Overwatch 40 FPS Lows with a 1080FTW

[Proton_density]

*** FIXED - Turn Off HPET in BIOS *** Nice Stable frames achieved!

 

Basically what the title states. I have to turn down all settings to low in order to saturate my 165hz monitor. At Epic I am getting mins of 30-40 avgs sitting around 50 and maxs of 70-80. Meanwhile benchmarks that I have found suggest I should be getting much better frames at much better settings. Current settings are at a best balance to try and achieve 60fps avg. My rig consists of these parts.

 

Things I've tried:

-Closing the battlenet app after game start

-Overclocking gpu vs stock

-Turning off F.lux

-Turning off game mode in registry

-Bringing down resource high settings to med

-Switched power management to "prefer performance"

-Ensuring up to date drivers

-Re-installed from HD to a SDD, fresh install.

-Disabled Windows Fast Startup

 

I have been noticing that after booting the game it does fine till about 73-75C then it throttles maybe (CAM shows lower loads then the typical 90ish% and my frames drop. Typically a 60% percent load and CPU is at 50ish)? I Might just be seeing a pattern cause I've tried eliminating all else. 

 

Afterburner screenshots 1, 2, 3, 4 & afterburner itself.

 

Any tips?

[The Sloth]

all drivers up to date?

[Proton_density]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

all drivers up to date?

Yup, sorry just updated post. 

[The Sloth]

2 minutes ago, Proton_density said:

Yup, sorry just updated post. 

reinstall the game 

[HelplmChoking]

Your GPU should be at 100% usage, generally. What's your CPU, and what load is it under? 

What's your PSU? You might be trying to overclock without being able to deliver enough power to sustain it, which lowers performance.

Have you disabled Xbox DVR?

[Proton_density]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

reinstall the game 

Crap, sorry tried that too. And from an HD to an SDD. No difference. 

[The Sloth]

Just now, Proton_density said:

Crap, sorry tried that too. And from an HD to an SDD. No difference. 

sounds like a haunted hardware episode, try reinstall windows? 

[RadiatingLight]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

sounds like a haunted hardware episode, try reinstall windows? 

not yet.

 

reinstall drivers first.

[RadiatingLight]

Also, IIRC epic settings pegs your resolution scale at 200% (essentially running it at 4K). maybe change that to 100%?

[Proton_density]

Just now, Rangaman42 said:

Your GPU should be at 100% usage, generally. What's your CPU, and what load is it under? 

What's your PSU? You might be trying to overclock without being able to deliver enough power to sustain it, which lowers performance.

Have you disabled Xbox DVR?

 

CPU is a 7700k with a kraken cooler not too sure what it runs in game but I never noticed it getting too hot. PSU is a 750watt EVGA G3. Xbox DVR disabled.

 

[Proton_density]

5 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

Also, IIRC epic settings pegs your resolution scale at 200% (essentially running it at 4K). maybe change that to 100%?

Scaling is set to 100%. And I have already re-installed drivers.

[RadiatingLight]

6 minutes ago, Proton_density said:

 

CPU is a 7700k with a kraken cooler not too sure what it runs in game but I never noticed it getting too hot. PSU is a 750watt EVGA G3. Xbox DVR disabled.

 

Game mode disabled?

[Proton_density]

Just now, RadiatingLight said:

Game mode disabled?

In settings and in registry. 

[RadiatingLight]

Just now, Proton_density said:

In settings and in registry. 

Damn.

No idea.

 

Reinstall windows is the only option I can think of, but it's obviously not ideal

[ARikozuM]

That's not good...

 

Have you tried an older GPU driver? 

[Proton_density]

4 minutes ago, RadiatingLight said:

Damn.

No idea.

 

Reinstall windows is the only option I can think of, but it's obviously not ideal

SAY IT AINT SO......seriously please haha

[WereCat]

1.) Disable Windows Fast Startup

 

Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Power Settings -> (on the left side) Choose what the buttons do -> Change unavailable settings -> Uncheck "Enable fast startup".

 

2.) Disable Game DVR and Game Bar in the Windows Settings and then edit the registry for the Game DVR:

 

Open Registry Editor (Run > regedit)

Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore

Set the value of DWORD "GameDVR_Enabled" to 0

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\

Create key "GameDVR".

Create DWORD 32bit called "AllowGameDVR" and set to 0

Restart your computer.

[Proton_density]

1 minute ago, WereCat said:

1.) Disable Windows Fast Startup

 

Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Power Settings -> (on the left side) Choose what the buttons do -> Change unavailable settings -> Uncheck "Enable fast startup".

 

2.) Disable Game DVR and Game Bar in the Windows Settings and then edit the registry for the Game DVR:

 

Open Registry Editor (Run > regedit)

Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore

Set the value of DWORD "GameDVR_Enabled" to 0

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\

Create key "GameDVR".

Create DWORD 32bit called "AllowGameDVR" and set to 0

Restart your computer.

I have not tried disabling fast boot yet! Here goes!

[Proton_density]

7 minutes ago, WereCat said:

1.) Disable Windows Fast Startup

 

Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Power Settings -> (on the left side) Choose what the buttons do -> Change unavailable settings -> Uncheck "Enable fast startup".

 

2.) Disable Game DVR and Game Bar in the Windows Settings and then edit the registry for the Game DVR:

 

Open Registry Editor (Run > regedit)

Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore

Set the value of DWORD "GameDVR_Enabled" to 0

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\

Create key "GameDVR".

Create DWORD 32bit called "AllowGameDVR" and set to 0

Restart your computer.

Added to list of things I've tried but have not worked.

[WereCat]

4 minutes ago, Proton_density said:

Added to list of things I've tried but have not worked.

 

I assume that you have G-Sync right?

Do you have secondary monitor?

[Proton_density]

15 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

That's not good...

 

Have you tried an older GPU driver? 

That I have not tried. How do I go about this? Uninstall current drivers and try and find old .exe?

[Proton_density]

1 minute ago, WereCat said:

 

I assume that you have G-Sync right?

Do you have secondary monitor?

I do have g-sync on primary, secondary monitor is not. 

[WereCat]

Just now, Proton_density said:

I do have g-sync on primary, secondary monitor is not. 

Right, you may have the same problem I do.

 

Take the video cable of your other monitor and unplug it from the graphics card, see if it fixed fps.

[ARikozuM]

7 minutes ago, Proton_density said:

That I have not tried. How do I go about this? Uninstall current drivers and try and find old .exe?

Use DDU or Add/Remove Programs and install one of the older drivers from Nvidia's website.

[Proton_density]

4 minutes ago, WereCat said:

Right, you may have the same problem I do.

 

Take the video cable of your other monitor and unplug it from the graphics card, see if it fixed fps.

Just tried, no change. Still getting throttled after 73-75C fps drops then so does the temp (to 62ish) and load(to 60ish).