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TurbosnipeOne Apr 17 @ 9:36am

4090 + 13900K Max 4k Settings DLSS quality (Not hitting 60fps)

So somethings been kinda edging me. I run AC shadow with an RTX 4090 and i9 13900k However when I run benchmark tests with the In game benchmark feature. I get an average of 85fps with frame Gen on,
With frame Gen off DLSS at quality only. I get an averag of 52-55 fps. Whereas I've seen videos people are gettin an average of 60/70fps.
This user on YouTube has a i9 10900k with an average 101 FPS. Settings are identical
https://youtu.be/oRulLpbDnJ8?si=xzKJILMGAqCluwJp
Any suggestions? If so does anyone have a similar setup to mine where the benchmarks are matching to mine?

Pc specs i9-13900k Intel Processor • 64 GB Corsair Dominator 5600 RAM 4x16 GB • Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming Overclocked Triple Fan 24 GB GDDR6X PCle 4.0 Graphics Card -CORSAIR - iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX, 360mm Radiator -Corsair 5000X Tower P case • Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe Internal Solid State Drive Samsung - 980 PRO Plus 2TB PCle Gen 4 -256 SATA SSD • Gigabyte Z690 AORUS MASTER Drivers updated Bios updated

Last edited by TurbosnipeOne; May 4 @ 5:22pm

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Originally posted by Hyokkuda:

This could be due to a bottleneck or your GPU driver’s 3D settings overriding in-game settings—something that is often not recommended. Try resetting the NVIDIA Control Panel settings to default and ensure that DSR - Factors are turned off. Avoid tweaking global settings like Power Management; set those per-game instead, or your GPU might run full throttle even when idle.

Also, AC: Shadows does not support true fullscreen, which can introduce input lag and scaling issues. To make borderless behave more like exclusive fullscreen:

1. Right-click ACShadows.exe → Properties → Compatibility tab
2. Check: Disable fullscreen optimizations
3. Click Change high DPI settings
4. Check: Override high DPI scaling behavior and select Application

This helps reduce input delay and ensures proper scaling on high-res displays.

From the NVIDIA Control Panel/NVIDIA App, go to Program Settings tab, then select Assassin's Creed Shadows / (acshadows.exe)

- Low Latency Mode: On
- Max Frame Rate: Set to 3 FPS below your monitor’s refresh rate (e.g., 167 for 170Hz)
- Power Management Mode: Prefer Maximum Performance
- Threaded Optimization: On
- Vertical Sync: Force Off (I use G-Sync)

After that, run the in-game benchmark and see if it improves.

For reference, I am running at 1440p with a 5-year-old ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 3090 and averaging ~83 FPS, peaking at 133 FPS with an unlocked frame rate.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3468909622

I hope this helps!

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ZemX

Apr 17 @ 10:03am

Are you on the latest Nvidia driver that just dropped yesterday or have you held back due to the issues in the 472.x series? Wasn't sure if your last line there is all drivers updated or just referring to the MB.

TurbosnipeOne Apr 18 @ 5:50pm

Originally posted by ZemX:
Are you on the latest Nvidia driver that just dropped yesterday or have you held back due to the issues in the 472.x series? Wasn't sure if your last line there is all drivers updated or just referring to the MB.

I'm updated to the latest driver as of today's date

Resalius... Apr 22 @ 6:13am

I play with a 4090 + 14700K (old bios/300W Max)
32GB DDR5 7200 / 55" OLED 120Hz with Gsync on/Vsync off
Samsung 990 Pro 4.0

4k Max settings
DLAA4 + FG around 80-90 FPS
DLSS4 qual + FG around 100-115 FPS
But it still feels pretty smooth with DLSS and DLAA + FG
No stutter issues, no noticeable input lag and no ghosting.
DLSS Qual is a little bit smoother

Nvidia 572.47
Win10 22h2 19045

Last edited by Resalius...; Apr 22 @ 6:30am

longjohn119 Apr 22 @ 1:20pm

Originally posted by Resalius...:
I play with a 4090 + 14700K (old bios/300W Max)
32GB DDR5 7200 / 55" OLED 120Hz with Gsync on/Vsync off
Samsung 990 Pro 4.0

