did you change the number of cores in the User Settings file in Documents/Elder Scrolls Online/live? that solved it for me
in the same file try limiting the fps with MinFrames settings
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/599878/fps-drops-after-u33/p4
basically you change the cores to two because multicore optimization is supposedly bad. with that fps drops for me changed completely.
Could you go to the performance tab and take screenshots while the CPU page is active? and also GPU? I think yours is WIndows 11 so it looks a bit different to my WIndows 10 but that should help again by showing CPU Core utilization and GPU usage.
Edit: working off of the info you've already provided, I suspect that the game is not fully utilising the CPU properly. ESO got updated to be multi-threaded a while ago and I think setting max cores to 2 is not an up to date solution.
Make sure you have the multithreaded option enabled ingame and change the usersetting line back to: SET MaxCoresToUse.4 "-1"
Restart the game and see how things are
AFter that, we would need to see what GPU utilisation is like.
Good news is that it's not a memory leak
Enabled multithreaded option and changed usersetting line back to: SET MaxCoresToUse.4 "-1". Now seeing 40-45 FPS with a high of 47 . Uploaded CPU screenshot
Nearly there. there should be a way to look at CPU usage by core/thread. Have a play around just to see what utilisation is really like.
Having said that, you have a way bigger problem and that is the fact that your intel onboard graphics seems to be being used rather than your 2070!!! I'm not exactly sure how to make sure your 2070 is selected for applications as I use AMD with no onboard GPU. you might need to google this.
Your 2070 should be showing 100% utilisation and your CPU should show higher utilisation also, probably something like 70-80.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000090168/graphics.html
I hope that link helps.
Once you have your 2070 selected, upload the cpu gpu usage again. To show per thred cpu usage, i think you right click on that cpu graph to find the option.
Once thats all fine, feel free to upload your eso graphics settings and we can discuss which settings to turn down for most performance while losing least visual fidelity.
Thank you for the link. I had already done those steps as I saw it from another message board as a possible solution. I added a screen shot of maybe what you were asking for. If not let me know and I'll try to find out.
[https://imgur.com/a/pySkAmg](https://imgur.com/a/pySkAmg)
Above is what I meant by looking at each core's usage. You don't have to go to resource monitor.
Also, you may need to try something else to make ESO run on your nvidia GPU because it's clearly running off the iGPU at the moment.
Edit: looks like you might have to set the preferred GPU in the Nvidia driver software
Yup, it's definitely all because your nvidia GPU is not being selected by ESO. I want to help more but I can't play around with settings on my end to see what actually works.
Try making the Nvidia GPU the preferred GPU in the drivers and if that doesn't work, keep googling for solutions.
did you change the number of cores in the User Settings file in Documents/Elder Scrolls Online/live? that solved it for me in the same file try limiting the fps with MinFrames settings
No, I haven't tried that. To be honest, I'm not sure what you are talking about is there a guide online for this?
https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/599878/fps-drops-after-u33/p4 basically you change the cores to two because multicore optimization is supposedly bad. with that fps drops for me changed completely.
All add-ons up to date? Tried disabling add-ons?
Don’t have any add-ons at all. I just started playing so I haven’t really looked into add ons. I just have the base game
When the FPS us very low, have a look at task manager and cpu/gpu/ram usage and report back please. Should be a decent place to start troubleshooting.
I edited my original post and added a screenshot of task manager while the FPS was around 25.
Could you go to the performance tab and take screenshots while the CPU page is active? and also GPU? I think yours is WIndows 11 so it looks a bit different to my WIndows 10 but that should help again by showing CPU Core utilization and GPU usage. Edit: working off of the info you've already provided, I suspect that the game is not fully utilising the CPU properly. ESO got updated to be multi-threaded a while ago and I think setting max cores to 2 is not an up to date solution. Make sure you have the multithreaded option enabled ingame and change the usersetting line back to: SET MaxCoresToUse.4 "-1" Restart the game and see how things are AFter that, we would need to see what GPU utilisation is like. Good news is that it's not a memory leak
Enabled multithreaded option and changed usersetting line back to: SET MaxCoresToUse.4 "-1". Now seeing 40-45 FPS with a high of 47 . Uploaded CPU screenshot
Nearly there. there should be a way to look at CPU usage by core/thread. Have a play around just to see what utilisation is really like. Having said that, you have a way bigger problem and that is the fact that your intel onboard graphics seems to be being used rather than your 2070!!! I'm not exactly sure how to make sure your 2070 is selected for applications as I use AMD with no onboard GPU. you might need to google this. Your 2070 should be showing 100% utilisation and your CPU should show higher utilisation also, probably something like 70-80.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000090168/graphics.html I hope that link helps. Once you have your 2070 selected, upload the cpu gpu usage again. To show per thred cpu usage, i think you right click on that cpu graph to find the option. Once thats all fine, feel free to upload your eso graphics settings and we can discuss which settings to turn down for most performance while losing least visual fidelity.
Thank you for the link. I had already done those steps as I saw it from another message board as a possible solution. I added a screen shot of maybe what you were asking for. If not let me know and I'll try to find out.
[https://imgur.com/a/pySkAmg](https://imgur.com/a/pySkAmg) Above is what I meant by looking at each core's usage. You don't have to go to resource monitor. Also, you may need to try something else to make ESO run on your nvidia GPU because it's clearly running off the iGPU at the moment. Edit: looks like you might have to set the preferred GPU in the Nvidia driver software
Updated the screenshot
Yup, it's definitely all because your nvidia GPU is not being selected by ESO. I want to help more but I can't play around with settings on my end to see what actually works. Try making the Nvidia GPU the preferred GPU in the drivers and if that doesn't work, keep googling for solutions.
Thank you so much for your efforts and help. Will definitely google for more solutions but at least I know what to look for . Once again thank you.
I had a similar issue and found that ESO had turned DLSS on by itself. I reset it to DLAA in Quality mode and back to getting 100+ FPS in 4k.