frame rate unsuitable for online play

[XSimru]

i have a Ryzen 7950X, RTX 4090, 32GB DDR5 5200MHz and stable intermet. Every game is running smooth. Elden Ring is running smooth, BUT after about 2-10min in Game i have a MASSIVE FPS Drop to about 1 - 2 FPS. After like 30 secounds i get a message "frame rate unsuitable for online play". I get send back to the main menu and the game starts in offline Mode then. I can play it offline without any lags, stuterring.. But i want to PvP and see other Peoples Messages. Is Easy Anti Cheat the Problem?

This is what i tried so far:
1. Windows up to date
2. NVIDIA Graphic driver up to date
3. Reinstalling the Game
4. Deinstall XBOX Programm
5. Set Graphic Priority Setting in Windows Settings
6. Disabling In Game Overlays (NVIDIA, Discord)
7. Closed EPIC Games in Background
8. Deleted Save File from Elden Ring
9. Closed Background Processes (Wallpaper Engine...)
10. Disabled Raytraycing

My CPU, RAM and GPU are Bored while playing the Game. Even when the Lags hit the usage is pretty low. The Temps are fine too..

[Kriss Hietala]

Install linux, run the game with proton. Stuttering and huge fps spikes gone.

[XSimru]

Originally posted by DreadLordAvatar:

Welcome to the world of AMD. As the old saying goes, you get what you pay for...

This has nothing to do with AMD and everything with Windows.. you get what you pay for? Did you see the Prices for AM5 CPUs? xD

[𝑀𝓊𝑔𝑒𝓃]

Use DDU to do a complete clean uninstall of your existing gpu drivers and install them once again , it might solve your issue

[Barragan]

Hey I got a solution for this @Xsimru,

You will need to do a system repair:

open cmd as administrator
run
sfc /scannow

It will show you a response of Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and sucessfully repaird them, most of the cases is not full repaired so you will need to run

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

to fuilly repair the system, after that you just restart and run the game, I left the game runing for 30 mins to monitor any issue and it finally stop doing the wierd online only fps.

Now I need to find how to fully disable HDR as dunno why it keeps detecting elden ring a HDR compatible and freaks out my monitor for like 2-3 seconds

[XSimru]

I have finally found the solution!
First of all, thank you Dark-Breed! You're a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ legend!
In the end, the solution was to create a new Windows profile.
But there are other ways that have helped other players:
1. update NVidia drivers
2. reinstall Easy Anti Cheat
3. uninstall XBox programs
4. deactivate in game overlays (Steam, NVidia, Discord..)
5. check all drivers in the Device Manager and install or update them via the manufacturer's website of the mainboard / graphics card.
6. check event manager for Windows errors
7. deactivate XBox Game Bar
8. check Windows integrity (sfc /scannow, DISM commands...)
9. increase NVidia shader cache size
10. update Windows
11. check game integrity or reinstall
12. set Graphic Priority Setting in Windows Settings
13. Closed EPIC Games in Background
14. closed background processes (wallpaper engine...)
15. disabled raytracing
16. repair WIndows via Inplace Upgrade
17. new Windows profile

I personally upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11.
Windows apparently destroys user profiles in the process.
I also had the "GameInput Service" from Windows 10 installed, which apparently had a higher execution priority than the correct GameInput Service from Windows 11. This also led to completely different errors. You can check the event log to see if you are also affected by this. The old service must then be uninstalled and the new one set to start automatically. I believe the Windows 11 service was in System32 and the old one in Program Filesx86 (or vice versa)

Again: Huge shotout to dark-breed. I was complety frustrated and could not find any solution. I already tried half the the things listed above and could not get it to work. IT TOOK MANY HOURS.
I would never even have thought that Windows, let alone the Windows profile, could be the cause. Dark Breed was able to give me a lot of technical insights here and explain these steps to me in detail! He even sent me a self-recorded Youtube video where he shows me how to reinstall EAC and which registry entries I need to delete.

Apparently any game can run properly and you won't notice any problems, but if Elden Ring doesn't work, it's usually still Windows!
Thanks for your hours of support Dark-Breed.

