Odd FPS Issue

[TwiissTwiiss]

Since the launch of Dawntrail, I'm having a weird FPS issue.

Whenever my FPS is dropping or going higher by even 1-2 below/above the capped ingame FPS (+Refresh Rate), the game suddenly feels like its running on 30 FPS or very stuttery.

So basically, when I set my monitor refresh rate to 144Hz and cap my ingame FPS to the same value, once it drops to 142-143 or lower the game feels very sluggish.
Same applies if I uncap my ingame FPS and it runs above 144, it feels exactly the same as described above.

I've tried setting my refresh rate to 100Hz and capping my FPS ingame also to 100 FPS.
The game runs smooth on 100 FPS somehow but will have the same issue once it goes below 99 FPS. I also tried uncapping my ingame FPS on this specific settings, which caused the exact same issue as described above for some reason.

This never happened before before Dawntrail and the game always ran very smooth ranging from 80-144 FPS with pretty much no noticeable stutter whatsoever.

Specs below, no overheating or anything. GPU Usage is at 99% as it should be.
5800X3D
4070 Ti
32GB Ram
3440x1440
Borderless Window (Doesn't matter since the problem persists on Fullscreen)
Benchmark also had 0 issues and scored over 20000 pts.

I've already tried reinstalling my GPU Drivers but it didn't help.

Similar issues:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...g_but_110_fps/
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...fps_issues_so/




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[Votraftur]

Good morning! Thank you for posting in the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

Please try the following:
- Update and reinstall the drivers for your graphics card and sound drivers (if applicable).
- Please try adjusting/lowering the resolution.
- Please try running the game as an administrator.
- It appears that you may be using OneDrive, please try disabling this program to see if it helps.
- Perform a clean boot by opening the task manager and select the 'Start up' Tab. Disable everything.
- Please be sure that Final Fantasy XIV is installed to the C: Drive. (If Steam version, make sure both the game and Steam are installed on same drive)
- Please be sure to disable or remove any overlays (Discord, Steam, NVIDIA etc.) as they may interfere with startup.
- Make sure that the Windows OS is fully updated.
- Verify installation files (Steam)
- Reinstall game (If steam version, try uninstalling and reinstalling both the game and Steam)

Thank you once again for visiting the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums!

[StrifeBlade]

Have this problem also since Dawntrail. Goes away once I restart, feels like its related to the memory fragmentation problem affecting Xbox, as my GPU usage caps out at 60%, anywhere and my CPU usage stays at 25% on a 5900X AMD CPU, also the RAM usage slowly creeps up to 6GB+

[xxFujike]

I also have this problem.
rtx 3060
amd ryzen 5 5600h
16gb ram
gpu usage spikes after 10 minutes of gameplay at 100% and the fps drop to 25~.
There is another thread here where multiple people have this problem.

[TwiissTwiiss]

Good morning! Thank you for posting in the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

Please try the following:
- Update and reinstall the drivers for your graphics card and sound drivers (if applicable).
- Please try adjusting/lowering the resolution.
- Please try running the game as an administrator.
- It appears that you may be using OneDrive, please try disabling this program to see if it helps.
- Perform a clean boot by opening the task manager and select the 'Start up' Tab. Disable everything.
- Please be sure that Final Fantasy XIV is installed to the C: Drive. (If Steam version, make sure both the game and Steam are installed on same drive)
- Please be sure to disable or remove any overlays (Discord, Steam, NVIDIA etc.) as they may interfere with startup.
- Make sure that the Windows OS is fully updated.
- Verify installation files (Steam)
- Reinstall game (If steam version, try uninstalling and reinstalling both the game and Steam)

Thank you once again for visiting the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums!

Reinstalling the Game and Drivers didn't help.
OneDrive isn't enabled that's just the name of the folder.
There are no overlays or any background programs running while this is happening.
I've tried all of your suggestions but none of them seem to work except lowering the resolution since my FPS wont drop below the cap with that but that's not a solution.
This issue does not seem to come from my end since FFXIV is the only game where this happens and like I said, it never even happened once before Dawntrail.

There are tons of posts on reddit for similar issues.

[Lousebeno1999]

Been Seeing The Same Thing I Play On 165 And It Jumps To 166 Then Drops To 160 And It Becomes quite stuttery feels odd because i wouldnt think even a 2 fps drop you would see but it feels like 60 or 30 fps

[Lousebeno1999]

keep in mind ive tried every other game and see no other issue only ff14

[Votraftur]

Good morning! Thank you for posting in the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

Please try the following additional troubleshooting steps:

Disable Full Screen Optimizations. To disable this, please find the "ffxiv_dx11.exe" and right click it and select properties. Then under the compatibility tab there will be a check box labeled "Disable Full Screen Optimizations". Check it and click apply.

Open the Nvidia Control Panel and going to 'Manage 3D Settings'. From here, select 'Program Settings' and select Final Fantasy XIV. You should see an option to select the GPU. Make sure it's set to your dedicated graphics card (it may be set to 'Auto' by default)

Delete locally saved content ('Documents' > 'My Games' folder), please note however this will remove all in-game configurations.
When the game is running, open the task manager, click the ‘Details Tab” Find the game and right click it. Select ‘Set Priority’ options to “High”

Double check to make sure PC is not over heating and remove any overclocks on GPU/CPU.

Thank you once again for visiting the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums!