BF4 beta HEAVILY unoptimized?

[geogga]

660TI DCUII using auto settings,= 20FPS

changed all settings to low. Everything low and got 60FPS with stuttering and fps drops.

Updated java and got new 331.40 drivers and could play everything medium at 60 FPS with no stuttering but still FPS drops to like 20 every minute or so. Changed all settings to high, around 55-60 FPS but still that crappy FPS drop.

I was talking to some people on a server and one guy had a 560TI running everything high butter smooth 60FPS, other guy said chill it's the beta. Then another dude said bad optimization.

I checked my CPU usage( rocking a 4670k no OC ATM) turned out to be 70-85%.

Unbelievable how it's a random half half problem to us gamers.

Still very jelly at that guy with a 560TI running everything smooth at 60fps

[lachyman]

IT'S BETA ofc it will be poorly optimised

Then why do AMD guys with 7950 which is just a bit better card than mine get better FPS on ultra than me on low? Because they cared for them, not us guys with NVidia...

[SkilledRebuilds]

^ Memory Bandwidth maybe...

[Jmjam]

I have an FX 6300 and I get 5 fps no matter what settings ultra or low. CPU usage is pretty much 100%. Hope they fix it soon so I can play

[dklhs90]

Then why do AMD guys with 7950 which is just a bit better card than mine get better FPS on ultra than me on low? Because they cared for them, not us guys with NVidia...

My rig 3960X @ 4.250GHz and dual GTX 580 have no problem running the game on ultra. Not to mention I have an internet of 200 Mbps down and 100 Mbps up.

[TygraelJD]

Running a 3570k @ 4.6 and GTX Titan and getting 50-65 on Ultra with beta drivers, I also have micro stutter. Although disappointing I'm sure things will be ironed out soon guys.

[Mr. Brovahkiin]

Then why do AMD guys with 7950 which is just a bit better card than mine get better FPS on ultra than me on low? Because they cared for them, not us guys with NVidia...

Dude, chill. out. I have a 7950 and get 5-21 fps, more towards 5. You need to stop with the conspiracy BS. It's a beta

[delet my acc pls]

Then why do AMD guys with 7950 which is just a bit better card than mine get better FPS on ultra than me on low? Because they cared for them, not us guys with NVidia...

Well first of all the 7950 is a better card that overclocks like a beast, but it is a AMD gaming evolved title so that adds a bit to the performance.

And i think AMD have better BF4 drivers

[lachyman]

My rig 3960X @ 4.250GHz and dual GTX 580 have no problem running the game on ultra. Not to mention I have an internet of 200 Mbps down and 100 Mbps up.

Ofc not, your GPUs are way more powerful than a 7950.

[dklhs90]

Ofc not, your GPUs are way more powerful than a 7950.

Hmm i always thought my GPUs were outdated since the 780s came out... I guess I could use them some more.

[chicksoup]

its working great for me: 3770 & gtx 660 oem 1.5gb everything set to high or ultra

[Hellsrage]

To people with Nvidia, read this: http://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield_4/comments/1ni1vw/nvidia_owner_and_got_low_fps_solution_here/

 

It was posted earlier in the thread and may seriously help some of you. The generally thought is to try Nvidia's 320.49 drivers, it may or may not help you, some people report no FPS change while others report a pretty decent boost in FPS. Also for 500 series, this was down the thread some.

 

GTX 500 SERIES USERS

Revert back to driver 301.42 IF you are experiencing fps issues.

The newest driver gave me 30-40fps, 320.49 gave me 25-35fps, and 301.42 I'm at 65-75fps.

You will get an out-of-date driver error when you go to run BF4 but "OK"ing out of it is fine

 

Like I said, it may or may not help but it's worth trying.

[jbr]

Then why do AMD guys with 7950 which is just a bit better card than mine get better FPS on ultra than me on low? Because they cared for them, not us guys with NVidia...

 

That AMD thing is just marketing bullshit, they paid EA/DICE 8 Million dollars.

 

Even DICE is on record stating it doesn't matter, it's just a deal they have for promotion.

 

As for performance, everyone is getting different things.

 

PC's are not static one fits all hardware,  performance is across the board

for both Nvidia and AMD cards.

[Kilerbomb]

I found a way to fix it! I went into the AMD Catalyst Control Center and disabled Crossfire for BF4, and no more lag! I get ~50fps constantly with only the occasional stutter because of the CPU. I'm so happy right now.

[Torey]

To people with Nvidia, read this: http://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield_4/comments/1ni1vw/nvidia_owner_and_got_low_fps_solution_here/

 

It was posted earlier in the thread and may seriously help some of you. The generally thought is to try Nvidia's 320.49 drivers, it may or may not help you, some people report no FPS change while others report a pretty decent boost in FPS. Also for 500 series, this was down the thread some.

