massive fps drops in Elde Menancia

[Argy]

so i'm only like 15h into the game as i barely get any time to play, but i noticed massive fps drops once i reached Elde Menancia. i play on max settings thanks to having a good gaming rig, but in Elde Menancia my fps drop from 160-165 to 70-120, sometimes even lower. is that normal in this area?

[Shiki Yui]

Have you edited any graphic settings outside of the ones ingame?

[Argy]

Originally posted by Shiki Yui:

Have you edited any graphic settings outside of the ones ingame?

only the texture pop-in, but so far i had no visible fps drops from that. you think this is the issue?

[SenMithrarin85]

its dx11. its prone to api bottlenecks. that area is also going to suffer performance issues if you have been using edited engine.ini tweaks to boost the LOD and shadows etc.

[CatPerson]

It's maintained 4k/60+fps for me all throughout so far (I'm past that area, now) but I wasn't trying for high fps above that anyway.

I've seen other threads tho that mentioned all the grass (the theory goes) and other things of that area can drop fps a fair bit, either down from the very high fps or below 60 if on a lesser/older rig etc. So that could be another reason. eg, those earlier areas could just be easier on performance overall.

And yeah ... any ini tweaks to increase distances or other things could have greater impact in that area, too etc.

[Argy]

thanks for your input. i restored the ini file and it helped a bit with fps. i expected some drops but others said it was like maybe 5fps, so i did not really expect up to 100fps less in an area like that.

[Pie Eater]

The Town Square with all the vendors is the only place I had FPS Drops. Also using the .ini changes to maximise LOD's.

That little area has junky feeling frame times. Otherwise, smooth 120fps everywhere else.