Need some help. FPS drops.

[kefo1969]

Guys, couple of weeks I have unstable FPS in SF6. It always drops below 60 (57-59, in menus even 47, then goes back).
I have no idea what's the problem and what I have to do, cos all the time since release FPS was smooth as butter with solid 60 FPS with Vsync on.
I completely removed driver with DDU and made clean older driver installation. Didn't help at all.

Any ideas?

3440x1440
i5 12600K
32 Gb DDR5
RTX 3080Ti
SSD

In-game GPU core clock 780 MHz.

[Castyles]

Game has a memory leak issue that still hasn't been fixed.

Does it happens upon the very first launch or as time goes by, anyway?

[kefo1969]

Originally posted by Castyles:

Game has a memory leak issue that still hasn't been fixed.

Does it happens upon the very first launch or as time goes by, anyway?

Yes, it happens at launch. Even in offline mode I have drops, especially when I'm doing specials. Very strange, but since the release date everything was just fine.

I thought it's my GPU, but ,for example, in Elden Ring my FPS is constantly 60.

Anyway I'm not sure if GPU core clock at 780 MGz is normal for SF6.

[Castyles]

Weird. I've seen issues such as this over time (when playing for way too long or returning to the game, later, after closing it). Not upon the very first launch.

Could be driver related but since it happened with the current one and with the old one it's not that.

Could be the GPU but it's fine with other games so it's also not that.

It's either the same game issue acting in a different pattern or hell if I know. There's a trouble-shooting thread in this very board. A sticky. Try to get some help over there. Good luck.

[HomongUS]

Seeing that you can play Elden Ring without stutter makes me think it's not exactly the same culprit causing the problem, but I'll just leave my old findings here.
-GPU driver- Switched to older version to add stability.
-"Microsoft RRAS Root Enumerator" - This was main cause of my stutter. If you've played Elden Ring I'm sure you're well aware of it.

[stevierayvag]

Turn vsync off

[Mcsquared2]

Hey i'm having this same issue, I adjusted the shaders upon startup and also turning vsync off. This issue only happened after the most recent update.

[Ka-Bang]

Originally posted by stevierayvag:

Turn vsync off

I was having frame drops and slow mo and this fixed it for me. Solid 60 all the time now. No idea when this bug was introduced.

[CORYSYX]

If Using NVIDIA Use the NVIDIA Control panel, and change Setting Vsync to "fast" if you have to use it for Screen tearing.

[Cokonaut]

Originally posted by kefo1969:

Guys, couple of weeks I have unstable FPS in SF6. It always drops below 60 (57-59, in menus even 47, then goes back).
I have no idea what's the problem and what I have to do, cos all the time since release FPS was smooth as butter with solid 60 FPS with Vsync on.
I completely removed driver with DDU and made clean older driver installation. Didn't help at all.

Any ideas?

3440x1440
i5 12600K
32 Gb DDR5
RTX 3080Ti
SSD

In-game GPU core clock 780 MHz.

lower your resolution to 1080P. you can keep all other graphics in highest. really, it doesn't make much difference visually unless your face is glued to the screen. but it'll help the game performance and fps a lot

jmo

[SkrEEmeR]

Ok, I've been having this problem as well and I believe it's the new Nvidia drivers. Once I reset drivers to 537.58 all FPS drops go away.

[DinoRex79]

I tried for weeks and what finally fixed it completely for me, meaning no more random fps drops down to 30fps out of nowhere was a complete re-installation of windows 11. I also didn't retain old files. I formatted my PC once but made the mistake of retaining old files and the game was still dropping fps. I reformatted again but a complete wipe and now I have no more fps drops.

[DinoRex79]

Originally posted by Cokonaut:

Originally posted by kefo1969:

Guys, couple of weeks I have unstable FPS in SF6. It always drops below 60 (57-59, in menus even 47, then goes back).
I have no idea what's the problem and what I have to do, cos all the time since release FPS was smooth as butter with solid 60 FPS with Vsync on.
I completely removed driver with DDU and made clean older driver installation. Didn't help at all.

Any ideas?

3440x1440
i5 12600K
32 Gb DDR5
RTX 3080Ti
SSD

In-game GPU core clock 780 MHz.

lower your resolution to 1080P. you can keep all other graphics in highest. really, it doesn't make much difference visually unless your face is glued to the screen. but it'll help the game performance and fps a lot

jmo

No, I play with a 3060ti, ryzen 5 5600 and 16GB Ram in 1440p with everything max and I never drop from 60fps, except briefly during character introduction but never during a fight. He should not be lowering anything.

[T r o u t]

I had issues too with certain drivers. Right now, the most stable of all Nvidia drivers is 537.58 .. try DDU and d/l and install those.

Firstly like others have mentioned, turn OFF V-sync. Turn ON g-sync in your Nvidia Control panel if you have a compatible monitor. Also make sure your refresh rate is set to the max Hz in the drop down: https://imgur.com/a/foznQSS

Also I would turn Shader quality to Low as it has 0 noticeable visual difference, and about 15% gpu usage difference.

There was also issues with lots of people having stutter/lag due to "Root Enumerator" and to disable that. Go to Device Manager -> View -> Devices by connection, then find Microsoft Device Association Root Enumerator, right-click and disable.

Also make sure in Nvidia Control panel > Manage 3D settings > Shader Cache Size is set to '100 or Unlimited' (don't use the low default setting)

Also make sure in Nvidia Control panel > Manage 3D settings > Power management mode is set to 'Prefer maximum performance'

Also make sure under Game > Other settings: Shader warmup is set to 'Perform'
Also make sure under Graphics > Input delay reduction is set to 'On' (won't help your stuttering problem, but it should be on)

Hopefully something here helped you or someone else. Good luck

[T r o u t]

Originally posted by kefo1969:

In-game GPU core clock 780 MHz.

Just seen this too. Try disabling some 3rd party crap if you got it for your video card. Just seen your card should be at like 1365-1800mhz probably while gaming. Maybe a bit lower or higher while in a SF6 match since its capped at 60fps. Seems like thats your issue most likely. Something might be power limiting your GPU. Worst case, reformat like DinoRex did.

[Mcsquared2]

Originally posted by ◁ T r o u t ▷:

I had issues too with certain drivers. Right now, the most stable of all Nvidia drivers is 537.58 .. try DDU and d/l and install those.

Firstly like others have mentioned, turn OFF V-sync. Turn ON g-sync in your Nvidia Control panel if you have a compatible monitor. Also make sure your refresh rate is set to the max Hz in the drop down: https://imgur.com/a/foznQSS

Also I would turn Shader quality to Low as it has 0 noticeable visual difference, and about 15% gpu usage difference.

There was also issues with lots of people having stutter/lag due to "Root Enumerator" and to disable that. Go to Device Manager -> View -> Devices by connection, then find Microsoft Device Association Root Enumerator, right-click and disable.

Also make sure in Nvidia Control panel > Manage 3D settings > Shader Cache Size is set to '100 or Unlimited' (don't use the low default setting)

Also make sure in Nvidia Control panel > Manage 3D settings > Power management mode is set to 'Prefer maximum performance'

Also make sure under Game > Other settings: Shader warmup is set to 'Perform'
Also make sure under Graphics > Input delay reduction is set to 'On' (won't help your stuttering problem, but it should be on)

Hopefully something here helped you or someone else. Good luck :megaman: :SF6_Delta_Cat:

I tried all of them not one helped the situation for me unfortunately. This issue doesn;t happen with any other games for me atm.