# BF1 PC Stuttering After Update **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 13, 2016, 6:23am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674 "2016-11-13T06:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SharpShot00](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@SharpShot00](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/SharpShot00)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 6:23am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/1 "2016-11-13T06:23:00Z")
Hey everyone, I know the technical support forum says to head on over to the EA website, but I figured the community here would probably be a better source of answers. Hence the post. Ever since the most recent update, I have been getting stuttering in BF1 which makes the game unplayable. Every 5 to 10 seconds the entire game hangs, and the FPS drops drastically. I use to play it just fine, but now the game is unplayable as every 10 seconds I freeze up. I’ve done everything from minimize my graphics settings to update to the most recent GPU drivers. However, I don’t think my system is to blame. If I went in the menu screen (watching the animations there) I still get the same periodic stuttering! This stuttering occurs even when I am not in game. I am experiencing no problems with my other games as well, which is why I suspect it is only BF1. System specs if you were wondering: CPU: Intel Core i7 5930K - Water cooling MB: Asus Rampage V Extreme RAM: HyperX 32 GB DDR4 2400MHz GPU: 2x GTX 780 Ti Sli SSD: Samsung Evo 850 1TB 1300W PSU Any help is very much appreciated, I cannot get back in the fight until this stuttering issue is resolved. ---
**Author:** ![VonReisler](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/vonreisler/32/104016_2.png) [@VonReisler](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/VonReisler)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 6:40am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/2 "2016-11-13T06:40:00Z")
monitor?, WIn10?, DX12? ---
**Author:** ![Lazy1nc](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/lazy1nc/32/102615_2.png) [@Lazy1nc](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Lazy1nc)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 7:19am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/3 "2016-11-13T07:19:00Z")
Set your Maximum Pre-rendered Frames to 2. However, from what I understand, there’s currently a performance issue revolving around SLI builds with BF1. If the above GPU Settings changes doesn’t fix your issue, wait until the patch drops on the 15th. ---
**Author:** ![TheHumpink](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/thehumpink/32/103784_2.png) [@TheHumpink](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/TheHumpink)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/4 "2016-11-13T12:13:00Z")
I have exactly the same issue. I played Battlefield since its release on High Settings with good frames just fine but since a few days my Frames drop and I get these 5 second freezes every minute or so. I’ve changed nothing on my PC… tried every fix I’ve found on the internet nothing works..It’s just really frustrating all my other games are working fine. My System Specs: CPU: INTEL Core i5 2500 RAM: 8GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 MB: ASUS P8H67 Rev 3 GPU: Nvidia Geforce gtx 970 SSD: Samsung Evo 850 120 GB 700W Cougar CMX Windows 7 ---
**Author:** ![qassamzed](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/bbe5ce/32.png) [@qassamzed](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/qassamzed)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/5 "2016-11-13T13:08:00Z")
> [@TheHumpink](#): > > I have exactly the same issue. I played Battlefield since its release on High Settings with good frames just fine but since a few days my Frames drop and I get these 5 second freezes every minute or so. I’ve changed nothing on my PC… tried every fix I’ve found on the internet nothing works..It’s just really frustrating all my other games are working fine. > My System Specs: > CPU: INTEL Core i5 2500 > RAM: 8GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 > MB: ASUS P8H67 Rev 3 > GPU: Nvidia Geforce gtx 970 > SSD: Samsung Evo 850 120 GB > 700W Cougar CMX > Windows 7 I5 4670k + 970 + 16GB ram + win7 similar with me , on release i go like 60-80 with annoying 30 fps drop but i use some solution and it fixed to stay constant 60. after 1-2 weeks suddenly i cant reach 60 fps anymore and jumping around 25-50 fps despite i dont change anything. btw my friend have similar spec like you i5 2500k + 970 and guess what ? he can play smooth 60fps + high with not single problem since day one. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_DarIing](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/captain_dariing/32/101459_2.png) [@Captain\_DarIing](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Captain_DarIing)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/6 "2016-11-13T14:48:00Z")
Sounds like a memory leak or something, try switching on Vsync and triple buffering, see if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![TrenchGodd](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@TrenchGodd](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/TrenchGodd)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/7 "2016-11-13T20:32:00Z")
I have disabled my sli 980, set maxprerendered frames to 1 in nvidia control panel program settings, renderahead to 3 in user.cfg. game has never ran been this snappy and smooth. Goodluck! ---
**Author:** ![NiewolnikZupy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9e8a1a/32.png) [@NiewolnikZupy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/NiewolnikZupy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 5:11am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/8 "2016-11-14T05:11:00Z")
To those who have microstutter etc. Im using gtx 970 sli, I heard it is pain, but I play bf1 stable avg 90fps. Using nvidia 372.90 driver as the new ones seemed worse. Here is a simple trick that sorts out microstutter… ENABLE MOTION BLUR, I have it at 47 and it feels so much smoother, tried to have it at 0 previously, but I got dizzy, don’t listen to this tutorials on youtube saying to set it to 0 - this makes huge diffrence - to my eyes at least, so what that it blures when you quickly turn around, it supposed to. ---
**Author:** ![Ze\_Ebobg](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/ze_ebobg/32/104185_2.png) [@Ze\_Ebobg](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Ze_Ebobg)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 6:00am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/9 "2016-11-14T06:00:00Z")
Fx8350, sli gtx 780 amp, Works better with sli disabled ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Guttter](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/guttter/32/102151_2.png) [@Guttter](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Guttter)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 6:08am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/10 "2016-11-14T06:08:00Z")
