[SOLVED] FPS is locked at 20-40 fps

[Ploopy]

My game will only run at roughly 20-40 fps. If I try to change the graphics settings to low it'll crash. Even if it doesn't, it still runs at the same FPS at much lower graphics. I've also tried verifying game files and redownloading it, nothing seems to work. If anybody has any ideas please let me know.

PC Specs:
16GB RAM
1TB SSD
Nvidia GTX 1080 Max-Q 8GB VRAM
Intel Core i7 7700 2.80GHz with 8 cores

Game Settings
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<rage__fwuiSystemSettingsCollection>
<version value="37" />
<configSource>kSettingsConfig_Auto</configSource>
<graphics>
<tessellation>kSettingLevel_Medium</tessellation>
<shadowQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</shadowQuality>
<farShadowQuality>kSettingLevel_Custom</farShadowQuality>
<reflectionQuality>kSettingLevel_Low</reflectionQuality>
<mirrorQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</mirrorQuality>
<ssao>kSettingLevel_Medium</ssao>
<textureQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</textureQuality>
<particleQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</particleQuality>
<waterQuality>kSettingLevel_Custom</waterQuality>
<volumetricsQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</volumetricsQuality>
<lightingQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</lightingQuality>
<ambientLightingQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</ambientLightingQuality>
<anisotropicFiltering value="1" />
<dlssIndex value="0" />
<dlssQuality value="5" />
<taa>kSettingLevel_High</taa>
<fxaaEnabled value="false" />
<msaa value="0" />
<graphicsQualityPreset value="0.500000" />
<hdr value="true" />
<hdrIntensity value="100" />
<hdrPeakBrightness value="1000" />
<hdrFilmicMode value="true" />
<gamma value="15" />
<hdrSettingsMigrated value="true" />
</graphics>
<advancedGraphics>
<API>kSettingAPI_Vulkan</API>
<locked value="false" />
<asyncComputeEnabled value="false" />
<transferQueuesEnabled value="true" />
<shadowSoftShadows>kSettingLevel_Medium</shadowSoftShadows>
<motionBlur value="true" />
<motionBlurLimit value="16.000000" />
<particleLightingQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</particleLightingQuality>
<waterReflectionSSR value="true" />
<waterRefractionQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</waterRefractionQuality>
<waterReflectionQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</waterReflectionQuality>
<waterSimulationQuality value="3" />
<waterLightingQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</waterLightingQuality>
<furDisplayQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</furDisplayQuality>
<maxTexUpgradesPerFrame value="5" />
<shadowGrassShadows>kSettingLevel_Medium</shadowGrassShadows>
<shadowParticleShadows value="true" />
<shadowLongShadows value="true" />
<directionalShadowsAlpha value="false" />
<worldHeightShadowQuality value="0.660000" />
<directionalScreenSpaceShadowQuality value="0.660000" />
<ambientMaskVolumesHighPrecision value="true" />
<scatteringVolumeQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</scatteringVolumeQuality>
<volumetricsRaymarchQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</volumetricsRaymarchQuality>
<volumetricsLightingQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</volumetricsLightingQuality>
<volumetricsRaymarchResolutionUnclamped value="false" />
<terrainShadowQuality>kSettingLevel_High</terrainShadowQuality>
<damageModelsDisabled value="false" />
<decalQuality>kSettingLevel_High</decalQuality>
<ssaoFullScreenEnabled value="false" />
<ssaoType value="0" />
<ssdoSampleCount value="4" />
<ssdoUseDualRadii value="false" />
<ssdoResolution>kSettingLevel_Low</ssdoResolution>
<ssdoTAABlendEnabled value="false" />
<ssroSampleCount value="2" />
<snowGlints value="true" />
<POMQuality>kSettingLevel_High</POMQuality>
<probeRelightEveryFrame value="false" />
<scalingMode>kSettingScale_Mode1o1</scalingMode>
<reflectionMSAA value="0" />
<lodScale value="1.000000" />
<grassLod value="1.500000" />
<pedLodBias value="0.000000" />
<vehicleLodBias value="0.000000" />
<sharpenIntensity value="1.000000" />
<treeQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</treeQuality>
<deepsurfaceQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</deepsurfaceQuality>
<treeTessellationEnabled value="false" />
</advancedGraphics>
<video>
<adapterIndex value="0" />
<outputIndex value="0" />
<resolutionIndex value="9" />
<screenWidth value="1920" />
<screenHeight value="1080" />
<resolutionIndexWindowed value="9" />
<screenWidthWindowed value="1920" />
<screenHeightWindowed value="1080" />
<refreshRateIndex value="1" />
<refreshRateNumerator value="120" />
<refreshRateDenominator value="1" />
<windowed value="2" />
<vSync value="0" />
<tripleBuffered value="false" />
<pauseOnFocusLoss value="false" />
<constrainMousePointer value="false" />
</video>
<videoCardDescription>NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 with Max-Q Design</videoCardDescription>
</rage__fwuiSystemSettingsCollection>

