Performance Drop When Many Heroes Are Present — Looking for Advice

[plikusov03]

Hi everyone,
I’ve run into a strange performance issue in Deadlock that seems to happen only on my system, and I’m hoping someone might have some insight.
Description:
When I launch the game and stay in a lobby or on a map with just a few heroes, I get around 200 FPS.
However, as soon as I add about 11 heroes total (for example, 6 allies + 5 enemies), the FPS instantly drops to 120–130, even though CPU and GPU usage remain quite low.
Details:

• GPU load: ~60–70% (sometimes drops to 40%)
• CPU load: ~25–30%
• No thermal throttling or temperature spikes
• Happens instantly after heroes appear
• Graphics settings don’t affect it (tried min and max)

What I’ve tried:

• Reinstalled the game
• Verified files through Steam
• Updated NVIDIA drivers
• Restarted PC
• Enabled Legacy Game Compatibility Mode in BIOS

System specs:

• CPU: Intel Core i7-12700F
• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4070
• RAM: 64 GB DDR4 3600 MHz
• OS: Windows 10 (fully updated)

Question:
Has anyone else experienced this FPS drop when more heroes are active?
Do you think it’s a game-side issue, or could something on my setup be causing it?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or similar experiences!

 

[mabighale]

same issue with me, but i have 20-30fps in base team fights, and once i see 11 characters, my fps goes from 130fps in start of laning phase to 60 for the rest of the game once i see them.. i tried it in testing aswell, once i see them, no matter how far away i am from the bots i added it never went past 50 fps

 

[plikusov03]

same issue with me, but i have 20-30fps in base team fights, and once i see 11 characters, my fps goes from 130fps in start of laning phase to 60 for the rest of the game once i see them.. i tried it in testing aswell, once i see them, no matter how far away i am from the bots i added it never went past 50 fps

Could you please tell me what components your PC is built with?

 

[patientneedmorehousebites]

Same issue, with an Intel Arc B580 & Ryzen 5700x, game used to run fine with a 2060 & 10400F, I'm stumped. Also as a side point, I have no clue why but the Intel card lets me see the zipline through walls, globally (all three of them in a match is visible end to end.

 

[mabighale]

Could you please tell me what components your PC is built with?

32gb ddr4 2400mhz ram, i5 10400f, 3060ti. my cpu core usage never passes like 30-40%, and gpu usage is 20%, but once i see 11 other characters, fps drops from 160 sometimes to 60 for the rest of the game once i see all characters