# FPS Drop

**URL:** <https://battlefieldforum.co/t/fps-drop/112550>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [April 26, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/fps-drop/112550 "2015-04-26T15:54:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Razniel](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c89c15/32.png) [@Razniel](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Razniel)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/fps-drop/112550/1 "2015-04-26T15:54:35Z")

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Hello everone,

I’ve been have some massive FPS Drop on my BF4 and it started happening only after the last update. Now its getting more and more frequent and its starting to piss me off. I’ve tried some things to see if it would stop but it stayed the same. Can somebody help me out?

Specs: Intel Core i5-4690 (3.50GHz) / AMD Radeon R9 200 Series / 8 GB RAM (If u need anything else from the specs just ask me)

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**Author:** ![cbs5090](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@cbs5090](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/cbs5090)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/fps-drop/112550/2 "2015-04-26T15:57:33Z")

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How bad is the drop and does it come back up? Does it happen in other games? I had massive drops across all games until I realized I hadn’t cleaned my heat sink fans in 2 years. The CPU would over heat and they would throttle way down. That’s the only advice I can give.

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**Author:** ![Razniel](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/c89c15/32.png) [@Razniel](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Razniel)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/fps-drop/112550/3 "2015-04-26T18:02:02Z")

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Well, from 60 to 10ish. And takes it like 7 to 10 seconds. Cant be about cooling cause the PC isnt even half year old.  
EDIT: Takes it like 7 to 10 seconds to go back to normal\*

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**Author:** ![BadKitteh12](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@BadKitteh12](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/BadKitteh12)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/fps-drop/112550/4 "2015-05-03T19:03:15Z")

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You’d be surprised how much dust a PC can collect in 6 months. Which R9 series card do you have?

Edit: If you’re using an R9 290 or 290X with a stock/reference cooler, it could be thermal throttling to keep the card from overheating.