggested in the reddit post. Still had FPS issues inside buildings.

 

Guess I'll have to wait for more updates from AMD/Beth.

 

Again, thanks for the help.

[leelaa14]

I had same issues and no matter how low i set my grahpics the frame rate always dropped....turns out my ini files was set to real only i max the game out apart from godrays on high ans shadows on medium. Not much of a difference in visual fidelity to be honest and my framerate stays at 80 which is what I capped it to.

[EarthboundHero]

I had same issues and no matter how low i set my grahpics the frame rate always dropped....turns out my ini files was set to real only i max the game out apart from godrays on high ans shadows on medium. Not much of a difference in visual fidelity to be honest and my framerate stays at 80 which is what I capped it to.

What do you mean by real only?

[Ottawa_Brewer]

I was experiencing some frame drops (from the "locked" limit of 60fps down to the low-mid 40s on occasion) when I was in the environs of Diamond City and in a location that allowed me to see for long distances (such as from the top of a tall building). I turned the shadow distance from ultra to high and I have been solid since (everything else is on ultra)

 

Not sure if changing the draw distance for shadows will help in your situation, but just wanted to chime in that it had a marked impact for me.

[Hydraengineer]

I was experiencing some frame drops (from the "locked" limit of 60fps down to the low-mid 40s on occasion) when I was in the environs of Diamond City and in a location that allowed me to see for long distances (such as from the top of a tall building). I turned the shadow distance from ultra to high and I have been solid since (everything else is on ultra)

 

Not sure if changing the draw distance for shadows will help in your situation, but just wanted to chime in that it had a marked impact for me.

 

Yeah, Shadow distance and God rays are usually the first suggestions. Unfortunately it hasn't helped.

 

Thanks for the help though.

 

 

I had same issues and no matter how low i set my grahpics the frame rate always dropped....turns out my ini files was set to real only i max the game out apart from godrays on high ans shadows on medium. Not much of a difference in visual fidelity to be honest and my framerate stays at 80 which is what I capped it to.

 

What do you mean by real, are you talking about ultra settings? If so, that won't help. I'm on medium settings with this issue.

[CyanideInsanity]

Yeah, Shadow distance and God rays are usually the first suggestions. Unfortunately it hasn't helped.

 

Thanks for the help though.

 

 

 

What do you mean by real, are you talking about ultra settings? If so, that won't help. I'm on medium settings with this issue.

I think they messed up 'read' only. The launcher seems to enjoy turning vsync back on so making the .ini files read only seems to be the only way to keep vsync off. Or it may just be when changing options via the launcher vsync is set back on.

[Hydraengineer]

I think they messed up 'read' only. The launcher seems to enjoy turning vsync back on so making the .ini files read only seems to be the only way to keep vsync off. Or it may just be when changing options via the launcher vsync is set back on.

 

I tried turning off Vsync and holy crap did it improve performance. Much better than before, even able to bump up settings to ultra now and still maintain a high FPS. Might have to knock down shadow distance as some areas downtown make it go down to the 40's.

[leelaa14]

What do you mean by real only?

Sorry, I was meant to say read only.

[leelaa14]

Yeah, Shadow distance and God rays are usually the first suggestions. Unfortunately it hasn't helped.

 

Thanks for the help though.

 

 

 

What do you mean by real, are you talking about ultra settings? If so, that won't help. I'm on medium settings with this issue.

Was meant to say read only

[Th3 Mans1ay3r]

An issue I've found is tessellation. It comes standard at 64x. Should be 16x. Rapes cards.

 

Turn off motion blur.

 

Turn off Vsync

 

Tunr off DoF

 

Be happy.

[Hydraengineer]

An issue I've found is tessellation. It comes standard at 64x. Should be 16x. Rapes cards.

 

Turn off motion blur.

 

Turn off Vsync

 

Tunr off DoF

 

Be happy.

 

What line in the .ini file is tessellation?

[ConnorDahne]

The new "sli profile" released with Just cause game ready driver has made my framerate much much worse, I'm dropping into mid 20fps instead of high 50's?

[Hydraengineer]

The new "sli profile" released with Just cause game ready driver has made my framerate much much worse, I'm dropping into mid 20fps instead of high 50's?

 

Wrong thread conner. We are talking about fallout 4 and nothing about SLI.

 

 

As for what you're talking about. I don't know if they updated the drivers for JC3, but as far as I know the game currently isn't compatible with multi GPU systems ( NCIX Tech Tips Video about it -> https://youtu.be/p15qKhPiBLI?t=46s). 

[Th3 Mans1ay3r]

What line in the .ini file is tessellation?

Sorry for late response. Not a line in the .ini. It's through CCC / AMD Radeon Settings.