[JuiceWSA]

Some Basic Suggestions - after you upgrade to the very latest Nvidia driver:

1) Disable the Integrated Graphics - if present - by any means necessary.

2) At the initial Launch Screen, go to Settings/Graphics and Select DX12, not Vulcan.

3) While you're there - move the Quality Slider to the first tick into 'Favor Quality' (or whatever it's called). The bar should be about 3/4s of the way to the right. Make no other adjustments at this time.

4) Apply settings.

Give it a go. If it runs without crashing, you can adjust individual graphics settings up or down to tune in on the fps performance - one at a time preferably. That's a whole nuther ball game. Tree Tessellation and Shadows are heavy hitters in my burg.

More seasoned Nvidia Wranglers will have to chime in. I run AMD stuff.

[☆ | Lynnel]

same here

[☆ | Lynnel]

Originally posted by JuiceWSA:

Some Basic Suggestions - after you upgrade to the very latest Nvidia driver:

1) Disable the Integrated Graphics - if present - by any means necessary.

2) At the initial Launch Screen, go to Settings/Graphics and Select DX12, not Vulcan.

3) While you're there - move the Quality Slider to the first tick into 'Favor Quality' (or whatever it's called). The bar should be about 3/4s of the way to the right. Make no other adjustments at this time.

4) Apply settings.

Give it a go. If it runs without crashing, you can adjust individual graphics settings up or down to tune in on the fps performance - one at a time preferably. That's a whole nuther ball game. Tree Tessellation and Shadows are heavy hitters in my burg.

More seasoned Nvidia Wranglers will have to chime in. I run AMD stuff.

dont helps for me, playing on RTX 3070 max-q, i7 11370h, 16gb DDR4, sometimes i can see out of memory error, lol (i have 8Gb videocard)

[Ploopy]

Originally posted by JuiceWSA:

Some Basic Suggestions - after you upgrade to the very latest Nvidia driver:

1) Disable the Integrated Graphics - if present - by any means necessary.

2) At the initial Launch Screen, go to Settings/Graphics and Select DX12, not Vulcan.

3) While you're there - move the Quality Slider to the first tick into 'Favor Quality' (or whatever it's called). The bar should be about 3/4s of the way to the right. Make no other adjustments at this time.

4) Apply settings.

Give it a go. If it runs without crashing, you can adjust individual graphics settings up or down to tune in on the fps performance - one at a time preferably. That's a whole nuther ball game. Tree Tessellation and Shadows are heavy hitters in my burg.

More seasoned Nvidia Wranglers will have to chime in. I run AMD stuff.

So I have tried this before too and it doesn't work bro sadly

[guhuiyangnuofusiji]

maybe you connected your screen to the error HDMI interface, the correct solution is to connect the hdmi interface of your screens's to the hdmi interface on your graphic card, you may incorrectly plug in you hdmi to the motherboard. If so, the cpu will work rather than your GTX1080. my english is still not fluent, but i hope this will bbe helpful to you.

[J-&Dre]

Originally posted by Lynnel:

Originally posted by JuiceWSA:

Some Basic Suggestions - after you upgrade to the very latest Nvidia driver:

1) Disable the Integrated Graphics - if present - by any means necessary.

2) At the initial Launch Screen, go to Settings/Graphics and Select DX12, not Vulcan.

3) While you're there - move the Quality Slider to the first tick into 'Favor Quality' (or whatever it's called). The bar should be about 3/4s of the way to the right. Make no other adjustments at this time.

