Yesterday's game performed well but today it operates at 5 frames per second
Yesterday's game performed well but today it operates at 5 frames per second
I wanted to relive a game from my childhood called battle for troy. I played it yesterday and everything worked smoothly. Now when I try to run it, it only reaches 5 frames per second. The intro video plays at 30 fps then drops back down to 5 fps. I attempted to turn off the second monitor, but that didn’t help. I checked Windows XP, Vista, and 7 compatibility settings, but nothing has been updated since yesterday. I’m really puzzled. If anyone has experienced this before or knows what’s going on, please let me know.
All other games are running normally, with no performance problems. I’ve also played some PSP emulators and RDR2 without any issues. It seems this particular game is the only one affected.
System specs: R5 3600XT, RTX 2060, 16GB DDR4 3200MHz. Running on Windows 10 Pro with two monitors (1440p at 180Hz and 1080p at 144Hz).
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Remove all GPU drivers (Intel, AMD and Nvidia) using DDU, then reinstall manually with the newest driver from NVidia's support site. Open the installer, right-click it, and select Run as Administrator.
What is your motherboard's BIOS version at this time?
I used DDU to delete the nvidia driver and reinstalled it, but unfortunately it didn't resolve the issue. The BIOS on my MSI B405 gaming plus max is the most recent 7B86vHK version and hasn't been updated since the game was first released.
Updated - Game speed has changed to 60 fps. I'm still more puzzled.
Partial Solution -
Okay so I finally kinda figured out how to "fix" it. I had my controller plugged in (ds4 using ds4windows) and decided to quickly try battle for troy again and it ran at 60 fps! I was confused and realized the only difference was my controller being connected.
Disconnected it and re-ran the game and it was back at 5 fps. Closing ds4windows takes it back to 5 fps cuz it cant see a controller, adding the game to hidhide as an exclusion (allowing the app to see the controller) and plugging in the ds4 without ds4windows running also works (even though this game shouldn't even know what a ds4 is given its release date).
So for some reason this old game that doesn't even support a controller only runs if I have a controller connected...
Here's a video showcasing the issue/solution -
Youtube link to video