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Low FPS on RTX 3080

Discussion in 'Troubleshooting: Bugs, Questions and Support' started by Enigma 2, Jul 1, 2025.

  1. Enigma 2

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    I have on avg less than 10 fps on ultra settings 1440p on a pretty good pc (rtx 3080) and Vulkan (it's worse without vulkan)

    PC specs :

    CPU : intel i7 3770k
    GPU : ASUS RTX 3080
    OS : Windows 10
    RAM : 16GB

    my game ran properly several months ago on a GTX 1080ti and i have tried everything i have seen before on beamng an PC optimisation
     
  2. Leonard14705

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    well its the cpu its a 3th gen what do u excpect i know that beamng i based on the gpu but the cpu needs to be competitive with the gpu so..... and ur running on 1440p so ur downgrading badly thats only my opinion so dont minde my solution if its going to be false (sorry for my bad english)
     
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  3. Tyler-98-W68

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    Your cpu is your problem, however vulkan should work better and give you somewhat decent frame rates with only a single car. What happens when you put all the settings on the lowest options
     
  4. Louie's Workshop

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    That doesn't explain much. I had a 3rd Gen I7 a few years ago with my GTX 1060, and I ran that at medium to high settings just fine. I could run ultra at 30-60 FPS, depending on the map, so that low FPS can't be 100% put onto the CPU.
     
  5. NOA studio

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    use amd or other, intel is for working on things that aren't as big as supporting a game like BeamNG
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    also, you need 32 of ram to run better
     
  6. Louie's Workshop

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    The guy might not have the cash to completely change the motherboard, RAM, and CPU. I don't like the thinking that all Intel chips are crap as some Intel chips are more powerful than some AMD chips and vise versa. I'm using an Intel i5-10400F, and it runs the game like a champ, with the GPU being what is holding it back.
     
  7. Leonard14705

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    ikr
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    i have 16 and the games runs good
     
  8. fihre boy

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    "years ago", beamng got graphics updates and is way heavier than it was before, my 1060 which used to handle the game at 60fps ultra, cant do 30 at medium anymore
     
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  9. Louie's Workshop

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    Years ago as in less than 2 years ago. It was a 6GB model and had a good overclock on it.
     
  10. Tyler-98-W68

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    Or its the CPU.....unless you want to pair an old ass CPU like that with a high end GPU that era of CPU severely limits you in performance. You have to use Vulkan in order to get acceptable performance. But I wouldn't know what I"m talking about

    i3 4130........yup a dual core CPU.....but with a 5070Ti



    Its basically unplayable because the CPU isn't powerful enough but in Vulkan, easy 60fps.

    Now what If I go to a more powerful CPU 4790K, along with a high end GPU (4090) totally acceptable performance.



    Even with traffic spawned



    Lets use another old CPU (5775c) with a 5090





    Playable FPS

    So, with an old CPU like that you need a top end GPU to get decent performance and you have to use vulkan.
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    @NOA studio

    What kind of absolute garbage statement is that?

    Intel doesn't work on things like beam?????

    Funny how I've clearly shown how there was a large increase in performance using Intel going from Raptor Lake to Arrow Lake.

    If Intel isn't so good then explain this????

    7800X3D + 4090



    14900K + 4090



    Why does the intel system get 20fps more (using the same GPU)

    If intel isn't so good then why does this happen?

    7800X3D + 4090



    14900K + 3090



    How come the intel system is better than the AMD system doing "bigger things" The bigger things being lots of AI traffic spawned.

    But maybe you say its not far using a 24 core chip vs an 8 core chip?

    Ok so then explain why this 16 core 3D Cache chip can't compete with a 24 Core chip

    7945HX3d + 5070Ti



    14900K + 3090



    The intel system is still faster

    Oh and this Intel system is even faster

    285K + 5090



    So your argument was intel wasn't good for big things like beam, yet all my testing shows the opposite. Do you have any testing to prove your opinion?
     
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  11. M D Gourley

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    Interesting videos, thanks for posting...did not go old enough in the CPU, need to try a i7 3770K, I have this CPU in my PC with a 3070...lol...get approx 20 - 45 FPS depending on what map and were I am on the map, No traffic on though.
     
  12. Louie's Workshop

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    Interesting. Maybe I mixed up my systems. I think I might've been referring to my 6-core 12-thread 3930k system rather than my 4790k system. But 10-FPS still seems low for even a bottleneck of that sort.
     
  13. Tyler-98-W68

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    I won't go older than Z97, reason is my Asrock Z97 Extreme 6 has a Pcie Gen 3 M2 slot on it, so I can run a decently fast SSD, and really just isolate CPU performance with newer GPU's, and i'm just partial to intel's broadwell chips that weren't like 3d cache but sort of.
     
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  14. AlexKidd71

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    Is there an onchip graphics in your system too? If yes it could be that beamng takes the wrong gpu. I had this once on a notebook. Check the utilization in task manager. If the wrong one is used the right one can be set in NVIDIA tools for the game.
     
  15. Enigma 2

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    the problem obvously so what CPU do you recomend for beam for less than 100 € on used market do you recomend and which how can i make BNG use the GPU as much as possible instead of the CPU (settings). I know it's possible somehow to optimise that because before some updadates it worked better
     
  16. Tyler-98-W68

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    Vulkan will better utilize the GPU but if your gpu is too weak it wont run any better.

    You are at the limit with that platform. You can't upgrade it. Save your money until you can afford a new CPU MB and ram
     
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