I performed a search, found some results, no answers to the issue.

I run an i7 6700K, Z170 moboi, 980ti 6gb classified, 16gb 3200 g.skill.

I get the red box icon in the middle of the right side of my screen, low FPS warning.

I have lowered my settings from Ultra to High, to medium to low, enabled Precision on screen display and get a constant 200fps, when the warning appears, I am still getting 200 fps. The screen stutters for 1 second, it happens every 20-30 seconds. I didn't really notice this warning before until I started doing some thorough searches trying to fix this problem because that intermittent 1 second stutter every 20-30 seconds is really annoying. It only happens in BF4, I run many other games and they all run smooth.

QOS applied in router, shut down all tasks, shut down antivirus/internet security, shut down origin in-game, updated direct x , you name it. I get 80 down, 12 up, zero packet loss, low ping.

is there a fix for this? I am at a complete loss here.

thanks,

they have a few of those warning, I know which one you are talking about but also have a low FPS warning icon as well. I'll see if I can't find it and poste a picture of the icons.

Ok I have seen the low FPS icon as well, but not when I am getting low FPS... Dual 980ti's here, and it hovers between 120fps and 200, but rarely drops below 200 unless there is an explosion or building falling.

It is probably lyrics ties to the server hz itself, like wacky mentioned.

Every time I get one of those icons it's the red "severe" one - I've never seen a yellow one!  If you're getting a stutter every 30 seconds you may be dropping frames for some reason which is causing that warning.  Only way I could think to diagnose is to run monitoring like Afterburner where it has all the monitoring graphs and see if there are any CPU or GPU load usage spikes or throttling that happen when you see the stutters.  Looking at your build I sure can't see anything hardware wise that should cause any sort of issue...  Unless its a driver issue somewhere.

Windows 10
I run Bitsum Process Laso which unparks cores as well as prioritized processes (does the same whether I have this running or not).
It has done the same thing for last 3-4 NVidia drivers. I uninstall using DDU, uninstall and reinstall precision as well.
It started after this new build. It didn't do this with my P67, i72600K dual 680 classifieds SLI, but I hadn't played in a while before my new build (January). Not sure when this latest patch came out added these Icons/warnings.
 
I have latest chipset, latest drivers from here, latest bios from here. I am not overclocked except for XMP1 memory settings.
 
Like I said, I have tried everything I can think of. BF4 is the only game doing this to me...
 
 

there is my ping test. using IE. I run the game using Microsoft Edge. Are there known issues running the game with a different brand of browser?

performed a little testing....
 
vsync on
on 30hz servers - Ultra Settings - OSD indicates 100+FPS - Critical FPS warning (RED) pops up every once in a while, sometimes 2 minutes apart, sometimes 5 minutes apart. no dip in frames!
on 30hz servers - Low Settings - OSD indicates 200+FPS - FPS warning (orange) stays on continuously, no dip in frames...200 frames per second????
on 60hz servers - same as above. 
 
vsync off
on 30hz servers - Ultra Settings - OSD indicates 60+FPS - Critical FPS warning (RED) pops up every once in a while, sometimes 2 minutes apart, sometimes 5 minutes apart. no dip in frames!
on 30hz servers - Low Settings - OSD indicates 60+FPS - FPS warning (orange) stays on continuously, no dip in frames...60 frames per second????
on 60hz servers - same as above. 
 
I have viewed the graph in Precision and by using overlay. CPU and GPU have no spike.

Sorry if I missed it.. What GPU driver are you using and when did the stuttering begin?

I'm just going to throw some ideas out there:

- do you have a G-Sync monitor?
- if not, test BF4 with adaptive V-Sync enabled. Aside from waiting to catch up between the GPU and monitor, maybe the FPS are so different from the other players in-game, it has trouble syncing with them and has to stop to resync
- test with singleplayer and check to see if the stuttering still occurs
- verify the game cache

I enabled adaptive V-Sync in NVidia control panel, with V-Sync enable in game and with settings on ultra. Jumped in a 30hz server that had zero (0) players in it, run around for about 3 minutes thinking it was going real good, then bam! Critical FPS warning (RED) that was accompanied with a 1 second stutter.

mrkwhlr2
I have to head in to work, but thought I'd bring up something else, I am running the Z170 Classified K with Killer Network, should I switch to the intel Lan to see if that might make a difference?

If you are using that Killer Network Manager try disabling it in Services or uninstall it and install just the driver. I have the Killer e2200 LAN on my motherboard and their Network Manager caused me tons of headaches. I got 'internet connection lost' and actual BSOD with the faulting module listed as Killer Network Manager. Just a thought.

What server? I gotta try it since I played Thursday and Friday without a single problem except for getting killed a lot. Origin updated both days and it wouldn't let me launch the game on Thursday until I rebooted my PC.

I am using the evga server.

My Internet runs 75mb up, 75mb down, so the Internet is strong. I will try turning network optimization off as well.

Scarlet-Tech
I am using the evga server.

My Internet runs 75mb up, 75mb down, so the Internet is strong. I will try turning network optimization off as well.

don't bother....still stutters.

I am getting the same. Stutter using single card and sli, but it is only an orange warning, not red. The stutter is extremely apparent when it happens.