Same. It’s horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrando187](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/ferrando187/32/101938_2.png) [@Ferrando187](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Ferrando187)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/11 "2016-11-14T23:25:00Z")
Any solution? ---
**Author:** ![BigF33t\_13](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BigF33t\_13](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/BigF33t_13)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/12 "2016-11-14T23:31:00Z")
> [@Akifo187](#): > > Any solution? Wait ---
**Author:** ![UltraJesusLegs](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/ce7236/32.png) [@UltraJesusLegs](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/UltraJesusLegs)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/13 "2016-11-15T02:55:00Z")
## [Link to section: You cpu is a bottleneck (lol sarcasm) Is your gpu exceeding 3gb vram? That could be causing problems.](#you-cpu-is-a-bottleneck-lol-sarcasm-is-your-gpu-exceeding-3gb-vram-that-could-be-causing-problems-1)You cpu is a bottleneck (lol sarcasm) Is your gpu exceeding 3gb vram? That could be causing problems. Like others said SLI does not seem to be working well for everyone. What’s it like if you disable SLI and use one card only? ---
**Author:** ![FISHY12542](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/fishy12542/32/101956_2.png) [@FISHY12542](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/FISHY12542)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/14 "2016-11-15T03:09:00Z")
See I put a comment on a PC gamer article that talked about the fall update coming out tomorrow and I said, "I pray there’s some optimization cause the game runs like ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯ for me on low settings with mesh quality at ultra, resolution scale at 75%. Windows 10 64 Bit Intel Core i5-4690 @ 3.5 GHz 16 gigs of DDR3 Ram 1 TB HDD Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB " And I got so many people telling me that there’s something wrong with my hardware or is calling my hardware “entry level” and all that dumb crap. Yet I come here and people with better hardware than mine struggle just like I do, and some people with almost the same rig as mine has hardly any issues. I don’t get it. Nothing is wrong with my hardware, I play any other modern day game just fine, but this game just runs like crap, and how it runs is so inconsistent because once again people with really good rigs run it badly, others with less powerful hardware run it fine. Some people who have the same hardware either has issues or doesn’t. Like what the hell is going on here? ---
**Author:** ![Ze\_Ebobg](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/ze_ebobg/32/104185_2.png) [@Ze\_Ebobg](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Ze_Ebobg)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/15 "2016-11-15T05:39:00Z")
I´ll wait the new driver… ---
**Author:** ![TyPennyb](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@TyPennyb](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/TyPennyb)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 6:11am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/16 "2016-11-15T06:11:00Z")
windows 10 people, see my posts here, forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/56699/windows-10-forcing-vsync-even-in-exclusive-full-screen#latest Must bypass intrusive DWM that is forced always on in Win.10. As long as you’re not on an optimus capable laptop you may have luck going in full screen mode (NOT windowed or borderless) in order to get a true “vsync off” setting and unlocked framerate. Not saying this fixes the game, but at least is one less barrier between your game and your display if you’re on Win. 10. ---
**Author:** ![SharpShot00](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@SharpShot00](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/SharpShot00)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/17 "2016-11-16T23:09:00Z")
Hey All, Thanks for the advice, everyone. I tried your suggestions (even turning off SLI) and it still stutters to the point of being unplayable. I don’t know what happened, the game was playing fine 3 weeks ago. It updated and is now unplayable. I guess the only thing I can do is wait for another update to fix whatever they broke. ---
**Author:** ![DrDraganDabic](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/drdragandabic/32/101784_2.png) [@DrDraganDabic](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/DrDraganDabic)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/18 "2016-11-16T23:40:00Z")
> [@FISHY12542](#): > > See I put a comment on a PC gamer article that talked about the fall update coming out tomorrow and I said, "I pray there’s some optimization cause the game runs like for me on low settings with mesh quality at ultra, resolution scale at 75%. > > Windows 10 64 Bit > Intel Core i5-4690 @ 3.5 GHz > 16 gigs of DDR3 Ram > 1 TB HDD > Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB " > > And I got so many people telling me that there’s something wrong with my hardware or is calling my hardware “entry level” and all that dumb crap. Yet I come here and people with better hardware than mine struggle just like I do, and some people with almost the same rig as mine has hardly any issues. I don’t get it. Nothing is wrong with my hardware, I play any other modern day game just fine, but this game just runs like crap, and how it runs is so inconsistent because once again people with really good rigs run it badly, others with less powerful hardware run it fine. Some people who have the same hardware either has issues or doesn’t. Like what the hell is going on here? We have to wait, its the only viable solution. DICE is losing money in this process but they have only themselves to blame.. ---
**Author:** ![SharpShot00](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@SharpShot00](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/SharpShot00)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/19 "2016-11-21T02:19:00Z")
My game is still stuttering and is unplayable, despite more updates. Does anyone know a fix yet? ---
**Author:** ![herkerd](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/herkerd/32/102198_2.png) [@herkerd](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/herkerd)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674/20 "2016-11-22T04:06:00Z")
I need more RAM for this game but I was able to play pretty good on normal or even high settings until the update. Now its very choppy here and there, then one big chop where I wait a second or two. CPU:: Intel i7 950 RAM: 6.00GB Triple-Channel DDR3 @ 539MHz MB: Gigabyte X58A-UD3R GPU: 4096MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (Gigabyte) SSD: 850 EVO 1TB (SSD) Monitor: LG E2250 Windows 10 [Next page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/bf1-pc-stuttering-after-update/102674.md?page=2)