Performance Issues

[DumbassofDojima]

I'm having major performance issues with this game in really odd ways. For instance, in certain cutscenes the FPS will drop 20 frames during camera cuts then climb back up then drop again in the next camera cut. There was one cutscene where the fps range was 20-90 FPS, which seems wild to me. Load times are around a minute long too, which is brutal to be honest.

I don't know how well optimized this game is or not but because I can hit such high framerates I can't imagine it is my laptop's fault, especially since I've had no issues running games like R4R and DSR with fairly high settings and stable fps. I'll post my specs below though, so that if they're underpar I'm not spreading false information about BG3's optimization because I genuinely just don't know this stuff.

The game has been fairly buggy for me, though, so again, I can't tell if it's on my PC or the game since it runs about as well as it did in Early Access 3 years ago.

Any tips for how I can get more stable performance or what the issues might be would be greatly appreciated. Really, I'd kill for shorter load times. Game is installed on my SSD as well. And I have run it primarily on DX11 since I dabbled with Vulkan and it did not seem to do anything.

Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 with Max-Q Design

CPU:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz

RAM:
16gb

OS:
Windows 10

[Wolf]

Same for me... Before latest nvidia driver update game performance was great but this week i have fps drops, especially while getting into/outfrom a cutscene and turning the camera. I tried lowering the settings, switch between vulkan and dx11 it didn't make any difference. I'm playing with rtx 3050 8gb + r5 2600 + 16gb ram my game is on ssd

[Chaosolous]

No. That's about on point. Same happens with my GTX.

It's a game from 2023, the 1080 is great but it's still running a game from 2023.

The cutscenes are all in engine, so they have to jump from location to location and load it relatively fast with the camera cuts. The closer to the action the higher the detail load. Anything less than an RTX is going to chug from time to time.

Watch the Digital Foundry video on YouTube for best optimization.

[Stormhoves]

Originally posted by Stormhoves:

Ok, I did a reinstall of the latest drivers, picked the studio version and checked the "clean reinstall" and now it runs fine. Maybe try it too ? Fingers crossed

SO update, after one session at 100 fps it's back to a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ 20

[Shadobi]

Strangely enough but changing the game from full window mode to borderless window made the game run much more smoothly, even heat spikes became a rarity.

Beforehand I tried verifying and cleaning system cache through ccleaner, all in vain though.

I don’t know how or what helped but I wanted to write about it here, maybe it will help someone.

[Shadobi]

Clarification: I have 4080 rtx, core I7-770k, playing from new SSD, settings are high/ultra and fps limit is 60, the only changes I made since performance issues after the recent driver update is borderless window and activated dlss in both game (performance) and system settings.

Lags almost gone only after I changed to borderless window option (which was last thing I made) but I don’t know if it’s a sole reason or culmination of previous changes with it.

[Andi]

While I don't have any performance issues (AMD RX 6700 XT) I did notice that my GPU fan speed changes, depending on some effects that tend to be used in some cutscenes.

My GPU fan is usually barely audible in BG3, as the FPS limit of 60 fps (my screen is ancient and doesn't support more) keeps the GPU mostly asleep.... However, during some cutscenes/dialogues the GPU fan starts to spin up, and it can even get to the point where I'd call it "loud".

The "Speak With Dead" spell effect is one of them, as is the one that happens during certain dialogues in Gale's questline.

I think it's the blue-ish glow effect that is putting a bit of stress on the GPU...

[Benis :DD]

idk bro game runs fine on my pc (ryzen 5900x, samsung 980 pro and rtx 4090)

[Stumpy]

The only performance issues I been having has been in the bedroom with the other half .

[Maelstorm]

Im getting 40/30fps in lower city act3 the game got lower and lower fps since moonrise tower in act2 act one was super smooth 110/120fps hoping for a patch! i see a lot of people saying they have no issue and i was in the same case until end of act2 so be ready juste in case lol

[DumbassofDojima]

Originally posted by équilibrium:

Im getting 40/30fps in lower city act3 the game got lower and lower fps since moonrise tower in act2 act one was super smooth 110/120fps hoping for a patch! i see a lot of people saying they have no issue and i was in the same case until end of act2 so be ready juste in case lol

Worried about currently. Just got to Moonrise, so I hope I'll be able to maintain a decent framerate in later areas.

[DumbassofDojima]

Originally posted by Chaosolous:

No. That's about on point. Same happens with my GTX.

It's a game from 2023, the 1080 is great but it's still running a game from 2023.

The cutscenes are all in engine, so they have to jump from location to location and load it relatively fast with the camera cuts. The closer to the action the higher the detail load. Anything less than an RTX is going to chug from time to time.

Watch the Digital Foundry video on YouTube for best optimization.

I guess the main thing that was throwing me is that I can handle other games from this year well, but BG3 has such wildly erratic performance I don't know how to make it better.

I did check out the DF video, and was running some settings even lower than what they recommended. Bumping them up didn't harm anything, so just kind of at a loss.

[Cheffe]

Same here, facing drops to 15 fps at times when scrolling the map, happens in wilderness sometimes and constantly in cities. Latest drivers for 4090 as well.
Other performance hungry games run fine

[The Emperor Of Milfgaard]

Originally posted by DICEROLLADDICT:

Originally posted by Metroid:

Strange that some people have these issues, i have no performance issues whatsoever, running very smooth for me :)

My guy your pc is worth more than some peoples entire apartment no need to act so smug lmao obviously people run into performance issues if they dont have a setup that costs more than several months of work

I have a 4080 and i5 13600k with 32 DDR5 RAM. Installed the game on a 990 Pro. After playing a few hrs I get frame drops from 120fps to 70-80 at random. Before I changed to DX11 from Vulkan it dropped to 50-60. I'd say it isn't well optimized.

[Befitzero]

Part of the problem is the GPU that is built into the laptop is not all that great, 1080 card in a full size PC is going to perform better then its laptop counterpart. This game puts a lot of work on the GPU and CPU so if the either of them is the bottle neck its going to effect FPS.

The Max Q version you have is built for efficiency, not performance. This particular one you have in there is about 15% slower then a reg 1080 since its designed be to used in thin and light laptops. Its one of the reasons I don't buy or game on laptops anymore got tired of the poor performance unless you spend a lot of money one like a Razer or one of the other high end versions out there.

[He Who Comes With The Dawn]

The game runs great with a 4090 and everything maxed. Just don't be poor and buy a good PC.