Low FPS Bug - Am I the only one?

[D4rkResistance]

Hey guys, i'm wondering, if anyone else have the - lets call it "Low FPS Bug" after some time playing ARMA Reforger. Normally i'm playing on High Settings, and 3440x1440 scaled down to 2580x1080 (75% Scaling) + FidelityFX Super Resolution with around 70-90 fps.

But after around 30-60 minutes my game starts stuttering and is droping under 10 fps. I think its related to the ingame Map - because if i'm not using it, i can play much longer without issues. But u are opening the map everytime u are respawning after dying...so i can't avoid the "low fps bug", by stop opening the map.

For me, when the bug is happening, i have to quit the game and restart it, to get my fluent 70-90 fps back. A mate of mine have the same bug, but he only have to wait for like 1-2 minutes and then his fps get back to his 50 fps max. Its not working for me, tho. I have to restart anyway.

What i can say is, its not related to the RAM...its feels like a memory leak, but the game don't use more that 8GB of RAM at any time.

So I'm wondering if anyone experienced the same issue? I know its still an early access alpha and far from finished, but maybe there is already a known workaround for that bug? Like f.e. change whatever setting to "off" to avoid the bug, etc.

Specs: Ryzen 9 5900X, 64 GB DDR4-3600 CL 16 RAM, RTX 3070 STRIX OC, Windows 10 Pro 64bit | GPU driver: 512.95 (most recent one)

[CalicoJack]

when the performance begins to get worse, does it help when you minimize the game and then maximize it again?


btw, no i dont have that problem.

[D4rkResistance]

No, i haven't tried yet. Will try later, when playng Reforger again. ;)
Yeah...i know, not everyone having those issues. Would be nice to know, what causes it.

I read about some guys having fps issues, because of their HOTAS. But i don't have any joysticks....so thats not my issue here.

[POPO Sandh]

yea its the the ultra settings its bugged.
If u do the same with high it will work fine for a hour but with ultra settings it will fine at start but after sometime it will start bug out.
I think it happens when your killed and respawn back in happened to me 2 times. Now i just play in High settings with some in ultra.
I thought it might be getting max rammed thats why its lagging but after seeing your specss its a bug.

[D4rkResistance]

引用自 POPO (Sandh Palne Wala)：

yea its the the ultra settings its bugged.

I'm not playing on ultra settings. The only setting i set to ultra is the 'textury quality', which is only VRAM allocated. And with 8 GB, i have more than enough for the game, after checking GPU-Z after a full match. Or do u think i should put the texture quality to high? I mean i can test it, tho. But i never had any issues in other games, with set it to ultra!?

[Lara]

引用自 D4rkResistance：

Hey guys, i'm wondering, if anyone else have the - lets call it "Low FPS Bug" after some time playing ARMA Reforger. Normally i'm playing on High Settings, and 3440x1440 scaled down to 2580x1080 (75% Scaling) + FidelityFX Super Resolution with around 70-90 fps.

But after around 30-60 minutes my game starts stuttering and is droping under 10 fps. I think its related to the ingame Map - because if i'm not using it, i can play much longer without issues. But u are opening the map everytime u are respawning after dying...so i can't avoid the "low fps bug", by stop opening the map.

For me, when the bug is happening, i have to quit the game and restart it, to get my fluent 70-90 fps back. A mate of mine have the same bug, but he only have to wait for like 1-2 minutes and then his fps get back to his 50 fps max. Its not working for me, tho. I have to restart anyway.

What i can say is, its not related to the RAM...its feels like a memory leak, but the game don't use more that 8GB of RAM at any time and also my VRAM doesn't get over 7 GB.

So I'm wondering if anyone experienced the same issue? I know its still an early access alpha and far from finished, but maybe there is already a known workaround for that bug? Like f.e. change whatever setting to "off" to avoid the bug, etc.

Specs: Ryzen 9 5900X, 64 GB DDR4-3600 CL 16 RAM, RTX 3070 STRIX OC, Windows 10 Pro 64bit | GPU driver: 512.95 (most recent one)

temperature is good?

[Aleks RED]

there is such a problem, if you alt-tab the game into the window, the fps is restored, but you turn the game back, it falls again, after 10 minutes everything is restored

[otreblA_SNAKE_ITA]

It's a known issue, as far as I know closing and reopening the game fixes the issue, but I'm reading here people suggesting to alt-tab the game

[SECTOID]

Your computer allows you to play this game at high settings at 2K resolution without poor scaling.
And why the hell use Fidelity F X Super Resolution on a video card with an NVIDIA chip that has better DLSS technology???

Regarding the subsidence of fps after some time, yes there is such a problem. My computer is weaker than yours, but not much. I think they just haven't optimized their game. Have you noticed that the game does not remove a technique that no one uses for a long time?
By the way, this is a well-known ARMA problem, the creators of ARMA Live servers use special scripts that remove all the garbage that players scatter all over the map, including cars.

[D4rkResistance]

引用自 Lara：

temperature is good?

Yeah temps are good. GPU 61°C, CPU 70°C.

