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Fallout 4 Not Using Full CPU?GPU Power?


chewchewbuh

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I'm not sure if this is a silly post with a silly answer sorry if it is but I feel like Fo4 can run with decent FPS at high quality with my setup... but it's not. I have a GeForce GTX 950m (on a laptop, which may be why it doesn't run well with high settings) with 2 GB Dedicated RAM and 16 GB RAM Total. Minus the amount the OS uses and other necessary things it goes to around 12 (it says 15.9 usable but...). Shouldn't the game be able to take any necessary RAM left over so it can perform better? Idk I monitored the RAM usage while running the game and it juuuuuust went over the dedicated memory amount and I feel like it should be able to snag some more. I'll be honest I'm not an expert on how games run and whatnot, sorry for that, I just thought someone might be able to help someone not so tech savvy. Thank you.

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increase your swap file size to match that of the physical ram installed.

 

My computer / properties /Advanced system settings /advanced tab /settings / Advanced / change button / select custom size / here --->

http://s26.postimg.org/l5e23hzm1/swap.jpg

 

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increase your swap file size to match that of thew physical ram installed.

May I ask how that's done? Will it affect my system in any way negatively?

 

do you have an icon on the desktop "My PC" ? if so, right click it and select properties.

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This goes back to the issue of the outdated engine. Frankly, newer engines utilize memory better, plain and simple. It's been heavily modified, I know, but there's only so much you can do before it just becomes obsolete.

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Yeah the engine the game was built hasn't been changed for quite some time, although it's been modified and improved, it's never been truly upgraded. Unfortunately there's only so much you can do by tweaking settings, modding ini files, downloading plugins, or whatever. You're gonna get FPS drops, stutters, etc., no matter what you do at some points, regardless of you rig.

 

The fix suggested above is something I've personally never heard of, and will be trying it very soon. so thanks for that as well.

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Yeah the engine the game was built hasn't been changed for quite some time, although it's been modified and improved, it's never been truly upgraded. Unfortunately there's only so much you can do by tweaking settings, modding ini files, downloading plugins, or whatever. You're gonna get FPS drops, stutters, etc., no matter what you do at some points, regardless of you rig.

 

The fix suggested above is something I've personally never heard of, and will be trying it very soon. so thanks for that as well.

It sucks because a bit of me is a perfectionist with games and always wants that ever so smooth performance but the other part of me knows it never happens, even on consoles. So yeah I expect fps drops I'm just trying to limit them for the most part. Thanks for the feedback, guys :smile:

 

Should I look into Nvidia SLI for the game?

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