<![CDATA[Sea of thieves terrible FPS drop (To 6 fps)]]>

Hi guys,

So, I'm relatively new to sea of thieves, and I have come across some major problems, even though I am over the recommended components to run the game.
When I load into the game, the menu is so incredibly laggy, every time. My FPS would be around 8-9.
Then, when I launched the game, I would get terrible FPS dropped to 6fps every 10 - 15 minutes, which would last for about 2 minutes unless I alt-tabbed and it would go back to normal FPS range. I have lowered the graphics and video settings to the lowest possible, and this is still happening.

I have been searching google, Microsoft forums, and here, but to no avail.

Please can anyone assist me?

Thank you,

My Specs:
Intel i5 4670k
AMD RX580
16gig 1600mhz DDR 3
The game is installed on an SSD.
All my drivers are up-to-date
All background programs are closed.

]]>https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/topic/139081/sea-of-thieves-terrible-fps-drop-to-6-fpsRSS for NodeMon, 06 Apr 2026 02:55:56 GMTTue, 06 Jul 2021 16:50:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Sea of thieves terrible FPS drop (To 6 fps) on Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:50:32 GMT]]>

i have the same problems.. since the latest Nvidia driver update
my frames are normaly 130+ and now the drop to under 10 frames

r7 3700x
32Gb Ram
OS and Game is on two ssd´s
rtx 3060ti

other games are working fine
cyperpunk,doom eternal,assasins creed.... etc

]]>https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/post/1566441https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/post/1566441Tue, 13 Jul 2021 19:50:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sea of thieves terrible FPS drop (To 6 fps) on Wed, 07 Jul 2021 23:33:19 GMT]]>

I am having very similar issues. I found that this only happens when I am moving my mouse and am in either the menus or accessing a barrel. When I switch to controller I have absolutely no issues. I cleared a Fort no problem and the only fps drops where accessing barrels. I can't get my head around it especially when everything is fine when I use controller? I posted a video of the problem on the sea of thieves reddit.

]]>https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/post/1564039https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/post/1564039Wed, 07 Jul 2021 23:33:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sea of thieves terrible FPS drop (To 6 fps) on Wed, 07 Jul 2021 14:48:27 GMT]]>

@fuzionpete You may need to tell Windows OS to launch SoT in High Performance - sounds like the game is using your integrated GPU.

]]>https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/post/1563810https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/post/1563810Wed, 07 Jul 2021 14:48:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Sea of thieves terrible FPS drop (To 6 fps) on Tue, 06 Jul 2021 16:54:30 GMT]]>

@fuzionpete I forgot to mention. I have also done a fresh uninstall, and re-install, but to no avail, either.

]]>https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/post/1563449https://www.seaofthieves.com/forum/post/1563449Tue, 06 Jul 2021 16:54:30 GMT