[SOLVED!] Horrible CPU Bottleneck on Battlefield 1 (i5 4690)!

[furiosa]

MY SOLUTION
After a exhaustive things I've done to make my game playable, I finally achieved a stable 60 fps in 95% of the time I'm playing (with rare drops at 50 fps in intensive moments), here are the things I've done:

1. Updated Windows to Falls Creator's version
2. Formated my PC
3. Updated my BIOS (mine is h97m)
4. Unparked my CPU cores
5. Used the following user.cfg's commands:
gametime.maxvariablefps 61 (adjust to your monitor rate)
RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit 2
gstrender.thread.maxprocessorcount 4
6. On NVIDIA Control Panel, I set on bf1.exe: V-Sync to FAST (I was having terrible tearing), Thread Optimization OFF, Max renderedframes to 1
7. Sometimes I change the process priorty of bf1.exe as High on Task Manager (I really don't know if it's a big deal)
8. Last but not least, I just increased my Resolution Scale to 140% (that I think really helped!), set Post-Processing and Effects to MEDIUM

So that's it guys, I hope this things I mentioned above help you if you're having the same problems I had!

 

 

 

 

ORIGINAL POST

I noticed that I have a HUGE CPU bottleneck when playing the game.

My FPS drops to 35~40 almost every time when there's a big action on game (specially maps like Amiens, Ballroom Blitz)! The CPU usage goes up to 100% every time,

I un-parked my CPU, used all game's console configs possible (render.deviceaheadlmit, maxvariable.fps and etc), changed Maxrenderedframes option on Nvidia's control panel. It helped a bit, but not a lot

There is anything I could possibly to do to solve this issue?

It can't be possible that running with my PC specs get me this shitty performance!

My PC: i5 4690 (non-K), EVGA GTX 970 and 2 x 8GB DDR3 ram.

[WereCat]

set Postprocess in-game settings to low/medium

[ARikozuM]

That's weird. Have you recently updated your GPU drivers? 

 

Also, please post full system specs.

[furiosa]

x i5 4690 @ 3.5GHz 
x EVGA GTX970 Superclocked
x Corsair Vengeance 2 x 8GB 1600Mhz
x Gigabyte H97M Gaming 3
x SanDisk SSD 120GB | Seagate HD 500GB
x Coolermaster G700w PSU
x PCYes Rhino White
 

[System Error Message]

problem is your GPU not CPU. my ivybridge has no issues keeping up.

 

Even my laptop with an i7 7700hq at 2.8Ghz does many more fps, it is paired with a gtx 1070.

[furiosa]

2 minutes ago, System Error Message said:

problem is your GPU not CPU. my ivybridge has no issues keeping up.

 

Even my laptop with an i7 7700hq at 2.8Ghz does many more fps, it is paired with a gtx 1070.

Really?! My CPU usage on 100% and my GPU on 40% when that happens! My GTX970 can't handle?!

[System Error Message]

12 minutes ago, furiosa said:

Really?! My CPU usage on 100% and my GPU on 40% when that happens! My GTX970 can't handle?!

if you're playing on lowest settings, then your GPU wouldnt be the bottleneck.

The other problem is from my experience in programming, multiple threads dont bottleneck the CPU when it infact speeds it up even if there arent enough cores/threads to the number of threads.

 

I did have issues where GPU wasnt fully used before but that was only in a few games that favoured AMD like serious sam 3. I dont think the issue is with your CPU whatsoever, but rather your GPU drivers/GPU itself not running properly on older CPUs.

 

Hence i said the problem is your GPU and not CPU. If your i5 is a quad core and not dual core it should be able to play bf1 without any issue. If you dont believe me, swap out for an AMD GPU as when i ran 2x HD 7970s on my ivybridge i7, it ran faster than the titan x pascal for serious sam 3 which the GPU was not fully utilised.

[furiosa]

2 minutes ago, System Error Message said:

if you're playing on lowest settings, then your GPU wouldnt be the bottleneck.

The other problem is from my experience in programming, multiple threads dont bottleneck the CPU when it infact speeds it up even if there arent enough cores/threads to the number of threads.

 

I did have issues where GPU wasnt fully used before but that was only in a few games that favoured AMD like serious sam 3. I dont think the issue is with your CPU whatsoever, but rather your GPU drivers/GPU itself not running properly on older CPUs.

