Far Cry 3 Very Low FPS at all Settings (GTX 1060)

[Rams]

Hello, Recently I've been trying to play Far Cry 3 and at all settings My FPS won't go above 60 and it drops down to 30 fps. Vsync is off. I reinstalled Nvidia drivers and I don't know how to fix this! It would go above 60 like 1% of the time and it's very rare. What should I do?


PC Specs:

GTX 1060 6GB
Intel Core i7-7700K @ 2.80 GHz
16 GB RAM

[Zombits]

If you run very high resolutions you should lower it or some grapchic settings. Also disable MSAA its an fps killer !!

[Rams]

Originally posted by Zombit:

If you run very high resolutions you should lower it or some grapchic settings. Also disable MSAA its an fps killer !!

I disable MSAA and I'm running it at 1920x1080

[-=SOF=-WID99]

update your system bios to the latest

make sure your PCI e slot is set to Gen 3

game runs great here at over 100 FPS
Ultra preset in 1080 P

Intel Kaby Lake I5 7600K @ 4.4 GHZ <(via asus auto tune in my bios )
Cooler Master 212 Hyper evo \ 2 red 120 MM led fan
ASUS ROG STRIX z270 H GAMING motherboard
16 gig of Crucial Ballistic Sport DDR 4 2400 ram\ 4 X 4 gig dimms
Gigabyte Windforce 2 GTX 1060 OC model \ 6 gig vid card
500 gig Samsung 840 EVO SSD \ boot drive
2 TB Toshiba HDD storage drive \ 7200 RPM 64 meg cache
LG DVD burner
Thermaltake Versa V 22 special editon case \4 120 mm CoolerMaster fans + 1 yellow exhaust fan by GPU
Thermaltake 500 WATT 80+ power supply
Seiki LC40G81 40" 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

[Rams]

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:

update your system bios to the latest

make sure your PCI e slot is set to Gen 3

game runs great here at over 100 FPS
Ultra preset in 1080 P

Intel Kaby Lake I5 7600K @ 4.4 GHZ <(via asus auto tune in my bios )
Cooler Master 212 Hyper evo \ 2 red 120 MM led fan
ASUS ROG STRIX z270 H GAMING motherboard
16 gig of Crucial Ballistic Sport DDR 4 2400 ram\ 4 X 4 gig dimms
Gigabyte Windforce 2 GTX 1060 OC model \ 6 gig vid card
500 gig Samsung 840 EVO SSD \ boot drive
2 TB Toshiba HDD storage drive \ 7200 RPM 64 meg cache
LG DVD burner
Thermaltake Versa V 22 special editon case \4 120 mm CoolerMaster fans + 1 yellow exhaust fan by GPU
Thermaltake 500 WATT 80+ power supply
Seiki LC40G81 40" 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

PCI e slot set to gen 3? how do I go on about doing that?

[-=SOF=-WID99]

also try deleting your gamer profile .xml file

the game will create a new one the next time you launch it

[-=SOF=-WID99]

Originally posted by RmuinyEG:

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:

update your system bios to the latest

make sure your PCI e slot is set to Gen 3

game runs great here at over 100 FPS
Ultra preset in 1080 P

Intel Kaby Lake I5 7600K @ 4.4 GHZ <(via asus auto tune in my bios )
Cooler Master 212 Hyper evo \ 2 red 120 MM led fan
ASUS ROG STRIX z270 H GAMING motherboard
16 gig of Crucial Ballistic Sport DDR 4 2400 ram\ 4 X 4 gig dimms
Gigabyte Windforce 2 GTX 1060 OC model \ 6 gig vid card
500 gig Samsung 840 EVO SSD \ boot drive
2 TB Toshiba HDD storage drive \ 7200 RPM 64 meg cache
LG DVD burner
Thermaltake Versa V 22 special editon case \4 120 mm CoolerMaster fans + 1 yellow exhaust fan by GPU
Thermaltake 500 WATT 80+ power supply
Seiki LC40G81 40" 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

PCI e slot set to gen 3? how do I go on about doing that?

you open your system bios and make sure it set to gen 3

i do not own your motherboard man .. your gonna have to look it up in your motherboard manual

also make sure you plugged into your 1060 not your motherboard vid output

[-=SOF=-WID99]

just checked you do not have a 7700 K

you have a laptop right ? the chip in your PC is 25% slower then the PLAIN i 7 7700 desktop CPU if you have the i7 7700 HQ

(an i 7 7700 K is clocked @ 4.2 Ghz..the i7 7700 HQ is clocked @ 2.8 )

if thats the case use vid drivers only from your laptop makers site , and then you'll have a mobile GTX 1060 vid card in that laptop too right ?

they are also clocked lower then the Desktop variants of the GTX 1060 vid cards

remember using nividia reference drivers is not even reccomended by Nvidia on many laptops , they even post a warning on their driver site

it says

As part of the NVIDIA Notebook Driver Program, this is a reference driver that can be installed on supported NVIDIA notebook GPUs. However, please note that your notebook original equipment manufacturer (OEM) provides certified drivers for your specific notebook on their website. NVIDIA recommends that you check with your notebook OEM about recommended software updates for your notebook. OEMs may not provide technical support for issues that arise from the use of this driver.

and yes use of non oem drivers can cause warranty problems if the driver damages your laptop or screen and yea i saw it happen to one of my customers .. a reference driver screwed up the edid info for his notebook screen and rendered the laptop unuseable .



