FPS Drops or Stuttering in Battlefield 6

If your game runs fine but occasionally experiences FPS drops or half-second stutters, this guide will help you stabilize performance and eliminate micro-lags.

Why It Happens

Most users experiencing short, random FPS drops are hitting a VRAM overrun, the GPU memory temporarily flushes and reloads assets, causing momentary hitching.

Other possible causes include:

• Overly high GPU or texture settings for your available VRAM.
• Background overlays or monitoring tools refreshing frequently.
• Inconsistent scaling or display mode settings.
• Hardware scheduling issues (on Windows).

Quick Fix Steps

Lower GPU-Intensive Settings

• Reduce Texture Quality, Ray Tracing, and Shadow Quality one step below Ultra.
• If using DLSS or FSR, keep them on Balanced or Performance mode — avoid Quality mode if you have < 16 GB VRAM.

Turn Off Hardware Scheduling

• Windows Search → Graphics Settings → Toggle Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling to Off.
• Restart your PC afterwards.

Disable Background Overlays

Close or disable overlays from:

• NVIDIA GeForce Experience
• MSI Afterburner / RivaTuner
• Steam Overlay

Match Scaling and Resolution

• Ensure your in-game resolution and Windows scaling match exactly.
• For ultrawide or multi-monitor setups, follow the Ultrawide / Half-Screen Fix

Monitor GPU Usage

• If you notice 100 % VRAM usage, lower your graphics settings, the GPU is being overrun and periodically flushing memory.

Advanced Tip

If FPS drops appear every few minutes, it’s almost always GPU VRAM being flushed. Lowering a few GPU settings (especially textures and post-processing) immediately stops this.

Summary

Updated on: 26/10/2025