4) Apply settings.

Give it a go. If it runs without crashing, you can adjust individual graphics settings up or down to tune in on the fps performance - one at a time preferably. That's a whole nuther ball game. Tree Tessellation and Shadows are heavy hitters in my burg.

More seasoned Nvidia Wranglers will have to chime in. I run AMD stuff.

dont helps for me, playing on RTX 3070 max-q, i7 11370h, 16gb DDR4, sometimes i can see out of memory error, lol (i have 8Gb videocard)

I don't know what resolution you are running but if you are running 4K, you might actually be running out of memory.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2731601636
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2731610114

[Ploopy]

Originally posted by guhuiyangnuofusiji:

maybe you connected your screen to the error HDMI interface, the correct solution is to connect the hdmi interface of your screens's to the hdmi interface on your graphic card, you may incorrectly plug in you hdmi to the motherboard. If so, the cpu will work rather than your GTX1080. my english is still not fluent, but i hope this will bbe helpful to you.:judy:

I'm playing on a GX501VI ASUS ROG so screen is built with the motherboard cuz it's a laptop

[Ploopy]

Originally posted by J-&Dre:

Originally posted by Lynnel:

dont helps for me, playing on RTX 3070 max-q, i7 11370h, 16gb DDR4, sometimes i can see out of memory error, lol (i have 8Gb videocard)

I don't know what resolution you are running but if you are running 4K, you might actually be running out of memory.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2731601636
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2731610114

For me I know for sure I can't do 4K. So at a native 1920x1080 resolution

[guhuiyangnuofusiji]

ummmmm....perhaps you inhibited the graphic card? do you have a msi afterburner? this software can examine the frequency of your graphic card. if its frequency is relatively low and does not fluctuate with time, then it might indicate that you are using cpu rather than using them (graphic card+cpu) to work together.

[Ploopy]

Originally posted by guhuiyangnuofusiji:

ummmmm....perhaps you inhibited the graphic card? do you have a msi afterburner? this software can examine the frequency of your graphic card. if its frequency is relatively low and does not fluctuate with time, then it might indicate that you are using cpu rather than using them (graphic card+cpu) to work together.:evelyn2077:

This still didn't work unfortunately....

[Jericho]

1. Go to graphics and make sure Vsync is set to off. Vsync will lock it to refresh rate, and half will cap it to half of that.
2. Go into your Nvidia control panel and manually set the FPS cap. To do this go to manage 3D settings, click program settings go to preferred refresh rate and make sure it's set to "application controlled" and set power management to maximum performance. Hope that helps.

[Ploopy]

Originally posted by Jericho Samurai:

1. Go to graphics and make sure Vsync is set to off. Vsync will lock it to refresh rate, and half will cap it to half of that.
2. Go into your Nvidia control panel and manually set the FPS cap. To do this go to manage 3D settings, click program settings go to preferred refresh rate and make sure it's set to "application controlled" and set power management to maximum performance. Hope that helps.

