Random FPS drops, GPU usage randomly becomes 100%

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So I'm playintg on nvidia 3060, intel i7 11th gen, 16 gb ram laptop, the game runs great on high and even ultras and gpu usage is about 70-80%, temp is okay. but in like 30-40 minutes of gaming usage becoming 100% and I get like 20 fps instead of 60-70, I would say "yes, maybe it's the zone that is graphics heavy", but I can immediately relog to game and it will become 60-70 fps again...and like that another 40ish minutes.

Tried this HIGHTREAD of whatever the setting is, tried all kinds of configs, undervolting via msi afterburner, low-ultra settings doesn't change anything at all. I DON'T GET IT

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Originally posted by icepurple:

Originally posted by penice_gamer:

Thank all of you guys.


I tried both fullscreen and borderless, I have the same thing with alt-tab as you do and I find fullscreen work better, more stable, but I tried both, had roughly same results. Also refresh rate is set 60, same as my monitor.

I'm using lan cable for my internet connection, no internet issues. if there are any, that's because internet died altogether.

That's what I think too but have no crashes at all, just unstable fps and frequent drops.

I'm talking 2k, that's what I'm using on my 27" monitor. When those drops occur, dropping resolution down to 1080p do nothing, it's the same 20-30 fps max until you relaunch the game.

I don't think I do, but I will check bios

Thank you all again! Troubleshooting continues

NMS is known to be a resource hog even on PC with higher specs.

Try again my previous suggestions and use DLSS performance.

I'm running NMS an average 100 FPS at 100hz refresh rate at 2k at high settings with - DLSS quality - and have no issues. Only some occasional stutter if i switch to DLAA.

If you have the latest Nvidia drivers, try to revert to some previous version and see which one works best. Months ago, I had Forza Horizon 4 crashing after 20 min in game, and the solution was reverting to an old driver to fix it.

P.S. if you don't do live streaming, do not install GeForce Experience, only the drivers.

Good luck.

tried to install both old and new graphics card - doesn't seem to change the situation much.
I also play only on dlss, others are either looking pretty horrible or just drops my fps down to like 10 (something like DLAA)

I had geforce experience installed, didn't know it causes any fps drops. uninstalled today and will check how it will go

[icepurple]

Originally posted by penice_gamer:

Originally posted by icepurple:

NMS is known to be a resource hog even on PC with higher specs.

Try again my previous suggestions and use DLSS performance.

I'm running NMS an average 100 FPS at 100hz refresh rate at 2k at high settings with - DLSS quality - and have no issues. Only some occasional stutter if i switch to DLAA.

If you have the latest Nvidia drivers, try to revert to some previous version and see which one works best. Months ago, I had Forza Horizon 4 crashing after 20 min in game, and the solution was reverting to an old driver to fix it.

P.S. if you don't do live streaming, do not install GeForce Experience, only the drivers.

Good luck.

I had geforce experience installed, didn't know it causes any fps drops. uninstalled today and will check how it will go

It just burn PC resources for nothing in the background. You can manage pretty much the same with Nvidia control panel and tweak it at your preferences.

Are you running win 10 or 11? Im on win 10.

Also, running a registry cleaner may help. CCleaner for example. Trim your SSD and make sure they are not too full.

And lastly, maybe adding some more system RAM... If you have some friends for the additional to make a test and see if u get any improvement.

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Originally posted by icepurple:

Originally posted by penice_gamer:

I had geforce experience installed, didn't know it causes any fps drops. uninstalled today and will check how it will go

It just burn PC resources for nothing in the background. You can manage pretty much the same with Nvidia control panel and tweak it at your preferences.

Are you running win 10 or 11? Im on win 10.

Also, running a registry cleaner may help. CCleaner for example. Trim your SSD and make sure they are not too full.

And lastly, maybe adding some more system RAM... If you have some friends for the additional to make a test and see if u get any improvement.

im on windows 11 but my friend is also on win 11 with almost the same specs - no problems in fps (as expected)

Also my stupid laptop doesn't let me install more than 16, it has this 8 built into the motherboard, I kinda think this might be it but I never experienced 100% memory usage anyway

Thanks for your help!