[cheetah1546]

I did most of what is in the previous post. But what helped me the most was getting the tricky windows update from january to work.

[Theutus]

I played at release on maxed settings with no issue. Just reinstalled and the stutters and freezes are out of control. No changes to my system other than updated gfx drivers.

[Lightning]

Try disabling anti cheat

[dark-breed]

Originally posted by Chrisssyyy:

Try disabling anti cheat

How should that be a solution ?
This guys crying always this lie "eac is the culprit" should stop to use a PC.

[Kriss Hietala]

Originally posted by dark-breed:

Originally posted by Chrisssyyy:

Try disabling anti cheat

How should that be a solution ?
This guys crying always this lie "eac is the culprit" should stop to use a PC.

can play it offline without any lags, stuterring..

But the Op just stated that disabling EAC fixed the issues :D

[dark-breed]

Originally posted by Kriss Hietala:

Originally posted by dark-breed:

How should that be a solution ?
This guys crying always this lie "eac is the culprit" should stop to use a PC.

can play it offline without any lags, stuterring..

But the Op just stated that disabling EAC fixed the issues :D

No, like any other time disable EAC was never a solution to fix a problem. It get used by ppl that have no idea how to narrow Down a problem at a PC, op has some more knowledge and needed a solution to fix the issue, it was simply a information that the problem does not appear in offline mode and not that eac got deactivated.

Again how can disable EAC fix a online play problem, it can not because without EAC there is no online mode.

He followed my advice and repaired the fault in the windows system.

Originally posted by XSimru:

I have finally found the solution!
First of all, thank you Dark-Breed! You're a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ legend!
In the end, the solution was to create a new Windows profile.
But there are other ways that have helped other players:
1. update NVidia drivers
2. reinstall Easy Anti Cheat
3. uninstall XBox programs
4. deactivate in game overlays (Steam, NVidia, Discord..)
5. check all drivers in the Device Manager and install or update them via the manufacturer's website of the mainboard / graphics card.
6. check event manager for Windows errors
7. deactivate XBox Game Bar
8. check Windows integrity (sfc /scannow, DISM commands...)
9. increase NVidia shader cache size
10. update Windows
11. check game integrity or reinstall
12. set Graphic Priority Setting in Windows Settings
13. Closed EPIC Games in Background
14. closed background processes (wallpaper engine...)
15. disabled raytracing
16. repair WIndows via Inplace Upgrade
17. new Windows profile

I personally upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11.
Windows apparently destroys user profiles in the process.
I also had the "GameInput Service" from Windows 10 installed, which apparently had a higher execution priority than the correct GameInput Service from Windows 11. This also led to completely different errors. You can check the event log to see if you are also affected by this. The old service must then be uninstalled and the new one set to start automatically. I believe the Windows 11 service was in System32 and the old one in Program Filesx86 (or vice versa)

Again: Huge shotout to dark-breed. I was complety frustrated and could not find any solution. I already tried half the the things listed above and could not get it to work. IT TOOK MANY HOURS.
I would never even have thought that Windows, let alone the Windows profile, could be the cause. Dark Breed was able to give me a lot of technical insights here and explain these steps to me in detail! He even sent me a self-recorded Youtube video where he shows me how to reinstall EAC and which registry entries I need to delete.

Apparently any game can run properly and you won't notice any problems, but if Elden Ring doesn't work, it's usually still Windows!
Thanks for your hours of support Dark-Breed.

[cheetah1546]

it's not the easy anti cheat's fault at all

i ran several fixes and it's running good now with EAC active

[XSimru]

Well nevermind. The New Windows Profile somehow only fixed it for 2 game sessions? it seems like i just was lucky during testing this last fix? I dont really get it.

[XSimru]

Originally posted by cheetah1546:

it's not the easy anti cheat's fault at all

i ran several fixes and it's running good now with EAC active

How did you fix it? are you running WIndows 11?

[ddejan1]

For now new windows profile solved problem with Elden Ring.
I am using windows 11