Okay I've tried this method too and still doesn't work
1) My Current Game Settings:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<rage__fwuiSystemSettingsCollection>
<version value="37" />
<configSource>kSettingsConfig_Auto</configSource>
<graphics>
<tessellation>kSettingLevel_Medium</tessellation>
<shadowQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</shadowQuality>
<farShadowQuality>kSettingLevel_Custom</farShadowQuality>
<reflectionQuality>kSettingLevel_Low</reflectionQuality>
<mirrorQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</mirrorQuality>
<ssao>kSettingLevel_Medium</ssao>
<textureQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</textureQuality>
<particleQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</particleQuality>
<waterQuality>kSettingLevel_Custom</waterQuality>
<volumetricsQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</volumetricsQuality>
<lightingQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</lightingQuality>
<ambientLightingQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</ambientLightingQuality>
<anisotropicFiltering value="1" />
<dlssIndex value="0" />
<dlssQuality value="5" />
<taa>kSettingLevel_High</taa>
<fxaaEnabled value="false" />
<msaa value="0" />
<graphicsQualityPreset value="0.500000" />
<hdr value="true" />
<hdrIntensity value="100" />
<hdrPeakBrightness value="1000" />
<hdrFilmicMode value="true" />
<gamma value="15" />
<hdrSettingsMigrated value="true" />
</graphics>
<advancedGraphics>
<API>kSettingAPI_Vulkan</API>
<locked value="false" />
<asyncComputeEnabled value="false" />
<transferQueuesEnabled value="true" />
<shadowSoftShadows>kSettingLevel_Medium</shadowSoftShadows>
<motionBlur value="true" />
<motionBlurLimit value="16.000000" />
<particleLightingQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</particleLightingQuality>
<waterReflectionSSR value="true" />
<waterRefractionQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</waterRefractionQuality>
<waterReflectionQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</waterReflectionQuality>
<waterSimulationQuality value="3" />
<waterLightingQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</waterLightingQuality>
<furDisplayQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</furDisplayQuality>
<maxTexUpgradesPerFrame value="5" />
<shadowGrassShadows>kSettingLevel_Medium</shadowGrassShadows>
<shadowParticleShadows value="true" />
<shadowLongShadows value="true" />
<directionalShadowsAlpha value="false" />
<worldHeightShadowQuality value="0.660000" />
<directionalScreenSpaceShadowQuality value="0.660000" />
<ambientMaskVolumesHighPrecision value="true" />
<scatteringVolumeQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</scatteringVolumeQuality>
<volumetricsRaymarchQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</volumetricsRaymarchQuality>
<volumetricsLightingQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</volumetricsLightingQuality>
<volumetricsRaymarchResolutionUnclamped value="false" />
<terrainShadowQuality>kSettingLevel_High</terrainShadowQuality>
<damageModelsDisabled value="false" />
<decalQuality>kSettingLevel_High</decalQuality>
<ssaoFullScreenEnabled value="false" />
<ssaoType value="0" />
<ssdoSampleCount value="4" />
<ssdoUseDualRadii value="false" />
<ssdoResolution>kSettingLevel_Low</ssdoResolution>
<ssdoTAABlendEnabled value="false" />
<ssroSampleCount value="2" />
<snowGlints value="true" />
<POMQuality>kSettingLevel_High</POMQuality>
<probeRelightEveryFrame value="false" />
<scalingMode>kSettingScale_Mode1o1</scalingMode>
<reflectionMSAA value="0" />
<lodScale value="1.000000" />
<grassLod value="1.500000" />
<pedLodBias value="0.000000" />
<vehicleLodBias value="0.000000" />
<sharpenIntensity value="1.000000" />
<treeQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</treeQuality>
<deepsurfaceQuality>kSettingLevel_Medium</deepsurfaceQuality>
<treeTessellationEnabled value="false" />
</advancedGraphics>
<video>
<adapterIndex value="0" />
<outputIndex value="0" />
<resolutionIndex value="9" />
<screenWidth value="1920" />
<screenHeight value="1080" />
<resolutionIndexWindowed value="9" />
<screenWidthWindowed value="1920" />
<screenHeightWindowed value="1080" />
<refreshRateIndex value="1" />
<refreshRateNumerator value="120" />
<refreshRateDenominator value="1" />
<windowed value="2" />
<vSync value="0" />
<tripleBuffered value="false" />
<pauseOnFocusLoss value="false" />
<constrainMousePointer value="false" />
</video>
<videoCardDescription>NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 with Max-Q Design</videoCardDescription>
</rage__fwuiSystemSettingsCollection>

2) I tried installing NVidia Control Panel and it is apparently not compatible with the current driver. Also could not find anything related framerate in Geforce Experience, I tried changing the settings from there but it keeps resetting for some reason. Also when I click Ctrl + Esc, the game always crashes / closes.

[Ploopy]

Anybody got any ideas to what is the problem? I've checked Geforce Experience and it has the latest drivers installed

[Don Dimon]

Same problem, although I've got less of a rig than OP - i5-6600 and GTX 1060 6GB.
20 FPS on Ultra, 40 FPS on low. This ain't right. There must be solution to this:(

[Ploopy]

Originally posted by Don Dimon:

Same problem, although I've got less of a rig than OP - i5-6600 and GTX 1060 6GB.
20 FPS on Ultra, 40 FPS on low. This ain't right. There must be solution to this:(

GTX 1060 should be enough of a video card to run the game along with that processor