Framerate/FPS Drop

Filbert

F
I have a fairly recent and beefy machine and up until very recently, was easily able to run ED at a solid 140+FPS on Ultra settings. Recently, I have been playing with the AFK Type-10 build and noticed after coming back to the PC after a few hours that the framerate was really choppy and the FPS was all over the place, dropping like a stone to the point where it is like watching a slideshow. The chop/stutter does go away after 5-10 seconds but its intermittent - it'll be OK for a while and then comes back. I thought this might be some sort of consequence of being AFK but have also noticed it while actively watching the game. It seems to happen an hour or so into a session; I see some choppiness and it gradually gets worse. It's almost like some sort of memory leak. As stated, I haven't seen this happen before on this rig; it's only a recent occurrence. I don't think it is a graphics setting necessarily as the choppiness/stutter persists even if I am at the main menu. If I exit the game and log straight back in, framerate is back to normal. I have tried quite a number of suggestions; turned off fx quality, lowered shadow settings, altered the cpu threading setting in nvidia control panel etc but nothing has made a difference.

Anyone else seen anything similar or got some good suggestions to troubleshoot or tinker with?
 

MickyG1982

M
By "fairly recent and beefy" what do you actually mean?

Giving no specs at all is about as useful as a chocolate teapot when trying to diagnose issues.
 

MickyG1982

M
Yeah with that rig you shouldn't have to lower much (if anything).

That said, there was someone just recently that had a similar problem and it was to do with their rig not cooling properly so the CPU was under locking below its base clock.

Indeed they took a screenshot whilst ED was running and the CPU was throttled to 0.9 Ghz due to it.

Might be worth ensuring that your rig is free from dust and the ventilation is OK.
 

Filbert

F
It's a water cooled PC - highest temp CPU has got to so far in the time I have been monitoring it is 68 degrees C.
 

Filbert

F
Been monitoring the GPU usage graph and have noticed that when the FPS drops/stutters, the GPU usage drops right down. Whether that is a cause or an effect of the stutter, I don't know. GPU is running at 50% usage under normal conditions and at 60 deg C but when the stutter comes along, usage falls to maybe 20%.
 

Filbert

F
Some more info. I had the PC plugged into a 4 way mains adapter (yes I can hear the facepalm from here) so I switched it to a dedicated wall socket. That seems to have made things better. That being said, I am still seeing FPS dropping as time goes on. When I launch the game I am getting 140+ FPS and GPU usage at 90% now (this is with all settings at Ultra) but after an hour or so, FPS drops to ~120FPS and GPU utilization at 70%. It seems like there are microstutters too. A little more time and FPS drops to 90-100FPS, GPU to 50%. Really not sure what else to try at this point. I'm sure if I leave it on overnight, when I come back it will be back down to sub 30FPS.
 

Filbert

F
Don't know about the motherboard but GPU is never above 68 deg C even at 95% load. It can't be a cooling issue anyway because if I exit the game and start it back up again immediately, FPS is back to normal. If it were a cooling issue I would see the same kind of degradation in other games. MS Flight Simulator, for example, I have no issues in whatsoever.
 

Ettanin

E
Do you happen to use a ship-launched fighter alot or fight players/npcs that use them? They seem to cause degrading performance over time.
 

Filbert

F
Ettanin said:
Do you happen to use a ship-launched fighter alot or fight players/npcs that use them? They seem to cause degrading performance over time.
Click to expand...
Yes. With the AFK build, the SLF is out constantly. But why would that cause performance degradation over time?
 

Ettanin

E
Filbert said:
Yes. With the AFK build, the SLF is out constantly. But why would that cause performance degradation over time?
Click to expand...
It's a known bug. I am not sure why but the more frequent you use the SLF and recall or abandon it, the more likely it degrades the game's performance FPS and network wise. My programmer sense tells me it might be a leaked thread that is supposed to stop at a certain point but doesn't and continues infinitely.
 
Last edited:

Filbert

F
Well, I have found a partial answer to the issues I was having and you won't believe what was causing it. One of the issues I was facing was where FPS would just tank for a second or so and then recover and the GPU usage would drop to basically 0%. I also noticed a similar issue in MS Flight Simulator - I would get regular 1 second freezes where the game would lock up. I also noticed if I was browsing a website or something and scrolling, the mouse would lock up for a brief moment. It drove me absolutely nuts and I have spent all weekend fiddling with just about every setting imaginable.

Turns out what was causing it was the Windows Desktop background changing. Yes, I know - unbelievable but here is the answer:

Solved: Windows freezing every 30 seconds or so. - Windows 10 Help Forums

So i've been googling like crazy person trying to figure out this problem i've been having where the PC seems to "freeze" for a bout 4 seconds every 30 seconds or a minute. I disabled tons of services, couldn't seem to narrow it down. There are
www.tenforums.com www.tenforums.com

Once I turned off the accent colour setting, bam! - freezes gone.

Of course, there is a still ongoing issue with poor FPS and degrading performance in Res zones but there is a bug logged with Frontier for this and others have also reported it so I know it is not just me. Whether or not it gets fixed is another matter.
 

here_it_comes

here_it_comes
Mugur said:
in Odyssey after a while, my frame rate is dropping from 100-120 to 16-17; I even left overnight and in the morning I had 2 fps!!! If I normally play the game this never happened, even after 3-4h.
Click to expand...

I had the exact same thing happen, with the exact same scenario, in EDH before EDO even launched. And EDH runs excellent for me. 🤷‍♂️. Defs not an EDO issue.
 

d8veh

d8veh
It's always been like that. It makes no difference what PC you use. I have an i9 with 3090 and 32 gb ram, which does it just the same as an i7 with gtx790. Settings makes no difference either. I tried at 720p with everything on minimum, and it did it just the same. My guess is that it's the data file with all the kills in it. The longer you stay, the bigger the file, the more fragmented it becomes and the slower the game becomes. If you jump out and back in again, it resets. You start to notice it after a couple of hours. The longer you stay in the RES, the worse it gets. 3 to 4 hours is about the max you can stay in control. If you leave your ship there all night, you can't tell wich way it's pointing if you try to move it
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom