Hi there guys. Back again.

AMD FX - 8350
EVGA GTX 970
16 GB Corsair RAM
gigabyte ga-78lmt-usb3
500 GB SSD
750w Seasonic PSU



I purchased Fallout 4. In love with it.

My problem is:


When out in the woods/towards Sanctuary my FPS is 60, solid, easy, with all settings on Ultra + DSR x2.(1080p for me. I game on 1360 x 768 native). DSR x4 has fps issues, at times.


When I get closer to the city (exterior/open world. My FPS inside Diamond City, for example, is fine) and I am looking at the city I start to experience FPS drops.


When I am actually wandering inside the area (The commons) my FPS is constantly sitting between 20 - 30 FPS. This is quite a hit. I have tried lowering shadows to high from Ultra, shadow distance down a bit, etc. I tried enabling DSRx4 and disabling AA, no improvement, etc.

I'm wondering what is causing such a huge tank in FPS. many people suggest lowering the Shadow Distance to medium but that generates quite a hit in visual with little improvement..

I can't see why God rays would effect my FPS when in town but not when I am outside.

I'm at a little bit of a loss here. Many people suggest making sure my GPU is set to adaptive V-Sync. I have yet to try this (Im at work) but im pretty sure I already have my GPU set to adaptive.


Can anyone think of any reason that would specifically cause this much of a drop in FPS compared to out by Sanctuary at 60 fps full ultra?