[Sam Parker]

And?

[James Shaw]

Hi I already have Fallout 4 and when I started the game set all settings to Ultra (not sure if that is always standard or if it anolyzes the hardware and sets it to a certain level).

My hardware is this:

R9 280X 3GB

i5 4750 3,2GHz

8 Gigabyte RAM

Fallout installed on a SSD

I was not sure if the game runs good on Ultra so I set all settings down to high / medium and the drawing distances to ~50%. In closed rooms the game runs at stable 60 FPS, outsides it is in many areas on 60 FPS too but sometimes I get huge drops to 20 FPS (for example at the police station with the paladin where the ghouls are attacking). I already tried to use the Shadow Boost mod thing but it did not help that much.

What setting should I turn down to "remove" these FPS drops? I tired many things out but it still happens to me. Or do I need a new prcessor? The graphics card should be ok for these settings since in post one it is under cards that should be able to run on ultra settings.

[MR.BIGG]

Try dropping shadows and godrays down a notch. They are the biggest FPS killers for this game.

Your CPU is fine. If you can overclock it a bit, it might help a bit.

If you can grab some more RAM that might help as well.

[Dominic Vaughan]

I am not sure about about overclocking, don't know how to do that and never saw how it works... don't want to destroy my CPU ^^

My RAM is not full when playing the game and shadows + godrays are on medium / low already but it still happens.

[Adam Kriner]

I have an asus GL551J and I just downloaded fallout4 off of steam and I tried running the game and it just either froze or flashed on and off... I've went to nvidias website and downloaded the latest drivers and everything's up to date... I thought for sure my laptop would be able to handle this game at low settings if anything...

GL551J specs
CPU: 2.5GHz Intel Core i7-4710HQ Processor (quad-core, 6M cache, up to 3.5GHz with Turbo Boost)
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M (2GB GDDR5 RAM); Intel HD Graphics 4600
RAM: 16GB DDR3L (2x 8GB at 1600MHz)
Screen: 15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) display, matte finish
Storage: 1TB HDD (7,200 rpm)
Optical drive: 8x DL DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive
Ports: 3 x USB 3.0, 1 x HDMI, 1x mini DisplayPort. SDXC card reader, Gigabit Ethernet
Connectivity: 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0
Camera: 1.2MP, 720p webcam
Weight: 6 pounds
Size: 15.0 x 10 x 1.3 inches (W x D x H)

Can someone please help me?

[Sarah Evason]

Normally you should be able to run it at 1080p with medium/high settings and get playable frame-rates.

[Mimi BC]

No one know a way to fix this? I set shadow quality and shadow distance to minimum and it still drops the FPS when looking into certain directions like towns and so on.

[Laura-Lee Gerwing]

Also try to disable Vsync through the game, and force it through your GPU.

C:\Users\[Username]\Documents\My Games\Fallout4\ directory, and edit the Fallout4Prefs.ini file with a text editor such as Notepad. Open the file, and search for the following line:

iPresentInterval=1

turn it too zero. So, iPresentInterval=0

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Also try with Vsync completely disabled. (On fallout 4 and your GPU.)

Other things to try: lower your resolution and your settings to medium, and try with Vsync enabled.