BUT the good news is YES you should be able to run the game on the ultra preset in 1080 P i would think

runs in Ultra on my old desktop system with a old core 2 quad and a GTX 960 2 gig GPU ..on old DDR 2 ram Avg about 90 FPS

try installing razer cortex and see if it helps on your laptop

Razer Cortex game booster version 7.0 as it does seem to help with this game
http://www.filehorse.com/download-game-booster/old-versions/
*(note newer versions of cortex do not seen to work as well , at least for me so i stick with 7.0 )

many say its bunk software ..but it works great here to give me more FPS in all my games
even on my old crappy AMD lenovo laptop too

another suggestion is watch your temps you may be thermal throttling ..get a decent laptop cooling pad under your laptop ..they do help alot to stop thermal throttling

laptops heat the hell up ..even nice expensive MSI ones ..and hot chips may slow down
for thermal protection , set your power manaments settings also to perfer max performance in both windows as well as your Nvidia control panel

normal setting = balaned or optimized .. this will result in lower clock speeds

you want max performance and also always keep your laptop plugged in why ya play

[Rams]

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:

just checked you do not have a 7700 K

you have a laptop right ? the chip in your PC is 25% slower then the i 7 7700 if you have the i7 7700 HQ

(an i 7 7700 K is clocked @ 4.2 Ghz)

if thats the case use vid drivers only from your laptop makers site , and then you'll have a mobile GTX 1060 vid card in that laptop too right ?

they are also clocked lower then the Desktop variants of the GTX 1060 vid cards

BUT you should be able to run the game on the ultra preset in 1080 P i would think

runs in Ultra on my old desktop system with a old core 2 quad and a GTX 960 2 gig GPU ..on old DDR 2 ram Avg about 90 FPS

try installing razer cortex and see if it helps on your laptop

Razer Cortex game booster version 7.0 as it does seem to help with this game
http://www.filehorse.com/download-game-booster/old-versions/
*(note newer versions of cortex do not seen to work as well , at least for me so i stick with 7.0 )

many say its bunk software ..but it works great here to give me more FPS in all my games
even on my old crappy AMD lenovo laptop too

another suggestion is watch your temps you may be thermal throttling ..get a decent laptop cooling pad under your laptop ..they do help alot to stop thermal throttling

laptops heat the hell up ..even nice expensive MSI ones ..and hot chips may slow down
for thermal protection , set your power manaments settings also to perfer max performance in both windows as well as your Nvidia control panel

normal setting = balaned or optimized .. this will result in lower clock speeds

you want max performance and also always keep your laptop plugged in why ya play

Yeah It's an HQ not A K sorry, and I do keep my laptop plugged in. I'll install Razer Cortex and see if it works.

[-=SOF=-WID99]

good luck sir

[-=SOF=-WID99]

remember to check those power management settings too ..and if ya do not have a laptop cooling pad yet .... GET ONE ASAP if ya paid over a grand for your laptop .. a $40 cooling pad is a great investment to keep it running nice and cool

they get power right from a USB port on your laptop ..best $40 i ever spent on my lenovo laptop (post purchase)

[-=SOF=-WID99]

and yea the reason i mentioned that PCI e gen 3 setting was it was an available setting in my asus bios .. and i spoke to another user that said his default setting was gen 2

setting it to Gen 3 helped his FPS for all games in his steam libarary .. he had the desktop version of the 7700 K tho .. so thats what i thought ya had

i forget what motherboard he said he had ..think it was an MSI one \ or a gigabyte

[Zombits]

Originally posted by johann:

Use DDU in windows safe mode to completely clean your drivers. Reboot and install latest driver.
Enable mfaa for fc3 in driver settings and set msaa in game to 4, this will give 8x msaa without performance loss. Also disable windows auto driver updates in system - advanced system settings - hardware - device installation settings.

MSAA is killing fps in FC3 ( and any game ) for those with borderline hardware like op. I gained 20 fps by setting it off , AMD FX-6300 3.5 GhZ, Geforce gtx960

[ThiccMan 47]

are you running the game in DX11

[Rams]

Originally posted by AvalonOne:

are you running the game in DX11

yes

[Rams]

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:

good luck sir

Ok, for some reason, no matter what settings I use, FPS will NOT go above 60 FPS. V-sync is off in Nvidia control panel and in game. I'm so frustrated, the game looks like ♥♥♥♥ and won't go above 60.