Experiencing hiccups in Battlefield 1 and Battlefield V?
Experiencing hiccups in Battlefield 1 and Battlefield V?
My previous setup—a 1070 and an i7-7700—allowed me to easily achieve over 60 frames per second at 1440p in Battlefield titles. Now, with a recent upgrade including a Ryzen 7 3800X (liquid cooled), RTX 2080 Super (liquid cooled), 16GB of RAM at 3600MHz, an ASUS ROG Crosshair Hero VIII motherboard, a 27in 1440p 144Hz monitor, and a 7200 RPM Seagate HDD, I expected significantly improved performance in Battlefield. However, this isn’t the case. Despite consistently high FPS readings—often exceeding 150 at ultra settings—the gameplay is plagued by extreme inconsistency, fluctuating wildly between 160 and 40 frames within seconds. The stuttering is disruptive and severely impacts the overall experience. I've tried every troubleshooting step imaginable: driver reinstalls, GPU control panel adjustments, BIOS updates, Windows updates, game repairs, system scans, registry modifications, graphics setting tweaks, and more, but nothing has resolved the issue. It seems to be a peculiar Ryzen-related problem, possibly a CPU incompatibility. Temperatures are normal, and there’s no evidence of throttling. Ironically, my older, less powerful previous rig exhibited far greater consistency than my new system. I'm struggling to fully utilize my investment, and I'm experiencing additional issues: random crashes during Battlefield sessions that result in DX errors and PC reboots. These crashes appear isolated to Battlefield and its related titles. I suspect software compatibility problems, though I doubt DICE’s support is the root cause. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated as I’m at a loss for what to do.
I’m uncertain. When I execute the Unigine Superposition Extreme benchmark (a demanding test, consider trying it), I observe significant fluctuations in frame rates – approximately 300 to 400 percent variation – and don't perceive this as unusual. Perhaps my expectations are too modest.
Greg N
Honestly, I’m unsure… all I'm expressing is that the frames per second, even though they were typically lower with my older computer, didn’t lag or vary wildly like they do on this newer system. At the very least, it’s undeniable that my gaming performance shouldn’t have declined after an improvement.
Regarding the previous discussion, there’s one additional suggestion I wanted to offer: have you considered turning off the Origin overlay? It can sometimes lead to issues within certain games. If you're experiencing DirectX errors, attempting a reinstall and ensuring all DirectX files are properly installed would be beneficial. A System File Checker scan could also verify for any potential corruption in your system files. [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help...le-checker](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help...le-checker)
My preferred configurations are a borderless display mode, with no motion blur or depth of field enabled, Vsync activated alongside a frame rate limit of 60 (with DirectX 12 disabled), resolution set to 1080p, scaling at 100%, and GPU memory restriction turned on.
Although your graphics card—the 3800x—is more powerful than my 1080, the difference is negligible in terms of performance compared to my 8700k. It’s primarily stability that's affected by this disparity; therefore, I recommend utilizing (or at least experimenting with) settings comparable to mine.
Please let us know how things progress.
This problem may stem from a faulty graphics card driver—you can verify this by trying alternative drivers—or it might be due to excessive GPU overclocking pushing its capabilities too far, causing it to shut down automatically to avoid hardware failure. This situation could also explain the stuttering you’re experiencing in the game.
Thank you for your responses, and I realize I’m being overly insistent about this. It’s simply perplexing to me. I understand the 8700k is a powerful gaming processor, and with overclocking, my system is practically as good or even better than yours – perhaps it's just a tie (the 1080s still perform very well). I believe I had something turned off; yes. Also, I did execute an SFC scan, and it indicated the discovery of certain items, but, due to my lack of experience with these processes, I couldn’t decipher its findings and therefore assumed they wouldn't affect gaming performance. I will continue to attempt solutions.
I’m wondering if RTX graphics cards are shipped with a pre-set higher clock speed—perhaps that's why I’ve been stressing mine so much. I’ve been using Afterburner to overclock it, aiming for 2GHz and hoping to gain some extra performance to achieve my goal of consistently running at 144Hz resolution on maximum ultra settings in 1440p. Is this a reasonable expectation for my system? Could an unstable overclock have caused the issue? I’ll test it without Afterburner now, thanks.
Ok. Here is my results. After disabling my GPU OC via Afterburner, I experienced far less stuttering (though it did still occur in high intensity scenarios) BUT my framerate did drop a little bit. Now with a mixture of high and ultra settings I can pull about 100-120 fps with pretty decent consistency. Is this the level of performace one should expect from a PC like mine? I guess I just assumed it would be able to crush 1440p 144Hz ultras with ease. But perhaps that is just my lack of experience talking.
Execute latencymon; it will indicate if a driver problem exists.
Additionally, verify that the BIOS and chipset drivers are current.