Try new NVIDIA Driver and enable resizeable BAR if you haven't

[Spiffo]

Just updated to the NVIDIA drivers that came out today and I also enabled the resizeable BAR setting in my BIOS (google NVIDIA rebar if you're unsure what this is).

Yesterday I was getting 60-63 fps around the MAST building in New Atlantis. After doing the above my FPS is a solid 72 - note that I have my max FPS capped to 72 as this is half of my refresh rate. So essentially I'm hitting my max FPS cap in New Atlantis after applying these updates.

Let me know if you've noticed any difference with the new drivers

UPDATE: I am genuinely noticing a performance increase of around 18% in New Atlantis. This is on an RTX 3080.

[Spiffo]

Specs:
RTX 3080
i5 12600kf
32GB RAM
Playing at 1440p

[I Throw Spears.]

Originally posted by Spiffo:

Just updated to the NVIDIA drivers that came out today and I also enabled the resizeable BAR setting in my BIOS (google NVIDIA rebar if you're unsure what this is).

Yesterday I was getting 60-63 fps around the MAST building in New Atlantis. After doing the above my FPS is a solid 72 - note that I have my max FPS capped to 72 as this is half of my refresh rate. So essentially I'm hitting my max FPS cap in New Atlantis after applying these updates.

Let me know if you've noticed any difference with the new drivers :VBCOOL:

UPDATE: I am genuinely noticing a performance increase of around 18% in New Atlantis. This is on an RTX 3080.

Why half of the refresh rate? I usually cap at the 144 limit for my monitor. Is there a reason Im unaware of?

[Spiffo]

Originally posted by I Throw Spears.:

Originally posted by Spiffo:

Just updated to the NVIDIA drivers that came out today and I also enabled the resizeable BAR setting in my BIOS (google NVIDIA rebar if you're unsure what this is).

Yesterday I was getting 60-63 fps around the MAST building in New Atlantis. After doing the above my FPS is a solid 72 - note that I have my max FPS capped to 72 as this is half of my refresh rate. So essentially I'm hitting my max FPS cap in New Atlantis after applying these updates.

Let me know if you've noticed any difference with the new drivers

UPDATE: I am genuinely noticing a performance increase of around 18% in New Atlantis. This is on an RTX 3080.

Why half of the refresh rate? I usually cap at the 144 limit for my monitor. Is there a reason Im unaware of?

I just like persistent fps rather than jumping up and down so I like to cap mine to something where it wont move much. Since this game runs quite poorly it was going between 60-100 at points. Because 60 feels horrible on a 144hz monitor it feels better to play at something that is divisible by your refresh rate. 72 is half of 144 so if I can't reach those smooth 100+ fps values, capping it at 72 still feels way smoother than 60.

[Nite69]

Unfortunately my asrock B450 doesn't work with resizable bar on a second gen Ryzen, I need a 3K or 5K chip for that

[Spiffo]

Originally posted by Nite69:

Unfortunately my asrock B450 doesn't work with resizable bar on a second gen Ryzen, I need a 3K or 5K chip for that

Have you tried just the new driver? I did both at the same time so I don't actually know which one got me the performance increase.

[I Throw Spears.]

Originally posted by Spiffo:

Originally posted by I Throw Spears.:

Why half of the refresh rate? I usually cap at the 144 limit for my monitor. Is there a reason Im unaware of?

I just like persistent fps rather than jumping up and down so I like to cap mine to something where it wont move much. Since this game runs quite poorly it was going between 60-100 at points. Because 60 feels horrible on a 144hz monitor it feels better to play at something that is divisible by your refresh rate. 72 is half of 144 so if I can't reach those smooth 100+ fps values, capping it at 72 still feels way smoother than 60.

Ah gotcha.

The game has actually worked really well for me, but then again, im doing 1440p on a 4070 with DLSS enabled. So who knows lol.

[Geeks On Hugs]

That’s good. I’ve got an RTX 3080 myself (with ReBar already enabled) and I already considered my performance to be great.

I don’t watch FPS but just go by look and feel. I’ve been playing maxed (Ultra with FSR on default) and it has looked and felt great but I can’t wait to try the new driver. Maybe I’ll try turning off upscaling all together.

Edit - Specs:
RTX 3080
i7 10700KF
32GB RAM
Playing at 1440p ultrawidescreen 3440x1440
Using default Ultra Preset w/ FSR on at default 75% scale
Resizable Bar = True

Starfield seems like the exact type of game* that should benefit from resizable bar. (*lots of streaming assets)

[Nite69]

Originally posted by Spiffo:

Originally posted by Nite69:

Unfortunately my asrock B450 doesn't work with resizable bar on a second gen Ryzen, I need a 3K or 5K chip for that

Have you tried just the new driver? I did both at the same time so I don't actually know which one got me the performance increase.

Yep I did no difference in performance I still drop to the 40's in Mast, Atlantis, so more then likely resiable bar is what improved it for you