引用自 otreblA_SNAKE_ITA：

It's a known issue, as far as I know closing and reopening the game fixes the issue, but I'm reading here people suggesting to alt-tab the game

Alt/Tab isn't changing anything for me. Only restarting is fixing the bug.

I was checking GPU-Z again and the only thing i know is, that my VRAM is running full over time, but stays at 7,6 / 8 GB max. When the lag is starting, everything stays as intended...gpu clock speed everything fine...gpu load still 100%....but the overall board power draw (GPU) says 110W, instead of 200W i normally have, which is weird. I only have those issues in ARMA Reforger...not in any other game.

引用自 SECTOID：

Your computer allows you to play this game at high settings at 2K resolution without poor scaling.
And why the hell use Fidelity FX Super Resolution on a video card with an NVIDIA chip that has better DLSS technology???

What is 2K resolution for you? 2560x1440? I'm playing on ultrawide. So its 3440x1440 or 2580x1080 (75% scaled) for me. But i gain 20+ fps, when changing to the lower resolution. DLSS is not in the game..even with a RTX card. I only can use FX Super Resolution, when downscaling.

[otreblA_SNAKE_ITA]

引用自 D4rkResistance：

Yeah temps are good. GPU 61°C, CPU 70°C.

引用自 otreblA_SNAKE_ITA：

It's a known issue, as far as I know closing and reopening the game fixes the issue, but I'm reading here people suggesting to alt-tab the game

Alt/Tab isn't changing anything for me. Only restarting is fixing the bug.

Indeed, it never worked for me, glad to see that I'm not alone xD

Anyway it's normal, they have reported this as a known issue on the game's website.
They will fix it!

Just a question, after how much gametime do you start facing the issue?
To me it seems random time.

[Garack]

same here like every 4 hours or so i drop from 80 to like 20. Guess it has to do with opening and closing the map.

[D4rkResistance]

引用自 otreblA_SNAKE_ITA：

Just a question, after how much gametime do you start facing the issue?
To me it seems random time.

引用自 Garack：

same here like every 4 hours or so i drop from 80 to like 20. Guess it has to do with opening and closing the map.

4 hours seems nice. :D For me its like every 30-60 mins, i would say. Maybe its related to the vram and resolution? Are your gpu's on 100% load all the time? Mine is.
Here are some stats i recorded with GPU-Z. First, those are some stats, when everything works as intended (after ~20 Min. of playtime) and after are some stats, when the game is starting lagging like ♥♥♥♥ (in this case exactly after 60 mins). The only difference, i would say, is the "VRAM usage" (even, if its not completely full) and the "board power draw":

2022-06-04 12:32:00
GPU Clock [MHz]: 1980
Memory Clock [MHz]: 1750
GPU Temperature [°C]: 61,5
Hot Spot [°C]: 73,4
Memory Used [MB]: 4852
GPU Load [%]: 100
Memory Controller Load [%]: 33
Board Power Draw [W]: 207,7
GPU Chip Power Draw [W]: 170,6
PWR_SRC Power Draw [W]: 37,1
PCIe Slot Power [W]: 27,5
8-Pin #1 Power [W]: 97,8
8-Pin #2 Power [W]: 82,1
Power Consumption [% TDP]: 74,2
CPU Temperature [°C]: 66,6
System Memory Used [MB]: 12879

2022-06-04 13:12:34
GPU Clock [MHz]: 1980.0
Memory Clock [MHz]: 1750.2
GPU Temperature [°C]: 57.8
Hot Spot [°C]: 69.1
Memory Used [MB]: 7529
GPU Load [%]: 98
Memory Controller Load [%]: 44
Board Power Draw [W]: 114.8
GPU Chip Power Draw [W]: 85.5
PWR_SRC Power Draw [W]: 29.4
PCIe Slot Power [W]: 13.2
8-Pin #1 Power [W]: 59.8
8-Pin #2 Power [W]: 39.5
Power Consumption [% TDP]: 40.3
CPU Temperature [°C]: 70.0
System Memory Used [MB]: 14720

So, that is what i only saw. The overall board power draw is always around 200W, and dropping on 114W, when the lag is starting. But i never saw this behave in any other game...so my GPU should be fine. But why is my ARMA Reforger doing that? And why is the VRAM usage so different? I mean its 3GB more usage after 40 extra minutes. I think its somehow related to the vram usage...pretty sure.

Would be nice to know, if someone with much vram, like f.e. RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3090 or AMD 6700/6900XT have the same fps drops after some time. If its related to the vram usage, than those guys should've been fine for hours!?

引用自 Garack：

same here like every 4 hours or so i drop from 80 to like 20. Guess it has to do with opening and closing the map.

What is your gpu and resolution? 4 hours with no issues, sounds like a lot of vram or very small resolution?

[speedwaystar]

there's an open ticket on the Reforger bug tracker page for this issue
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T165233

[G59]

This is happening to me also. Don't worry. Others are experiencing this too. Exactly the same as you mention. Ryzen 5 4500 / GTX 3060 / 32GB DDR4

[cebuch]

This is still happening. Just had two session 30-60min when my fps drops to max 5 fps and stays in this range. Need to re-run whole game to reset that