# GTX 970 - Weak Performance **URL:** \ **Category:** PC\ **Created:** [January 17, 2019, 10:28am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726 "2019-01-17T10:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Pelliy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 10:28am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/1 "2019-01-17T10:28:00Z")
I thought it was just my GPU but consulting with other people with pascal GPUs they are getting stutters and drops too. I mean just look at this. [https://streamable.com/35d3o](https://streamable.com/35d3o) GTX 970 4790k 16GB of ram it was bad before the patch, but now its even worse! ---
**Author:** ![Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Pelliy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 10:41am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/2 "2019-01-17T10:41:00Z")
Sorry, wrong section. Can @ragnarok013 or @LOLGotYerTags move this to BFV - PC? Thanks 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Titan\_Awaken](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/titan_awaken/32/103849_2.png) [@Titan\_Awaken](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Titan_Awaken)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/3 "2019-01-17T11:47:00Z")
How are your usages looking? Apparently 4 core CPUs have a little trouble running this game optimally. ---
**Author:** ![Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Pelliy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/4 "2019-01-17T12:14:00Z")
> [@Titan\_Awaken](#): > > How are your usages looking? > > Apparently 4 core CPUs have a little trouble running this game optimally. They’re pretty high just in spectator mode. I’ll have to give it a look when I play again. In spectator mode, it never got higher than 97% ---
**Author:** ![ragnarok013](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/ragnarok013/32/103211_2.png) [@ragnarok013](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/ragnarok013)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/5 "2019-01-17T14:25:00Z")
> [@Pelliy](#): > > Sorry, wrong section. Can @ragnarok013 or @LOLGotYerTags move this to BFV - PC? Thanks 😃 It’s moved, thanks for the tag @Pelliy ---
**Author:** ![LOLGotYerTags](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/lolgotyertags/32/101041_2.png) [@LOLGotYerTags](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/LOLGotYerTags)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/6 "2019-01-17T18:29:00Z")
You’re rocking a similar setup to me @Pelliy Gtx 970 4gb and an i7 4790k. I’ll have to fire mine up soon and see what my perf is like ---
**Author:** ![Titan\_Awaken](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/titan_awaken/32/103849_2.png) [@Titan\_Awaken](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Titan_Awaken)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/7 "2019-01-17T22:49:00Z")
> [@Pelliy](#): > > > [@Titan\_Awaken](#): > > > > How are your usages looking? > > > > Apparently 4 core CPUs have a little trouble running this game optimally. > > They’re pretty high just in spectator mode. I’ll have to give it a look when I play again. In spectator mode, it never got higher than 97% Interesting. Could you also provide your CPU usage graph alongisde the GPU graph? Asking this because this game is pretty CPU heavy. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Pelliy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 9:41am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/8 "2019-01-18T09:41:00Z")
> [@LOLGotYerTags](#): > > You’re rocking a similar setup to me @Pelliy > > Gtx 970 4gb and an i7 4790k. > > I’ll have to fire mine up soon and see what my perf is like MY CPU is reaching up to 90percent. > [@Titan\_Awaken](#): > > > [@Pelliy](#): > > > > > [@Titan\_Awaken](#): > > > > > > How are your usages looking? > > > > > > Apparently 4 core CPUs have a little trouble running this game optimally. > > > > They’re pretty high just in spectator mode. I’ll have to give it a look when I play again. In spectator mode, it never got higher than 97% > > Interesting. Could you also provide your CPU usage graph alongisde the GPU graph? Asking this because this game is pretty CPU heavy. Thanks. I don’t know how to do that. Here’s it in game. 90 or more pct on the cores! This game is not optimized well. [https://streamable.com/6i51y](https://streamable.com/6i51y) ---
**Author:** ![Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Pelliy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 9:43am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/9 "2019-01-18T09:43:00Z")
My GPU Display is as follows : Power Percentage/Temp/ GPU usage percentage/Fan Speed Percentage/Clock ---
