Low FPS in Witcher 3

[dappy10]

For some reason, I've been getting low fps on witcher 3 recently. This hasn't happened before. I don't remember doing anything to the computer besides OC'ing my gpu, which after setting it back still didn't change anything.

I set the graphic settings to low and I got 30 FPS when a week ago I would've easily been getting 80, I noticed a difference that my cpu usages are lower compared to then, my cpu usages would hover around 90% but right now it's around 50%. I tried updating drivers via driver booster. I also noticed that playing witcher on low would be smooth, while on high would be laggy but there was little to no change in fps

 

CPU: A8 7650K (not oc'd)

GPU: GTX 960

MOBO: A68HM-PLUS

 

[Moonzy]

what version are you running on?

if its the 364.xx gpu driver then try rolling it back to something older like 361.xx or 362.xx, 361.91 for example

see if this fixes the issue

[Weak1ings]

Are your power options set to high performance mode?  it might make a difference, I've been amazed by the difference it makes.

[dappy10]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

what version are you running on?

if its the 364.xx gpu driver then try rolling it back to something older like 361.xx or 362.xx, 361.91 for example

see if this fixes the issue

yea version 364.72, sorry but how do i do a driver rollback?

[dappy10]

2 minutes ago, Weak1ings said:

Are your power options set to high performance mode?  it might make a difference, I've been amazed by the difference it makes.

Set it to high performance mode and still no change in fps

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, dappy10 said:

yea version 364.72, sorry but how do i do a driver rollback?

uninstall it using Display Driver Uninstaller, then download an older driver from nvidia for the OS you're using (i recommend the 361.91 since im using it) and install it

[dappy10]

27 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

uninstall it using Display Driver Uninstaller, then download an older driver from nvidia for the OS you're using (i recommend the 361.91 since im using it) and install it

Thanks! My fps is much better now, I guess it was an NVidia driver.

Although my drivers are crashing and restoring, ill take that for better fps 

Cheers

 

(preset on high)

 

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, dappy10 said:

Although my drivers are crashing and restoring, ill take that for better fps

lower the overclock

[dappy10]

2 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

lower the overclock

Good idea!

Seems to be stable at

Core Clock +182 MHz

Memory Clock + 510MHz

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, dappy10 said:

Good idea!

Seems to be stable at

Core Clock +182 MHz

Memory Clock + 510MHz

its not stable until it stops crashing entirely

[dappy10]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

its not stable until it stops crashing entirely

Yeah it stopped crashing its just artifacting so i'm trying to tone down OC's a bit