4k Max settings
DLAA4 + FG around 80-90 FPS
DLSS4 qual + FG around 100-115 FPS
But it still feels pretty smooth with DLSS and DLAA + FG
No stutter issues, no noticeable input lag and no ghosting.
DLSS Qual is a little bit smoother

Nvidia 572.47
Win10 22h2 19045

Key spec here is Win 10 22H2 ,,,,,, I bet most of the people having the worst problems are on Win 11 24H2

TurbosnipeOne Apr 22 @ 6:13pm

Originally posted by longjohn119:
Originally posted by Resalius...:
I play with a 4090 + 14700K (old bios/300W Max)
32GB DDR5 7200 / 55" OLED 120Hz with Gsync on/Vsync off
Samsung 990 Pro 4.0

4k Max settings
DLAA4 + FG around 80-90 FPS
DLSS4 qual + FG around 100-115 FPS
But it still feels pretty smooth with DLSS and DLAA + FG
No stutter issues, no noticeable input lag and no ghosting.
DLSS Qual is a little bit smoother

Nvidia 572.47
Win10 22h2 19045

Key spec here is Win 10 22H2 ,,,,,, I bet most of the people having the worst problems are on Win 11 24H2

Ngl this could be right. My Streamlabs was tweaking out and after reverting windows it helped.

longjohn119 Apr 22 @ 7:42pm

The best thing that ever happened to Windows 10 was Microsoft stopped screwing around with it after 22H2. I've used just about every version of Windows ever made (I still have the 5 1/4" install floppy disks for Windows 1.0 but I doubt they work anymore) and I'd say Windows 10 22H2 is the most stable version of Windows ever. Other than better HDR support Windows 11 doesn't bring anything to the table over Windows 10

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Hyokkuda

Apr 22 @ 9:24pm

Last edited by Hyokkuda; Apr 22 @ 10:43pm

Resalius... Apr 23 @ 4:31am

Originally posted by longjohn119:
The best thing that ever happened to Windows 10 was Microsoft stopped screwing around with it after 22H2. I've used just about every version of Windows ever made (I still have the 5 1/4" install floppy disks for Windows 1.0 but I doubt they work anymore) and I'd say Windows 10 22H2 is the most stable version of Windows ever. Other than better HDR support Windows 11 doesn't bring anything to the table over Windows 10

Can confirm

I NEVER got any problems with games or other programs since... idk a long time.
Only "yes its my fault" stuff.
(Yes and i avoid New Nvidia drivers)
The only Thing what happens is "my PC dont shut down correct" so i have to press the power Button for a few seconds.
First start: corrupted profile.
After a restart it works like a charm.
If i restart my PC After a few days i dont get this Problem.
Should check my Bios in the future....

Friends with win 11 got more problems. (AMD, Intel and Nvidia Hardware)

Thats why i switch to win10 LTSC or similiar until ~2032.

Last edited by Resalius...; Apr 23 @ 4:37am

Darren Evans has Assassin's Creed Shadows

Apr 23 @ 6:19am

On my ageing 10900K CPU, 64GB system RAM and a 4090 I get 75FPS with TXAA and no Frame Gen at 2K resolution. Turning on Frame Gen gets me to 125 FPS and in crowded towns I never see it drop below 75 FPS.

