Why are static lights killing my framerate?

Hi I just wanted to know why does my performance cripple when I add a simple point light light in a empty scene. my framerate goes from 120fps all the way down to 60fps if I add another point light it goes down to 30ish, is there something that I need to tweak? or is it a bug?

Hi Crash,

Would you mind posting your dxdiag for me? Perhaps I can find something there that would explain what is going on. Thank you!

Hi ,

I uploaded my text file containing my dxdiag details, thank you so much.

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Hi Crash,

I have been unable to reproduce this thus far. Have you tried adding a lightmass importance volume around where you are placing the light to see if that eases the burden on the system?

Hi ,

Yeah I have tried that and I am getting the same performance but I am planning to safe up for a new graphics card so I can at least be up to date with technology thank you for the help though.