Fallout 4 Low Frame Rates

[Idanov]

Hello everyone,

 

I need your ideas about this.

 

I recently updated my rig with a sapphire r9 390 but while playing Fallout 4 I noticed some really low framerates.

 

As you can see in the picture they are in the low twenties way to often for my taste.

 

When I am looking at the sky or at the ground i get 60.

 

At the moment I have everything set at maximum settings. I've tried to lower some settings but actually only the shadow distance makes a difference. Ad medium I get up to 40 fps.

 

Is this normal? Does my CPU limit it and I just have to lower the settings? Or is something wrong here?

 

 

 

 

 

I have an 

 

i5 760

8gb in single channel

r9 390 

 

 

[Morgan MLGman]

Oh god, while AMD cards aren't the best for Fallout 4 that CPU is a HEAVY bottleneck in that game since it's a VERY CPU demanding game

[ATrollAaaNnnnn]

You cpu is pretty old now adays. Its probably doing a good job as a bottle neck.

[Xenift]

You don't look like you have a fantastic CPU.

Also i have heard running MAX on AMD cards on fallout wasn't that great, play around with the shaders to see if it makes any difference.

[ATrollAaaNnnnn]

Oh god, while AMD cards aren't the best for Fallout 4 that CPU is a HEAVY bottleneck in that game since it's a VERY CPU demanding game

His 390 should be fine. Its just the cpu being ancient im guessing.

[Starelementpoke]

Hello everyone,

 

I need your ideas about this.

 

I recently updated my rig with a sapphire r9 390 but while playing Fallout 4 I noticed some really low framerates.

 

As you can see in the picture they are in the low twenties way to often for my taste.

 

When I am looking at the sky or at the ground i get 60.

 

At the moment I have everything set at maximum settings. I've tried to lower some settings but actually only the shadow distance makes a difference. Ad medium I get up to 40 fps.

 

Is this normal? Does my CPU limit it and I just have to lower the settings? Or is something wrong here?

 

 

 

 

 

I have an 

 

i5 760

8gb in single channel

r9 390 

That I5 is probably holding you back. Also, Fallout 4 has gameworks, so it works better on Nivida cards.

[Starelementpoke]

His 390 should be fine. Its just the cpu being ancient im guessing.

Gameworks says otherwise.

[Morgan MLGman]

Gameworks says otherwise.

No, you can run Fallout 4 on a 390 on recent drivers without issues, just set shadows to medium. The issue here is the CPU cause as @App4that stated, it's the most CPU heavy game he's played so far so his 4790k bottlenecks his 980Ti at times

[Starelementpoke]

No, you can run Fallout 4 on a 390 on recent drivers without issues, just set shadows to medium. The issue here is the CPU cause as @App4that stated, it's the most CPU heavy game he's played so far so his 4790k bottlenecks his 980Ti at times

I know. Blaming lack of sleep. Thought he meant something else.

[App4that]

No, you can run Fallout 4 on a 390 on recent drivers without issues, just set shadows to medium. The issue here is the CPU cause as @App4that stated, it's the most CPU heavy game he's played so far so his 4790k bottlenecks his 980Ti at times

It should be illegal to release a game in the state Fallout 4 is in.

[Idanov]

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so i guess all of you agree, that it is just fallouts (and my wallets) fault. 

 

I either have to buy a better cpu, overclock it or live with the fact, that i'm still not able to run everything at ultra. I had hoped so.

 

 

I might overclock it but at the time i just don't want to. I have never done anything like it and im not very patient.

 

thanks for the advice. good to know that there is nothing wrong with my build. 

 

I wish y'all a good night or a pleasant day.

[Starelementpoke]

It should be illegal to release a game in the state Fallout 4 is in.

*Cough*Arkham Knight was worse*Cough*

[App4that]

*Cough*Arkham Knight was worse*Cough*

Barely, but they both suffer the same problem of it being OK somehow in the industry now to release broken games. OP has a awesome rig, no reason people should be stressed out over a game. In my opinion anyone that buys a broken game should get their money back until it's fixed.

[ShiroArikawa]

Gameworks says otherwise.

every gameworks game is horrible for me I don't understand anymore.