FFXIV slows down entire system due to Nvidia Advanced Optimus - Investigation

[RandomITMan]

Hello FFXIV community,

Over the last few weeks I've been having massive amount of issues with FFXIV and the game slowing down to a crawl over time with my new laptop as I have the game open and any other application open in the background (e.g. a webbrowser). This performance loss that affected the entire system (e.g. loading Windows Explorer took 10 seconds for example) was weird and I simply could not find a documented solution. I work in IT so I like these kind of puzzles....so I thought I would dig into this one a bit further.

Symptoms

I use a midrange gaming laptop with a Nvidia 3050 TI in it as well as an Intel XE graphics for lower demanding tasks. Nvidia uses a process called Advanced Optimus to dynamically switch between the low-end GPU and the higher-end GPU based on the applications' needs. Windows 10/11 also allow you to manually select the GPU for applications.

At first the symptoms seem to point to a typical 'overheat' scenario where the game gradually grinds down to about 20 FPS while I regularly hit around 70-80. The rest of the system also slowed down to a crawl, even once FFXIV was in the background. As I started to diagnose the problem, I discovered the system actually got extremely 'cold' temperatures as the slowdown began, thus ruling out a hardware overheating issue. I could also see that the CPU was clocked down to about 0.6 GHZ at the moment of slowdown while it's typically around 3 GHZ. As such, something really software related must be going on as this issue ONLY occurs with FFXIV.

Other topics/solutions - No solution

As I started to search for a solution, I came into multiple different topics such as:

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...ng-else-to-lag

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...own_need_help/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...to_get_slowed/

Unfortunately, none of these topics actually helped me in the end. The first one seemed promising, but wasn't the solution. The common factor is that all of these issues didn't really had a solution and people pointed at it 'probably being overheating'.

The actual cause and 'work-around'

Following a lot of driver updates and reinstalls, I started to notice that the issue only occurred as I was having Edge open or running in the background. Unfortunately in Windows 11, Edge is always running kind of in the background, so even if you didn't have a tab open or even Edge started, there's still a background process using Edge. Chrome also has a similar process

After a lot of digging, I started to experiment with the settings in Windows 11 where you can 'force' applications to use a certain GPU.

This turned out to be the golden ticket. See this image with an explanation.



Edge was set to high performance (because I at that moment remembered an issue with Edge a few months ago where it did not play nice with Intel XE graphics, thus causing crashes). Once I had set Edge to the Powering Saving GPU, thus Intel XE Graphics, all my issues were gone and FFXIV ran fine over pro-longed periods of time with no performance loss.

I actually tried some other apps and pinned them to the high performance Nvidia GPU and was able to reproduce the issue. As soon as I set the application to the power-saving Intel GPU, restarted that application, FFXIV would immediately regain it's performance and the system would speed up again (without even having to close FFXIV).

Root Cause
It appears that as soon as FFXIV needs to 'share Nvidia GPU' resources with other apps, it causes not just the GPU but also the CPU to slow down to a crawl. Other games are not experiencing this kind of issue at all (e.g. running Guild Wars 2 and Edge or Valheim at the same time does not cause these kind of issues).

I'm hoping that by reporting this bug I can help some other people avoid pulling out their hair as it's not entirely easy to discover what's going on here. I really hope this gets sorted out as Nvidia Advanced Optimus is used in pretty much any laptop with an Nvidia GPU in it.

I'll include my PC specs below just in case it is of use to solve this bug.

■ PC Specs

To obtain the system information, open the FFXIV launcher and select Config → System Information → Display.

-=-=-=-=- System Information -=-=-=-=-
SYSTEM_OS Windows 11 Home 64 bits (6.2, build 9200) (22000.co_release.210604-1628)
SYSTEM_CPU 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11370H @ 3.30GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
SYSTEM_CORE_NUM SYSTEM_CORE_LOGIC 8 SYSTEM_CORE_PHYSICS 4
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SYSTEM_LANGUAGE Nederlands (Landinstelling: Nederlands)
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SYSTEM_VIRTUAL_MEMORY 134217727.875MB
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SYSTEM_DIRECTX_VERSION DirectX 12
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SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DEVICE \\.\DISPLAY1
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SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DAC Internal
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SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_DATE 7/21/2022 02:00:00
SYSTEM_GRAPHICS_DRIVER_LANGUAGE Engels

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-=-=-=-=-=-=- Application Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-

FFXIVLauncher
In-Game Bugs - Post New Thread en nog 4 andere pagina's - Persoonlijk - Microsoft​ Edge
Steam
general - Discord
Instellingen
Instellingen
NVIDIA GeForce Overlay
Windows-invoerervaring


