I'm facing a frustrating issue with my computer. Although it can handle most games at High settings and 2K resolution without a hitch, I've hit a wall with two specific titles: Indiana Jones & the Great Circle and No Man's Sky. These games barely manage 1-5 FPS, regardless of the settings I adjust. It's strange because other demanding games like Doom Dark Ages and RDR2 run perfectly fine.
To troubleshoot, I've tried lowering the settings to 800x600, toggling Low Latency mode and frame limits in NVIDIA Control Panel, and even updating and downgrading the NVIDIA drivers. I've tested the games on both Steam and Xbox Game Pass for PC, closed NVIDIA Control Panel, and switched Hardware Accelerated GPU scheduling on and off. I also contacted support for both games but haven't received any help.
What's really puzzling is that my graphics card fans don't kick in when I play these problematic games, and in Task Manager, the GPU usage stays really low while the VRAM fills up completely. For instance, DLSS makes the performance even worse in No Man's Sky, dropping to around 0.5 FPS.
I'm running Windows 11 with 32GB RAM, an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X CPU, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070. Any advice would be greatly appreciated; I don't want to miss out on these games!
3 Answers
It sounds like you've already tried a lot of good troubleshooting steps! Have you considered checking for any Windows updates that might improve compatibility? Also, make sure there aren't any background applications using up your GPU resources, especially recording or streaming software. You might also want to see if there's an option in the NVIDIA Control Panel to optimize the settings specifically for the games that are causing issues.
I've heard that some users facing similar issues found success by adjusting in-game settings for No Man's Sky specifically—like disabling DLSS entirely, as it can cause more harm than good in certain setups. Maybe try to tweak those options and see if that makes a difference!
You might want to look into uninstalling Visual Studio 2015-2022. It can sometimes interfere with certain games since they share the same redistributable. After that, consider a clean uninstall of your NVIDIA drivers and reinstalling them. That can help clear up any conflicts that could be causing the low FPS.
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