**Author:** ![Nijikox3](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nijikox3](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Nijikox3)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 10:29am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/10 "2019-01-18T10:29:00Z")
> [@Pelliy](#): > > > [@LOLGotYerTags](#): > > > > You’re rocking a similar setup to me @Pelliy > > > > Gtx 970 4gb and an i7 4790k. > > > > I’ll have to fire mine up soon and see what my perf is like > > MY CPU is reaching up to 90percent. > > > [@Titan\_Awaken](#): > > > > > [@Pelliy](#): > > > > > > > [@Titan\_Awaken](#): > > > > > > > > How are your usages looking? > > > > > > > > Apparently 4 core CPUs have a little trouble running this game optimally. > > > > > > They’re pretty high just in spectator mode. I’ll have to give it a look when I play again. In spectator mode, it never got higher than 97% > > > > Interesting. Could you also provide your CPU usage graph alongisde the GPU graph? Asking this because this game is pretty CPU heavy. Thanks. > > I don’t know how to do that. Here’s it in game. 90 or more pct on the cores! This game is not optimized well. > > [https://streamable.com/6i51y](https://streamable.com/6i51y) uhm its just your cpu … I have no trouble at all with my i7 8700k @5.0 ghz and just use around 50-60% .. ---
**Author:** ![Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Pelliy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 10:57am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/11 "2019-01-18T10:57:00Z")
> [@Nijikox3](#): > > > [@Pelliy](#): > > > > > [@LOLGotYerTags](#): > > > > > > You’re rocking a similar setup to me @Pelliy > > > > > > Gtx 970 4gb and an i7 4790k. > > > > > > I’ll have to fire mine up soon and see what my perf is like > > > > MY CPU is reaching up to 90percent. > > > > > [@Titan\_Awaken](#): > > > > > > > [@Pelliy](#): > > > > > > > > > [@Titan\_Awaken](#): > > > > > > > > > > How are your usages looking? > > > > > > > > > > Apparently 4 core CPUs have a little trouble running this game optimally. > > > > > > > > They’re pretty high just in spectator mode. I’ll have to give it a look when I play again. In spectator mode, it never got higher than 97% > > > > > > Interesting. Could you also provide your CPU usage graph alongisde the GPU graph? Asking this because this game is pretty CPU heavy. Thanks. > > > > I don’t know how to do that. Here’s it in game. 90 or more pct on the cores! This game is not optimized well. > > > > [https://streamable.com/6i51y](https://streamable.com/6i51y) > > uhm its just your cpu … I have no trouble at all with my i7 8700k @5.0 ghz and just use around 50-60% .. You’re lucky then. I’m reading posts from online about people with better CPUs than mine still getting the stutters I’m getting. ---
**Author:** ![Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Pelliy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 10:58am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/12 "2019-01-18T10:58:00Z")
I have the recommended CPU spec so it should not reach 95% It was not reaching that in the beta nor the alphas. Usually its around 65-70% of usage. ---
**Author:** ![Nijikox3](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nijikox3](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Nijikox3)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/13 "2019-01-18T13:30:00Z")
> [@Pelliy](#): > > > [@Nijikox3](#): > > > > > [@Pelliy](#): > > > > > > > [@LOLGotYerTags](#): > > > > > > > > You’re rocking a similar setup to me @Pelliy > > > > > > > > Gtx 970 4gb and an i7 4790k. > > > > > > > > I’ll have to fire mine up soon and see what my perf is like > > > > > > MY CPU is reaching up to 90percent. > > > > > > > [@Titan\_Awaken](#): > > > > > > > > > [@Pelliy](#): > > > > > > > > > > > [@Titan\_Awaken](#): > > > > > > > > > > > > How are your usages looking? > > > > > > > > > > > > Apparently 4 core CPUs have a little trouble running this game optimally. > > > > > > > > > > They’re pretty high just in spectator mode. I’ll have to give it a look when I play again. In spectator mode, it never got higher than 97% > > > > > > > > Interesting. Could you also provide your CPU usage graph alongisde the GPU graph? Asking this because this game is pretty CPU heavy. Thanks. > > > > > > I don’t know how to do that. Here’s it in game. 90 or more pct on the cores! This game is not optimized well. > > > > > > [https://streamable.com/6i51y](https://streamable.com/6i51y) > > > > uhm its just your cpu … I have no trouble at all with my i7 8700k @5.0 ghz and just use around 50-60% .. > > You’re lucky then. I’m reading posts from online about people with better CPUs than mine still getting the stutters I’m getting. well to be true i get micro stutter the second i´m trying to play with 120 fps because of my 120hz display … so i have them atm at 60 and have no stutter and tbh i have no idea why ..^^ ---