This is with 576.02 GPU driver and Windows 11 24H2.

joridiculous Apr 23 @ 7:08am

where's the video?
anyway, and benchmark i did at game launch:
PERFORMANCE
FPS min 33
CPU min 9 ms
GPU min 12 ms

FPS avg 61
CPU avg 16 ms
GPU avg 16 ms

FPS max 109
CPU max 30 ms
GPU max 29 ms
Total frames: 6352

SYSTEM INFO
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700F
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GPU Driver Version: 566.14 (still using same driver)
RAM: 32579 MB
VRAM: 24564 MB
VRAM Used: 8654 MB
(Not in the results file: OS Win11 22H3)

OPTIONS
VIDEO
Display: SAMSUNG
Display Mode: Borderless window
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frame Rate Limiter: Off
Field of View: 99%
HDR: On

GRAPHICS
Raytracing Quality: VeryHigh
Raytracing BVH Quality: VeryHigh
Screen Space Effects: High
Light Source Quality: UltraHigh
Shadow Quality: UltraHigh
Texture Quality: UltraHigh
Post Effects: High
Water Quality: VeryHigh
Particle Quality: UltraHigh
Loading Distance: UltraHigh
Drawing Distance: UltraHigh
Micropolygon: High
Terrain Quality: VeryHigh
Terrain Deformation: High
Terrain Scatter Density: UltraHigh
Character Quality: UltraHigh
Hair Strands: All Characters High
Cloud Quality: UltraHigh
Fog Quality: VeryHigh

Last edited by joridiculous; Apr 23 @ 7:15am

#10

RedSeptember has Assassin's Creed Shadows

Apr 23 @ 8:23am

Latest Nvidia that dropped fixed previous driver issues. Do a fresh uninstall in safe mode with DDU, restart in normal mode, install latest drivers, restart and you should "hopefully" be good.

4080 (Oc of course)
32gb ram
I7 13700k @ 5.6ghz
Windows 11
SSD installed

Getting 100-120 maxed out on everything @ 3440x1440 with DLSS option available and set to Quality.

Last edited by RedSeptember; Apr 23 @ 8:25am

#11

TurbosnipeOne Apr 25 @ 8:24pm

Originally posted by ⓀⒾⓦⒾ‰:
i kept getting an incredibly annoying bug where something would randomly break the engine and i would lose 20fps for no reason

changing to window and back to fullscreen fixed it every time but it kept happening

it was really random, nothing specific ever triggered it. did my head in

i played it using DLAA and framegen and was getting over 75fps maxed out until it happened then exactly 20fps would just vanish until i toggled screen res

Interesting I might try this

#12

auditore90 Apr 25 @ 9:26pm

Since update 1.0.2 i get random stutter, like its shader compilation stutters .
Tried every possible fix that is around ,with latest nvidia driver it runs worse.
I even cap frames at 30 fps ,without im averaging 50 fps.
Its definitely something broken since patch 1.0.2 .

3080ti
Ryzen 7950x3d
32 GB RAM
Win 10

#13

TurbosnipeOne May 1 @ 8:43am

Originally posted by Hyokkuda:
This could be due to a bottleneck or your GPU driver’s 3D settings overriding in-game settings—something that is often not recommended. Try resetting the NVIDIA Control Panel settings to default and ensure that DSR - Factors are turned off. Avoid tweaking global settings like Power Management; set those per-game instead, or your GPU might run full throttle even when idle.

Also, AC: Shadows does not support true fullscreen, which can introduce input lag and scaling issues. To make borderless behave more like exclusive fullscreen:

1. Right-click ACShadows.exe → Properties → Compatibility tab
2. Check: Disable fullscreen optimizations
3. Click Change high DPI settings
4. Check: Override high DPI scaling behavior and select Application

This helps reduce input delay and ensures proper scaling on high-res displays.

From the NVIDIA Control Panel/NVIDIA App, go to Program Settings tab, then select Assassin's Creed Shadows / (acshadows.exe)

- Low Latency Mode: On
- Max Frame Rate: Set to 3 FPS below your monitor’s refresh rate (e.g., 167 for 170Hz)
- Power Management Mode: Prefer Maximum Performance
- Threaded Optimization: On
- Vertical Sync: Force Off (I use G-Sync)

After that, run the in-game benchmark and see if it improves.

For reference, I am running at 1440p with a 5-year-old ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 3090 and averaging ~83 FPS, peaking at 133 FPS with an unlocked frame rate.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3468909622

I hope this helps!

DUDE YOU ARE A GODSEND, THIS WORKS!!! THANK YOU