-=-=-=-=-=-=- Install Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-

kdenlive
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge Update
Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime
OBS Studio
Steam
Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Minimum Runtime - 14.28.29334
Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X86 Additional Runtime - 14.28.29334
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 Targeting Pack
Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 3.1.28 (x64)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable
Microsoft GameInput
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x64) - 14.28.29334
Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable (x86) - 14.28.29334
Intel(R) Graphics Driver Software
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 Targeting Pack (ENU)
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 Developer Pack
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.40219
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 SDK
Audacity 3.1.3
Guild Wars 2
Microsoft 365 - nl-nl
Microsoft OneDrive
Lunacid
Guild Wars
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
Hidden & Dangerous: Action Pack
Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition
Valheim
Surface Laptop Studio Update 22.013.34609.0 (64 bit)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable - 10.0.40219
Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 3.1.28 (x64)
Microsoft .NET Core Host - 3.1.28 (x64)
Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X64 Additional Runtime - 14.28.29334
Microsoft .NET Core Runtime - 3.1.28 (x64)
Microsoft Update Health Tools
Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 X64 Minimum Runtime - 14.28.29334
Office 16 Click-to-Run Licensing Component
Office 16 Click-to-Run Extensibility Component
Office 16 Click-to-Run Localization Component
NVIDIA Grafisch stuurprogramma 516.94
NVIDIA GeForce Experience 3.25.1.27
NVIDIA Optimus Update 39.3.0.0
NVIDIA Update 39.3.0.0
NVIDIA FrameView SDK 1.2.7521.31103277
NVIDIA SHIELD Streaming
NVIDIA GPX Common OSS binaries (POCO, OpenSSL, libprotobuf)
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NVIDIA Backend
NVIDIA Container
NVIDIA TelemetryApi helper for NvContainer
NVIDIA LocalSystem Container
NVIDIA Message Bus for NvContainer
NVIDIA NVAPI Monitor plugin for NvContainer
NVIDIA NetworkService Container
NVIDIA Session Container
NVIDIA User Container
NvModuleTracker
NVIDIA NodeJS
NVIDIA Platform Controllers and Framework
NVIDIA Watchdog Plugin for NvContainer
NVIDIA Telemetry Client
NVIDIA Virtual Host Controller
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NVIDIA USBC Driver 1.46.831.832
NVIDIA Virtual Audio 4.39.0.0
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-=-=-=-=-=-=- Proccess Information -=-=-=-=-=-=-

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe 00001CB4
C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\NvNode\NVIDIA Web Helper.exe 00003AAC
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\GameOverlayUI.exe 0000111C
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\bin\cef\cef.win7x64\steamwebhelper.exe 00003900
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe 000010B0
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY XIV Online\boot\ffxivlauncher.exe 00000CBC
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL FANTASY XIV Online\boot\ffxivsysinfo64.exe 0000347C
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\ONENOTEM.EXE 00002DB0
C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA GeForce Experience\NVIDIA Share.exe 000024AC
C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NvContainer\nvcontainer.exe 00003DF4
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\AppUp.IntelGraphicsExperience_1.100.3408.0_x64__8j3eq9eme6ctt\GCP.ML.BackgroundSysTray\IGCCTray.exe 00001EC4
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\AppUp.IntelGraphicsExperience_1.100.3408.0_x64__8j3eq9eme6ctt\IGCC.exe 00003D5C
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.YourPhone_1.22062.534.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PhoneExperienceHost.exe 00000DC8
C:\Users\gijsz\AppData\Local\Discord\app-1.0.9006\Discord.exe 000042B4
C:\Windows\ImmersiveControlPanel\SystemSettings.exe 00004164
C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\ehdxsstmd3a3.inf_amd64_1211a5eb0887eab5\RtkAudUService64.exe 00004240
C:\Windows\System32\RuntimeBroker.exe 00000C84
C:\Windows\System32\SecurityHealthSystray.exe 00003B88
C:\Windows\System32\oobe\UserOOBEBroker.exe 000009FC
C:\Windows\System32\smartscreen.exe 00000664
C:\windows\Explorer.EXE 000012B8
C:\windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\cui_dch.inf_amd64_12ed482042e0dee5\igfxEMN.exe 00001408
C:\windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe 00003810
C:\windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\SearchHost.exe 00002FB8
C:\windows\SystemApps\MicrosoftWindows.Client.CBS_cw5n1h2txyewy\TextInputHost.exe 000033A4
C:\windows\system32\ApplicationFrameHost.exe 00002CA8
C:\windows\system32\DllHost.exe 00003CB4
C:\windows\system32\backgroundTaskHost.exe 000034D0
C:\windows\system32\conhost.exe 000006AC
C:\windows\system32\sihost.exe 00002ED4
C:\windows\system32\svchost.exe 00000914
C:\windows\system32\taskhostw.exe 00002CA4
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Laptop Model Name: Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio
Laptop Model Number: Surface Laptop Studio Model 1964 i7

Browser Information
- Name and version of the browser currently in-use: Edge 104.0.1293.54

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[AxelBranford]

Oooh nice! Tyvm! Gonna try it now... was hunted by it past two weeks. My notebook is a Rog Strix G15 and I had to change from silent to performance to avoid it (and the thing do a hell of a noise).

[Lemage]

Had this issue for a while, I thought it was a windows issue so I reinstalled windows, tried your workaround and it's fine now, it only happens with FF, I play other mmos and games (WoW, GW, ToF, DOTA, RTX games, etc)...