 

Like I said, it may or may not help but it's worth trying.

Thanks for this, it helped me out some, I'm still only playing on low with like 70 or so FPS but it is now playable. 

[Viking Kong]

Did BF3 beta have the same issues?

[Mr. Brovahkiin]

I found a way to fix it! I went into the AMD Catalyst Control Center and disabled Crossfire for BF4, and no more lag! I get ~50fps constantly with only the occasional stutter because of the CPU. I'm so happy right now.

That's great... if I had 2 cards. Every fix I've seen doesn't apply to me. I get excited and then sad that I still can't play the beta lol

[SlaughterSmurf]

I have a 2500k@4.7Ghz and 7970 Ghz everything on ultra with x2aa and I am getting around 55-60fps

I have the same thing!

[Purple Spy]

Weighing in on framerates. 30-35 FPS on ultra no AA 5760x1080 with pretty consistent and lengthy drops to 15-20 FPS.

 

GTX titan, 3770 @4.1

 

Compared to 60 FPS constant with AA on on BF3, i don't think it looks THAT much better >_>

[crunzaty]

Oh 1 thing. IT'S THE BETA!

 

There is 2 fixes for this:

#1: Update your GPU drivers (Do a fresh install/custom install where you press "clean install")

#2: Go to video settings and change your "Resolution scale" from 100 to <100. I changed mine to 80 and my fps drops is gone, and my fps is actually better than BF3.

 

Oh and before you forget, it's a beta. there is a reason why they have this thing called "a beta" so they can fix issues like this.

[hentai]

Oh 1 thing. IT'S THE BETA!

 

There is 2 fixes for this:

#1: Update your GPU drivers (Do a fresh install/custom install where you press "clean install")

#2: Go to video settings and change your "Resolution scale" from 100 to <100. I changed mine to 80 and my fps drops is gone, and my fps is actually better than BF3.

 

Oh and before you forget, it's a beta. there is a reason why they have this thing called "a beta" so they can fix issues like this.

I agree, but they are mostly not gonna do anything, BETA has become more of a marketing strategy rather then improving the quality of the game.

DICE never fixed any issues in the BF3 beta so don't expect anything from this too.

[crunzaty]

I agree, but they are mostly not gonna do anything, BETA has become more of a marketing strategy rather then improving the quality of the game.

DICE never fixed any issues in the BF3 beta so don't expect anything from this too.

But to be fair battlefield 3 was NOT anywhere close too as bad as BF4 is atm. They will have to fix it if it's true, as you said it's for "marketing" and there will be a lot of videos out there about this game also showing it too people.

 

Also, BF4 is awesome when it actually works. I couldn't even kill people the first 15 bullets of my 30 bullet mag. None registered until you've sprayed 15 bullets. (This is now fixed)

[MunsonedForLife]

Anyone having issues with BF4 not utilizing crossfire? Im only seeing one graphics card bring used.

[xTrekStorex]

I know this is german but bear with it and take a look at the diagrams: BF4 CPU Benchmark

 

According to the text the engine of BF4 doesnt scale correctly on a SixCore CPU most likely the FX-6xx0 series.

So Quad- and EightCores are supposed to run fine at the average FPS of >40.

To fix this with the SixCore CPUs you would need to go into the BIOS and disable the CoreModul so it runs as a QuadCore which will give you the "normal" performance according to their testing.

In addition the Beta drivers of Nvidia (don't know about AMD) will give you another boost since rendering and especially SLI will get boosted (new SLI-profile).

 

Personally I don't really like BF4 at all.

This is more Alpha than Beta but oh well it's EA so marketing is more important than functionality.

 

The funny thing is that the AMD SixCore (FX-6xx0) is listed as the recommended AMD CPU for this game by DICE and EA themselves..

 

If there are any other questions about the german text I posted feel free to ask, I'll do my best to translate and explain

[Torey]

So I heard a rumor that BF4 Beta ran a lot better on Windows 8. So for the lul's I installed windows 8. 

 

Windows 7 Experience:

Nvidia 760 / 2500k

327 drivers - unplayable

new beta drivers - unplayable

320 drivers playable on low like 70 fps

 

Windows 8 Experience

Nvidia 760/ 2550k

installed windows, updated windows / drivers it found 327 drivers

downloaded beta, got in game preset to ultra 90 fps average

 

I'm sort of lost on Windows 8 but finding my way, have been messing with it for the past 3 hours or so. Trying to use the whole metro thing instead of the desktop/start menu all the time. Find myself using the start menu a lot. Anyways Windows 8 performance ftw on bf4 beta