[Krash Megiddo]

16gb should be adequate and not be a bottleneck. Can you confirm if all 16gb is in use? How much ram is available before and after you load NMS?

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Originally posted by Krash Megiddo:

16gb should be adequate and not be a bottleneck. Can you confirm if all 16gb is in use? How much ram is available before and after you load NMS?

3.4GB of 15.7GB when idling on desktop
11.3GB of 15.7Gb when in game

I have 8 gb ram soldered in my laptop and 8gb 3200hz ddr4 added (thought of adding more but im not sure about the stability of 8+16 or 8+32 builds)

[Krash Megiddo]

Doesn't look like you need more system ram with 4gb to spare while the game is running.

[DEDloc_©]

Originally posted by Krash Megiddo:

Doesn't look like you need more system ram with 4gb to spare while the game is running.

For sure, but maybe it's about the timings? If you added more ram to it, it seems like there might be something to look at there, for instance if your new ram is faster than the soldered on ram, did you overclock the soldered on stuff to make it match the new?

[Unlucky]

I'm just curious, but when you load up and play NMS, do you leave other applications/programs running in the background? Like maybe your web browser and etc.?

If at all possible, close out of EVERYTHING before running the game, also including anything hidden in the taskbar. (Things that are 'built-in', like Windows Defender, bluetooth services, graphics drivers, and etc., should be fine.)

From what I've noticed recently, and somewhat in the past, NMS really does not like anything else running while you're playing.
I personally even seem to get this very odd experience where if I leave my web browser running (but minimized) the game itself seems to tab itself over to the browser while I'm playing. I can only tell because the cursor turns into a 'normal cursor' and I have to 'click back into the game'. Also when I exit the game my browser is open instead of minimized, like I had left it.
It has happened to me on multiple occasions but the first few times I thought I was going crazy. lol...

From my experience, it seems if I have different programs running instead of my browser, or perhaps leave it open on various kinds of pages (like ones that run a lot of javascript or videos), when it 'switches over' is when the game gets really sluggish and FPS drops. Or the game even crashes...

This is also just a theory I have, and possibly also just a problem exclusive to me... So take it with a grain of salt.

[Krash Megiddo]

Originally posted by Unlucky:

I'm just curious, but when you load up and play NMS, do you leave other applications/programs running in the background? Like maybe your web browser and etc.?

If at all possible, close out of EVERYTHING before running the game, also including anything hidden in the taskbar. (Things that are 'built-in', like Windows Defender, bluetooth services, graphics drivers, and etc., should be fine.)

From what I've noticed recently, and somewhat in the past, NMS really does not like anything else running while you're playing.
I personally even seem to get this very odd experience where if I leave my web browser running (but minimized) the game itself seems to tab itself over to the browser while I'm playing. I can only tell because the cursor turns into a 'normal cursor' and I have to 'click back into the game'. Also when I exit the game my browser is open instead of minimized, like I had left it.
It has happened to me on multiple occasions but the first few times I thought I was going crazy. lol...

From my experience, it seems if I have different programs running instead of my browser, or perhaps leave it open on various kinds of pages (like ones that run a lot of java or videos), when it 'switches over' is when the game gets really sluggish and FPS drops. Or the game even crashes...

This is also just a theory I have, and possibly also just a problem exclusive to me... So take it with a grain of salt.

This is great advice^ sometimes I think I need a reboot to get rid of stuttering and as I'm closing other apps and windows, the performance perks up and NMS is back to smooth.

[icepurple]

Originally posted by penice_gamer:

Originally posted by icepurple:

It just burn PC resources for nothing in the background. You can manage pretty much the same with Nvidia control panel and tweak it at your preferences.

Are you running win 10 or 11? Im on win 10.

Also, running a registry cleaner may help. CCleaner for example. Trim your SSD and make sure they are not too full.

And lastly, maybe adding some more system RAM... If you have some friends for the additional to make a test and see if u get any improvement.

im on windows 11 but my friend is also on win 11 with almost the same specs - no problems in fps (as expected)

Also my stupid laptop doesn't let me install more than 16, it has this 8 built into the motherboard, I kinda think this might be it but I never experienced 100% memory usage anyway

Thanks for your help!

