video settings are broken

[Bloodthirsty]

playing on an 8th gen i7 laptop with 1060 6gb (regular, not maxQ)

at standard 1920x1080, with all the video graphic improvement set to LOW or OFF i am struggling to get more than 15 frames consistently. i get less than 1fps if im in a fight.

trying to change the video settings to tweak resolution is an absolute nightmare. its like trying to navigate a minefield. sometimes i get lucky and it somehow gives me the resolution i want, but then i get frame drops because, in spite of it saying OFF, some GPU heavy feature like ambient occlusion or whatnot is running. imagine running this game 800x640 to get more frames only to realise its gone and maxed out all the other settings... can easily tell when stuff like shadows and ambient occ is on cause it looks GREAT even on the lowest resolutions.

ive played this game before in 2012/13 and i was playing it on a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ i5 macbook (with an entry level gpu). back then i was running on full graphics with physx and other settings on high or ultra and all i got was a burn from the overheating. NO LAG.
now, i cant even get 60fps on 800x640... what the actual f

[Casurin]

Set the game to use your GPU - cause 99% certain it is running on your integrated one instead.

[greathero]

Maybe cause of hi res textures

[Bloodthirsty]

Originally posted by Casurin:

Set the game to use your GPU - cause 99% certain it is running on your integrated one instead.

ive done that via nvidia control panel

[Bloodthirsty]

Originally posted by sgt:

Maybe cause of hi res textures

like i said everything is set to low or off...
it might still be running as im fairly certain the video settings of the game are broken.
unfortunately i cant do anything about that from in game settings since it already shows all the settings to low/off as ive set. even when ive defnitely seen it giving me brilliant shadows

[Casurin]

Originally posted by Bloodthirsty:

ive done that via nvidia control panel

have you verified the game is actually running on your GPU?
Are you maybe on a power-save mode? Tried balanced/performance. A 1060 mobile should be more than capable of running this game on max settings.

[dwayneweber329]

if anyone wants to play add me i wanna grind farm and have fun

[Bloodthirsty]

Originally posted by Casurin:

Originally posted by Bloodthirsty:

ive done that via nvidia control panel

have you verified the game is actually running on your GPU?
Are you maybe on a power-save mode? Tried balanced/performance. A 1060 mobile should be more than capable of running this game on max settings.

ive been wondering if theres a way for me to actually verify these things, including what settings it actually changes when i try to tweak resolution etc.

as far as i know, the settings which I've done, are the ones showing up in GeForce Experience tab for the game. even there, it says that optimally i can be running this game on high/ultra. i tried that optimize option once, couldn't even get past the main menu when i started the game...XD

in Nvidia Control Panel, ive changed the gpu for borderlands2.exe to nvidia only instead of auto and left the rest of the video settings default.

[Bloodthirsty]

Originally posted by Bloodthirsty:

Originally posted by Casurin:

have you verified the game is actually running on your GPU?
Are you maybe on a power-save mode? Tried balanced/performance. A 1060 mobile should be more than capable of running this game on max settings.

ive been wondering if theres a way for me to actually verify these things, including what settings it actually changes when i try to tweak resolution etc.

as far as i know, the settings which I've done, are the ones showing up in GeForce Experience tab for the game. even there, it says that optimally i can be running this game on high/ultra. i tried that optimize option once, couldn't even get past the main menu when i started the game...XD

in Nvidia Control Panel, ive changed the gpu for borderlands2.exe to nvidia only instead of auto and left the rest of the video settings default.

ok i veried using windowed mode and task manager. the game is definitely using the nvidia gpu.
system is running on high performance mode.

[B]

follow this guide https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2646114681 it fixed my fps problems (still cant use physx for more than 1 or 2h bc of memory bug) but i can now play the game maxed out and with mods. after you followed the guide and start playing your game may have low fps for 3-5 mins bc vulkan needs to compile the shaders
but after that it will runs smooth