Severe CPU slowdown on Battlefield 1 with i5 4690!
Severe CPU slowdown on Battlefield 1 with i5 4690!
I’ve gone through a thorough process to make the game run smoothly, and I finally reached a consistent 60 frames per second in about 95% of my sessions (with occasional drops to 50 fps during intense sections). Here’s what I did:
1. Updated Windows to Falls Creator version
2. Formatted my PC
3. Updated BIOS (my model is H97M)
4. Disabled CPU cores unparking
5. Applied specific user.cfg commands: gametime.maxvariablefps 61 (adjust for your monitor), RenderDevice.RenderAheadLimit set to 2, thread maxprocessorcount to 4
6. In NVIDIA Control Panel, set V-Sync to FAST (to fix tearing issues), turned off Thread Optimization, and limited rendered frames to 1
7. Occasionally moved BF1.exe priority to High in Task Manager (not sure if it made a big difference)
8. Raised my resolution scale to 140% and set post-processing/effects to MEDIUM
That should help! Let me know if this resolves your issues.
The issue seems to be with the GPU instead of the CPU. Your Ivy Bridge setup works fine, but even your laptop running an i7 7700HQ at 2.8GHz achieves higher FPS when paired with a GTX 1070.
Are you sure your system is stable? It seems like your CPU is using all the power while your GPU isn’t doing much. Could there be a software issue or a hardware problem?
when running at the lowest configuration, your graphics card shouldn't be the limiting factor. based on my experience with programming, having multiple threads doesn't slow down the CPU—it often helps performance. i encountered problems where the GPU wasn't being used efficiently in certain games, especially those that favored AMD hardware like Samus: Blueprint 3. it seems the concern isn't your CPU at all, but rather issues with your GPU drivers or software compatibility on older processors. if your i5 is a quad-core model, it should handle BF1 smoothly without trouble. if you're unsure, try replacing it with an AMD GPU—when I swapped two 7970s on my Ivybridge i7, the performance was noticeably better than with the Titan X Pascal for Samus: Blueprint 3.
Use Display Driver Uninstaller to perform a safe cleanup. Then, reinstall the driver that was available about a month or two ago.