I have been a big fan of the BF series since 1942. I had been distracted so I didn’t get around to picking up BF4 until yesterday. Unfortunately, upon installing, I discovered the game was nearly unplayable, giving me around 20 frames per second on average. I googled the issue and found several fixes, from adding a user.cfg, to installing directX from the redist folder in battlefield’s folder, clearing the Standby List from memory, unparking my cores, and disabling Origin in game.
None of this worked, except for minute increases in performance at the loading screen (which can get up to 30 FPS now, and sometimes when switching between loading screen and the deploy screen, gets up to 50).
I am dying to play this game! Please tell me it’s not my system that has the issue:
I’m not sure about this, but I really don’t think that hardware will get you 40+ fps. I don’t know why you’re getting 20, but you can’t expect much more. Your computer is fairly outdated in gaming standards. I recently built a computer with a similar processor (Athalon x4 860k). Even with an R9 290, I still have trouble getting 60 fps all of the time. It might just be that your computer can’t handle it. You don’t have an AMD card so you can’t use mantle, and there aren’t many options in game that have a great effect. Check that your drivers are up to date. Otherwise, it might be time for an upgrade.
I think you should focus on your processor and GPU. You might be able to use the same RAM and PSU. Though, things do go bad, so you might just want to do a fresh build. If upgrading your CPU, go intel. They perform much better than many AMD CPUs from what I understand, and they are well worth the price. You’re going to need another motherboard for this too and possibly new RAM. You could then move on to the GPU; that is where you’re going to decide what settings you want to play on. Just take a look on PCPartpicker and other forums to find the one that fits you and your battlefield needs. Basically, I suggest that you start over unless some components are still okay to use. At this point, you should also look at /r/buildapc.
You need a quad core to enjoy the game. period. Intel Vs AMD - they both make quality CPUs. You simply need 4 cores. Also -a SSD hard drive will load maps much faster, FYI.
Intel does typically perform better, but for the price, AMD will almost always have better price/performance. Look around and make a choice… I think you should change your graphics card first, and your power supply if it can’t handle the new graphics card.