**Author:** ![SilencerBF](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/silencerbf/32/107155_2.png) [@SilencerBF](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/SilencerBF)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/14 "2019-01-18T13:47:00Z")
I am running a worse cpu and better gpu. i5 4670k+gtx 1070 Conquest 64 - 60-120 fps, average 80, lowest settings 1440p squad conquest 16 - 100-140 fps, average 120 Try using lowest settings possible ingame, max performance settings in nvidia 3d settings for bfv, usercfg tweaks (google), close all background applications. Upgrade your gpu if you can afford it. Overclock your CPU Also check msi afterburner if you are using more than 3500 mb gpu memory, that could be an issue with gtx 970 Check the smaller gamemodes, cpu usage will be lower in those. ---
**Author:** ![ProllyAFish](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@ProllyAFish](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/ProllyAFish)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/15 "2019-01-18T13:47:00Z")
That’s not a bad setup, but it’s older hardware so i’m not surprised you’re getting stutters. When I was still on a i7 4820k with a 980 SC, bfv was unplayable. If you can, I suggest you upgrade to a 6 core cpu, 16gb, 1060 at least. ---
**Author:** ![Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Pelliy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/16 "2019-01-18T14:03:00Z")
> [@SilencerBF](#): > > I am running a worse cpu and better gpu. i5 4670k+gtx 1070 > > Conquest 64 - 60-120 fps, average 80, lowest settings 1440p > squad conquest 16 - 100-140 fps, average 120 > > Try using lowest settings possible ingame, max performance settings in nvidia 3d settings for bfv, usercfg tweaks (google), close all background applications. > Upgrade your gpu if you can afford it. Overclock your CPU > > Also check msi afterburner if you are using more than 3500 mb gpu memory, that could be an issue with gtx 970 > > Check the smaller gamemodes, cpu usage will be lower in those. I’m on the lowest settings possible. It’s sometimes not even so much the low frames, but the 0.1% lows The hard stutters and so forth. I posted a video of the OSD turned on. I’m not using more than 2.5GBs of vram I thought about getting the new 2060, but I heard that a 1660ti is rumored to come out. I may possibly consider it but I think I’m going to wait and see if this thing can be optimized. ---
**Author:** ![choppernNZ](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@choppernNZ](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/choppernNZ)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/17 "2019-01-18T20:10:00Z")
I concur extra 2 core helps big time my setup is aging but handles bfv fine ---
**Author:** ![Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@Pelliy](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Pelliy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 3:00am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/18 "2019-01-27T03:00:00Z")
> [@choppernNZ](#): > > I concur extra 2 core helps big time my setup is aging but handles bfv fine Yeah, I just got a 8700k and I’ve been playing it. It helps, but I did get that hitch in my game that I’ve been seeing threads about. Your sig says your on Haswell. Did you recently upgrade? ---
**Author:** ![OachkazI](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/b9bd4f/32.png) [@OachkazI](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/OachkazI)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 9:09am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/19 "2019-01-27T09:09:00Z")
I played on a slightly worse setup\* through beta and it looked much smoother than yours. I don’t know if it was on high or ultra anymore. So maybe something with the settings? - Xeon E3-123v3 gtx970 8gb ram. Funnily enough, I got my hands on a Quadro P6000 to upgrade from the 970 but in the meantime hard micro-stutter (less frequent but much longer) than yours appeared. So basically it’s worse for me now (although it’s most likely not gpu related). ---
**Author:** ![TFBisquit](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@TFBisquit](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/TFBisquit)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726/20 "2019-01-27T09:46:00Z")
I suppose the ram on the 970 could cause this. I have no issues with my [[email protected]](https://battlefieldforum.co/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection) and a gtx1080. Same with the beta and a 8GB R9-390. Which ofcourse ran below 100fps, but without hickups or stutters. Play at 1080p. And as I gathered back in time, the 4790k should perform better when overclocked slightly. [Next page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/gtx-970-weak-performance/107726.md?page=2)