I stopped playing BF 1 for a couple of months, just wanted to wait for developers to fix the game’s problems.
I’ve just returned and everything’s the same, if not worse.
I own a pretty good rig:
1070 8GB
FX 8370 8 core @4.3 Ghz
16 GB DD3 RAM
Playing on 1080p res with ultra settings and the performance is just god awful.
How the hell can I play every other game with no problems, even Star Wars: Battlefront with realistic mod graphics (it’s awesome)
but getting an average 50FPS on a conquest 64 player match.
Now, here’s what I did:
I’ve set the FPS limit to 60 - didn’t help, still dipping below
DX12 is disabled - not helping
I’ve downloaded PROCESS HACKER to and set priority to high for BF 1 and saved it as such - not helping
I’ve tried all the previous fixes like “prendered frames”, “unpark CPU cores” yada yada.. The stuff I saw here since the game is out.
Is there really no way to play it smoothly on my system? It should be more than enough..
I know it’s a CPU problem, but they could have solved it by now. Or the game only performs good with I7’s that not a lot of us can afford??
Does anyone have a good piece of advice? (other than “Get a Intel CPU”)
I checked my in-game settings and after the recent patch learned to my dismay that everything on my video settings was set to “default” (I have a 27inch G-Synch monitor at 144Hz and in game it was 59 hz) plus auto aim assit was somehow re-nabled. So definitely check your settings
AMD FX-8350 8 core 4ghz, 16 GB DDR3 1866 and Geforce GTX 1060 6GB and i’m getting 60+ FPS on High settings (random FPS drops maybe 4-5 times per game for one second in some maps) and even on ultra i could play with around 40+ FPS. Playing on ultra makes game look nice but it won’t make it smooth, specially with components you have, so go with medium or high it will be way better.
the only good thing bout ur rig probably is the GTX 1070.
Idk ive found that even the FX 8350 was garbage for BF4 already, not sure why people still run around with that thing, cuz usually the whole FX series should belong into a trashcan.
It was underperforming since it came out and so many years later its even worse.
And you cannot really say that you dont have the money, how much did you pay for that CPU ? like ~160$ or sth, then probably another 50+ for the CPU cooler and a big extra for a proper mainboard that has cooled VRMs etc. and for that price you coulve goten an i5 cpu with stock cooler (even tho i5s are also too weak for BF1)
The good advice and the only advice possible = Get AMD Ryzen CPU or Intel.
May sound stupid but have you tried not playing on ultra settings. Why not just lower them to high or medium and see the results better to do that rather then buy a new CPU especially if you’re just getting problems on one game.
I know my comment may not sound smart but at least try a simpler solution before jumping the gun and buying something you don’t need.
I’ve been facing the same issue, it’s really annoying to say the least, really… I played this game since it’s release and it was fine in performance and even the beta ran great on my I5 4690K and GTX 970, I recently upgraded the gpu to a GTX 1080, and yeah didn’t make such a difference, some will say its bottleneck and all that stuff… but why only BF1 performs poorly and all other games runs great despite the settings.. the CPU usage is always at 100% after these updates and game drops frames like crazy in any map from 90 to 50, 30 when there’s no reason for it or anything happening in the map like massive explosions etc. etc.. The only excuse everyone comes with is that the game uses more than 4 cores but I’m pretty sure EA / DICE can do it better.. and make this game performs just as great as BF4 performance was.. like BF4 took what 2 years to be good in it’s current performance state they could do the same with BF1 and reduce this absurd cpu usage ingame, just like other people said above not everyone can afford an I7, and not everyone will be buying I7s for one game only. Please EA / DICE do something about it already.. its been months now.
The reality is though swapping to an i7 does make a huge difference I was running an i5 4670k and keeping it under 100%usage was a game in itself after swapping to a 4790k all those issues faded like a bad memory , your right not everyone can afford to but if you can I suggest you do .
It is the CPU, but it’s not a fixable issue with the game. It’s been shown many times that in cpu intensive apps, the fx series isn’t strong enough to feed a 1070 (the 1050ti is about the threshold, the 1060 is borderline). If you looked at your in game cpu and gpu usage, you’d have your answer. I bet if you plugged in a gtx 1050, you’d actually have a higher frame rate. I rarely drop below 60 fps on the high preset at 1080, wit an fx 6300.
only played a couple of hours since the update and I have to say it seems to be running much better. I even removed all the user launch commands and it was stutter free and never pegged at 100% cpu usage. the hit detection seems worse though. my cpu is [email protected]
D5RAT, Thanks that actually works here are some of the things I did that actually fixed it for me -
1 - Defrag my HD
2 - Used Advanced System Care for a clean up
3 - Uninstalled Kaspersky Total Security, for some reason Kaspersky uses CPU a lot.
4 - Set Max.Prerendered Frames to 2 and Set Physics to GPU in NVIDIA control Panel instead of Auto, this option might be beneficial for some more modern games that uses more powerfull GPUs, if you have a GPU capable of doing all the work like a 1080 or similar, let it for the GPU instead of CPU.
Now it seems that the cpu Wont reach 100% all the time, it stays around 98% and the fps hardly drops like it was before. Getting around 98 to 120 fps all the time.
Lastest patches, makes the game have fps drops once and then. Actually its annoying and it’s causes by overuse of the CPU. If i have the CPU in max cooling it doesnt happen, when in the past never happened and only happens to my in bf… Don’t know guys what you did but nothing good.
It was running beautifully smooth before the update, now just stuttering and skipping at any settings, ultra or low even though it’s locked at 60 with vsync on or about 130 with vsync off. This is with an i75960x with a 1080ti
(even tho i5s are also too weak for BF1)