What causes FPS to drop?

2012-02-28 18:20:18

#1

NeXuS: Shock it till ya know it; +375|6349|Atlanta, Georgia

Around october when BF3 first came out I could record with fraps around 80FPS ultra settings with SLI'd 460SE's. After awhile i've noticed decreased FPS dropping to 30fps while on medium and recording with fraps. So i did a wipe of everything reinstalled w7 and tried again with propper drivers and everything. Now I can only record 30-60 fps on HIGH in BF3. I don't think overheating is a cause because I have several fans and my PC is well ventilated. I've also cleaned it out probably twice since then. Any Idea's?

Intel Quad 3.4GHz
8gigs ram
x2 460GT/SE
500Gigs HD

Last edited by NeXuS (2012-02-28 18:21:37)

2012-02-28 21:17:53

#2

Shahter: Zee Ruskie; +295|6783|Moscow, Russia

anti-virus software? firewall?

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2012-02-28 22:20:44

#3

jsnipy: ...; +3,276|6530|...

heat?

2012-02-28 22:26:39

#4

-CARNIFEX-[LOC]: Da Blooze; +111|6662

Are you noticing this primarily on B2K maps versus vanilla BF3 maps, or is it the same regardless?

All of the B2K maps have consistently lower FPS for me: lows in the upper 40s/low 50s on B2K maps, versus lows in the 60fps range on the stock maps, at 1080p ultra settings. (with an i7 @ 4.1 ghz, 6gb ddr3 @1800, SSD, and GTX 580 1.5gb that's slightly OC'd)

Last edited by -CARNIFEX-[LOC] (2012-02-28 22:27:44)

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2012-02-29 11:08:39

#5

NeXuS: Shock it till ya know it; +375|6349|Atlanta, Georgia

All maps do it.

I dont have antivirus nor a firewall

I've got lots of fans and plenty of room for them to breathe.

2012-03-02 08:32:22

#6

PigPopTart: Shotgun whore; +133|6297|Pacific NW, USA

I'm having the same problem. Use to record just fine, frames dropped a little when fraps was going but the game was still smooth.

Now it has trouble. Studders really bad while the fps counter still says 50-60fps. Nothing is overheating, harddrive is 80% free.

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2012-03-02 10:12:28