 

Hence i said the problem is your GPU and not CPU. If your i5 is a quad core and not dual core it should be able to play bf1 without any issue. If you dont believe me, swap out for an AMD GPU as when i ran 2x HD 7970s on my ivybridge i7, it ran faster than the titan x pascal for serious sam 3 which the GPU was not fully utilised.

Even on Low, Medium or High settings the CPU bottleneck persists!

[furiosa]

54 minutes ago, WereCat said:

set Postprocess in-game settings to low/medium

I lowered and had no effect whatsoever

[ARikozuM]

21 minutes ago, furiosa said:

I lowered and had no effect whatsoever

You need to use Display Driver Uninstaller and run [the safest] clean. Afterwards, you're going to install the driver from a month or two ago. 

[furiosa]

Theres a picture on whats going on:

[furiosa]

2 hours ago, ARikozuM said:

You need to use Display Driver Uninstaller and run [the safest] clean. Afterwards, you're going to install the driver from a month or two ago. 

Actually, when I noticed this fps drops I was using an out dated driver, and then, advised by a guide i have seen on reddit I just updated it

[furiosa]

Nothing more guys? I tried everything

[xAcid9]

Check if BF1 actually utilizing all that CPU and not other process. Use something like Process Hacker/Process Explorer/Process Lasso.

 

Also, what about DX12?

[Zando_]

Hmmm... I had stuttering with my Sandy Bridge i5 in Battlefront (basically the same game), I didn't dig into it though. I think i5s just don't have enough threads anymore, since many games can now use 6-8 or more, and then if you add in anything running in the background, the 4 cores of an i5 just doesn't suffice. Exception is the new CoffeeLake 6 core i5s. They still cheaped out and only gave it 6 threads tho. 

[furiosa]

3 hours ago, xAcid9 said:

Check if BF1 actually utilizing all that CPU and not other process. Use something like Process Hacker/Process Explorer/Process Lasso.

 

Also, what about DX12?

I will do that.

 

DX12 is disabled, I checked and it improves the FPS

[furiosa]

3 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

Hmmm... I had stuttering with my Sandy Bridge i5 in Battlefront (basically the same game), I didn't dig into it though. I think i5s just don't have enough threads anymore, since many games can now use 6-8 or more, and then if you add in anything running in the background, the 4 cores of an i5 just doesn't suffice. Exception is the new CoffeeLake 6 core i5s. They still cheaped out and only gave it 6 threads tho. 

I'm gonna cry

 

Next time I upgrade my PC I will definitly get the K series from Intel

[Zando_]

Just now, furiosa said:

I'm gonna cry

 

Next time I upgrade my PC I will definitly get the K series from Intel

No need for K series. An locked i7 is better than a locked i5, because it has twice the threads. 

[furiosa]

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[Friedmurloc]

Make sure your resolution is on 1920x1080 and that resolution scaling is on 100%, i have a similliar PC, i7 4770k, gtx970, 8gb of ram, and i run this game on high settings without any trouble at all.
IF your monitor resolution is higher than that, say 2560x1440, drop it down to 1920x1080 or lower your graphics settings.

[leelaa14]

On 10/10/2017 at 3:32 AM, WereCat said:

set Postprocess in-game settings to low/medium

This, post process tanks performance. Even on my system I have it on medium, I gain about 30 fps from it depending on the map. A minimum of 20 though.

[furiosa]

On 10/12/2017 at 10:51 AM, Friedmurloc said:

Make sure your resolution is on 1920x1080 and that resolution scaling is on 100%, i have a similliar PC, i7 4770k, gtx970, 8gb of ram, and i run this game on high settings without any trouble at all.
IF your monitor resolution is higher than that, say 2560x1440, drop it down to 1920x1080 or lower your graphics settings.

Yes but your CPU is much better

[furiosa]

Did everything, still, the bottleneck persists

[furiosa]

I lowered all my quality settings to low and still the fps drops are the worst

 

Please, I really need  a help 

[DaMainMan]

Is an investment into a new CPU/MB possible? Especially with the plentitude of options these days from AMD/Intel, it makes it an interesting time for an upgrade.