# Bad performance ingame. Need help **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 28, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bad-performance-ingame-need-help/111221 "2014-02-28T18:24:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RestTarRr](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e36b37/32.png) [@RestTarRr](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/RestTarRr)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bad-performance-ingame-need-help/111221/1 "2014-02-28T18:24:11Z")
The game is kinda unplayable to me. It drops a lot. From 100+ to 6-10 fps. Which is really annoying and really ruins the game for me. - These are my options in game. - This is what happened in range testing while I was just shooting and jumping. There is no reason for the cpu to bottleneck if that graph means that it bottlenecks. If something bottlenecks it must be the gpu. **My PC specs** * * * CPU - i5 - 3570k (turbo boost 3.8GHz) Temperatures GPU - msi Gtx 650 1 GB Ram - 4 GB kingston HyperX 1600 Mhz Windows 7 * * * Had anyone experienced something like this and do you have a fix? Some pics from GeForce Experience with “optimal” specs. The game gets even more unplayable after I optimise from the program and this should be the best options that my computer can handle. So I don’t really whats wrong with it. Please help ---
**Author:** ![designatedRedditor](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@designatedRedditor](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/designatedRedditor)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bad-performance-ingame-need-help/111221/2 "2014-02-28T20:20:14Z")
Since the Jan/Feb update that included Mantle, I have been seeing the same thing. Happens every few minutes? I had thought it was a mantle issue but you are using DirectX. Hoping someone can shed some light on it as I’d be interested as well. # [Link to section: Specs](#specs-1)Specs - i5-3570k on gbyte ga-z77x-up5 - 2x gbyte hd 7850OC in crossfire (mantle rendering since dx11 didn’t seem to recognize 2gpus) - 16GB DDR3 1600 - win8.1 ---
**Author:** ![RestTarRr](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e36b37/32.png) [@RestTarRr](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/RestTarRr)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bad-performance-ingame-need-help/111221/3 "2014-02-28T22:54:09Z")
Nah mine is more consistent and happens when for example I try zooming with a sniper or when unzooming it. I managed to make it a little better but it’s still very hard to play recon. ---
**Author:** ![bcbudvansticky](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@bcbudvansticky](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/bcbudvansticky)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 10:51am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bad-performance-ingame-need-help/111221/4 "2014-03-01T10:51:27Z")
i had the same issue on windows 7 did alot of things to try to fix the problem from unparking my cores to creating a user.cfg file. in the end i had to upgrade to windows 8.1. i still got those lag spikes but not as often as i did on windows 7. the game is only playable on windows 8.1 in my opinion and you will find alot of people having issues with windows 7 but not on windows 8.1. have you created a user.cfg file? if not ill copy and paste what i have in mine and u can give it a shot to see if it helps. this is a common issue even on very powerful rigs so its not a bottleneck issue its more of a coding issue