FPS Problems
Brycearoni
Join Date: 2012-11-15 Member: 171603Members
Join Date: 2012-11-15 Member: 171603Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Can anyone help me run this game smoother?</div>Hey there,
I'm having loads of FPS problems with NS2 when I run other games rather perfectly. I currently get around 25 FPS with the current settings (and no other programs running) I have in my game (settings below) but I really would prefer if I got even more. Can anyone suggest a way to boost my FPS w/ settings or anything else?
~Bryce
[System Information:]
Processor: 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3740QM (6MB Cache, up to 2.3GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
Memory: 12GB (1 X 4GB, 1 X 8GB) Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
Video Card: 2 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M with Optimus™
[NS2 Current Graphic Settings:]
Fullscreen at 1280x768
V-Sync: Disabled
Texture Quality: Low
Infestation: Minimal
everything else is set to "Off" except "Multicore Rendering"
I'm having loads of FPS problems with NS2 when I run other games rather perfectly. I currently get around 25 FPS with the current settings (and no other programs running) I have in my game (settings below) but I really would prefer if I got even more. Can anyone suggest a way to boost my FPS w/ settings or anything else?
~Bryce
[System Information:]
Processor: 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3740QM (6MB Cache, up to 2.3GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
Memory: 12GB (1 X 4GB, 1 X 8GB) Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
Video Card: 2 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M with Optimus™
[NS2 Current Graphic Settings:]
Fullscreen at 1280x768
V-Sync: Disabled
Texture Quality: Low
Infestation: Minimal
everything else is set to "Off" except "Multicore Rendering"
Comments
Seeing as this is clearly a laptop, there's not much you can do at all.
Also, you can bring up a task manager and download something like MSI Afterburner and tell us or post screenshots with what the CPU/GPU usage is in-game/in the ready room etc... even though, with this config, I'd say unfortunately it's probably the weak CPU.
NS2 isn't very well multithreaded and eats a LOT of CPU clock time, so single-core performance at high clock speeds is actually probably better than quad-core at low clock speeds.
I'm having loads of FPS problems with NS2 when I run other games rather perfectly. I currently get around 25 FPS with the current settings (and no other programs running) I have in my game (settings below) but I really would prefer if I got even more. Can anyone suggest a way to boost my FPS w/ settings or anything else?
~Bryce
[System Information:]
Processor: 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3740QM (6MB Cache, up to 2.3GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
Memory: 12GB (1 X 4GB, 1 X 8GB) Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
Video Card: 2 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M with Optimus™
[NS2 Current Graphic Settings:]
Fullscreen at 1280x768
V-Sync: Disabled
Texture Quality: Low
Infestation: Minimal
everything else is set to "Off" except "Multicore Rendering"<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If you have any GPU control settings, change them to the lowerst.
I have a Radeon HD, and I use Catalyst for the drivers. In Catalyst there's a bunch of graphic settings and more.
After putting those to rock bottom, I got atleast 10-15 more fps in overall. So there's nothing left for me to do that to upgrade my rig
I get, 30-60 fps in overall. 10-30 in combat situations
GPU: Radeon HD 5870
CPU: Intel 2.66ghz quad
RAM: 4gb 1333mhz
Everything is put on lowest in-game.
1650x1080
Even if you were in an empty server in 640x480, those numbers still sound suspect. What are your specs?
Processor: Intel® Core i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz 2.67 GHz
Memory: 8GB DDR3
Video Card: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 260 1792 MB
NS2 Current Graphics
Fullscreen at 1600x900
V-Sync: Disabled
Texture Quality: High
Infestation: Rich
Atmospherics off
Anisotropic filtering on
Ambient occlusion off
Shadows off
Texture streaming on
Multicore rendering on
Does fine on a 32 slot server.
<!--quoteo(post=2025605:date=Nov 16 2012, 11:59 AM:name=Know pain)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Know pain @ Nov 16 2012, 11:59 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2025605"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->System info
Processor: Intel® Core i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz 2.67 GHz
Memory: 8GB DDR3
Video Card: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 260 1792 MB<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Minimum requirements:
Processor:
Core 2 Duo 2.6 ghz
Memory:
1GB for XP / 2GB for Vista/7
Graphics:
DirectX 9 compatible video card with 1GB, ATI X800, NVidia 8600 or better
What you have is massively over the min requirements
Processor:
Core 2 Duo 2.6 ghz
Memory:
1GB for XP / 2GB for Vista/7
Graphics:
DirectX 9 compatible video card with 1GB, ATI X800, NVidia 8600 or better
What you have is massively over the min requirements<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
when has the minimum requirements ever been enough to run a game at more than a slideshow (assuming you want graphics that are less intrusive than fiberglass in your eyes)?
before, i had an untouched 3 year old pc:
i5 750 @2.7ghz (stock heatsink + 3 years dust = 50C idle temp / 80C load temp)
radeon hd4890
4gb ddr3 ram 1300mhz
my framerate at 1920x1080 with graphics options turned off was 30-50 and any situation where fps was less than 40 was too stuttery to play effectively.
today, i upgraded to:
overclocked i5 750 @3.3ghz (*new* aftermarket heatsink + cleaned dust from inside case = 19C idle temp / 40C load temp)
*new* radeon hd7950
(same ram)
new framerate at 1920x1080 with all graphics options turned to max (except AA off cos i hate the blurriness) is 60-100 and usually settles around 65-75 in heavy action.
conclusion:
i replaced my 3 year old gpu for a modern generation gpu and so far have perfect performance on a modern generation game. what more can you expect?
I wasn't talking about how acceptable the min specs are. I was excited to hear what pc could be under the minimum required and still not go below 40fps...
Up through Tuesday I was playing at 2560x1440 60 FPS with settings reasonably high. Today I got the 229 build and Windows updated my Nvidia drivers to the latest 306.97 WHQL set. Now at my previous settings I get 7 FPS. Even if I turn all options to minimal and drop to 1280x720 I only get about 45 FPS.
r_stats shows that all the time is waiting on the GPU.
Not sure what happened here. I guess I'll try to see if I can change to a different set of GPU drivers. Are there known problems with 306.97 or build 229?
Update: Reverting to my previous 301.42 WHQL drivers fixed the problem. Odd.