Mhhh, if u have win 11 I can't help more than that. However, I always optimise windows following Bryan's (techyescity) guides, and he is pretty good at guiding u trough all steps.. He has one for win 11 too. Check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlX1vB7ItJc

And, if it is a laptop, check out temperatures. It doesn't have the same cooling power as a desktop. I'm on a full tower, and NMS makes it squeal (run very hot). So, the less apps u have on the background less resources consumed, possibly lower temperatures. However, if it running too hot, not much u can do about it, except maybe termal pastes replace and run the aircon at 20* xD

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Originally posted by DEDloc_©:

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if your new ram is faster than the soldered on ram, did you overclock the soldered on stuff to make it match the new?

I didn't! I wasn't even aware you can overclock RAM until now. I will look into it.

Originally posted by Unlucky:

I'm just curious, but when you load up and play NMS, do you leave other applications/programs running in the background? Like maybe your web browser and etc.?
If at all possible, close out of EVERYTHING before running the game, also including anything hidden in the taskbar. (Things that are 'built-in', like Windows Defender, bluetooth services, graphics drivers, and etc., should be fine.)
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This is also just a theory I have, and possibly also just a problem exclusive to me... So take it with a grain of salt.

Usually when playing something heavy I tend to reboot my pc and turning everything off completely, leaving only the game running. I have this habbit back from the days I had ♥♥♥♥ laptop ten years ago. And yes, NMS will stutter and freeze like crazy when you leave something like chrome and, let's say, spotify running, so this is absolutely the case for me.

Originally posted by icepurple:

Mhhh, if u have win 11 I can't help more than that. However, I always optimise windows following Bryan's (techyescity) guides, and he is pretty good at guiding u trough all steps.. He has one for win 11 too. Check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlX1vB7ItJc
And, if it is a laptop, check out temperatures. It doesn't have the same cooling power as a desktop. I'm on a full tower, and NMS makes it squeal (run very hot). So, the less apps u have on the background less resources consumed, possibly lower temperatures. However, if it running too hot, not much u can do about it, except maybe termal pastes replace and run the aircon at 20* xD

Thanks for the link, will definitely check it out.
Temp is pretty okay, graphics is about 70 and CPU is about 40-50 usually. I also undervolted my graphics and it actually stutters less, but framerate is still pretty unstable. The dumbest thing I don't understand is when you just launch the game, you go ultra, 2k resolution, you go into graphics-cpu heavy places and it runs pretty smoth, 60fps stable etc. For example I have this pretty big settlement on a planet with constant rains and storms, so it's storming, reflections all over the place, vykeens running back and forth, a lot of buildings - 60 fps, sometimes drops to about 50-55.
And then, 30 minutes later i'm in the inventory menu with my 35 frames

[Epir]

Sorry to bump but did you ever figure this out?
Found this thread from Google and I'm having the same issue

4070 Ti
i5-11400F
32GB DDR4-3200

Playing Jedi Survivor and it runs fine for a bit at 60 FPS with only 60% GPU usage, then randomly the GPU usage spikes to 99% and FPS drops to 30-40 and stutters like crazy

I'm playing at 4K ultra but with DLSS performance (ray tracing not enabled)

I'm on latest drivers and tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game. Both GPU and CPU temps are averaging around 60-65

[Krastifari]

only thing i see as an issue there is I5.... I'm no computer pro but I5 is kinda old now.

[Epir]

It's 3 years old but looking at benchmarks on YouTube it should still be fine for games like Jedi Survivor

[TIuBo3aBpuK]

I have the exact same problem on a desktop with an RTX3060. The game is going great, then BAM and fps drops to 10, GPU utilization increases to 100%. At the same time, the CPU, GPU, memory and everything else is running at maximum frequency and does not overheat, so it is definitely not trotting. It started in summer, then disappeared on its own, and now it's happening again. I reinstalled Windows cleanly, nothing changed. I have the latest version of video drivers.