Stuck at 37-38 fps

[Aebleskiver]

Regaurdless of whether it's settings are High or potato it's 37-38fps (ultra is around 25fps)

Running Windows 10, GTX 970M, Intel i7 6700 2.60GZ

75hz monitor. (can't change to 60hz. No option for it.)

[Knight Siegfried]

Try windowed. Turn shadow length to low. Since you are playing on a laptop since you have a GTX 970m. Make sure you have your charger plugged in, put the power plan to max power for gaming or whatever that plan is called. Don't run other programs while you are playing FO4. A recording software is okay.

[Jet~]

Your processor might be the one holding you back. I have a GTX960m and an Intel I74000 something processor that's overclocked.

Like the poster above me mentioned, try turning both shadow options to their lowest settings and turning god rays completely off. They are known to tank and kill fps. I'm running FO4 on a laptop so you probably have better specs than I do so probably wouldn't hurt to look into overclocking your processor. Only do the last one if you're familiar with overclocking. Performance mods might help too if it isn't a real serious issue.


(Just throwing this last one out there, make sure all your drivers are up to date and might help to go into your nvidia panel and mess with settings in there like vysnc and performance options, cliche, I know).

[Knight Siegfried]

Vivid textures on nexus can help. They look really good and reduces stress on your computer gIvins you a bit more FPS.

[Aebleskiver]

I did all those things and i'm still stuck on 37-38 fps. Regaudless of what settings i put it at even with everything on low it's still 38 fps max.

[Jet~]

Originally posted by GellnMcFelon:

I did all those things and i'm still stuck on 37-38 fps. Regaudless of what settings i put it at even with everything on low it's still 38 fps max.

Not to rag on Windows 10 but I've been seeing that it's been the culprit for some people having performance issues, concerning games and not just FO4 but you can probably take this with a grain of salt because I won't say that it's 100% concrete since everyone's system is different.

Unless you haven't had these issues previously then you could try downgrading to an earlier version of Windows like 8.1 if you're really desperate and see if that does anything. Only other thing I could say is that it's an overheating issue which is known to cause drops in framerate due to throttling.

[Aebleskiver]

No worries i'm not a huge fan of windows 10 and it actually has caused this to happen before in Diablo 3. Turned out the xbox app had something turned on which was clashing with the game. Turned it off and over 90fps. Getting the same issue but that option is already turned off. So i'm at a loss as to what to do.

[Gamefever]

Dude in this case its just that Shadow Distance isnt down real well.

You could turn shadow distance down or you could download a mod called Shadow Boost that will adjust the shadow distance dynamically in real time for when the FPS takes a nosedive.

Also set your Fallout4prefs.ini yourself with Notepad,

Change
Ipresetinterval=1
to
Ipresetinterval=0
Then open your main graphics panel and set up for Vsync through it.

[Knight Siegfried]

Its possible your GPU is limited your FPS? Forced graphical settings on?

[Park_Ranger]

It's nothing to do with your processor or your GPU.......... DUH !

It's to do with your monitor refresh rate 75hz and your capped at half refresh rate.

Check settings in Nvidia Control Panel.

[Park_Ranger]

You could try this.......... (Just found it googling your problem)

Find Fallout4Prefs.ini (C:\Users\Documents\My Games\Fallout4)
Open it and edit.

iPresentInterval=1 --- V-Sync with 60 fps lock.
iPresentInterval=2 --- V-Sync with 30 fps lock.
iPresentInterval=0 --- Dis V-Syns, unlim fps. <<< I would suggest this, and see what happens.

[Aebleskiver]

Originally posted by Park_Ranger:

You could try this.......... (Just found it googling your problem)

Find Fallout4Prefs.ini (C:\Users\Documents\My Games\Fallout4)
Open it and edit.

iPresentInterval=1 --- V-Sync with 60 fps lock.
iPresentInterval=2 --- V-Sync with 30 fps lock.
iPresentInterval=0 --- Dis V-Syns, unlim fps. <<< I would suggest this, and see what happens.

Well ok. That worked. Thanks a bunch!

[Park_Ranger]

Originally posted by GellnMcFelon:

Originally posted by Park_Ranger:

You could try this.......... (Just found it googling your problem)

Find Fallout4Prefs.ini (C:\Users\Documents\My Games\Fallout4)
Open it and edit.

iPresentInterval=1 --- V-Sync with 60 fps lock.
iPresentInterval=2 --- V-Sync with 30 fps lock.
iPresentInterval=0 --- Dis V-Syns, unlim fps. <<< I would suggest this, and see what happens.

Well ok. That worked. Thanks a bunch!

So what's your fps ?

[Aebleskiver]

On Ultra it's 45 to 50fps now.

[Park_Ranger]

Originally posted by GellnMcFelon:

On Ultra it's 45 to 50fps now.

Well if you lower shadow and godrays quality (If you haven't already), you should get it a bit higher.

[Aebleskiver]

Originally posted by Park_Ranger:

Originally posted by GellnMcFelon:

On Ultra it's 45 to 50fps now.

Well if you lower shadow and godrays quality (If you haven't already), you should get it a bit higher.

What weird is that when i start up the game again to change settings the iPresentInterval= goes from 0 to 1. So i have to change it everytime.